The conference is sold out. Due to record attendance, we cannot accommodate additional attendees or walk-ins for the event. If you are currently registered or have a sponsorship and wish to transfer your registration to someone else, they may do so on conference day at the registration table.

Women's Leadership Conference 2023: Envision and Achieve

The Women’s Leadership Conference, presented by PNC, is an annual leadership conference for advancing women in business. This conference will equip attendees with strategies to accelerate their careers, learn from established business leaders, and build/expand their professional networks. The conference features breakout sessions with leaders from around the Triangle. Following the breakouts and lunch, attendees will hear from a well-known national speaker for a keynote address.

We are thrilled to announce our 2023 Keynote Speaker is Sally Earnshaw, Managing Director of Culture Change Practice for Gallagher and Chief 'Oompher' for its clients. Sally has over 25 years of experience working at a senior-level building, managing, and leading teams - and is renowned for her extraordinary passion and energy - particularly when it comes to championing and inspiring female leaders to achieve their full potential.

With a down-to-earth approach and thought-provoking content on a wide range of topics, she has the gift of being able to engage audiences of all ages and backgrounds. She is a published author and is a global voice on inclusion, delivering presentations and workshops worldwide - from Fortune 500 events to TEDx - and is often quoted in industry publications such as The Wall Street Journal. At the 2023 Women’s Leadership Conference Sally will share the data, tools, and expertise we each need to Envision and Achieve.

*Times and sessions are tentative and subject to change.
8– 8:45 a.m. - Registration Opens, Networking, and Sponsor Tables
8:45 – 9:15 a.m. - Opening Remarks/Polls and Audience Questions
9:15 – 9:30 a.m. - Transition to Breakout 1/Networking
9:30 – 10:15 a.m. - Breakout Session 1
10:15 – 10:30 a.m. - Transition to Breakout Session 2/Networking
10:30 – 11:15 a.m. - Breakout Session 2
11:15 – 11:30 a.m. - Transition to Breakout Session 3/Networking
11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. - Breakout Session 3
12:15 – 12:30 p.m. - Transition to Lunch/Networking
12:30 – 1 p.m. - Lunch Service
1 – 1:10 p.m. - Intro to Keynote Speaker/Presenting Sponsor Remarks
1:10 – 1:55 p.m. - Keynote address
1:55 – 2 p.m. - Closing Remarks

Breakout Session Topics

The Art of Actively Managing Your Career
Discover and understand your leadership style to achieve success as your authentic self.
Speakers:
- Valerie Currin, President and Managing Director, Boon Edam Inc. (Sessions 1 and 2)
- Jamie Schwedler, Partner, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP (Session 3)

A Courageous Mindset
Get comfortable with the uncomfortable. Learn how to develop a courageous mindset of success from
- Billie Redmond, Founder and Chair, TradeMark Properties
- Emily Gray, Player, NC Courage

Curating Your Own Board of Advisors
Learn how to invest in your own B.O.A./Accountability Group through networking, fostering relationships, and curating a diversity of thought with various genders, ages, races, and management levels.
Panelist:
- Valencia Hicks-Harris, Founder and Executive Director, Empower All, Inc. (moderator)
- Shelley McPhatter, President, Bridgepoint General Contracting
- Estella Patterson, Chief of Police, City of Raleigh
- Raymond Trapp, Vice President of Strategic Engagement, Research Triangle Foundation of North Carolina

Growing Together: Negotiating Talent Retention
Learn strategies to negotiate talent retention and discuss the wants, expectations, and communication tactics of businesses and employees.
Panelists:
- Lisa Hammond, Chief Human Resource Officer, Veradigm
- Cecilia Holden, Chief Executive Officer and President, myFutureNC
- Tim Humphrey, Chief Analytics Officer, IBM Corporation
- Ruth Johnson, PMP, Head of Coaching, Array (Greene Resources) (moderator)

Feedback is a G.I.F.T.
G.I.F.T. Given with permission, Intent is for growth, For the person, not about the person, Targeted for success. If you want to grow professionally, learn how to receive, give, and ask for feedback.
Panelists:
- Kimarie Ankenbrand, Managing Director, JLL
- Neal Eisenstein, Executive Coach & Leadership Consultant, Arden
- Katherine Peele, Chief Practice Officer, LS3P Associates LTD. (moderator)

“Quiet Hiring”
“Quiet Hiring” and its impact on the workforce. This session will examine the practice from the employer and employee perspectives and provide strategies for acquiring a new skill set and promoting internal talent.
- What is it?
- How to recognize it.
- How to have a conversation about it with your leader.
- What to prioritize and what to pause.
- The economics behind it.
- How to leverage it.
A conversation between:
- Jeronica Goodwin, DHA, Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Chief People Officer, WakeMed Health & Hospitals
- Nadiyra Walker, Head of Drug Product and Finished Goods Manufacturing, FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies
- Whitney Westbrook, Global Talent Acquisition & People Operations Executive

Women's Leadership Conference has been registered for SHRM Credit. Attendees will receive 4.25 PDCs from this conference.
After the event, attendees will receive a certificate via email stating they have completed 4.25 PDCs.

Food allergies must be submitted by May 8. After this date we cannot guarantee accommodations.
No refunds after May 16

For questions on content, call 919.664.7090 or email Shanita Robinson.
For questions about registration, call 919.664.7011 or email Jen Palmer
For sponsorship opportunities and inquiries, email sales@raleighchamber.org

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