FRIDAY JANUARY 12, 2024 – 5:00PM – 7:00 PM

RONALD REAGAN BUILDING & INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTER
1300 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE NW WASHINGTON, DC

The Women Business Collaborative Trailblazer in Gender Equity and Diversity Award is an annual recognition of individual leaders who have implemented innovative change for others and their communities. The recipients further gender equity and diversity in all they do, uplifting those around them cultivating inclusive environments, and continuing to pave the way for others, leaving an unmistakable mark on their communities and leading the way for future generations.

WBC presented the award to Her Excellency, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organization.

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For executive women, money can be a vehicle to achieve your vision of success, passion and pursuit of your life dreams. In the three-part series “Take Charge of your Personal Finances,” Aspiriant and WBC discuss how to take charge of your financial future. We cover connecting your financial goals with your values, how to build a financial plan and share practical tips for accomplishing what’s on your list. Whether you’re in the midst of a career transition or professional liquidity event, managing newfound wealth or navigating a divorce, arm yourself with actionable tools and a framework to embrace your financial future.

All sessions will be recorded and available for playback. We like to keep our community abreast of all our education opportunities, so please feel free to forward to someone in your network who could benefit from this topic. All women, regardless of experience level, can benefit from our conversation.

Session 3:  Pulling it all together 

In our previous two webinars, we learned how to have healthy and productive money conversations, aligned our long-term goals with our values through the “Slices of Life” survey, created our personal balance sheets, and observed the process of creating a financial plan. We now have more clarity and peace of mind around our finances. 

In this third and final webinar, you’ll leave with an action plan to make 2024 the year you are confident and organized around managing your money.

We will discuss practical ways to:

• Implement your financial plan
• Start investing or evaluate your investments 
• Reach and track your long-term savings and investing goals
• Make personal finances part of your daily life 

Linda Kitchens, Mary Ellen Krueger, and Teresa Greenip of Aspiriant will lead this discussion.

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Join us for a tribute to two trailblazers from people they inspired: Paul Costello, who began his career as press secretary to First Lady Rosalynn Carter , and former FCC Commissioner Debi Taylor Tate, on the influence of Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor on young attorneys and women in the law. 

Speakers: 

• Paul Costello, Former Assistant Press Secretary to First Lady Rosalynn Carter 
• Deborah Taylor Tate, Former Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission

Moderator: Linda Peek Schacht, Executive Coach and Author

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Women comprise the majority of internal workforces at U.S. staffing firms, but remain underrepresented at the executive, c-suite, and board levels, according to a new survey released by the Women Business Collaborative. Join this webinar and explore the issue of gender equity in the staffing industry by reviewing some of the key findings from the WBC benchmark survey Gender Equity Progress in the Staffing Industry.

This panel brings industry thought leaders who will discuss some of the key findings from the 2023 survey and share their insights from years of experience in leadership roles in the staffing industry.

During this webinar, attendees will:

• Hear different perspectives on opportunities to support and advance women in the staffing industry
• Discuss the gender representation in the staffing industry and the observed dropoff in women advancing to senior leadership
• Learn what challenges women still face as they seek gender equity in the staffing industry
• Discover how gender equity in the industry can have a positive effect on communities and society

On the Panel:

• Samantha Whitney, Directory of Research for North America Bartholomew Advisors
• Leslie Vickery, CEO and Founder of ClearEdge Marketing
• Kip Wright, Chairman of INSPYR Solutions
• Laine Gandy, Director of Adecco Group US Foundation
• Francesca Profeta, Research Analyst of Staffing Industry Analysts

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Join Women Business Collaborative and Seramount to hear from companies that are actively retaining, growing, and developing women early in the pipeline through education, sponsorship, allyship, scalability, and proven programs. During this program, speakers will address the importance of sponsorship, the key differences between a mentor and a sponsor, and the importance of formal executive sponsorship programs for women as they advance in their careers.

Key Learning Objectives:

• Busting the meritocracy myth – making the case for sponsorship (it takes more than hard work to advance)
• Why formal executive sponsorship programs are necessary – discussion of the mini-me syndrome
• The differences between the various aspects of relationship capital, particularly understanding sponsorship vs. mentorship
• The reciprocal benefits of executive sponsorship – Examining both the protégé effect and the sponsor effect
• The key to successful sponsorship across lines of difference

Meet the Speakers

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For executive women, money should be a vehicle to your vision of success, passion and pursuing your life dreams. In this 3-part series “Take Charge of your Personal Finances,” Aspiriant and WBC discuss how to take charge of your financial future. We’ll cover connecting your financial goals with your values, how to build a financial plan, share practical tips for actually accomplishing what’s on your list and monitoring of your investments and other critical disciplines.  

Whether you’re in the midst of a career transition or professional liquidity event, managing newfound wealth or navigating a divorce, arm yourself with actionable tools and a framework to embrace your financial future. Join us to connect with a community of like-minded women, share experiences and explore the building blocks to your own personal financial success. 

Please sign up for one or all of our 45-minute sessions as your interest and schedule allows, when registration becomes available. The sessions are designed to build upon each other and also stand alone. All sessions will be recorded and available for playback. 
We like to keep our community abreast of all of our education opportunities, so please feel free to forward to someone in your network who could benefit from this topic. All women, regardless of experience level, could benefit from our conversation.

Session 2:  Let’s Make a Financial Plan 

In Session 2, we’ll discuss how to become empowered to make smart financial decisions through a long-term, intentional and focused financial plan. 

In Session 1, “Connect your financial goals to your values,” we discussed the two sides of money: the technical side and the emotional side. We demonstrated how to have productive money conversations and develop value and purpose-driven goals for your financial plan through our “Slices of Life” survey.

You’ve worked hard to get where you are today. How can you leverage your financial and human capital to get you where you want to go in the future?

Using real-life stories and through practical application, we’ll discuss how to:

• Use your Net Worth statement as a planning tool
• Understand how your asset allocation is a lever to help secure your long-term financial future
• Proactively plan for the unexpected and untimely
• Feel confident making important financial decisions

Lynne Born, Mary Ellen Krueger, and April Antonio of Aspiriant will lead this discussion.

About your hosts:

Lynne Born Lynne Born is Chief Practice Officer for Aspiriant, where she leads all client service offerings encompassing client growth, strategic planning, service delivery and optimal resource allocation. Lynne has more than 25 years of experience in the high-net-worth space previously serving as CEO, Partner and President with high net worth accounting and wealth management firms. She is a frequent keynote speaker and panelist, and is one of the co-founders and Chair of Strategy of the Women Business Collaborative and previously Chair of Watermark, the premier networking group in Silicon Valley.

Mary Ellen Krueger is a director in wealth management and partner at Aspiriant. For more than 20 years, Mary Ellen has been helping high net worth clients with concentrated wealth, multi-generational planning, stock option planning, retirement planning and philanthropic legacy planning. She works with many women in transition, corporate executives, retirees and business owners. She has been named to the Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisor and Top Women Wealth Advisor lists in 2021 and 2022. Mary Ellen is a TEMPO Milwaukee member, serving as director of the TEMPO Foundation Board.

April Antonio is a senior associate in wealth management at Aspiriant and a Certified Financial Planner^® with over 15 years of experience in the financial sector. She is an active member of the Association of African American Financial Advisors and the Financial Planning Association – East Bay Chapter. Her passions include spreading financial literacy and helping women of color succeed professionally. 

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On the second anniversary of his passing, General Colin Powell’s aide of more than 25 years, Leslie Lautenslager has just released her memoir, “My Time with General Colin Powell: Stories of Kindness, Diplomacy, & Protocol.”  In her book, Lautenslager pulls back the curtain on the human side of General Powell, sharing a personal narrative from his time as America’s chief diplomat and during his years on the speaking circuit before and after the State Department.

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