Last day to register! Don’t miss this powerful must-attend event for all entrepreneurs, business owners, and career-oriented professionals. Get the tools you need to THRIVE! post-pandemic at the 2021 Women Entrepreneurs Empowerment Summit.
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Join us at this year’s hybrid Women Entrepreneurs Empowerment Summit, a unique conference that year after year gathers successful Latinas and other minority women entrepreneurs to Learn. Connect. Succeed!
With THRIVE! as our motto this year, the 2021 Women Entrepreneurs Empowerment Summit will center on key areas of growth to connect and empower women business owners with tools and insights that will propel them forward in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The event will feature various panels with industry leaders, inspiring guest speakers, deep-dive workshops, and our signature peer-to-peer networking sessions and post-panel discussion forums.
The event takes place on June 10, 2021 from 1:30pm to 6:30pm in a Virtual Space, followed by the Latina Leaders Awards ceremony from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at Berkeley College’s Mid-Manhattan Campus (by invitation only).
Last day to Register! Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors and a Personal Donation, we are now offering limited FREE tickets for our Summit. Please use Promo Code WEES100 at registration.
THRIVE! 2021 Women Entrepreneurs Empowerment Summit Agenda
Opening Remarks
1:30 – 1:40 PM | Welcome
Welcoming remarks from Latinas in Business President and CEO, Susana G Baumann, and Berkeley College President, Michael J. Smith.
1:40 – 1:55 PM | Latino Entrepreneur Landscape Overview
The 2020 State of Latino Entrepreneurship report provides organizations focused on supporting businesses (e.g., chambers of commerce, trade associations, economic development associations, etc.), think tanks, policymakers, and corporations with insights into the business outcomes of Latino-owned businesses to inform data-driven policy and programs. Business owners are operating in largely uncertain and unprecedented times, and we would like to thank those who contributed their data to ensure that the stakeholders listed above can work together to reshape and rebuild the U.S. economy.
Facilitator: Claudia L. Dulac, Senior Vice President, New Jersey Local Market Executive, Bank of America
Speaker: Marlene Orozco, LBAN Researcher, Stanford University
1:55 – 2:00 PM | Opening Keynote Speaker Lucy Pinto, Program Manager, Grow with Google
Deep Dive Workshops
2:00 – 2:30 PM | Workshop Session 1
Are you ready to THRIVE? Make the jump to a better you by joining us for our deep-dive workshop sessions with industry leaders. Choose your path from PERSONAL POWER, FINANCIAL WELLNESS, and BUSINESS INNOVATION.
See here for more on each of our Deep-Dive Workshops.
2:30 – 2:55 PM | Continue Breakout Sessions — Networking & Group Discussion
Take center stage at this multi-participant discussion with the Workshop Facilitators! Attendees have the opportunity to engage with the Facilitators and each other by sharing their feedback and voicing their reactions to the content.
Participants are encouraged to share their own best practices with the group related to the topic discussed on the panel. This Peer-to-Peer Sharing is a tried-and-true collaborative learning experience that helps everyone expand their business knowledge.
General Session: Women’s Panel
3:00 – 3:30 PM | THRIVE! Women Turning Adversity into Success
These women have struggled against the odds, not only during the Covid-19 pandemic but also in their industries and their businesses. They understand that it is essential to excel and show confidence and vision as well as have a well-rounded set of skills to effectively run their businesses. Continuously developing those competencies is essential to not only help your business grow, but thrive. Listen to their fantastic stories!
Panelist: Maria Piastre, CEO, Metallix Refining
Panelist: Jessie Gabriel, CEO, All-Places
Panelist: Marvina Robinson, CEO, Stuyvesant Champagne
FACILITATOR: Susana G Baumann, Latinas in Business
Fireside Chat
3:45 – 4:00 PM | Fireside Chat
Condé Nast Senior Editor for Mexico and Latin America for Vogue, GQ and AD, Jose Forteza, will sit one-on-one with Fashion Designers of Latin America’s founder Albania Rosario and touch on the important topic of how mainstream media can support Latinas and other minority women entrepreneurs and be more inclusive of their stories.
Deep Dive Workshops
4:00 – 4:30 PM | Workshop Session 2
Continue THRIVING! with our second session of deep-dive, informative workshops. Choose from exciting topics such as:
- PERSONAL POWER – The Sandwich Generation: Thrive while Homeschooling, Caregiving and Running a Business
- FINANCIAL WELLNESS – Why Am I Not a Million Dollar Company? Understanding Alternative Sources of Funding
- BUSINESS INNOVATION – Bottom Line: Sustainable Practices that Increase Your Business Bottom Line
4:30 – 4:55 PM | Continue Breakout Sessions — Networking & Group Discussion
Engage with the Workshop Facilitators and each other by sharing their feedback and voicing their reactions to the content.
Participants are encouraged to share their own best practices with the group related to the topic discussed on the panel. This Peer-to-Peer Sharing is a tried-and-true collaborative learning experience that helps everyone expand their business knowledge.
General Session: Men’s Panel
5:00 – 5:30 PM | Enlisting Men’s Support to Expand and Grow your Networks
Women entrepreneurs don’t often have the gender ally benefits that their counterparts in corporate America may be offered. Join us and our panel of gender equality advocates as they share with us why enlisting men to grow and expand your networks can offer a valuable perspective. There is no one approach to break gender barrier challenges, so we’ll explore how different strategies may serve different needs and real-life examples of partnerships in which our panelists have taken part.
Panelist: Damian Rivera, CEO ALPFA
Panelist: Thomas Savino, CEO, Prospanica
Panelist: Ron Gonzales, President and CEO, Hispanic Foundation of Silicon Valley
FACILITATOR: Maria del Pilar Avila, Latinas in Business Inc. CEO InterDUCTUS/Renovad
Keynote Speaker and Closing Remarks
5:40 PM – 5:55 PM | Keynote Speaker: Alice Rodriguez, USHCC Chairwoman of the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
5:55 PM – 6:00 PM | Closing Remarks: Patricia Pacheco de Baez, Bank of America, Managing Director, Global Corporate & Investment Banking
Latina Leaders Awards Ceremony
6:00 PM – 6:45 PM | Latina Leaders Awards Ceremony
Twelve inspiring and influential Latina Leaders will be honored at the 2021 Women Entrepreneurs Empowerment Summit in a hybrid awards ceremony streaming Live from New York City.
6:15 PM | Remarks: Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn Assembly-member, New York State’s 42nd Assembly District
SMALL BUSINESS CHAMPION: Wendy Garcia, CDO, NYC Office of the Comptroller Scott Stringer
6:45 – 8:00 PM | Live Reception (By invitation only)
We hope to see you tomorrow for this spectacular event!
Register now and join us to THRIVE!
