Description
In-person tickets include breakfast and lunch. The first 500 tickets sold also include a swag bag and a signed copy of Carla Harris’ book Lead to Win.
Event Details
In-person tickets include breakfast and lunch. The first 500 tickets sold also include a swag bag and a signed copy of Carla Harris’ book Lead to Win.
Schedule of Sessions
8 a.m. to 9 a.m. – Registration, Breakfast, and Networking
9 a.m. to 10 a.m. – Welcome and Morning Keynote
“Innovation in Philanthropy” by Asha Curran, Founder and CEO of Giving Tuesday. She will be interviewed by Hillary Millman, Executive Director of the Association of Development Officers in Westchester and Founder of In Better Words, LLC.
10:15 to 11 a.m. – Advocacy Panel
- Carola Bracco, Executive Director, Neighbors Link
- Kathy Halas, Executive Director, Child Care Council of Westchester, Inc
- Cindy Kanusher, Esq., Executive Director of the Pace Women’s Justice Center
- Allison Lake, Executive Director, Westchester Children’s Association
- Moderator – Jan Fisher, Executive Director of Nonprofit Westchester
11:15 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. – “Collaborating in the Nonprofit Sector to achieve More” TED-Style Talk
- Cynthia Knox, Chief Executive Officer, Caring for the Hungry and Homeless of Peekskill
- Anahaita Kotval, Chief Executive Officer, Lifting Up Westchester
- Introduced by Alison Paul, Co-president of Grant Professionals of Lower Hudson
11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. – Lunch in the Lobby Area
12:45 p.m. to 2 p.m. – Afternoon Keynote
“Lead to Win” by Carla Harris, former Vice Chairman of Morgan Stanley, former chair of the National Women’s Business Council, and past Chair of the Board of the Morgan Stanley Foundation. She will be introduced by Michelle A. Nicholas, Founder and CEO of The Nico Consulting, Inc. and Former SVP, Chief Diversity Officer and Director of Community Development, PCSB Bank
2:15 p.m. to 3 p.m.- Leadership Development Panel
- Victoria Bruno, Business Development Manager, Kings Capital Construction (BCWs Star Power Graduate and Alumni Association Manager)
- Dante Hudson, Chief Operating Officer, YWCA White Plains and Central Westchester (NPW’s Emerging Leaders Graduate)
- Carmen Martinez Lopez, Dean, School of Business and Professional Careers at Westchester Community College (Volunteer New York! Leadership Westchester Graduate)
- Moderator — Valerie Mason Cunningham, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Mason & Rice LLC
3:15 pm to 3:30 p.m. – “Storytelling Through the use of Social Media” TED-Style Talk
- Christine Gritmon, former Senior Editor of Social Media Pulse
- Introduced by Nancy Eberhardt, Executive Director of Pro Bono Partnership
3:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. – Community Conversations and Closing Remarks
*schedule subject to change
Date: April 04, 2023
Start time: 08:00 a.m. EDT
End time: 04:00 p.m. EDT
Venue: The Performing Arts Center at Purchase College
