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2017
Orlando Women’s Conference Schedule 8:00am REGISTRATION OPENS MARKETPLACE OPENS
8:30am OPENING SESSION
8:50am BREAK IN MARKETPLACE
9:00am FIRST BREAKOUT SESSIONS
9:45am BREAK IN MARKETPLACE
10:00am SECOND BREAKOUT SESSIONS
10:45am BREAK IN MARKETPLACE
11:00am THIRD BREAKOUT SESSIONS
11:45am BREAK IN MARKETPLACE
12:15 - 2:00pm KEYNOTE LUNCHEON
2:00pm BREAK IN MARKETPLACE 2:30pm POWER PANEL DISCUSSION: HOW CAN WE IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY?
3:30pm WRAP UP RECEPTION MARKETPLACE OPEN
and we are so pleased that you are taking time for you! In addition to hearing from an inspiring group of speakers, we encourage you to make new, meaningful connections. Be motivated, uplifted and encouraged. Get information, life lessons and advice. Engage, exchange and participate. Christi Ashby & Kate Slentz
2016 Highlights
CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS
KEYNOTE LUNCHEON
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with Annetta wilson and Lauren Popeck
What if you could permanently eliminate all competition, have an advocate you could always count on, and use one simple word every day to make yourself more powerful than you can imagine? Annetta Wilson will invite you to “empower, enlighten and engage” with the most important person in your life: YOU! Discover why struggle is “optional” and why you’re already a CEO! President of Annetta Wilson Media Training & Success Coaching, Annetta’s expertise is in media training, presentation and communication skills coaching for executives, entrepreneurs and subject-matter. She is the creator of 7 Secrets to Becoming a Media Magnet (how to make the media your marketing machine) and You’ve Got Less Than 15 Seconds. Impress Me! (how to attract clients and grow your business from hello). During an award-winning career in the broadcast industry, Annetta worked as a television news anchor, reporter, producer, talk show host and writer. She has also held management positions in the broadcast industry as a community affairs director and marketing director. Annetta was national emcee for the Office Depot Success Strategies Conference for Businesswomen in six major U.S. cities. She is one of eight coaches featured in the
Annetta Wilson
Lauren Popeck, RD FOOD AS A MEDICINE Lauren will discuss using food to improve your health and increase your energy.
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CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS Some of the brightest, most independent women often seem hesitant to work with a financial advisor because they don’t know where to start
Opening Session 8:30 - 8:50am
or what to expect. Hear Sindy speak to you about why this step is so important. Here are a few tips to help you get started:
EXPERT ADVICE... 1. LOOK FOR MORE THAN INVESTMENT ADVICE
People often confuse investment advice with financial advice. A financial advisor will take a broader look across every aspect of your financial life.
2. KNOW WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT
After helping you develop a comprehensive plan to reach your goals, a great financial advisor will meet with you regularly to make sure you’re on track and will help adjust your plan as your priorities change.
3. DO YOUR HOMEWORK
Playing offense is being in the frontlines and taking actions to improve the business. Once you know what to look for, ask trusted friends, family members or colleagues for recommendations; then schedule a meeting. Be wary of anyone who attempts to sell you a financial product in a first meeting. You want a financial advisor who is more interested in getting to know you than he or she is in selling you something.
4. INSIST ON QUALITY
Make sure your financial advisor has the proper credentials and learn about the company he or she represents, too. Your financial plan (and advisor) should be with you for life, so you want to make sure he or she is supported by a firm with a strong history and excellent financial strength.
Sindy Canizales Walters
5. IT’S A PARTNERSHIP
As you consider making large purchases or other important financial decisions, talk with your advisor. You’ll feel better about your choices if you know that the decisions you make won’t put your financial goals at risk.
6. SET ASIDE THE TIME
In business, as in sports, there is a difference between game day and practice time. It’s not a matter of not understanding financial concepts, but taking the time to map out a plan that seems to fall to the bottom of the list. It’s important to remember, when you take the time now to take care of yourself, you are actually helping those you care about, too.
Sindy Canizales Walters is a Northwestern Mutual Financial Advisor with a passion to help others achieve personal and financial success. As an immigrant by way of Colombia and Venezuela, Sindy learned valuable business lessons from her entrepreneurial parents. Her mother was a trailblazer in Colombia as a wholesaler in the male-dominated automotive industry. Sindy followed her pioneering example in financial services. Her fervor for her career only grew as she saw the positive impact she was having on others’ lives. With the encouragement and mentorship of her leaders, Sindy cultivated a strong business, a 25-person multicultural financial representative team, and has earned many professional accolades. She and her team also pay it forward as supporters of charitable organizations like Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, Nemours Children’s Hospital, The Colombo-American Medical Association and Prospera.
CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS PERFORM AT YOUR PEAK How your body can impact both your work and personal life.
TAKE ACTION 9 - 9:45am breakout sessions
Moderator
DR. DEBORAH HARDING pioneered and developed the Harding Medical Institute and its subsidiary Harding Anti-Aging Center. Her vision is to provide clients with innovative, proactive, preventive healthcare combined with the future benefits of anti-aging medicine. She is board certified in internal, sleep disorder and anti-aging medicine, and is certified by Cenegenics Medical Institute.
LEE O’DONNELL manages and directs the overall activities of the Prevention and Wellness Initiative at Orlando Health. She serves as the key personnel for this clinical initiative at Orlando Health that includes interacting with senior executives, physicians, healthcare workers and community leaders. In addition, Lee manages partners and proactively works to positively build the Prevention and Wellness Initiative and the reputation of Orlando Health among team members, the healthcare community, Central Florida community and business leaders.
LINDA CHAPIN has served in many roles in the Central Florida community over the years. Elected to the county commission in the 1980s, Linda then served as the first elected mayor of Orange County from 1990-1998. After leaving office, she joined the University of Central Florida where she founded the Metropolitan Center for Regional Studies, which focuses on issues facing the region, primarily in areas of growth, the environment, and transportation. Today, she serves on a number of civic and community boards, and recently completed two terms as chairman of the Orlando Health board of directors.
GET INVOLVED How to be more politically active and impact the community.
Panelists
Moderator
SHELLEY W. LAUTEN is the CEO of the Central Florida Commission on Homelessness, as of October, 2017. The Commission is a tri-county organization whose mission is to eradicate homelessness across the region. Prior to the Commission, Lauten was a Founding Partner of the consulting firm triSect; served as President of myregion.org, a seven-county strategic planning initiative; and held senior executive positions at Walt Disney World and the Arnold Palmer Golf Management Company. A native Floridian, Shelley has been married to her husband for 34 years and have called Orlando home for most of those years. They have two grown children, a son-in-law and a granddaughter.
Panelists
HELEN MARTINEZ, CEO of Skilled Shift, is an attorney and entrepreneur who founded her company in late 2015 after recognizing an intense demand for technical contract labor. Skilled Shift connects vetted tech contractors with businesses that need web, software and design development. She previously built a SaaSbased company focused on the financial due diligence sector of law. Helen worked for nearly a decade in private practice and as in-house counsel. She is active in the community and has served on many boards including the advisory board for ATHENA International. Helen lives in Orlando with her husband and two children, Virginia (5) and Tindal (3).
EMBRACE BOLD STRATEGIES The last marketing plan you’ll ever need
DEBORAH LINDEN has been an innovative entrepreneur her entire career. Through Linden Investments, she works with start-ups and nonprofits in business strategy, negotiation, crossindustry partnerships and financial planning. She owns The Vitality Center Orlando, which offers personalized wellness programs that focus upon nutrition and a balanced lifestyle to help maximize energy, boost immunity and combat disease. This holistic approach is also emphasized at her wine bar and healthy bistro, The Vineyard, which offers nutritious foods and dietary boosters. The two brands provide coaching, education and social engagement services geared toward personal improvement through daily lifestyle alternatives.
ANNA ESKAMANI is a Florida native and first generation Iranian-American, She serves as the senior director of public affairs and communications for Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida. She is also a PhD student and adjunct professor at the University of Central Florida (UCF). A feminist and millennial, Anna is committed to building collective power to lift community efficacy. She has been recognized by the Orlando Sentinel has one of the most 100 influential people in the region and has recently been honored as one of UCF’s “30 under 30” awardees. Most of Anna’s family lives in Iran.
DANYA SHEA GLENNY is by trade a chief marketing officer driven by financial outcomes and high-impact collaborations. She is guided by a deep understanding of the new rules of the new economy, and is an advisor for economic growth through entrepreneurship. If you need actionable insights into your customers, market dynamics and key partners She systematically leverages technology, empathy and influe.nce to gain this insight, drive revenue and chart sustainable growth. In the community, she is known as a trusted ally in the fight for equality for marginalized groups. Other favorite geek-out topics include her kids, travel, horses and scotch.
EMPATHY & CREATIVITY: Feminine Business Superpowers by Danya Shea, CEO & Founder of Fervr and Chief Activator at UCF’s Blackstone LaunchPad Let’s begin on the same page: while I reference females in general, I’m by no means excluding our essential male counterparts. There are masculine and feminine traits we all carry. We need both. Use this article to spur your attention toward your feminine traits of empathy and creativity, without limiting these business superpowers just to females. Verbosity is the killer of effective communication (I lose points for using the word ‘verbosity’), so I’m intentionally over-simplifying the gender conversation going forward. Good? Good. One of the most exciting and rewarding parts of working with other women in business is validating their superpowers of empathy and creativity to drive crisp, green business growth. I’m talking the bottom line. We’re no longer relegating these soft skills to support team roles. They’re coming front and center with CEOs, COOs, CFOs and with the shrewdest of board members. Forward-thinking founders and leaders know what traits power the engine of the new economy. Moving from an economy based on competition, secrecy and greed we now find ourselves post-2008 in an economy racing toward the prioritization of collaboration, transparency and impact. As women in business, what is our position in this new economy? Do we have yet more to catch up on; more to educate ourselves on; more to fight for equality and representation in? I’ll suggest to you it’s precisely the opposite: There has never been a better time to capitalize on intrinsic feminine superpowers for marketplace success than now. Specifically, I see proof that empathy and creativity are traits/skills/values surging forward and gaining recognition, acclaim and demand from both consumers and employers. The question then shifts from “Is it OK (or useful/advantageous/profitable) to have empathy and creativity in business?” to “What are the systematic ways to apply my superpowers of empathy and creativity in a for-profit organization?” Once we embrace the art of empathy and creativity in driving profitability, we can address the science of scaling, replicating and systematizing it. If we can’t teach it, we don’t understand it, right? Recently I began studying how the human brain uses models to prioritize and sort incoming data. Models are essential to life: Everything from basic survival instincts to the luxury of reasoning and critical thinking. If we aren’t taught a model, or don’t intentionally select one, our brains will make one for us because it is intolerable for the brain to operate without models. Makes me want to seek out and evaluate the models I’m operating off of in all areas of life… …But back to the business world. What model do you apply for creating value for a customer base? What model do you use to understand your market and the exponential changes of the Digital Age? How are you systematically applying your feminine superpowers of empathy and creativity to grow your company’s bottom line? We’re in the greatest time of American history to explore these themes together and aggregate our collective intelligence to build modern models that work. I can’t wait to see you at the Orlando Women’s Conference April 7th to explore further! To connect with Shea about these ideas, email shea@fervrco.com or join the MOXXIE Facebook Group at facebook.com/groups/moxxie.
CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS Moderator
LEAD IN YOUR OWN STYLE You don’t have to follow all the standard rules. Succeed by making your own.
TAKE ACTION 10 - 10:45am
DANA NICHOLSON BLEDSOE, FACHE, MBA, serves as president of Nemours Children’s Hospital in Orlando’s Lake Nona Medical City. She assumed leadership of the 100-bed academic medical center in August 2015 and is focused on building and expanding world-class programs at Nemours to provide the best possible care for the most-complex pediatric cases. Previously she served as president of Children’s and Women’s Hospital, part of the Sacred Heart Health System in Pensacola. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Loretto Heights College (now Regis University) in Denver, a Master of Science in Nursing Administration from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Colorado at Denver.
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JUDI AWSUMB, president, Awsumb Enterprises, a strategic solutions consulting company has over 30 years’ experience leading successful growth strategies for both the corporate and entrepreneurial environments. Her business acumen helps companies achieve maximum growth to attain short and long-range goals. Most recently through her company, she has worked with EarthLinked Technologies and is currently serving as division president of ETI, a company that provides renewable energy to commercial businesses. Throughout her career she has served on various boards and is currently serving on the ATHENA PowerLink governing board for seven years, chair of CVC Hospitality Advisory board, member of Florida Executive Women and serves as guest faculty for Rollins College CEO Business Accelerator Program.
PREPARE FOR THE UNEXPECTED How would you handle a loss and how would it impact you financially? NORMA STANLEY is board certified by the Florida Bar in Wills, Trusts & Estates and is a partner with the law firm of Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. where she specializes in estate planning, family wealth preservation planning, business succession planning, charitable planning, federal taxation, probate, guardianships, trust administration and elder law. With more than 20 years of legal experience in wealth transfer, business succession, sophisticated tax, trust and estate planning, estate and trust administration, and family office creation, Norma represents a myriad of clients, including high net-worth individuals and their families, beneficiaries of trusts and estates, fiduciaries of trusts and estates, and small business owners.
SANDY HOSTETTER, first senior vice president and Central Florida regional president of Valley National Bank, Florida Division, formerly CNLBank, has over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry. Prior to joining CNLBank in 2002, she spent seven years as the Chief Executive Officer of Florida Community Partners. From 1982 to 1992 she was vice president of Corporate Banking for Barnett Bank of Central Florida. She has earned numerous community awards during her career and today represents Valley National Bank in various organizations within the Central Florida community. Sandy earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Florida and a Masters of Business Administration from the Crummer School of Business, Rollins College.
Presenters SINDY CANIZALES WALTERS is a Northwestern Mutual financial advisor with a passion to help others achieve personal and financial success. As an immigrant by way of Colombia and Venezuela, she learned valuable business lessons from her entrepreneurial parents. Her mother was a trailblazer in Colombia as a wholesaler in the male-dominated automotive industry. Sindy followed her pioneering example in financial services. With the encouragement and mentorship of her leaders, Sindy cultivated a strong business, a 25-person multicultural financial representative team, and has earned many professional accolades.
PURSUE A PASSION-DRIVEN CAREER Get inspired to avoid burn-out and boredom, and do what you love every day. Moderator
DONNA BEST, president, Merit Fasteners Corporation, a wholesale distribution company of industrial supplies, has over 30 years’ experience in the successful growth of Merit Fasteners. Her experience in growing and reinventing a 40-year-old business has led to the doubling sales and profit in 2016. Most recently through her company she won $6 million in contracts working on the largest projects in Central Florida including the SunRail, I-4 Ultimate, Orlando International Airport, Tampa International Airport, Daytona International Speedway. Her first project win was the Amway Center in downtown Orlando. Donna was an ATHENAPowerlink graduate in 2015. She was the recipient of the 2016 I-4 Business Magazine Leaders of the Year Legacy Award. Donna recently founded Heart-n-Sol, a foundation for giving.
CARI COATS is a business advisor, leadership strategist, certified executive coach and speaker. Cari is co-founder and managing partner of Accendo Leadership Advisory Group, a leadership strategy firm offering advisory services for the full spectrum of strategic leadership development specifically focused on executive coaching, leadership strategy and high performance team development. Cari is also executive-in-residence, focused on entrepreneurship and leadership, at the Rollins College Crummer Graduate School of Business. Additionally, Cari is president of C2 Advisors, Inc., providing advisory services that leverage her extensive professional network and knowledge of strategy, marketing, entrepreneurship, family enterprise, social innovation and the capital markets.
Panelists LESLIE WATERS HEIMER is the EVP of CFO Strategic Partners, a boutique financial consulting firm supporting the country’s fastest growing entrepreneurs and most innovative businesses. Leslie earned her undergraduate degree from UF and a master’s from UMUC. She credits having owned her own business at the tender age of 21, as her most valuable education. She took it from five employees to over 50 before a lucrative acquisition in 2008 when she was recognized on the cover of FOCUS magazine. Her next position was in DC managing the federal contracts division of an IT firm on Capitol Hill for the Department of Defense. Currently, Leslie serves on nonprofit boards and enjoys volunteering for women and children’s issues while balancing mom duties with two
ALLISON KREIGER WALSH, JD, is the VP of business development and branding for Advanced Recovery Systems, a national behavioral healthcare company. In 2001, she founded Helping Other People Eat, a 501c3 non-profit dedicated to the prevention of eating disorders. H.O.P.E. served as Allison’s platform during her year as Miss Florida and she’s since raised more than $2 million for various eating disorder organizations. Allison serves on the board for the National Eating Disorders Association and several local nonprofit organizations. She’s personally spoken to over 85,000 people and millions more through national media outlets.
ELIZABETH HART is an experienced on-air talent whose career as a television meteorologist, host and feature reporter spanned across several major markets, including Washington, D.C., Philadelphis, Miami and Orlando. Last year she left her position with WKMG Channel 6 aafter nine years to pursue her passion for home renovation. After completing her own home, she began developing a new television program that will debut April 8. She is the creator, produce and host of Ready, Set, Renovate! that will feature local homes, design and architecture trends, and personalities, as well as community projects utilizing volunteers.
CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS MANAGE YOUR MIND Clear the clutter and get on a path to a calmness and clarity.
Presenter DR. ROMIE MUSHTAQ is a traditionally trained neurologist with additional board certification in Integrative Medicine. After undergoing life-saving surgery, she traveled around the world learning mindfulness-based techniques and now helps individuals achieve brain and mental health holistically at the Center for Natural & Integrative Medicine in Orlando. Dr. Romie’s expertise has been featured on TED talks, Fox News, NBC, NPR, The Huffington Post, and dozens of other national media outlets. Dr. Romie combines her unique expertise in neuroscience and mindfulness as a highly sought after speaker to teach stress management and mindful leadership to Fortune 500 companies, universities and groups around the country. She is currently writing her first book on bringing Western medicine and Eastern wisdom together for a Busy Brain Cure.
TAKE ACTION 11 - 11:45am breakout sessions
NEGOTIATE, NEGOTIATE, NEGOTIATE Learn how to ask for what you want and need, without hesitation. KAREN KEENE is the president of ATHENA Orlando Women’s Leadership, Inc., the umbrella organization of the Women’s Leadership Luncheon, ATHENA NextGen and the $100,000 endowed scholarship at UCF. Karen co-founded ATHENA PowerLink Central Florida in 2005, a program dedicated to helping women entrepreneurs elevate business growth and profitability. She is the Florida representative on the ATHENA International board of directors. Additionally, Karen is director of marketing and business development at Dean Mead, a statewide corporate law firm. She has over 23 years of experience coaching professionals on client development, marketing, branding and strategic planning. She was awarded the Women’s Resource Center Summit Award in 2016.
Panelists JILL S. SCHWARTZ is managing partner of Jill S. Schwartz & Associates, P.A., an AV rated labor and employment law firm. She has extensive experience representing both management and employees. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Rutgers University and the University of Maryland School of Law, Jill is also a Florida Supreme Court certified civil mediator and arbitrator. In 2005, Jill became the first female attorney from Florida to be inducted into the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. She has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America since 2006 and has served as the president of the Federal Bar Association, Orlando Chapter.
Moderator
HOPE NEWSOME currently serves as general counsel of Triloma Financial Group and secretary and chief compliance officer of Triloma EIG Energy Income Funds. Previously, she spent four years as chief compliance officer of The Newport Group, a FINRA registered broker-dealer and SEC registered investment advisor. Hope has also held the positions of general counsel and chief compliance officer at International Assets Advisory, LLC. In 2014, she received the First Chair Award for Top Compliance Counsel and was invited to attend the inaugural Fortune Magazine’s Most Powerful Women: Next Gen Summit in San Francisco, CA. She serves on the boards of the ATHENA Orlando Women’s Leadership and Rescue Outreach Mission, and on the professional ethics committee of The Florida Bar.
COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY Learn how to ask for what you want and need, without hesitation. Moderator SHANNON GRAVITTE serves as vice president of public affairs for Florida Hospital’s Central Region, where she leads government relations, community impact and communications. As part of the senior leadership team, she assists with the overall strategic direction of Florida Hospital, particularly as it pertains to the public, media, charitable giving, community impact and governmental affairs. With more than 25 years of experience in public affairs, Shannon brings a depth of understanding of the critical integration of health care with government and social responsibility. Prior to joining Florida Hospital, she served as vice president of government and community Affairs for Mears Transportation Group. She previously worked in the public sector as an advisor for elected officials and as a Capitol Hill press secretary.
Panelists SUSAN CONNELLY was named senior vice president, communications and corporate affairs for Darden Restaurants in August 2015. She is responsible for corporate and brand communications, government relations and public policy, philanthropy, and the company’s community engagement strategy and sustainability initiatives. Previously, Susan served as vice president, government relations where she led the government relations, community affairs and sustainability functions for Darden. She was responsible for developing external engagement strategies that aligned with ongoing business objectives. Prior to joining Darden, she was government relations manager for McDonald’s USA where she directed state and local advocacy for the Eastern United States. legislative and regulatory advocate in the Northeast.
SARA BRADY established Sara Brady Public Relations, Inc. in 2010 and has earned a reputation for effectively leading communication strategies in high-profile matters ranging from litigation, hostile corporate takeovers, mass shootings, disruptions in municipalities and law enforcement agencies, and national cable programming news and controversies. She began her career with the Orlando Sentinel where she covered the police and court beats. Sara was named PR Professional of the Year in 2012 by the Florida Public Relations Association (FPRA), has received two FPRA awards and was named one of Orlando Magazine’s 50 Most Powerful People in Orlando for four consecutive years. She is a frequent resource for national news media on issues of crisis communication. In 2014 she was recognized as Woman Business Owner of the Year under the Orlando Business Journal’s Women Who Mean Business Awards program.
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CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS POWER PANEL DISCUSSION
TAKE ACTION 2:30 - 3:30pm
How can we impact our community?
SPECIAL SESSION
Panelists
CAROL WICK started her career working with at-risk children and quickly gained national attention of her ability to create and implement innovative and sustainable solutions to century-old problems. Over the years, she has developed a proven method that can be applied to any organization to help them grow, build their brand, and attract and retain investors. She has over 20 years of executive director experience and is the published author of several evidence-based studies on program effectiveness. Carol utilizes this wealth of experience to assist nonprofit organizations assess their capacity and take their organization to the next level.
LINDA LANDMAN GONZALEZ joined the senior leadership team of the Orlando Magic in 2007. In December 2016, she was named vice president of social responsibility. Linda serves in a leadership role overseeing community relations, government relations, philanthropy, corporate giving, cause marketing and multicultural insights. In addition, she serves as the president of the Orlando Magic Youth Foundation. She spent nine years as director of diversity and community relations for Darden Restaurants. Prior to that she was vice president of Hispanic sales and marketing for Barnett Bank of Central Florida She is currently involved in several volunteer and leadership activities including board positions.
ANDREA ELISCU serves as president of Medical Marketing Inc., a healthcare marketing and public relations firm she co-founded in 1984. Throughout her career, Andrea has also authored four books, including the recently released It’s Personal: The Art of Building your Practice. With a passion for community, Andrea devotes her leadership, creativity and countless hours to several local organizations. She founded the Orlando Dragon Boat Club and the Dueling Dragons of Orlando (“cops and kids”) dragon boat team, and also serves on the boards of the Orlando Ballet, OneBlood and the Orlando Rowing Club.
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CAROLYN FENNELL is responsible for internal and external media and public relations at Orlando International Airport and the Orlando Executive Airport. In her role as primary spokesperson, she oversees all domestic and international media relations, including crises communications for both airports. At the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority, she was responsible for international marketing, customer service and community outreach. Prior to joining the Aviation Authority, she was production assistant to Peter Jennings for ABC News London and a publicist for Walt Disney World. Among her numerous awards is the Public Relations Professional of the year by the Florida Public Relations Association.
FLORA MARIA GARCIA has been CEO of United Arts of Central Florida since 2012, a funding agency serving a four-county region with a budget of more than $6 million, which has invested more than $136 million, in arts and culture since its inception in 1989. Prior to UA, she served as CEO of the Metropolitan Atlanta Arts and Culture Coalition. She has worked in arts management for more than 30 years overseeing agencies in Atlanta, Fort Worth, Houston, and the State of Missouri. Her accomplishments include: The Missouri Cultural Trust, a $200 million public/private endowment for the arts; a 2% For Art program in Fort Worth, and gaining an additional $1 million per year for arts funding in Houston and Fort Worth, TX. She holds an MBA and a Masters in Arts Administration from Southern Methodist University.
MAYANNE DOWNS was named president and managing director, GrayRobinson, a full-service corporate law firm made up of 300 lawyers and consultants working in 13 offices throughout Florida, in 2016. She was the first female city attorney for the City of Orlando; the first woman to chair GrayRobinson’s litigation department; and served as president of the Central Florida Association for Women Lawyers. In 2010-2011, she was president of The Florida Bar; in 2013 was awarded the Rosemary Barkett Outstanding Achievement Award from the Florida Association for Women Lawyers (FAWL); and in 2011 co-founded the nation’s first women’s leadership scholarship at the University of Florida College of Law.
Special LUNCHEON Program
The Mall at Millenia and Bloomingdale’s present:
A FASHION EVOLUTION Presentation by Jennifer Bentson
As women we are constantly evolving, therefore our wardrobes should evolve too.
Join The Mall at Millenia and Bloomingdale’s as Jennifer Bentson demonstrates how to design a wardrobe that complements all aspects of your life as you adapt, advance and evolve as a professional woman. Talking points: ADAPT: Discover looks that adapt as quickly as you do (work to weekend/ day to night) -- focus on transitional pieces. ADVANCE: The business of fashion. Dressing to make a statement in the boardroom and help you own your work day – focus on business attire for the modern woman. EVOLVE: How to evolve with fashion trends and find the right balance of signature staples and trendy must-haves -- focus on spring trends and iconic investment pieces.
Jennifer Bentson is public relations manager for Bloomingdale’s at The Mall at Millenia. She serves as spokesperson and trend expert for the Orlando market and has extensive experience styling, producing and hosting fashion shows for various regional organizations in addition to national organizations such as the NFL Players Association. Jennifer also manages all press, in-market promotions, strategic partnerships, corporate alliances and philanthropic initiatives for Bloomingdale’s Orlando.
2017 Table Sponsors Listing as of press date. for info email: kate@ orangeappeal.com
CareerSource Central Florida Florida Executive Women Junior League of Greater Orlando Kendrick Law Group MHM Professional Staging/Megan’s Moving Oracle Corporation Orlando Orthopaedic Center Rollins College Title Professionals of Central Florida, LLC, & Shawn Berry, Esq. The Vitality Center Orlando Valley National Bank WBQ Design & Engineering Women at Hyatt
2017 SPONSORS
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Listing as of press date. For the most up-to-date listing of exhibitors, visit orlandowomensconference.com.
Megan’s Moving Advanced Recovery Systems Michal Yakar Jewelry Appleton Creative Nemours Children’s Health System ATHENA International Orlando Health Central Florida Women’s League Orlando Skin Solutions Chic Boutique OXO Digital Organizing Desily + Mitchell Pearls for Women Earls Kitchen + Bar Prima Jewelry Designs Experience Park Avenue Southwest Orlando Eye Care Flourish Productions The Bar Method Harding Medical Institute The Salt Scene Heart of Florida United Way The Spa at Four Seasons Resort Institute of Aesthetic Surgery Orlando LuLaRoe by Hannah Hansen The Vitality Center Orlando Magnolias & Vine Winter Park Laser Mandara Spa at Loews Portofino Bay Hotel TO INQUIRE ABOUT EXHIBIT SPACES, Massey Cadillac EMAIL KATE@ORANGEAPPEAL.COM. MHM Professional Staging
2017 Marketplace Health & wellness info, boutique-style shopping, spa experiences & more!
EXHIBITORS
Visit with all of our Marketplace exhibitors to be eligible to win The Mall at Millenia Chic Eats package valued at more than $1,000. The prize package includes a $500 Mall gift card and a Chef’s Table experience at Earls Kitchen + Bar. Full details available at the Conference.