Invite an emerging woman leader to join you to mentor and celebrate as we participate in roundtable discussions about each person’s leadership journey and what they want to achieve. Many established women leaders at each table will help the emerging women leaders make connections, find resources and get clarity about their next steps.

Tracy Carter, System Director, Government Affairs and Health Policy at Summa Health, will emcee the event.

Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D, Director PRADAA (Program for Research on Anxiety Disorders among African Americans) Department of Psychological Sciences – Kent State University, and 2022 ATHENA Leadership Award recipient, will present the keynote welcome.

Welcome to our 2023 Honorary Chairs!

Jeanine Black, Chief Strategy and Communications Officer, Bounce Innovation Hub

Tami Bolder, Director, CBIZ

EbaNee Bond, Customer Development Consultant & Public Speaker, Bond 465

Courtney Eaton, President, M7 Ventures, LLC

Barbara Feld, Director of Development for Summit County, Apollo’s Fire

Mary Kay Finn, Instructor, University of Akron Dance Institute

Hanne-Lore Gambrell, Attorney – Owner, The Law Offices of H. Gambrell

Geraldine Haynes-Nelson, Executive Director, Employee Engagement & Outreach, Kent State University

Leianne Neff Heppner, President & CEO, Summit County Historical Society

Jessica Korzhiletskiy, Director, Risk Management, Energy Harbor Corp.

Emma Lieberth Osborn, Senior Policy Manager, Unite Us

Lauren Marsh, Clerk of Council, Summit County

Meghan Meeker, Senior Manager, VeriCast

Abby Morgan, Chief Operating Officer, Direction Home Aging & Disabilities

Towanda Mullins, Co-Chair, Sojourner Truth Statue Fund

Cathryn O’Malley, Chief Operating Officer, United Way of Summit & Medina

Laura Pletcher, Executive Director, Blick Center

Rochelle Sibbio, President and CEO, Habitat for Humanity of Summit County

Teresa Stafford, Executive Director, Battered Women’s Shelter & Rape Crisis Center of Summit and Medina Counties

Dannika Stevenson, AKA “Chef Danni”, CEO & Owner, SIPSAVORSOUL & SIPSAVORSOUL KITHEN Cooking School

Michelle Togliatti, Executive Director, Hope Meadows Foundation

Aimee Wade, Executive Director, Summit County ADM Board

Lisa Wheeler-Cooper, Executive Director, American Heart Association

Thank you to our Premier Sponsors!