Pathbuilders' Helene Lollis to Receive 2007 Guiding Star Award from Executive Women of...

The Award Will Be Presented on October 19 at the Advancing Women Together Conference at the Omni Hotel in Atlanta

ATLANTA -- The Executive Women of Goizueta (EWG) have chosen Helene Lollis, partner and president of Pathbuilders, Inc., as the recipient of the 2007 Guiding Star Award. The

The Guiding Star Award is given to women who show strong leadership in their communities, workplaces and personal lives. Recipients of the award also demonstrate a strong commitment to the advancement and enrichment of women and their careers.

"When we evaluate candidates for the award, we look for someone who is actively helping other women," said Nancy Halpern Lesser, Guiding Star Award committee chair. "The reason Helene is an excellent choice for this award is largely because of her work with Pathbuilders, which helps women achieve their goals and reach the next level of success in their careers. Helene is a living embodiment of women helping women advance in their careers and goals."

As president of Pathbuilders, Inc, Lollis helps companies develop high-impact female leaders through executive education and peer exchange with structured mentoring. Prior to leading Pathbuilders, Lollis spent 12 years with Amoco and BP Corporations. An engineer by education, her work spanned the areas of process and product development, marketing, strategic planning and mergers/acquisitions. In addition to her bachelor's and master's degrees in Chemical Engineering from N. C. State and Purdue Universities, respectively, Lollis is a graduate of Dartmouth's Tuck-WBENC executive program for female entrepreneurs.

Lollis currently serves on the boards of Junior Achievement of Georgia and Possible Woman Foundation International. She also serves on the board of directors for the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce where she chairs the Small to Mid-Sized Business Council as well as the Regional Education Teacher Recruitment/Retention Committee. She is a regularly featured speaker and panelist on topics related to talent development and women in the workplace. Lollis was also honored as a finalist for Atlanta's Small Business Person of the Year award in 2005, and she is a member of the Leadership Atlanta Class of 2008.

About Pathbuilders Inc.

Pathbuilders partners with Fortune-ranked companies to create gender-diverse senior leadership teams that directly contribute to the bottom-line. Pathbuilders combines executive education and peer exchange with structured mentoring to develop high-impact female leaders who move their companies forward. The company offers formal mentoring programs and customized solutions to develop high-potential female talent at each of the four distinct phases of women's careers. Since 1995, Pathbuilders has worked with more than 300 organizations and has positively impacted the careers of nearly 2500 Atlanta-area women. For more information visit www.pathbuilders.com.