JACKSON HOLE, WYO – The deadline for applying for the 2018 Womentoring Program is fast-approaching.
Womentum is a nonprofit best known for its signature mentoring program, Womentoring, an integrated, empowering, and accountable mentoring program that builds community by developing women’s skills, confidence, and local network. Participants commit to a 9-month calendar (September through May) of workshops, small group dinners, and of course, one-on-one mentoring. More than 230 local women have participated in Womentoring since its inception in 2006.
Women who have lived or worked in Jackson Hole for at least two years are invited to apply to participate as mentors or mentees in the 2018 program.  Mentors and mentees are expected to actively participate in Womentoring events and one-on-one meetings each month from September 2017 until May 2018. Deadline to apply is May 31.
Womentoring focuses on personal leadership skills, resulting in confidence in designing careers, in accepting civic responsibilities, in raising families, and in mentoring one-another. Program participants share their intellectual, philanthropic, and creative spirit to effectuate meaningful social change among their colleagues, constituents, children, and community.
Womentoring’s objective is to inspire graduates to do the following:
- Increase their community engagement by pursuing professional, civic, and/or philanthropic leadership roles
- Seek opportunities to exercise their voice and encourage others to do the same
- Utilize a strengthened personal and professional network
- Find clarity on personal priorities and develop heightened self-awareness
Since participating in the Womentoring program, Alumnae have…
- Sought wage increase and leadership roles within their current professions
- Made life choices toward new professional or personal leadership goals
- Become nonprofit and corporate board members and directors
- Spearheaded creative, philanthropic, and civic initiatives
- Volunteered extensively throughout the local community
