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Investing in developing your leadership skills is an investment in the health of your business and all those that interact with it. Enhance your leadership and communication skills in this interactive workshop.
Cecilia Robinson Edwards
CeciliaEdwards.com
CEO
Uncover & Release: A Roundtable to Break Free from Hidden Barriers
Join Cecilia Edwards for an intimate, seated Roundtable where you’ll explore how hidden secrets quietly drain your energy and limit your success. In this 15-minute mini-lesson, Cecilia will share her simple framework to pinpoint what’s holding you back and how to release it. Then, stay for an open 15-minute group discussion and Q&A—share insights, ask questions, and connect with other women ready to lead with more authenticity and courage. You’ll leave with practical steps you can use right away and a preview of Cecilia’s upcoming online course for deeper transformation.
Kelly Featheringham
Team Leadership Solutions
CEO
The Power of You: Charting Your Self-Leadership Path
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Discover the transformative power of self-leadership in this engaging round table designed for aspiring and emerging women leaders. Before you can effectively lead others, mastering your own path is essential. Join us as we walk you through a practical activity step-by-step, outlining your personal, actionable strategies for enhancing self-awareness, setting clear goals, and building resilience. Through collaborative discussion and this hands-on exercise, you'll gain the tools to lead with authenticity, maximize your potential, and confidently advance your leadership journey, regardless of your current team size. Come prepared to share, learn, and grow!
Mali Phonpadith
SOAR Community Network
Founder & CEO
Strategic Visioning - Mapping Your Business Growth & Legacy
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What does success look like 5 years from now?
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What's your long-term vision for your business: growth, transition, sale, or succession?
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Identify gaps, opportunities, and the key resources you’ll need along the way.
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What action steps can you take today to begin aligning your current efforts with your 5-year vision.
Tamara Wolfe
Full Spectrum Living
Life Coach, NeuroCoach, Speaker, CEO
Entrepreneurial Resilience: A "Must-Have" Mindset for Successful Entrepreneurs
As entrepreneurs and business owners, we all face challenges on our journey to success. It is how we handle those challenges that determines whether we thrive or struggle. Resilience is what sets successful entrepreneurs apart from those who may give up when things get difficult. Entrepreneurship is like being on a rollercoaster, with moments of triumph offset by challenges that tests one's resilience.
In this presentation, you will learn the neuroscience behind resilience and some key tools and strategies to cultivate a resilient mindset needed to navigate inevitable challenges to achieve long-term success in both business and personal life.
Dawn Crawley
STW Cleaning
Founder & CEO
The Power of ROI Networking
Real results come from intentional relationships in a world full of coffee chats and business cards. This Roundtable is a high-impact session for women business owners who are ready to move beyond surface-level connections and start building networks that actually work.
This interactive session will show you how to:
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Identify high-value relationships for your business goals
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Cultivate authentic connections that convert into referrals, collaborations, and clients
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Create a simple, repeatable strategy for follow-up that feels natural—not forced
Whether you're building your client base, expanding your influence, or seeking aligned partnerships, this session will help you rethink networking as a strategic, results-driven tool—not just another event on your calendar.
Because when your network is built with intention, your return on investment (ROI) is exponential.
Jenn Goldman
Loudoun Economic Development
Business Development Manager - Small Business & Entrepreneurship
Setting Boundaries & Managing Expectations
Creating a clear division of work and life schedule and managing the expectations (yours, your staff's and your clients') surrounding your responsiveness so that you don’t wind up being your own worst boss and working 24/7.
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Focusing on business growth and development strategies to provide immediate impact on your business.
Veronica M Duckett
MAVENTRI
CEO
Are Your Tools Working for You — or Are You Working for Them?
Smart Tools = Smarter Business
Let’s be real — the wrong systems can waste time, drain money, and leave you buried in busy work. But the right ones? They streamline your operations, empower your team, and protect your profit.
Whether you're a tech nerd or just trying to survive your inbox, you’ll walk away with practical ideas to work smarter, not harder — and make your bottom line happier while you're at it.
Marta Sauret Greca
Whole Truth Communications LLC
Business Leader
Motherhood in Motion: Leading at Home and in Business
Motherhood and entrepreneurship don’t have to compete—they can fuel one another. This empowering presentation explores how women can successfully grow businesses while raising families, showing that leadership at home and in business can coexist with purpose and joy.
Through inspiring stories and actionable strategies, participants will learn how to align priorities, set supportive systems in place, and bust the myth that you need to be ON 24/7. Attendees will leave with practical tools and renewed confidence to embrace both roles fully—proving that motherhood can be the foundation, not the obstacle, to entrepreneurial success.
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Identifying professional development strategies to help you excel in your business. Investing in the YOU to get to the WE.
Lola M. Ogbonlowo M.D.
Lighthouse Family Medicine and Wellness
CEO
The Balanced Life Blueprint: Because Your Well-being is Part of Your Business Plan
Explore what true balance means in the everyday lives of women across work, relationships, wellness, and self-discovery.
This session invites honest reflection and real-world strategies to uncover sustainable rhythms that honor each person’s unique needs, rather than prescribing one-size-fits-all routines. It’s not about doing it all—it’s about finding what works, what restores, and what empowers.
Paige Buscema
Eyetopia, Inc.
CEO
Brave Enough To Imagine You Can
A discussion designed to help participants go from imagining what they want, to creating a roadmap to their own unique brand of success. We will talk about setting boundaries, honoring commitment, setting expectation, and creating a personal culture statement that supports it all.
Matthew Berthot
Voice by Matt
CEO
The 7 Frameworks to Building a Compelling Story
Every great leader has a great story. In this session, I’ll share the 7 frameworks that help transform your lived experience into a compelling, unforgettable message. Whether you’re speaking on stage, pitching a vision, or leading a team, these frameworks—rooted in emotion, structure, and authenticity—will help you clarify your voice, deepen your impact, and move people to action.
Angelee Marques
Nest Interior Design Studio
Founder & Principal Designer
Designing for Success: How Your Environment Shapes Your Outcomes
Your environment is not just where you work, it is how you work. In this interactive roundtable, Interior Designer Angelee Marques will explore how intentional design choices create spaces that fuel focus, reduce stress, and inspire success. Together we’ll discuss how layout, atmosphere, and clutter impact productivity and well-being, and share practical strategies to transform spaces into supportive partners in our growth.
Attendees will leave with actionable ideas to:
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Identify how their environment affects daily performance
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Apply small design shifts for immediate impact
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Reimagine their space as a tool for long-term success
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Exploring the mindset, vision, and strategic action steps needed to ensure financial wellness and peace of mind.
Meredith Nicklas
The CFO Solution
Fractional CFO
Building Your Winning Finance Team: CFO, CPA, Bookkeeper & Beyond
​Join Meredith Nicklas, fractional CFO with over 20 years’ experience, for a 10–15 minute talk demystifying critical financial roles—CFOs, CPAs, Bookkeepers, Controllers, Staff Accountants, CFAs—and when to engage them. Then participate in a 30–40 minute roundtable to share challenges, identify red flags, and co-develop strategies for matching finance talent to your growth stage. Leave with actionable insights and peer wisdom to assemble a finance team that supports daily operations and fuels strategic growth.
Mary Grate-Pyos, MBA, CFBS
MassMutual-First Financial Group
Defining Financial Wellness in a “Crazy” Economy
​In a environment of rising costs, market uncertainty, and unpredictable financial shifts, how do YOU define—and maintain—financial wellness? In this candid round table discussion, join us as we talk openly about what financial wellness really means in today’s economy—and how strategy, taking action and whole lot of wisdom play a role in securing your wellness and peace of mind.
This is real talk among real women who are navigating business, budgets, and breakthrough moments.
Teri L. Tosti
Bank of Charles Town/BCT
SVP of Commercial Lending
Access to Capital
During this roundtable, we will explore various options to find financing for funding a business startup or expansion of an existing business. In particular, we will highlight the various types of loans, like a term loan versus a line of credit, and what support is provided to small businesses through Federal Programs, State Programs, or local community loans/grants. We will talk through what documents a lender will be looking for and what questions they might ask you.
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Developing marketing strategies and skills that will take your business to the next level.
Ask the Experts — Have Marketing and Branding Questions? We Have Answers!
Bring your toughest marketing and branding challenges and get expert insights in this interactive roundtable with Jillian and Amy. They will provide clear, actionable advice tailored to women business owners, whether you’re refining your strategy, exploring new tactics, or navigating marketing obstacles.
This is your opportunity to ask the marketing and branding experts – anything – from messaging and social media to lead generation and branding—and walk away with practical solutions to accelerate your business growth.
Angela Goodman
Valkyrie Group and Podcast Host, EVOLVE thru God
CEO
So You Want to Launch a Podcast. What No One Tells You (But Everyone Wishes They Knew)
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Podcasting sounds simple—hit record, hit publish… right? Not quite.
If you’ve been dreaming about launching a podcast but aren’t sure where to start (or how to stand out), this roundtable is your behind-the-scenes pass. Join podcaster Angela Goodman for a candid conversation on what it really takes to build a podcast that grows your brand, your audience, and your influence.
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Tech, tools, and time: what you actually need to get started
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Choosing a format and voice that fits your message
Bring your questions, your ideas, and your sticky notes—because this isn’t just inspiration, it’s implementation.
Roxanne Sutton
Worthy Journey Communications
Founder
Building Influence on Instagram
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There are a million ways to show up on Instagram, but which way is right for you? Join us for this collaborative roundtable to learn about different ways to show up on Instagram and develop a strategy that feels right to you.