ABOUT

Women In Business Summit (WIB Summit)
Mission: To develop a community of strong female professionals and entrepreneurs by providing quality programming and resources in an environment that promotes learning.
Who Attends: Diverse women who are part-time or full-time entrepreneurs, or
professionals, who are looking to change their lives in a positive direction through learning, inspiration, and genuine connections with other female leaders.
The Women in Business Summit (WIB Summit) was founded in 2005 by Kisha Zullo. It was created to provide a platform outside of the workplace to educate, encourage and inspire women to achieve their career and personal goals. The energy at the Summit is magnetic! Attendees seamlessly connect to each other and the information to help resolve their career and personal challenges.
The summit provides a platform for a diverse audience of new recruits, entrepreneurs, and industry veterans to receive training and information in an interactive manner to assist them in achieving their career and personal goals. Attendees have the opportunity to network with other professionals and join in discussions about subjects that are relative to their growth. This one day conference connects people to their next mentor, friend, client or employee.
We focus on these key areas:
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Leadership & Career Advancement
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Money Management
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Personal Development
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Entrepreneurship
Each year we highlight a non-profit. Girls for Technology was selected for 2020. Other organizations have included: Corporation for Independent Living (CIL); The Ana Grace Project; Dress for Success Springfield; Dress for Success Hartford; GoodWorks; My Sister’s Place; YWCA Hartford Region; Prudence Crandall, and Junior Achievement of Southwest New England.
Thank you to our 2020 sponsors for making this event possible: UConn School of Business, MassMutual and The William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund.
Due to the impact of COVID-19 on gathering in large groups and our desire to have a safe environment for our attendees, speakers and guests, we are hosted the Summit as a Virtual Experience.
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A LOOK BACK

July 30-July 31, 2020
SCHEDULE
30th
31st

6:00pm - 8:00pm
VIP Guests
Thursday, July 30, 2020 (VIP Guests ONLY)
Virtual Speaker Reception
featuring DJ Q Boogie
and DJ Ronn Perez
8:00am - 1:00pm
Friday, July 31, 2020
8:00 AM Welcome/Opening Remarks
8:30 - 9:00 AM KAREN MILLSAP, KEYNOTE
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9:00 - 9:30 AM Panel: Entrepreneurship
Tracy Mobley
Lindsey Vertner
Moderator: Candi Sterling
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9:30 - 9:50 AM Panel: Personal Development
Dr. Althea Webber Bates
Kasey Corsello
Karla Medina
Moderator: Maryann Cruz
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9:55 - 10:25 AM Executive Roundtable
Sailaja N. Joshi
Katherine Prewitt
Kate Farrar
Moderator: Kisha Zullo
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10:25 - 10:45 AM Panel: Personal Empowerment
Sabine Gedeon
Mali Phonpadith
Rola El Chami
Moderator: Kristi Sullivan
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10:45 - 11:05 AM Panel: Leadership
Lucy Gilson
Simone Morris
Janet Davenport
Moderator: Kristi Sullivan
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11:10 - 11:25 AM Cornell Thomas, Special Guest
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11:25 AM - 11:55 AM Panel: Money
Liz Gendreau
Patrina Dixon
Moderator: Maryann Cruz
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11:55 AM - 12:15 PM - Panel: Branding
Jennifer Ransaw Smith
Candi Sterling
Gina Johnson
Moderator/Speaker: Lindsey Vertner
12:20 - 12:50 PM NICOLE WALTERS, KEYNOTE
SPONSORS

WIB Summit offers organizations an opportunity to support the personal and professional growth of their teams. We focus on these key areas: Leadership and career advancement; personal development; money management and entrepreneurship. Organizations partner with us to educate, encourage and inspire their leaders while saving time, money and the planning resources it would take to execute a similar event on their own.
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES:
To confirm your sponsorship contact: Kisha Zullo at kzullo@eventsofjoy.com. Click the link below for details.
BECOME AN EXHIBITOR:
We have limited virtual space available. Email kzullo@eventsofjoy.com
PURCHASE AN AD:
We have limited AD space available in our Digital Program book. Email kzullo@eventsofjoy.com
Full page COLOR: $250. Here is an example of how we are switching to digital this year.