Video - AS/COA Women: Sponsorship—Securing a Path to Leadership

At a panel discussion during AS/COA's Women Hemispheric Network event "Cultivating the Next Generation of Female Leaders," Bloomberg News' Executive Editor John McCorry and Managing Editor Adriana Arai discussed their sponsorship relationship. While talking about the difference between sponsorship and mentorship, McCorry calls a sponsor "someone who puts you in the position to succeed, stretches you, gives you opportunity, gives you training, [and] is taking a risk." Arai encouraged participants to find sponsors and to consider the value each person can add for his or her sponsor as well. It's a "mutually beneficial" relationship, she said. Nayeli Chavez-Geller, correspondent of Univision's Primer Impacto, moderated the panel and asked McCorry and Arai questions about accountability, endorsement, and risk-taking.

Speakers:

• John McCorry, Executive Editor for the Americas, Bloomberg News
• Adriana Arai, Managing Editor, Latin America, Bloomberg News
• Nayeli Chavez-Geller, Correspondent, Primer Impacto, Univision (Moderator)