OREANDA-NEWS. On 04 February 2009 was announced, that among the key members of the delegation were Esther Silver-Parker, IWF President, Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Susan Sprunk, Principal of Artistry of Poland, Sandra Stash, Vice President - HSE of Talisman Energy, Carol Cox Wait, President of Boggs Atkinson Inc. and others.

The International Women's Forum is advancing women's leadership across careers, cultures and continents by connecting the world's most preeminent women of significant and diverse achievement. Through this global organization, IWF members come together across national and international boundaries to share knowledge and ideas, to enrich each other's lives, to provide a network of support and to exert influence.

Founded in 1982 in the United States, the International Women's Forum has grown across five continents into 21 nations and 60 affiliated forum locations.

In Russia the International Women's Forum is represented by Women's Forum headed by Ludmila Shvetsova, First Deputy Mayor of Government of Moscow.