Friday, March 7 & Saturday, March 8, 2014
Tech, Talk & Trade
Friday, March 7, 2014:
- 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM: Expo set-up
- 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM: VIP Reception & Expo – includes selected presenters and Gutsy Gals Inspire Me!® award ceremony
- 4:30 PM: Performance by the Chumash Singers from the Coastal Band of Chumash Indians
- 6:00 PM: Performance by Emiliano Campobello on native flutes with poet-laureate
Lucia de Garcia - 6:30 PM: Film Screening: FEMME: Women Healing the World, followed by a Q & A panel with Celeste Yarnall and Barbara Gaughen-Muller
Saturday, March 8, 2014:
- 8:30 AM: Expo and registration opens
- 9:30 AM to 9:55 AM: Welcome from Patty DeDominic, founder of the Women’s Festivals; Janis Johnson, Co-Producer, Tracy Beard, Co-Producer; Jane Choi, Honorary Chair; Sloane Reali & Dr. Kathy Gruver, Emcees
- 9:55 AM to 10:10 AM: Elianne Ramos, Vice-Chair of Marketing & PR for Latinos in Social Media (
LATISM)
- 10:15 AM to 10:30 AM: Janet & Neal Larsen Palmer, Ph.D.’s; President & Executive Vice President of the Communication Excellence Institute
- 10:30 AM to 10:45 AM: Betty LaMarr, Director of EmpowHER Institute
- 10:45 AM to 11:00 AM: Tracy Repchuk, International Bestselling Author of 31 Days to Millionaire Marketing Miracle
- 11:00 AM to 11:35 AM: KEYNOTE PRESENTATION by Mary O’Hara Devereaux, Founder & CEO of Global Foresight, CEO Advisor, Innovation & Strategy Expert, and Author
- 11:40 AM to 12:30 PM: Main expo showcase and lunch
- 12:35 PM to 1:15 PM: Gutsy Gals Inspire Me panel led by Deborah Hutchison, Founder & CEO of Gutsy Gals Inspire Me!®; Razia Jan, founder of Razia’s Ray of Hope Foundation and 2012 CNN Hero Award Winner; Jennifer Conrad, founder and director of the PAW Project; Marla McNally Phillips, first time Broadway producer; Barbara Liss, paralegal; Deborah Jackson and Camilla Olson of Plum Alley; and Lisa Hickerson, formerly homeless and now a Homeless Advocate
- 1:15 PM to 1:45 PM: KEYNOTE PRESENTATION by Lindsey Mask, founder and executive director of Ladies America
- 1:45 PM to 2:00 PM: Rona Barrett, founder of the Rona Barrett Foundation
- 2:00 PM to 2:15 PM: Kim Castle, creator and star of kimTV – www.kimcastle.tv
- 2:15 PM to 2:30 PM: Kathleen Tucker, owner of Tucklets
- 2:30 PM to 2:45 PM: TBD
- 2:45 PM to 3:45 PM: Round table presenters:
- Janet & Neal Larsen Palmer, Ph.D.’s; President & Executive Vice President of the Communication Excellence Institute
- Brecia Kralovic-Logan, Creative Life Coach and owner of pebble in the pond studio
- Taylor Reaume, founder of The Search Engine Pros
- Elianne Ramos, Vice-Chair of Marketing & PR for Latinos in Social Media (
LATISM) - Tracy Repchuck, International Bestselling Author of 31 Days to Millionaire Marketing Miracle
- Jane Choi, Managing Partner at New York Life
- Maria Lopez, founder of Yogiando
- Alisa DiLorenzo, co-founder of ONE Extraordinary Marriage
- Linda Newlin, author of The Inner Traveler’s™ Guidebook to Moyo: Discovering the Power of Listening to Your Own Heart
- Jane Applegate, founder of The Applegate Group, Inc. & Deborah Jackson, founder and CEO of Plum Alley
- 3:45 PM to 6:00 PM: Gutsy Gals Inspire Me award winners, prizes, networking
- 6:00 PM: Closing remarks from Patty DeDominic
Sunday, March 9, 2014:
- 10:30 AM to 1:30 PM: Power Up at the Power House brunch for presenters and VIP ticket holders
***Times and presenters subject to change