Women's Leadership Conference 2023
2023 Event Details
2023 Featured Speakers
See all the speakers, panelists, and moderators sharing their expertise and experience at the 2023 Women's Leadership Conference
Honorary Chair
Beth Kieffer Leonard '82 BSB
Partner-in-Charge, Minnesota Office, Eisner Advisory Group LLC
Event Schedule
8:30 a.m.
Conference check-in opens
9:00 a.m.
Keynote Speaker: Nicole Graves, Global People Leader, Office of the CFO, Apple
Thriving vs Surviving: What I have learned as a female leader of color in a global corporate world.
10:00 a.m.
Breakout Session 1
Saboteurs…Which one is controlling your leadership potential?
Darlene Roy-Johnson ‘85 BSB
From Writing to Revolution: How to Write for Personal Evolution and Social Change
Dara Beevas
The Impact of the Economy on our World of Work Today
Kate Kelly ‘86 MBA, Terry Fitzgerald
Effective mentoring for contemporary workers: how to navigate to survive and thrive in the new corporate workplace
Renae Welder ‘93 BSB ‘96 Law
11:15 a.m.
Breakout Session 2
Servant Leadership as a Lifestyle
Alex Smith ‘05 MHRIR
4 Steps to Salary Negotiation Success
Kelly McClellan
Introducing Human Rights into Organizational Leadership
Lori Crever
A Fireside Chat: Creating thriving communities through equal economic participation
Dorothy Bridges with Dr. Angela Spranger
12:15 p.m.
Lunch
1:15 p.m.
Breakout Session 3
Transcendent Leadership
Faatemah Ampey
Networking for Board Service
Marcia Ballinger ‘82 BSB
Thriving in a changing Matrix Environment - lessons from the movie - Maverick, Top Gun.
Audrey Sommerfeld ‘82 BSB
Executive Panel on Courageous Leadership
Mary Lynne Perushek. Akinyi Williams ‘09 MBA, Dawn Rasmussen ‘94 BA, ‘99 MBA, Randi Economou, Jill Hauwiller ‘97 BA (Moderator)
2:30 p.m.
Inside the Boardroom: Beth Leonard, Partner-in-Charge, Minnesota Office, Eisner Advisory Group LLC
3:30 p.m.
Closing Reception