Monthly meeting moved from usual second Wednesday of the month (Jan. 11th) to January 25. Same time and place: 12:30-1:30 pm, Starmount Forest Country Club. Speaker: Kendra Adachi Title: Becoming a Lazy Genius in 2023 Our speaker for the January meeting will be Kendra Adachi, a two-time New York Times bestselling author of The Lazy Genius Way and The Lazy…
Speaker: Sheeba Dawood, Co-founder and CEO, Minerva Lithium Topic: Minerva Lithium: Fueling the EV revolution As a follow-up to our meeting with Toyota, we will hear from Sheeba Dawood about developing batteries using sustainable technology. Sheeba Dawood is co-founder and CEO of Minerva Lithium LLC, a mineral extraction company that has developed technology to enable a…
Speaker: Dabney Sanders, Downtown Greenway Project Manager - Action Greensboro and Board Chair of Greensboro Bound Literary Festival Topic: The Downtown Greenway Project and Greensboro Bound Literary Festival Dabney works as the Project Manager for the Downtown Greenway – a collaborative project of Action Greensboro (Greensboro Chamber of Commerce) and the City of Greensboro.…
Monthly membership meeting focusing on the WPF Foundation. Learn about the impact 2022 WPF Foundation grants made to five non-profit organizations supporting women and girls in Guilford County. 2023 WPF Foundation grant recipients will be announced and this class will share in the largest grant pool in our history - $28,000!
Speaker: Regina Robinson She will be discussing "Finding Strength Through the Power of History" using the story of "The Invisible Warriors" - the movie that depicts the stories of the 600,000 Black women who fled lives as domestics and sharecroppers to work in factories and government offices during WWII. Regina will focus on how we…
Program: WPF member and ClubFitness CEO Maria Gonzalez will introduce group to Casa Azul of Greensboro and to a group of Latinas who are making a difference in our community. Bring your dancing shoes or comfortable ones- we will have some fun with a lesson in Latin dance. As Maria says: dance has the power to…
Program: 2023 New Members introduced Come meet the 15 new WPF members at our August meeting.
Program: Panel discussion with 3 Women Business Owners Panel includes: Shaunne Thompson, Director, Guilford County MWBE Erica Parker, Owner, A Fine Line Striping Tip Jones, CEO, Tip Jones Global On paper, things have never looked better for women entrepreneurs. As of 2017, more than 11 million U.S. businesses were owned by women, employing nearly 9…
Program: The Election Process in North Carolina Speakers: Barbara Carter and Donna Peterson from The League of Women Voters of the Piedmont Triad Barbara Carter and Donna Peterson from The League of Women Voters of the Piedmont Triad will share timely information about the election process in North Carolina. Get the scoop on Voter ID…
Come prepared to shop with 25 vendors offering specialty items including art, gifts, accessories, jewelry, fashion, and tasty indulgences. The proceeds from the bazaar go to the WPF Foundation whose mission is to create opportunities to empower women and girls in Guilford County to achieve their leadership and professional dreams. Lunch will be served during…