Make Your Mark - Breaking the Glass Ceiling - Women, Voting, and Equality - WBDC

Guests discuss the fight, passion, and purpose needed to ignite and empower the next generation of young women. ©MMXX WBDC.org

More women- and minority-owned businesses means more economic and political equality and the advancement of women. Join US Representative Angie Craig, Beth Leonard (Managing Partner, Lurie, LLP), and Lili Hall (CEO, KNOCK, inc.) with moderator Melody Span Cooper (Chairperson, Midway Broadcasting Corporation) for a discussion on how engagements in public policy and legislation create advancement and equality for minority- and women-owned businesses. ©MMXX WBDC.org

Equity and access to education are critical in creating a pathway to social, political, and economic mobility for women and communities of color. Join guests Arne Duncan (former Secretary of Education), Joan Gabel (President of the University of Minnesota), and Juan Salgado, (Chancellor, City Colleges of Chicago) with host Laura Bloomberg (Dean of the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of MN) for a discussion on the state of educational equity and the power of voting rights.

Women are trailblazing their unique pathways to leadership, shattering the glass ceiling and creating legacies within their organizations and communities. Wendy Doyle (President & CEO, Women’s Foundation), Cassandra Sanford (Co-Founder/CEO, Kelly Mitchell), and Kathryn Graves Unger (Vice President, North America Government Relations, Cargill) join moderator Debra Jennings-Johnson (Senior Director, Supplier Diversity, BP) for a discussion on leadership and civic engagement.

Female leaders in the corner office are the catalyst for driving women’s civic and economic empowerment both inside their organizations, as well as within their communities. Join guests Joanna Sobran (Founder & CEO, MXOtech) and Stephanie Hickman (President/CEO, Trice Construction), with moderator Ellen Sherberg (Special Advisor to American City Business Journal CEO) for a discussion on their professional journeys and political participation.