Above: Forbes.com interviews WIE Symposium panelist Liya
Kebede about the women that have inspired her. © Kristie/AP

Forbes.com
Posted by SUSAN GUNELIUS
Sep. 12 2010 – 5:32 pm

On September 20, 2010, Sarah Brown, Global Patron of the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood and wife of the former UK Prime Minister, will chair the first ever WIE Symposium (Women: Inspiration & Enterprise) in New York City, with co-hosts designer and Urban Zen Founder Donna Karan and Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington.

The theme of the event is “Women Inspiring Women” and brings together prominent women from the fields of politics, philanthropy, media, fashion and the arts to inspire and empower the future generation of women leaders, advocates and entrepreneurs.

In the weeks leading up to the event, I had an opportunity to speak with featured WIE Symposium panelist Liya Kebede (model, actress, fashion designer, and activist whose charity, The Liya Kebede Foundation, works toward ensuring maternal health and saving the lives of women and children around the world) about the women that have inspired her and her thoughts for the next generation of women leaders.

Liya is not a stranger to Forbes.com, having appeared on the Forbes list of top earning models in both 2007 and 2008.

Read the interview at Forbes.com.