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WiBN 2024 Leadership Conference | BBB of Dayton & Miami Valley

WiBN's 2024 Leadership Conference is designed to provide personal inspiration and practical action items that will inspire, influence and impact professional women who attend. This one-day experience brings you first class speakers, a variety of opportunities to network and a wide-array of vendors.

WiBN 2024 Leadership Conference Agenda - November 12, 2024

8:00 a.m.Breakfast & Networking
8:45 a.m. Welcome from BBB
9:00 - 9:40 a.m.

Morning Keynote 

Cassie Barlow, President of SOCHE

Women Make the Best Leaders - Let's Build Them!

9:40 - 9:55 a.m.15 min break
9:55 - 10:35 a.m.
Panel Discussion 
Donnica Hawes-Saunders, Founder & CEO of The Averity Group
Michelle Riley, CEO of The Foodbank Inc. 
Belinda Stenson, Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce
Building A Positive Culture
10:35 - 10:50 a.m.15 min network/visit vendors
10:50 - 11:30 a.m.

Breakouts 

Building Your Leadership Track - Jennifer DeFrancesco, Medical Center Director/ Chief Executive Officer, of  Dayton VA Medical Center

Lead By Your Own Rules: An Agile Leadership Pathway to Radical Authenticity

 

Growing Your Career Track - Jill Kingston, Founder/President, & Meghann Naveau, Marketing & Communications Manager, of Brigid's Path

I Wish She'd Told Me: Lessons Learned from Building Something New

Investing In Yourself Track - Peggy Collins, RICP, & Hannah Myhre-Gaskill, MBA, Co-Founders of Empower.ology, Northwestern Mutual Dayton

Navigating the Effects of the Peaks and Valleys of a Woman's Life In Financial Planning

11:30 a.m.  - 12:40 p.m.Lunch & Announcement of the Women To Watch Class of 2025
12:40 - 1:05 p.m. 

Networking Activity 

Valerie Smiley, Owner of VS Interior Designs

1:05 - 1:15 p.m.Special Presentation
1:15 - 1:55 p.m. 

Mid-Day Keynote 

Katie Kerry, Entrepreneur/Consultant of Deep Dive Consulting

Unleash Your Unstoppable Self 

1:55 -  2:05 p.m.10 min network/visit vendors 
2:05 - 2:45 p.m. 

Panel Discussion


Rachel Bane, President and Founder of Wildly Becoming, Sunshine & Clover Face Painting and Sunshine Book Club

Karen Colonna, Motivational Speaker, Consultant and Coach of Karen Colonna, LLC 

DiAnne Karas, Keynote Speaker, Inspirational Speaker and Author, DiAnne Karas, LLC 

Resilience Through Challenge

2:45 - 2:50p.m.Transition to Breakout Rooms

2:50 - 3:30 p.m.

Breakouts 

Building Your Leadership Track - Jessica Beans, Associate Dean of Enrollment and Communication of Kettering & Co-owner of Namesake Coffee 

Leading With Emotional Intelligence: The Key To Navigating Pretty Much Everything 

Growing Your Career Track - Lindsay Tate, Lead Consultant, Organizational Effectiveness of Sinclair College 

Taking The Fear Out Of Feedback

Investing In Yourself Track - Danielle Fritz, Certified Life & Health Coach of Bliss+Full Life 

Girlboss: Supercharge your life's treasures; money, time and wellness!

3:30 - 3:40 p.m.

10 min network/visit vendors 

3:40 – 4:20 p.m.

Afternoon Keynote 

Ryan Owens, VP, Learning Delivery and Program Manager of Synchrony 

Manifestation: Creating the Life You Want to Live

4:30 – 4:30 p.m.

Wrapup