Conference Agenda

The assembly of speakers this year is amazing. We listened to your feedback and developed sessions on topics that are most relevant to you. Learn more about the various speakers attending as well as the topics on which they will discuss in their sessions below. Be sure to check back for updates and more info.

October 3, 2023

Backstage Pass

3:00 PM

Networking & Hors d'oeuvres

4:00 PM

Welcome & Keynote

Kate Burgess
Wonder Women: The Real Behind the Ideal

As women in leadership, we are often called Wonder Women. But recognizing the real reasons that label applies is key to wearing it authentically. That’s because the reality of getting to an ideal state of leadership is a journey of WONDER that happens in stages. Those stages can repeat in sequence throughout a lifetime, or reappear singularly, as just a day in the life. Yet they’re always part of what keeps women leaders WONDERFULLY real.

KATE BURGESS

Kate Burgess is a Brand Advocate and a Connector. Leading with empathy. Living with purpose. Embracing life's vitality and boundless possibilities through faith, family, and wellness.

As CEO/Owner of Elevate97, the most meaningful contributions Kate feels she can make are in mentorship. She has a passion for community and cultivating connections and thrives on helping others fulfill their potential. She believes people are inherently more connected than they realize. And working together to bridge gaps and create connections taps into something very powerful.

Kate's journey has been greatly enriched because of her value in diversity, perspectives, and people. She is inspired by travel and loves discovering new ideas, fresh artistic visions, and bold creative expressions in innovation and design.

She believes in paying it forward and giving her time and resources however she can in service to others. Volunteering on the boards of several nonprofits is just one way she chooses to live out her values and belief that everyone should be elevated with dignity, respect, and compassion.

5:30 PM

Cocktail Reception

October 4, 2023

Conference

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7:30 AM

Registration & Networking

8:30 AM

Welcome & Morning Keynote*

Quinn Conyers
Make Your Voice Visible

There are times when we feel invisible. Quinns contagious keynote presentation will give you the courage to sit or stand at ANY table with confidence. To be seen, heard and appreciated in your career. And to do this with authentic and empathic communication.

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10:15 AM

Networking Break

10:45 AM

Breakout Sessions

Gina Glover*
Dial Up Your Influence: Specific Strategies that Stick

John Maxwell who has authored over 100 books on leadership, once said: “Leadership is influence. Nothing more, nothing less.” Whether or not your job involves leading people, you possess an ability to influence others. But do you consider yourself an influencer? Not the sort of influencer you hear about — you know, a person of celebrity status who uses social media to endorse or promote a product and leverages their fan base to increase sales. Rather, are you an influencer who inspires or guides the actions of others — even when there is no direct chain of command? Meaning, you aren't the boss (or the mom)! Here's the deal, you don't have to be someone's boss to be an influencer and this session will show you how.

GINA GLOVER

Gina Glover is a professional speaker and career coach and on a mission to instill and inspire networking know-how for business leaders. A graduate of Ferris State University, Gina has enjoyed a diverse career in the Fox Cities since 1996. In addition to speaking and coaching, she is working on her first book Navigating SHIFT Creek, a guide for those who feel they are paddling in place in their current corporate career. She is also on a personal quest to run a race in every state in the U.S.

Amy Fuentes
Building the Best You: How to Shift Your Mindset for Success

Many of us are living lives like zombies… going through the motions seemingly unresponsive to our surroundings. But that doesn’t have to be YOUR reality. When you change the way you look at things the things you look at change. This impactful keynote will wake you up so you can live life intentionally.

Amy gives insightful strategies to feeling empowered and creating the life wanted instead of going through life on autopilot.

AMY FUENTES

Thought-provoking speaker, author, entrepreneur, Amy, inspires others by showing them how to look at life differently. As a result of the hardships she overcame, she noticed one common theme… We’re one decision away from a totally different life.

Compelled to help people successfully navigate their lives, she shares her insights in her book and on social; inspiring others to reimagine decisions so they can find their voices, change their stories, and become their own heroes.

Kaela Gedda
Discover Your Wealth Code

Your wealth code is your personal recipe for how you relate to yourself, and money, based on 8 energetic ingredients.There is no one right wealth code. Wealth codes are not one size fits all. Consider that what creates the most financial freedom and alignment with wealth is when we are honoring our wealth code, not trying to force ourselves to fit into someone else's. Our wealth codes contain the same ingredients, but with different priorities to the energies, in different proportions, and with different interpretations and experiences of them.

KAELA GEDDA

Kaela Gedda is an Ontological Life Coach serving leaders and entrepreneurs to live their most joy-filled lives creating multi-six+ figure businesses as a result. She runs her coaching business, Rise Leadership Circle, with the best partner a girl could ask for, her mom Lisa. Kaela also is one of the co-founders of The Nest Cowork + Club in her hometown Green Bay. She has many obsessions: witchy reads, her dogs Murray and Millie, weekly horseback riding, spa days, snacks, and drinking champagne. Kaela frequently travels internationally, across the US, or on extended road trips. According to Human Design she’s a Reflector, Enneagram 8, and a self proclaimed maximalist. Kaela and her husband Tom are in the early stages of looking for land to build their dream house on Lake Superior to live near the water 6 months of the year making her Pisces self happy, and then going to Savannah the other half to thaw out after a Midwest holiday season. Kaela’s top commitments are to: indulge in rich experiences, love wildly, and take snack breaks.

TitletownTech Panel: Jill Enos & Jennifer Ryan
Advancing Women in Entrepreneurship

Join us for a dynamic 1:1 discussion on advancing women in entrepreneurship between TitletownTech Managing Director Jill Enos and Croux Founder and CEO Jennifer Ryan. From leaving the corporate world to starting a venture and scaling it, Jill and Jennifer will cover a range of topics to empower aspiring and current women entrepreneurs.

Whether you're a seasoned entrepreneur or just starting out, this discussion will provide valuable insights and practical tips to help you navigate the entrepreneurial landscape.

Come join us!

JILL ENOS

Jill Enos, Managing Director, is an experienced investor and operator in early-stage ventures. Prior to TitletownTech, Jill worked with Fortune 50 innovation leaders at StageThree to create, build, and spin out new ventures and capabilities. She co-founded and led the New Venture Foundry, an early-stage investment group providing seed capital and mentorship to regional startups. Jill also founded the Fox Connection, a collaboration of regional public and private universities to advance entrepreneurial opportunities and support for area college students.

Prior to returning to the Midwest from Washington DC, Jill was part of the leadership team at a venture-backed enterprise software services company that was acquired by AT&T. Earlier in her career she worked for the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Jill has a BA in political science from the Honors College at Michigan State University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

JENNIFER RYAN

Jennifer Ryan is the co-founder and CEO of Croux, a platform that connects talent with flexible work opportunities in the hospitality industry. She is also the founder of BLUEROOT, a healthy, fast-casual eatery in Birmingham, Alabama. Prior to founding both companies, the southern California native spent over a decade working in finance and technology in New York City and Silicon Valley. She was recognized as an Alabama Retailer of the Year finalist, an Alabama Environmental Council Gold Partner for outstanding sustainability practices, and the Entrepreneur of the Year by the Les Dames d’Escoffier of Birmingham for her work at BLUEROOT. In 2022, Jennifer — together with three hospitality veterans and a software engineer — started Croux to support hospitality talent and businesses alike in an industry rocked by the Great Resignation. Since its launch last year, Croux has won the statewide Alabama Launchpad technology competition, expanded to five markets, grown its talent community to more than 3,000 individuals, and raised over $1M in funding – with Titletown Tech leading the most recent investment round. Through BLUEROOT, Croux, and other ventures, she is on a mission to fuel the local economy, which she believes begins — but certainly does not end — with food. Jennifer, her husband Mike, their two-year-old daughter, and their two Rhodesian Ridgebacks are recent transplants to Green Bay and newly minted Packers fans.

Taura Prosek
Get Empowered to "Lead Your Career" Forward

Being satisfied in our profession is a big part of our fulfillment in life. Learn a "Lead Your Career" framework to guide your career more intentionally and strategically while also helping others to do the same. This 4-step framework will help you identify what you want to do next whether that's taking on additional responsibilities or changing roles and will help you to develop a plan to get there. This process pulls career development together in a practical, step-by-step system to guide individuals to professional fulfillment, from career planning and marketing yourself to building a solid network and preparing for the next role.

TAURA PROSEK

Taura Prosek is an executive coach and career strategist with Stewart Leadership. She's coached thousands of professionals and leaders and is the author of Lead Your Career: A Step-by-Step Guide to Achieving Professional Fulfillment. She is a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach and is PCC certified with the ICF. She has an MBA from Kellogg-Northwestern and BBA from UW-Madison.

11:45 AM

Lunch

12:15 PM

5 Years of Celebrating Women*

1:00 PM

Networking Break

1:15 PM

Breakout Sessions

Laura Gmeinder*
Take Back Your Time: Building Better Boundaries

Do you have a difficult time saying “No.”? Do you struggle to set limits on your time or energy? Do you often put yourself last? We’ve all been there at one time or another! You may have been taught to play “nice” or be a “team player” by always saying yes or putting others' needs and wants before yours. Often that mindset stalls us out professionally when we say “YES!” to get ahead. And it’s even harder now. Many women are still struggling to separate their work and personal lives in what has become a boundaryless work wherever whenever world. Unfortunately, this kind of people-pleasing leaves you feeling used, stressed — or worse burned out and resentful.

The ability to say no — to yourself and to others — is one of the clearest expressions of a good boundary. Join ICF certified business and leadership coach Laura Gmeinder to learn how to prioritize and maximize your day to say yes to what serves the greater good — and most importantly is aligned with what is most important to you. Give yourself a break, give up the guilt and take back your time.

LAURA GMEINDER

A certified coach, strategic consultant, and in demand speaker, with over 20 years experience in business, mindset and women’s leadership, Laura Gmeinder has made it her life’s mission to empower ambitious women and provide the support they need to be successful — on their terms — in business and life.

Her story? She survived a quarter life crisis, made friends with her fear, courageously left her corporate HR job (after 14 years) and set out to make an impact in the world. She has started several award winning businesses and has been recognized as an InBusiness Magazine “40 Under 40”, honored for her business and civic contributions, and a BRAVA magazine “Woman to Watch”.

Karen Lemke
4 Powerful Steps to Expand Your Influence and Impact

Would you like to have more influence at work? Or find the courage to say hard things? Or make a bigger difference in the lives of others? The secret irony is this: Your thoughts and actions may be getting in the way of precisely what you hope to achieve. In fact, the way to a powerful impact outside of you begins with a focused alignment within you! If you dream of feeling successful, motivated and inspired, but instead feel drained, disappointed and discouraged, you have the power to change that! Learn how you can start creating everything you wish to have, be, do and feel… right now!

KAREN LEMKE

Karen Lemke is a popular and respected leadership coach, mental fitness coach, instructor, consultant, speaker and author. She has over 30 years of experience in Human Resources and executive-level leadership. She is co-author of the book “101 Ways to Enrich Your Life,” which is sold internationally. Currently, Karen works through her Lemke Leadership business and at the Center for Exceptional Leadership at St. Norbert College. She was a featured speaker at the Women’s Leadership Conference in 2021, and she was nominated as a Woman of Influence in the New North Region in 2022. Karen is on a mission to enrich, encourage and inspire leaders in all walks of life.

Theresa Brockman
Living Lightly: The Art of Letting Go and Creating Lasting Change

Creating deep, profound change in our lives is never easy. We quickly fall into old patterns and our past inevitably becomes our present. This rarely serves our joy or our deepest desires. Learn how one recovering perfectionist and people-pleaser (*cough* control-freak) let go of the meticulous details of the day-to-day and her anxiety-filled "American Dream", created lasting change and is building the life of HER dreams on HER terms. Jumping off the hamster wheel can be a scary leap, but with easy-to-implement practical tools and relatable stories, this conversation will help you look at joy and success in a whole new way.

THERESA BROCKMAN

Theresa Brockman serves as the Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at Evergreen Retirement Community in Oshkosh. With a BA in Journalism/Communications and a Masters degree in Public Administration from UW Oshkosh, Brockman did all the“right" things to build the family and career American dreams are made of. When anxiety and depression took over, Brockman did what she did best, took control. What she learned, however, was that the real and lasting freedom came from letting go.

Rachel Lom
Stop SHOULD-ing All Over Yourself

The words we use influence our thoughts and actions.

For example, the word SHOULD implies some perfect standard that makes life better somehow. That overpowering feeing of SHOULD can even end up creating the core values that inherently guide our life choices.

Yet, this imposed expectation can also create feelings of "not enough," leading to self-doubt, imposter syndrome and other limiting beliefs.

Instead, what if we challenged the SHOULDs in life in order to make sure we are forging our own futures rather than unintentionally following a path established by societal norms or expectations from others?

RACHEL LOM

Rachel Lom co-hosts the Sisterhood of Success podcast, where she and her sister explore a variety of perspectives for pursuing your own definition of success. They want all women to feel the sense of acceptance and encouragement they enjoy in a family of four sisters. On air, they don't take themselves too seriously while learning about living with joy, generosity, and sisterhood. Off the air, Rachel is a freelance writer and corporate communications consultant.

2:15 PM

Networking Break

2:45 PM

Afternoon Keynote*

Ashley Quinto Powell
Say Yes to It All

Women are asked to shoulder enormous burdens in care-giving, work, and home. How do we say, “Yes!” to more of the things we want to do- and less of the things we don’t? The world needs you to be doing the BIG things you dream of doing.

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4:00 PM

I LOVE IT!

A special 5 year anniversary giveaway of the products that have made us say "I LOVE IT!"
Emcee: Quinn Conyers

4:30 PM

Cocktail Reception

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Conference Agenda

October 3, 2023

Backstage Pass

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3:00 PM

Networking & Hors d'oeuvres

4:00 PM

Welcome & Keynote

5:30 PM

Cocktail Reception

October 4, 2023

Conference

7:30 AM

Registration & Networking

8:30 AM

Welcome & Morning Keynote*

10:15 AM

Networking Break

10:45 AM

Breakout Sessions

11:45 AM

Lunch

12:15 PM

5 Years of Celebrating Women*

1:00 PM

Networking Break

1:15 PM

Breakout Sessions

2:15 PM

Networking Break

2:45 PM

Afternoon Keynote*

4:00 PM

I LOVE IT!

4:30 PM

Cocktail Reception

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