International Women’s Day – Making an Impact Summit

Come join us on Friday, March 7th, 2025, for our International Women’s Day Virtual Summit reflecting on Women Making an Impact in their Careers and through Impactful Leadership. It will be a full day of leadership development training with six panel discussions, from coast-to-coast, 10am to 5pm Eastern Time, 7am to 2pm Pacific Time! Topics that will be discussed by our amazing panelists:

• Career Planning & Pivots
• Managing Obstacles & Uncertainty
• Career Risks & Opportunities
• Enabling Talent & Growth
• Being an Impactful Leader
• Executive Skills & Training

International Women’s Day Brunches: In addition to our virtual event on Friday, March 7th, we are hosting brunches in 20+ cities on Saturday, March 8th for International Women’s Day from 11am-2pm with 3 panel discussions, 3 food courses and 3 brunch cocktails. Check our events page for our full list of cities and event pages (https://sharpheels.com/events). If you don’t see your city listed, please let us know and we’ll look at adding another city. Please bring your family and friends!

Virtual Ticket Price: $295
Mother/Daughter Virtual: $495
Virtual (3/7) + Brunch (3/8): $595
Virtual + Coaching Session: $695 (60 minute 1×1 coaching session scheduled post-event)
Mother/Daughter Virtual (3/7) + Brunch (3/8): $995
Group (10) Tickets (Virtual + Coach): $5995 (10 Tickets to the Virtual Event + 10 Career Coaching Sessions)
Group (100) Virtual + Breakout: $39,995 (100 Tickets to Virtual Event + Dedicated breakout session during lunch)

Family Engagement: Please bring your family and friends. Mothers, daughters, sons, fathers, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, co-workers, best friends, neighbors, etc.

No Heels Required. Everyone is welcome to attend our events, regardless of their footwear preferences 😉

Continuing Education. We will provide a certificate of completion after attending the event for 8hrs of Leadership Training if requested. Please let us know if you’d like us to reach out to a particular organization/association to confirm continuing education credits, and if you need a certificate.

Recording of Sessions. Each panel will be recorded. We can share the links to the on-demand videos after the event to registered attendees who missed sessions or want to rewatch a session.

No Refund Policy. Registration fees for SharpHeels Events are non-refundable. A registrant may transfer their registration to another SharpHeels event (within the next year) or transfer the registration to another person with at least 72 hours’ notice.

Women Making an Impact (Eastern Time):

9:45-10:00am: Check-in
Check-in on the Zoom platform and grab your favorite beverage for a great day of inspiring advice from our amazing executive panelists

10:00-10:15am: Event Kick-off
Our Mistress of Ceremonies will kick-off the day with an overview of the importance of Leadership Development and Making an Impact.

10:15-11:00am: Panel: Career Planning & Pivots
Hear executives discuss how career planning and career pivots impacted their careers, how important mentors and supporters were for their careers, how they set career goals, advice on career changes, and insights on negotiating a promotion.
Panelists: Stacy Siegal, EVP & Chief Legal Officer, J.Crew, Michelle Horn, SVP, Chief Strategy Officer, Delta, Nathalie Gerschtein, President, North America, L’Oréal, Sheila Jordan, SVP, Chief Digital Officer, Honeywell,

11:15-12:00pm: Panel: Managing Obstacles & Mishaps
Hear executives discuss their biggest career obstacles and how they overcame them (Work-Life Balance, Job Loss, Losing Career Direction, Lacking the right Experience, etc.). In addition to top career mishaps and how they avoided and/or embraced career them.
Panelists: Sherry Graziano, EVP, Digital, Client Experience & Marketing, Truist Financial, Mari Roberts, SVP, Frito-Lay & Quaker, PepsiCo, Kamilah Williams-Kemp, EVP & Chief Product Officer, Northwestern Mutual, Laurie Schalow, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Chipotle

12:15pm-1:00pm: Panel: Career Risks & Opportunities
Hear executives discuss how they managed through some risky career decisions and seized the right opportunities for their professional and personal development.
Panelists: Kimberly Paige, EVP & CMO, BET / Paramount, Dara Bazzano, SVP, Chief Accounting Officer, T-Mobile, Stacey Wronkowski, VP, Digital Technology, United Airlines, Mary Beth George, VP, Store Experience Marketing, Target

1:00-2:00pm: Lunch
Enjoy a long break and grab something for lunch

2:00-2:45pm: Panel: Enabling Talent & Growth
Hear executives discuss how they became effective leaders, strengthened their team engagement through enhanced leadership skills, and enabled their team members to grow.
Panelists: Lara Rubbelke, CTO, Microsoft Americas, Emily Erusha-Hilleque, SVP, Private Brands, Macy’s, Ruth Cotter, SVP, Marketing, Communications & HR, AMD, Hadley Peer Marshall, CFO, Managing Partner, Brookfield Asset Management

3:00-3:45 pm: Panel: Impactful & Versatile Leadership
Hear executives discuss how to lead and inspire people, the importance of emotional and cultural intelligence, how to manage through internal and external change, and communicating a clear vision.
Panelists: Tine Fincioen, EVP, Digital Transformation, MasterCard, Katrina McGhee, EVP & CMO, American Heart Association, Jennifer Temple, EVP & CMO, HP Enterprise, Erin Gabrielson, Chief Marketing Officer, IBM Americas

4:00-5:00pm: Panel: Building Executive Skills
Hear executives discuss how they developed leadership skills throughout their career journey, insights on becoming more visible and recognizable within their organizations and how to manage the perception of their value.
Panelists: Judy Werthauser, EVP, Chief People Officer, Walmart U.S., Doria Holbrook, EVP, Mobility, Hertz, Michelle Chang, Chief Financial Officer, Zoom

5:00pm: Wrap-up

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