Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Today is registration deadline for next Women of Prosperity Luncheon!


Carol B. Tomé of The Home Depot will be the speaker for our next Women of Prosperity Luncheon on Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at the Newnan Country Club. Sponsored by LifePlan Financial Advisors, Inc., the luncheon begins at 11:45am, and admission is $35 for Chamber members and guests, $50 for general admission. Networking begins at 11:15am.

Carol has served as chief financial officer since May 2001 and was named executive vice president of corporate services at The Home Depot in January 2007. She provides leadership in the areas of real estate, store construction, financial services, strategic business development and growth initiatives. Her corporate finance duties include financial reporting, financial planning and analysis, financial operations, divisional finance, internal audit, investor relations, treasury and tax.

Carol joined The Home Depot in 1995. Prior to that, she was vice president and treasurer of Riverwood International Corporation. Carol began her career as a commercial lender with United Bank of Denver (now Wells Fargo) and then spent several years as director of banking for the Johns-Manville Corporation.

In 2003, Carol joined the UPS board of directors and currently serves as chair of the audit committee. From January 2008 through December 2013, Carol served as a board member for the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, in both a board chair and board vice-chair capacity. In 2012, she chaired the board of The Metropolitan Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, the second woman chair in the organization’s 150-year history.

Carol is also an active volunteer, and she holds a bachelor’s degree in communication from the University of Wyoming and a Master of Business Administration in finance from the University of Denver.

Click here to register for the luncheon through ChamberMaster, or for more information email julia@newnancowetachamber.org or call 770.253.2270.


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