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SUMMARY:2025 Converse Women’s Leadership Conference
DESCRIPTION:The Converse Women’s Leadership Conference provides emerging and established women leaders across the upstate the opportunity to come together to share their knowledge\, success stories\, and strategies for advancement in a supportive environment. This one-day summer conference is hosted on Converse’s beautiful campus and includes keynote and breakout sessions as well as breakfast\, lunch\, and a wine and cheese networking reception. Our annual conference builds upon Converse’s historic commitment to women’s empowerment and leadership while providing the larger upstate community dynamic ways to build new partnerships and advance professionally. \nJoin us on July 24\, 2025\, for an engaging panel of women leaders in male-dominated fields\, inspiring keynotes\, networking & connection\, as well as tangible & applicable break-out sessions. \nLearn more about the Converse Women’s Leadership Conference. \n*Registration is required to attend this event. \nRegistration closed on July 14. \n\nSchedule\n8:00 am-8:30 am \n\nRegistration Opens & Continental Breakfast\nOptional: Professional Headshots\n\n8:30 am-8:40 am  \n\nOpening & Welcome Remarks from Jennifer Barksdale\, Director of the Converse College for Women\, and Dr. Tori Good\, Assistant Dean of Career Development\n\n8:40 am-9:10 am  \n\nOpening Keynote Conversation with Barbara Melvin\, SC Ports Authority; moderated by Chandra Hopkins\n\n9:10 am-9:20 am \n\nBreak\n\n9:20 am-10:35 am  \n\nPanel on Building Community\, moderated by Converse Student Government President\, D’Asia Thomas ‘26\n\nPanelists: \n\nMarilyn Nguyen\, City of Spartanburg\nAshley Whitt\, Spartanburg County Foundation\nSelena Smith\, United Way of the Piedmont & C.S. Consulting Group\nLakesa Whitner\, Northside Development Group & Start:ME Spartanburg\n\n10:35 am-10:45 am \n\nBreak\n\n10:45 am – 12:00 pm  \n\nPanel on Cultivating Resilience as a Leader; moderated by Dr. Tori Good\n\nPanelists: \n\nMeghan Teague\,Teague Studio\nJessica Dunn\, Bank of America\nTudi Holmes\, Tudi Holmes Realty\nJessica Satava\, Greenville Symphony\n\n12:00pm-1:30pm  \n\nNetworking Luncheon\nOptional: Professional Headshots\n\n1:40pm-2:30pm  \n\nConcurrent Breakout Sessions\n\nBreakout 1: Championing Change: Aligning Mission & Career with speaker: Suzy Cole\, Village Legal Hub\, LLC\nBreakout 2: The Science of Stress: Staying Healthy for the Long Haul with speaker: Dr. Anna Fitch Courie\, Clemson University\n\n\n\n2:40pm- 3:30pm  \n\nConcurrent Breakout Sessions\n\nBreakout 3: Building Belonging at Work and Beyond with speaker: Dr. Selena Blair ‘22\, Presbyterian College\nBreakout 4:Vocational Discernment: Building the Career You Want with speaker: Rev. Eliza Smith DeBevoise\, Converse University\n\n\n\n3:30pm-4:30pm  \n\nWine & Cheese Networking Reception
URL:https://www.converse.edu/event/2025-converse-womens-leadership-conference/
LOCATION:Barnet Room\, 580 East Main Street\, Spartanburg\, SC\, 29302\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conferences & Workshops,General Events,Humanities,Lifelong Learning
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