From The Corner Office

Amid premium networking, a wide array of business leaders and professionals will have the opportunity to hear from Marla Schaefer, the former co-CEO and co-chair of Claire's Stores Inc., the largest accessory retailer in the world, which she sold to private equity in 2007. 

Schaefer will keynote the Lewis Katz Industry Icon Series event on March 14 on the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County campus west of Boca Raton.

Networking will begin over cocktails and hors d'oeuvres (dietary laws observed). Named for a pre-eminent icon of industry and philanthropy, the series is a program of the federation's Business & Professional Division (B&P).

Schaefer is a trustee of Teachers College, Columbia University; a national and international board member of the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science; a board member of Women in Distress of Broward County; a member of the C200; and a director of the Rowland & Sylvia Schaefer Family Foundation.  

"It is exciting to learn from those at the top of their game, and we know that Marla Schaefer's experience, insights and leadership will be of high interest and great value to everyone across B&P's broad range of industries and professions," says Lauren Cohen, Industry Icon Series co-chair.

"The B&P Division, co-chaired by Wendy Lipsich and Benjamin Gene, has built a diverse community of South Palm Beach County business leaders and professionals who look forward to regular gatherings," says Jeff Shavitz, series co-chair. "We learn together as we make meaningful professional and personal connections that help build our businesses as well as our community."

The Boca Raton Observer is the event's exclusive magazine sponsor. O For more information, call 561-852-3128 or email sonnis@bocafed.org.