Forté Highlights2002-08

SPONSORSHIP UPDATE

2007 Forté FORUM: THE MBA VALUE PROPOSITION

Build the pipeline of future women business leaders by increasing women’s awareness of business and the opportunity to have impact through careers in business and graduate business education

Be a strategic and valuable partner to our school and corporate sponsors in helping them recruit and retain top female talent

2008 Objectives

Grow the Forté audiences in an effort to educate more women about business careers and business education

Create offerings that provide women with a meaningful and valuable relationship with Forté in order to keep them actively engaged with the Foundation

Continue to grow the reach and awareness of the Forté Brand to position the Foundation as a leading authority on women in business

Effectively measure and communicate Forté’s value proposition to school and corporate sponsors in order to make Forté an even more valuable partner

COMMITMENT

QUALITY

INCLUSIVENESS

To substantially grow the number of women business leaders by increasing representation of women in educational and business networks -- accomplished through programming at key stages in their professional development

Mission and Shared Values

Shared Values

Organizational Goals

Mission

2007 Forté FORUM: THE MBA VALUE PROPOSITIONGrowth and Change 2002-2008

2002 2008

Revenue $150K $1.5 million

FTEs 1.5 8

Sponsors 12 64

MBA Fellows 32 per year 150+ per year

MBA Fellowships $1.4 million $6 million

MBA Forums 612 1977

Growth and Change 2002-2008Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007

2002 2008

U/G Career Labs 179* 511

Database 612 29,800

Web visits 63,000** 147,000

Live Events 4 24

Online Events 0 25+

*since 2005 **since 2003

Cumulative 2002-2008

2002-08

MBA Fellows 372

Fellowships Given $22.6 million

MBA Forum Attendees 8,299

College Career Labs 1,250*

College Intern Symposium 1,000+

MBA Women’s Conference NEW

377 registered

*since 2005

Forté Database 2008Board Meeting: October 29-30, 2007

College, 16%

Full-Time, 64%

Part-Time, 3%

MBA/Graduate Student, 17%

Reaching Women Across the Pipeline

30,000 working emails

Forté Database 2008

Reaching Women of Color

Hispanic, 9%

African American,

18%

White, 47%

Asian American,

25%

American Indian, 1%

30,000 working emails

Program Highlights

SPONSORSHIP UPDATE

College Career Labs 2007-2008

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Registration 366 784 768 615 683

Attendance 179 293 300 268 214

Fall 05 Fall 06 Winter 07 Fall 07 Winter 08

Changing Perceptions: College

Before After

Very Interested 57% 70%

13% increase

Interest in a Career in Business

Before After

Very Interested 27% 43%

16% increase

Interest in an MBA

2007 MBA Forum Registration

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Registered 1464 1255 2408 4090 4589 4105

Attended 612 934 1188 1695 1893 1977

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

2007 Forté FORUM: THE MBA VALUE PROPOSITIONChanging Perceptions: MBA Forums

Interest in a Business Career

73%83%

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80%

Before After

Changing Perceptions: MBA Forums

Interest in an MBA

68%

85%

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Before After

Changing Perceptions: MBA ForumStatus after Attending 2006 Forum

No longer interested

5%Applying

26%

Deferred20%

Enrolled49%

Forté MBA Fellows

SPONSORSHIP UPDATE

MBA Fellow Profile

Class of 2008

Class of 2009

Class of 2010

Average GMAT 685 694 694Average GPA 3.42 3.46 3.56Average work exp.

4.60 4.70 4.6

Asian American 22% 12% 12%African American

7% 10% 7%

Hispanic 1% 4% 4%Multi-ethnic/Other

4% 11% 14%

White 65% 64% 63%

70 Fellow

s Reporting

MBA Fellow Career StatisticsClass of 2008 Class of 2009

(interns)

Average Salary $103,370 $19,228

Top Companies Lehman (3)

Goldman (2)

Deloitte (2)

Deutsche Bank (2)

McKinsey (2)

Merrill (2)

Morgan Stanley (2)

McKinsey (4)

Johnson & Johnson (3)

Bank of America (2)

Goldman Sachs (2)

IBM (2)

% at Forté Cos. 33% 24%

Industries Consulting (17%)

Food/Beverage (11%)

Investment Banking (18%)

Investment Management (9%)

Consulting (13%)

Food/Beverage (12%)

Investment Banking (10%)

Healthcare (6%)

Non-Profit (6%)

2007 Forté FORUM: THE MBA VALUE PROPOSITIONMBA Fellows Hired by Forté Companies

Intern FT

Class of 2005 20%

Class of 2006 10% 26%

Class of 2007 10% 41%

Class of 2008 31% 33%*

Class of 2009 24% n/a

*YTD