WEDC-MHV Business & Professional Breakfast Forum — Poughkeepsie

Additional Information

WEDC-MHV is holding a complimentary breakfast to officially launch the WEDC Business and Professional Women’s Network and to introduce the activities and initiatives planned in 2014. We want to celebrate and promote a strong network of women throughout the Mid-Hudson Valley who work together to empower each other to reach their professional goals or fulfill their dreams of successful business ownership.

When: May 8, 2014
Registration: Required, complimentary
Location: Marist College, Hancock Center, Room 2023, 3399 North Road, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
E-mail: wedc-mhv@wedcbiz.org
Contact: Lea Bishop
Phone: 845-575-3438

Our Keynote Forum guest speaker:
Carla Harris, Morgan Stanley Managing Director, is nationally recognized for her appointment by President Barack Obama as Chair of the National Women’s Business Council. She will share her insights and experience in her role as a leader and a professional woman in business.

Additional speakers:
Sheila Appel, US Region Senior Leader – IBM Corporate Citizenship
Hillary Hines, Business Owner
Denise VanBuren, Central Hudson VP of Public Relations
Aimee Vargas, NYS Empire State Development Mid-Hudson Regional Director
Agenda Details:
7:30 - 8:30 am Registration / networking / Continental breakfast
8:30 - 9:05 am Speakers: Aimee Vargas, Denise VanBuren, and Hillary Hines
9:05 – 9:20 am Networking exercise
9:20 – 9:30 am Sheila Appel will introduce Carla Harris
9:30 – 10:30 am Keynote Speaker, Carla Harris
10:30 a.m. Program concludes

Sponsors:
Bridgeway Federal Credit Union, Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, and Marist College