SEVENTH-ANNUAL FEMALE ENTREPRENEUR SUMMIT
Oct. 24, 2018 | 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Venue: 700 Beta Banquet & Conference Center
8:00-8:45 a.m. | Registration, Networking and Continental Breakfast
8:45-9:00 a.m. | Welcome: Monica Robins, WKYC Senior Health Correspondent and Multimedia Journalis
Sponsor Thank Yous: Renée DeLuca Dolan, President/Founder, Contempo Design + Communications
9:00-9:45 a.m. (Q&A from 9:45-10:00 a.m.) | MORNING KEYNOTE SPEAKER: How to Think like the Top 2% of Female Entrepreneurs
- Eleanor Beaton, Women’s Leadership Expert + Host of Fierce Feminine Leadership: The Success Podcast for Ambitious Women in Business
10:00-10:15 a.m. | Break and Sponsor Showcase
10:15-11:00 a.m. | TOP NEO FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS ON THE RISE AND ON THE GO: From Start Up to Acquisition
Hear from the following on their rise and fall to success and failures, and what you can learn from them!
Panelists:
- Amy Husted and Audrey Wallace, Co-Founders, Komae
First place winners of a FES pitch competition, 2015 - Renea Woods-Baylor, CEO, OFG Advisors, LLC
- Charu Ramanathan, PhD, Co-Founder & CEO, vitalxchange
- Margie Flynn, Senior Partner and Co-Founder, BrownFlynn
11:00-11:15 a.m. | Break and Sponsor Showcase
11:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | BRANDING: The Life of the Brand and Your Business! Protecting Your Asset Over Time and How To Do It Right From The “Get-Go”
Facilitator:
- Deborah Spake, Dean, College of Business Administration, Kent State University
Panelists:
- Heidi A. Boehlefeld, Managing Partner, Renner Otto
- Renée DeLuca Dolan, President/Founder, Contempo: DESIGN + COMMUNICATION
- Sue Stabe, Co-Founder, Long & Short of It
12:00-12:30 p.m. | Break And Sponsor Showcase
12:30-1:30 p.m. | LUNCH AND WINE SAMPLING: Featuring Top Female Entrepreneurs Who Are Wine Makers, Founders and Disruptors
Panelists:
- Destiny Burns, Owner, CLE Urban Winery
- Berlin Crystal Kelly, Founder, Proud Pour
- Marisa Sergi, Founder & CEO, RedHead Wine
1:30-1:45 p.m. | Break and Sponsor Showcase
1:45-2:30 p.m. | BREAK OUT SESSION I: Professionalizing Your Business: What can a board do for your business? Buy/Sell-Where to start? Leadership Training-Why should you invest?
Facilitator:
- Barb Smith, Senior Vice President, Director of Key4Women at KeyBank
Panelists:
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Michele Hoza, Partner, Business and Mergers & Acquisitions, Buckingham, Doolittle and Burroughs, LLC
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Pam Lebold, CPA, Maloney and Novotny
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Lorri Slesh, Strategic Planning Director, Ahola Human Capital Management
1:45-2:30 p.m. | BREAK OUT SESSION II: 10 Ways To Enlist PR, Media Relations and Advertising to Gain Exposure For Your Company
Facilitator:
- Connie Korosec, Dean, Professor and Chair, Fashion, Ursuline College
Panelists:
- Cielo McClain, Marketing & Advertising Executive, Entrepreneur
- Marcia Pledger, Financial journalist and Author
- Stacey L. Vaselaney, President, SLV Public Relations, LLC
