{"id":71241,"date":"2013-11-07T16:58:22","date_gmt":"2013-11-07T21:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/?p=71241"},"modified":"2013-11-07T16:58:22","modified_gmt":"2013-11-07T21:58:22","slug":"launch-group-founder-wins-umw-achievement-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2013\/11\/07\/launch-group-founder-wins-umw-achievement-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Launch Group Founder Wins UMW Achievement Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kara Vanderpool Ward, founder of The Launch Group, received the Patricia Lacey Metzger Distinguished Achievement Award during the 20th annual Leadership Colloquium at the University of Mary Washington on Thursday, Nov. 7.<!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_71261\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-71261\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/11\/Leadership-Colloquium-2013_metzger-winner.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"71261\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/leadership-colloquium-2013_metzger-winner\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/11\/Leadership-Colloquium-2013_metzger-winner-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1708\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Brandon Delano&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D7000&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1383838391&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Brandon Delano&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;105&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;2000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Leadership Colloquium 2013_metzger winner\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Kara Vanderpool Ward received the 2013 Metzger award at the Leadership Colloquium for Professional Women.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/11\/Leadership-Colloquium-2013_metzger-winner-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/11\/Leadership-Colloquium-2013_metzger-winner-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-71261\" alt=\"Kara Vanderpool Ward received the 2013 Metzger award at the Leadership Colloquium for Professional Women.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/11\/Leadership-Colloquium-2013_metzger-winner-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/11\/Leadership-Colloquium-2013_metzger-winner-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/11\/Leadership-Colloquium-2013_metzger-winner-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/11\/Leadership-Colloquium-2013_metzger-winner-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/11\/Leadership-Colloquium-2013_metzger-winner-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/11\/Leadership-Colloquium-2013_metzger-winner-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/11\/Leadership-Colloquium-2013_metzger-winner-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/11\/Leadership-Colloquium-2013_metzger-winner-1140x761.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/11\/Leadership-Colloquium-2013_metzger-winner-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-71261\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kara Vanderpool Ward received the 2013 Metzger award at the Leadership Colloquium for Professional Women.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Vanderpool Ward\u2019s firm is revolutionizing ways to conduct business by promoting creativity and sharing an open design space with several other female-owned firms as they help companies pop and launch with business and marketing strategies, according to Dana Herlong, president of Herlong Associates, and Martha O\u2019Keefe, vice president of workforce at Germanna Community College, who presented the award.<\/p>\n<p>The Metzger award recognizes individuals who uphold high standards in their personal and professional lives while fulfilling a career goal of significant stature. The award, presented annually at the colloquium since 1999, is given in memory of the late Patricia Metzger, a UMW professor and founder of the event. Only past colloquium participants are eligible to receive the Metzger award.<\/p>\n<p>Vanderpool Ward\u2019s presence in the community is unmistakable, as she has had her hands in everything from Leadership Fredericksburg to the Military Affairs Council. She also is a past chair of the Next Generation young professionals group of the Fredericksburg Area Chamber of Commerce.<\/p>\n<p>The wife and mother of two daughters, Vanderpool Ward also has an international presence. She was the 2013 U.S. recipient of The Hot Mommas Project award that honors women worldwide whose stories can serve as tools for women in business.<\/p>\n<p>Vanderpool Ward is a colloquium advisory board member who donated her time and organization to support this year\u2019s 20th anniversary colloquium that focused on \u201cReal Women, Real Issues, Real Solutions.\u201d She presented sessions on networking, personal branding and use of social media.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_71281\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-71281\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/11\/leadership-colloquium-2013_attendees.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"71281\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/leadership-colloquium-2013_attendees\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/11\/leadership-colloquium-2013_attendees.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2625,1752\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D700&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1383837487&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0166666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"leadership colloquium 2013_attendees\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Nearly 200 professional women attended the 20th annual Leadership Colloquium for Professional Women at UMW.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/11\/leadership-colloquium-2013_attendees-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/11\/leadership-colloquium-2013_attendees-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-71281\" alt=\"Nearly 200 professional women attended the 20th annual Leadership Colloquium for Professional Women at UMW.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/11\/leadership-colloquium-2013_attendees-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/11\/leadership-colloquium-2013_attendees-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/11\/leadership-colloquium-2013_attendees-768x513.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/11\/leadership-colloquium-2013_attendees-1140x761.jpg 1140w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/11\/leadership-colloquium-2013_attendees-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/11\/leadership-colloquium-2013_attendees-680x453.jpg 680w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/11\/leadership-colloquium-2013_attendees-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-71281\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nearly 200 professional women attended the 20th annual Leadership Colloquium for Professional Women at UMW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Corporate whistleblower and bestselling author Cynthia Cooper gave the keynote address on \u201cEthical Leadership for the 21st Century.\u201d Cooper, who is CEO of The CooperGroup LLC, management consulting firm, was named a Person of the Year for Time<i> <\/i>magazine after unraveling accounting deceptions at WorldCom, one of the largest corporate frauds in history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a story about people and choices and we all have the power of choice \u2013 you can give it away, but nobody can take it away from you,\u201d said Cooper, who described her personal story and struggle. Her book \u201cExtraordinary Circumstances: The Journey of a Corporate Whistleblower\u201d details her role as vice president of WorldCom\u2019s internal audit department and the Wall Street giant\u2019s eventual demise.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the colloquium, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/lcpw\">www.umw.edu\/lcpw<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kara Vanderpool Ward, founder of The Launch Group, received the Patricia Lacey Metzger Distinguished Achievement Award during the 20th annual Leadership Colloquium at the University of Mary Washington on Thursday, Nov. 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