2012 Agenda

We’re excited to share some of the outstanding leaders who will speak this year.  Click here for a printable copy of the agenda.

Confirmed participants include:

Morning Panel

Keynote Speaker: Ann Murtlow, Past President & CEO, Indianapolis Power & Light

Facilitator: Michele Thomas Dole, CEO, Community Health Network Foundation

Panel Members:

Traci Dolan, Chief Administrative Officer, Exact Target

Stephen F. Fry, Senior VP, Human Resources & Diversity, Eli Lilly & Co.

William Henderson, Professor of Law, I.U. Maurer School of Law, Principle, Lawyer Metrics

Nancy Huber, President & CEO, Fifth Third Bank – Central Indiana

Patzetta Trice, Chief Communication & Marketing Officer, Indianapolis Airport Authority

Afternoon Panel

Speaker:

VISION 2020 – Guest Speaker: Susan Bulkeley Butler, CEO of SBB Institute for the Development of Women Leaders

Facilitator: Gerry Dick, Creator & Host, Inside INdiana Business

Panel Members:

Phillip L. Bayt, Chief Managing Partner, Ice Miller

Bridget Boyle, Vice President, Human Resources, Roche Diagnostics

Teresa Lubbers, Indiana Commissioner for Higher Education

Tina Vujovich, Past VP of Marketing & Environmental Policy, Cummins, Inc.

New Breakout Sessions for 2012!

We’re very excited to offer a morning AND an afternoon breakout session.  Participants will have a choice of one of the following for each session.

Speakers:

1.) Who Do You Need to Know to Get to Where You Want to Go?

- Melissa Proffitt Reese, Partner, Ice Miller

2.) The Steps You Need to Take to Move Up the Corporate Ladder

-  Tiffany Olson, Past President & CEO, Roche

Panel:

Lori Gabrek, Group Vice President, Covance, Inc.

Lisa Taylor, Vice President, Human Resources, Balkamp, Inc.

Kim Martin, Vice President, Human Resources, Zimmer

Barbara Soria, Vice President, Human Resources, The Capital Group

3.) Backstage Secrets for Onstage Success

– Len  Mozzi, Executive Director, Dramatic Difference

4.) Women Business Owners Panel

-  Speaker: Diana Caldwell, President & CEO, Pearl Pathways

Panel:

Karen Cooper, President, Smart IT Staffing

Erin Smith, President, Spotlight Strategies

Andrea Cranfill, Principal & Co-founder, Flashpoint

Jill Mendoza, Founder & President, IDO Incorporated

 5.) Work Life Balance

– Ann Thompson, Faculty Partner, Butler University’s BCEE

6.) Powerful Communication™

- Stephan & Shalee Schafeitel, Founders, The Success Training Group, Authors & Board Certified Facilitators

 

Special Bonuses!

We are very excited to add two special events at the end of this year’s Conference.

Hazel Walker, Author of “Business Networking AND SEX (not what you think)”, has agreed to sign her book for purchasers both during and after the Conference.

Caroline Dowd-Higgins, Director of Career & Professional Development at I.U. Maurer School of Law, author of “This is Not the Career I Ordered,” columnist for Huffington Post and The Chronicle newspaper in Northern Indiana, will host her weekly radio show, “Career Coach Caroline” live from the Conference.  All attendees are welcome to sit in on this unique opportunity!