Los Angeles Professional Women’s Conference hosted by MBA Women Los Angeles

JOIN US on Saturday, September 13th at the Los Professional Women’s Conference hosted by the Women MBA Los Angeles Chapter.

Registration is now closed. If you would still like to attend, please arrive at the Sheraton Gateway Los Angeles at 8 am to register at the door.

This full day conference will inspire and challenge women to be their best in the professional world by providing perspectives, strategies and tools to create and sustain career and personal growth.

Designed to explore topics and issues relevant to women from all industries, attendees will have options to attend different breakout sessions of their choice. All Attendees will have the opportunity to attend the Speaker Panel, Color Code Assessment session and Post Reception Networking.

Breakfast and lunch included.

Conference Topics

Negotiation: Learn how your style influences your ability to strategically negotiate both personally and professionally.

Personal Branding: Get tips on how to enhance your brand and raise your visibility by getting involved in your community and online. Remember you are the most important brand.

Entrepreneurship: Be inspired to become an entrepreneur and gain an understanding what it takes to get a business off the ground.

Career Burnout: Learn how to recognize the symptoms of burnout, how to cope with it, and what steps to take to stay on track.

Color Code Assessment and Session: Understand your core driving motives and strengths and learn how to apply them for more direct communciation in the workplace.

Featuring a great line-up of speakers

Keynote Speaker

Grace Wang
Chief Financial Officer, Green Dot Corporation

Panel Speaker
Career Sponsorship: Differentiating between Mentors and Sponsors

BeNeca Griffin
NAACP Image Award Nominated Author and CEO of Moments of Focus LLC

Panel Speaker
Career Sponsorship: Differentiating between Mentors and Sponsors

Michelle Patterson
President of the The Global Women Foundation

Panel Speaker
Career Sponsorship: Differentiating between Mentors and Sponsors

Dr. Chris Hardy
Business Executive

Panel Speaker Moderator
Career Sponsorship: Differentiating between Mentors and Sponsors

Anisa Rashad
Leadership Strategist and Executive Coach at Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems

Negotiation
Winning by Negotiation in your Personal and Professional Life

Dr. Tessa Warschaw
Author, psychotherapist/coach, and internationally recognized seminar leader

Personal Branding
Your Next and Best Career Move: How to CREATE a Personal Brand that Reflects You!

Eva Steortz
Chief Inspiration Officer for Vita Creativa and Sr. Vice-President for The Equinox Group

Avoiding Career Burnout
Avoiding Career Burnout: Recognizing, Coping and Retaining Control

Yulia Ievleva
Pyshotherapist, Consultant licensed in California as a Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT)

Entrepreneurship
Taking the Leap and Strategies for Maintianing Momentum as an Entrepreneur

Julia Y. Huang
CEO, interTrend Communications, Inc.

Color Code Assessment
Understanding your driving core motives and strengths!

LeeAnne Ruff
Senior Manager Training & Development at Beachbody and Certified Trainer for Color Code International

Agenda

8:00 am – 9:00 am	Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 am – 9:15 am	Welcome & Orientation
9:15 am – 9:45 am	Opening Keynote Speaker
9:45 am – 10:50 am	Speaker Panel: Sponsorship versus Mentorship
10:50 am – 11:00 am	Break
11:00 am – 12:00 pm	Breakout Session 1 Option 1: Negotiation Option 2: Personal Branding
12:00 pm – 12:45 pm	Luncheon
12:45 pm – 1:30 pm	Luncheon Speaker – Color Code Assessment
1:30 pm – 2:45 pm	Breakout session 2 Color Code Assessment
2:45 pm – 3:50 pm	Breakout session 3 Option 1: Career Burnout Option 2: Entrepreneurship
3:50 pm – 5:00 pm	Post Reception and Networking

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