ASU SBDC 11th Annual Women In Business Conference 2023: The Little Pink Toolbox

March is Women's History Month! In conjunction with Women International Day, The Alabama SBDC at ASU will celebrate this month of awareness by hosting our 11th Annual WIB Little Pink Toolbox Conference.  This conference is designed to provide participants with skills in business management, tips on financial wellness, and shared experience discussions from successful businesswomen entrepreneurs.  

The following is the planned agenda and topics: 

•   9:30  - Check-In & Networking
   
•   9:50 - Opening Remarks and Greetings
   
• 10:10 - Financial Wellness:  Plan Ahead to Get Ahead
              Gina Goree Hitchens, RICP, GHG Financial Planning
   
• 11:00 - WE Real Talk Panel Discussion
               Challenges Women Business Owners Face and How to Conquer Them
               
               Facilitated by:  Dr. Jevonnah Ellison, CEO & Leading Business Coach
               
               Panelists:
                        - Dr. Valerie D. W. James, MAOM, LSSCGB, Founder/CEO, VisionSpot Enterprises & Chair of NAWBO Alabama Chapter
                        - Dr. Nichole Thompson, Executive Director, Lab at Dexter & Founder of She Wins Global, a nonprofit organization & Founder and co-owner of 
                          AdaChic Designs
                        - Lisa McGinty, Small Business Owner, Business Consultant, and Alabama SBDC Network State Advisory Board Member
                        - Joyce Pearson, Mrs. Joyce Pearson, General Manager, Pounds of Care, Inc., Motherly Care Family Services (MOCA)

• 11:40 - Grow Your Business Internationally
              Carolyn Turner, LCB, CGBP | Assistant Director of Research &Training – Alabama International Trade Center
   
• 12:10  - Lunch Break - Networking
   
• 12:30 - Conference Keynote Speaker
              Montez Diamond, SBA Office of Advocacy, Region 4 Advocate, States: AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN
   
•   1:00  - Federal Contracting Certifications for WOSB Basic 101
               Sandrieka Moore, MBA, Business Development Specialist / Administrative Officer, Alabama District Office
   
•   1:30 -   Access to Capital 
                Dana Moore, Vice President, Commercial Loan Officer, Valley National Bank
                        

Conference Moderator, Janel Bell Haynes, MBA, Ed.D, PDB, Director of Annual Giving, Auburn University Montgomery

For more information, contact Andrea Rogers Mosley at 334-604-5723 or email arprice@alasu.edu.

WIB Conference is cohosted by Alabama SBDC at ASU with AITC, TechMGM, NAWBO, Ignite Alabama, and Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc. Mu Chapter

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