Roche, second in Distinguished Speakers series at Cottey College

Joyce M. Roché, Ph.D., is the second speaker in the 2013-'14 Distinguished Speaker Series sponsored by Cottey College's Institute for Women's Leadership and Social Responsibility. She will speak on "Women's Leadership: Overcoming the Imposter Syndrome" on Tuesday, Nov. 12, at 7 p.m. in the Missouri Recital Hall inside the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts. A reception will follow the address.

Dr. Roché served as president and chief executive officer from 2000-'10, of Girls, Inc., a national non-profit research, education, and advocacy organization established to "inspire all girls to be strong, smart, and bold."

Dr. Roché has been featured on the cover of Fortune magazine in 1997, and Business Week magazine named her "One of the Top Managers to Watch" in 1998. Black Enterprize magazine recognized her as one of the "40 Most Powerful Black Executives" in 1994.

Her newest publication, "The Empress Has No Clothes: The Imposter Syndrome," was released nationally in 2013.

The Center for the Arts is on the northeast corner of Austin and Tower streets

For more information, contact the Institute for Women's Leadership and Social Responsibility at 417-667-8181, ext. 2116.