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Cedar Crest College, United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley and the Chamber’s Women’s Business Council announce the 2020 Lehigh Valley Women’s Summit has been rescheduled due to COVID-19 stay at home orders.
Lehigh Valley, PA – Every June, the partnership of Cedar Crest College, the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber’s Women’s Business Council and the United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley presents the largest gathering of influential and powerful women in the Greater Lehigh Valley region. The Lehigh Valley Women’s Summit, previously scheduled for June 4, 2020, will now take place on Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at Wind Creek Event Center, 77 Wind Creek Blvd, Bethlehem, PA 18015 from 7:45am-3:30pm. Early bird ticket pricing has been extended and tickets can be purchased HERE.
The 2020 Lehigh Valley Women’s Summit is a day of inspiration, motivation and education for over 500 women in the Lehigh Valley. 2020 keynote speakers are award-winning journalist and documentarian, Soledad O’Brien, and independent producer and former President of Entertainment for Telemundo, Nely Galán. Co-emcees are two local female community champions and entrepreneurs, Ashley Russo, President of ASR Media Productions and Zakiya Smalls, Co-Founder of J&Z Professional Services. Attendees of the all-day event can expect powerful keynote addresses, educational and informative breakout sessions, networking opportunities and a vendor marketplace featuring business and personal care services.
“This event is truly one of the most influential events that we host throughout the year. The positive energy in the room is palpable, and the buzz lasts for months,” says Danielle Joseph, Executive Vice President, Diversity Councils of the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber. “The partnership with Cedar Crest College, the Chamber and the United Way is strong and inspires our committee to take it to the next level year after year, delivering a quality event to the women of the Lehigh Valley!”
Presenting sponsors of the 2020 Lehigh Valley Women’s Summit are Capital BlueCross and Lehigh Valley Health Network. For more information and updates, visit the event WEBSITE.
KEYNOTES
Soledad O’Brien
Award-Winning Journalist, Entrepreneur & Host of the Weekly Syndicated Political Show Matter of Fact
Through the power of storytelling, Soledad O’Brien brings a fresh perspective on diverse and contemporary issues to foster change in your own community or organization. As the host of the Sunday morning syndicated political show, Matter of Fact with Soledad O’Brien, Soledad has established herself as one of the most recognized names in broadcasting by telling the stories behind the most important issues, people and events of the day. A champion of diversity, she gives voice to the underserved and disenfranchised through her Emmy-winning reporting and acclaimed documentary series, Black in America and Latino in America. While also the contributing editor, reporting in-depth news magazine pieces for PBS NewsHour and correspondent for HBO Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel. A prominent philanthropist, Soledad is the founder of PowHERful, a foundation that mentors and funds college tuition and expenses for young women. With eloquence and a measured ability to make often-divisive issues such as race relations, social inequality and mass incarceration accessible to all, she moves audiences to delve deeper into the headlines that shape our lives, outlooks and daily interactions. On stage, Soledad draws from her life and career to stimulate thoughtful conversation on the roles we each play within our communities and organizations, leaving audiences with memorable takeaways on the power of individuals and companies to make meaningful and lasting change.
Nely Galán
Media Entrepreneur, New York Times Best-Selling Author
Nely Galán is a self-made media mogul. Dubbed the Tropical Tycoon by the New York Times Magazine, she was the first Latina President of Entertainment for a U.S. television network (Telemundo). She is an Emmy Award-winning producer of over 700 episodes of television in English and Spanish, which she produced through her multi-media company Galan Entertainment. Galán is the founder of The Adelante Movement, which seeks to empower Latina and multicultural women economically and entrepreneurially under Coca Cola’s 5by20 Global Initiative to train 5 million women by the year 2020. She is the author of The NY Times bestselling book SELF MADE: Becoming Empowered, Self-Reliant, and Rich in Every Way about the revolution in women’s entrepreneurship led by multicultural women in the US and emerging women around the world. Her book has been published in English, Spanish and Mandarin Chinese. Her next book DON’T BUY SHOES, BUY BUILDINGS! is about investing and thinking like an owner while you work for others. Galán holds a masters and doctorate in Clinical Psychology.
EMCEES
Ashley Russo
Event Emcee Ashley Russo, Emmy® Winning Executive Producer and Owner, ASR Media Productions
Ashley Russo, president of ASR Media Productions, is a three-time Emmy® award-winning executive producer and host of The PEAK TV and St. Luke’s HealthNow. A twenty-year media veteran, Ashley graduated from the New York University Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. She is also creator and host of a weekly podcast, Unscripted with Russo. Deeply committed to her community, Ashley serves on the boards of United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley, Wildlands Conservancy and is a member of the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce Board of Governors. The recipient of several leadership awards, Ashley was most recently honored with Girl Scouts of Eastern PA’s Take the Lead award and United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley’s Community Builder award and the Betsy Torrence Philanthropist of the Year from Women United.
Zakiya Smalls
Entrepreneur, Co-Founder of J&Z Professional Services
Zakiya Smalls’ mission is to offer a service that can make any facility sparkle while providing jobs within the community. From her days at Fordham University to the many nights spent researching and developing ways to succeed in today’s economy, Zakiya had visions of long term success & growth for J&Z Professional Services. She shared a passion for owning a cleaning business & decided to embark on a partnership to form a commercial cleaning company that provides excellent service for each and every type of commercial property at every step.
Check our website for the most recent updates here: http://lehighvalleywomen.com/
About Cedar Crest College: Cedar Crest College is a liberal arts college, primarily for women, dedicated to the education of the next generation of leaders. Cedar Crest prepares students for life in a global community by educating the whole student as all stages of life and experience.
About the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber’s Women’s Business Council: The Women’s Business Council strengthens the Greater Lehigh Valley by empowering, recognizing and inspiring women in business and the community. The Women’s Business Council provides information and a networking forum for women in management, professional and private enterprise. The Chamber’s mission is to improve the economy and quality of life in the Lehigh Valley Metropolitan Area. With nearly 5,000 members who employ more than 220,000, the Chamber is the largest in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and in the top six nationwide. Our thirty-plus affiliated chambers, councils and committees are On Every Main Street with more than 1,500 community focused volunteers who actively contribute, at the grass roots, to develop and achieve their respective and collective goals.
About the United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley: United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley is one of 1,800 United Ways around the world. United Way partners include global, national and local businesses, nonprofits, civic and faith organizations, as well as educators, labor, health organizations, government and more. Out of all the United Ways across the globe, United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley is in the top 40! In fact, our local United Way Alliance on Aging and our Community School model each won runner-up awards to the prestigious “Common Good Award” given by United Way Worldwide nationally to a United Way initiative that is making real change in the community. Nearly 2.6 million volunteers and 9.6 million donors around the world support United Way. Collectively, United Way raises more than $5 billion every year to create community solutions that improve life for everyone-impacting the lives of up to 50 million people every year.
Information provided to TVL by:
Azalea Chacon
Coordinator, Business & Diversity Councils | Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce
https://www.lehighvalleychamber.org/
