Negotiating for Success

Please join the Ladies Who Launch community as we listen to Barbara Danforth, President & CEO of the YWCA Greater Cleveland, speak on the art of negotiating and negotiating for success.  

Under Barbara's 15-year leadership as President and CEO of the YWCA Greater Cleveland, the YWCA has advanced its relevance in the community, serving the needs of women at all stages and places in their lives. Ms. Danforth draws upon her social work background and juris doctorate education to facilitate the YWCA mission of eliminating racism and empowering women.

 Ms. Danforth’s motto is “a career ladder can be climbed in heels,” and her innovative leadership of the YWCA has demonstrated her commitment to helping professional women advance.   Ms. Danforth is an authority on women in leadership and gender differences in the workplace and she will share with us her tips on the all-important art of negotiating. 

In 2008, Ms. Danforth was recognized as one of three “Women Who Give Back” by Kaleidoscope Magazine and one of “The Influentials – 50 People Changing Northeast Ohio,” by Cleveland Magazine. She has also been honored as a 2004 Rainmaker by Northern Ohio Live Magazine, a 2004 Athena Award recipient presented by Inside Business Magazine, and a 2004 participant on the Perspectives of Women in Business hosted by SBN Magazine. In 2001, she was recognized by Crain’s Cleveland Business as a Woman of Note.