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Women, Power, Leadership: A Special Event Featuring Gloria Feldt and Montclair State Alumnae
Event features a keynote address by Gloria Feldt, renowned speaker, author and leadership expert. As co-founder of Take The Lead, Feldt is devoted to increasing the number of women in leadership positions. Her speeches have been described as extremely motivating, empowering and inspirational.
Feldt will also moderate a panel of successful women entrepreneurs who are Montclair State alum. Panelists include:
Tracy Doyle '88, president and CEO, Phoenix Marketing Solutions
Kathy Duva '75, CEO, Main Events
Elena Kilpatrick '87, VP and general manager of Pennsylvania Operations, Frontier Communications
Wamwari Waichungo '90, VP Global Scientific and Regulatory Affairs, The Coca-Cola Company
Visit WomenEntrepreneurshipWeek.com for panelist bios
Event is free, but attendees must pre-register.
Event is supported by Children's Specialized Hospital, EisnerAmper, Horizon BCBSNJ, and WithumSmith+Brown. NJBIZ is a media sponsor.
Agenda:
6:00-6:45 p.m. Networking with hor d'oeuvres
6:45-7:00 p.m. Welcome and announcements
7:00-8:30 p.m. Keynote address and panel discussion with audience Q&A
Keynote speaker bio
Gloria Feldt is co-founder and president of Take The Lead, the women’s leadership movement to prepare, develop, inspire and propel women to take their fair and equal share of leadership positions across all sectors by 2025. The bestselling author of No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power, Feldt is an acclaimed expert on women, power and authentic leadership, and an inspiring keynote speaker, who motivates with heart and humor and delivers practical “Power Tools” for life and leadership.
People magazine calls her the “voice of experience.” Feldt’s expertise in women, power and leadership comes from a deep well of personal knowledge gained on the front-lines. Her journey from teen mom and high school dropout from rural Texas to president and CEO of the world’s largest reproductive health and advocacy organization, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, to best-selling author and visionary leader for women’s equality inspires both men and women. Named by Vanity Fair as one of “America’s Top 200 Women Leaders, Legends, and Trailblazers” and Glamour’s “Woman of the Year,” she’s a world changer, who helped pave the way for women today.
Author of four books, Feldt teaches “Women, Power, and Leadership” at Arizona State University. On her website www.GloriaFeldt.com, she writes a popular blog, “Heartfeldt,” and she hangs out on social media far too much. Follow her on twitter @GloriaFeldt and connect on Facebook and LinkedIn.
Feldt recently served on the boards of the Women’s Media Center and Emerge America, and as co-chair of US Women Connect. She is currently on the Jewish Women’s Archive board. Feldt and her husband Alex Barbanell share a combined family of six children and 14 grandchildren; they live in New York City and Scottsdale, AZ.