Name: Women’s Leadership Symposium & Awards 2022
Start: 2022-06-19
End: 2022-12-19 11:30 PM

2022 June

Women’s Leadership Symposium & Awards 2022

June 29, 2022 | 9:00 am - 2:00 pm

The Los Angeles Business Journal was excited to return to our live in-person event format and host this year's 2022 Women’s Leadership Symposium & Awards! This year’s symposium panelists covered topics of ongoing importance, from recognition and salary negotiation to leading through change and an open discussion about how women can be powerful allies at work for other women. In addition, our Awards program honored women of outstanding achievement in our business community.

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LOCATION

J.W. Marriott L.A. LIVE
900 West Olympic Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90015

SYMPOSIUM BREAKFAST

8:00am – Registration, Networking & Breakfast Buffet
9:00am – Welcome Remarks & Breakfast

Panel Discussions

9:10am – Dream Big, Spark Change
9:45am – The Great Resignation - New Opportunities
10:20am – Live Your Best Life: Today’s Work/Life Balance
10:55am – C-Suite Visionaries
11:30am – Invention and Reinvention of Yourself

AWARDS LUNCHEON

11:45am – Registration & Networking
12:30pm – Opening Remarks & Lunch
1:00pm – Awards Presentation

PANELISTS & TOPICS INCLUDED

DREAM BIG, SPARK CHANGE

Alice Juarez
Regional Banking Director, Los Angeles
Wells Fargo Bank

Dr. Bernice Ledbetter
Dean of Students and Alumni Affairs, Faculty, Organizational Theory and Management Director, Center for Women in Leadership
Pepperdine Graziadio School of Business

Jennifer Povlitz
UBS Managing Director, West Division Director, Wealth Management USA
UBS Financial Services Inc.

Kiran Sanghera
People & Culture Manager
Miller Kaplan

Dayle M. Smith, Ph.D.
Dean
LMU College of Business Administration

THE GREAT RESIGNATION - NEW OPPORTUNITIES

Innesa Burrola
CEO, President of Sales and Recruiting
Boutique Recruiting

Mary Osako
Vice Chancellor for
Strategic Communications
UCLA

Jodie Poirier
Executive Managing Director,
Greater Los Angeles
Colliers

Michelle Wroan
Los Angeles Office Managing Partner
KPMG

LIVE YOUR BEST LIFE: TODAY'S WORK/LIFE BALANCE

Misty De Lamare
Director, Communications
L.A. Care Health Plan

Michelle C. Feng, Ph.D.
Chief Clinical Officer
Executive Mental Health

Kandee Lewis
CEO/President
Positive Results Center

Dr. Michele Nealon, PSY.D
President
The Chicago School of
Professional Psychology

C-SUITE VISIONARIES

Cheryl Calhoun, CPA, MBA
Managing Director, Tax &
Business Management
CBIZ & MHM

Pegi Matsuda, MA, CFRE
Owner
On Board LLC

Precious Mayes
CEO/President
Pacifica Hospital of the Valley

Lena Wilson, JD
CEO & President
Vista Del Mar Child & Family Services

INVENTION AND REINVENTION OF YOURSELF

Tanya Acker
Co-Host / Host
Tribunal (Amazon Freevee) / The Tanya Acker Show podcast

Jackie Keller
Founding Director and Executive Chef
NutriFit, LLC

Joan B. Kessler, JD, PhD
Mediator, Arbitrator, Special Master
JAMS

Stacy D. Phillips
Partner, Matrimonial & Family Law
Blank Rome LLP

Julia Stewart
Founder & CEO
Alurx

EVENT SPONSORS

PLATINUM

GOLD

View last year’s event recording here.

If you’re interested in sponsoring, speaking or partnership opportunities please call (323) 549-5225 or email

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