The Women|Future Conference is today launching the Speaker Resources Webpage, an evolving virtual hub of books, videos, podcasts, online workshops, and more which have been published by 2020 Women|Future Conference speakers.

With speakers from multiple industries and fields of thought, we wanted to create a place outside of the conference platform where the public could access resources written and created by our inspiring speakers. Just like our conference sessions, topics on the Speaker Resources Webpage range from career advice to self-help, finance, branding, diversity & inclusion, entrepreneurship, and human resources.

We hope you enjoy these free and invaluable resources. Please feel free to use and share them however you choose; the mission of the Women|Future Conference is about supporting and learning from other women in business, and this resource list does just that!

The Women|Future Conference is made up of 100+ transformative women speakers from around the world including notable CEOs, Founders, Entrepreneurs, and Executives from AT&T Business, Amazon, Girl Scouts of the USA, Deloitte, Cisco, Microsoft, Roku, HCL, PayPal, and more. The conference brings together women professionals from all industries for 2 days of inspiration and learning from November 12-13, 2020. 

Pre-conference sessions kick off this Monday, November 9, 2020. Current registrants have already started building their event schedules, filling out their profiles on the virtual platform, and connecting with attendees and speakers who share similar interests. It's not too late to join them and register! 

Save 10% when you register three or more people together. Students can attend the Women|Future Conference at half-price ($49 compared to the general admission ticket price of $99).

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There are less than three weeks left until the 2020 Women|Future Conference, happening virtually November 12-13. Below are a few recent announcements and updates to the agenda, which now consists of 108 speakers and 35 sessions!

1. Women-Owned Business Pitch Competition Finalists Announced

New for 2020, the Women|Future Conference launched a 'Shark Tank'-style Women-Owned Business Pitch Competition for organizations run by women and founded in November 2017 or later. 70+ incredible businesses applied, and 10 finalists were selected to compete for a chance to win funding for their business. A mix of industries make up the list of finalists including food and wellness products, e-learning, computer software solutions, online media, and clothing with a cause. The finalists and their websites can be viewed here.

2. Three Days of Pre-Conference Sessions Added to the Agenda

Our conference is packed with content, inspiration, motivation and global networking. Three additional days of pre-conference sessions were recently added to the agenda, each of which is focused on a theme corresponding to that day of the week; Motivational Monday, GratitTuesday, and Women-Owned Business Wednesday! The schedule is in Eastern Standard Time.

November 9, Motivational Monday

2:00 pm - 3:15 pm Overcoming Personal Adversity

November 10, GratiTuesday

2:00 pm - 3:15 pm Disrupt the Imposter Syndrome; Let the Real You Shine Through!

November 11, Women-Owned Business Wednesday

2:00 pm - 3:15 pm Your Next Act: The Move From Corporate to Entrepreneurship

3:15 pm - 4:00 pm Challenging Stigmas and Changing Lives: Everything You Need To Know About CBD

4:00 pm - 5:15 pm Successful & Sustainable: Triple Bottom Line Businesses

3. Our Keynote speaker is Anne Chow, CEO of AT&T Business

Anne Chow, Chief Executive Officer of AT&T Business, is the keynote speaker for the 2020 Women|Future Conference. She and her organization of over 30,000 employees are responsible for serving nearly 3 million business customers in upwards of 200 countries and territories around the world. Anne will kick off the conference on Thursday, November 12 at 8:00 am, EST. Her session is titled “Today’s Leadership, Tomorrow’s Future.” She will discuss how Covid-19 is changing life as we know it - how we work, how we live, and how we communicate, as well as leadership lessons from 2020 and her view of leading into the future.

4. Our Featured Speaker is Judith Batty, Interim CEO of Girl Scouts of the USA

Registration for the Women|Future Conference is open. Save 10% when you register three or more people together. Students can attend the Women|Future Conference at half-price ($49 compared to the general admission ticket price of $99).

Thank you to our Sponsors, Advertisers and Partners

We are proud to partner with the following publications and organizations that give a voice to women entrepreneurs and leaders. If you know an organization that aligns with the Women|Future Conference mission of supporting women, let them know about our event! To request info on sponsoring, fill out this form.

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Unternehmerinnen, weibliche Führungskräfte, Arbeitnehmerinnen und von Frauen geführte Organisationen weltweit können ihre Nominierungen noch bis zum 16. September einreichen.

Noch drei Tage läuft die Nominierungsphase der Stevie Awards for Women in Business. Bereits zum 17. Mal ehren die Stevie Awards im Rahmen dieses speziellen Wirtschaftspreisprogramms herausragende Leistungen von Unternehmerinnen, Frauen in Führungspositionen, Mitarbeiterinnen und von Frauen geführte Organisationen. Bis zum 16. September haben Interessentinnen noch die Möglichkeit, ihre Nominierungen gegen die Zahlung einer Nachgebühr einreichen. In der Bewertung entstehen den Nachmeldungen keine Nachteile.

Die stolzen Gewinnerinnen werden dann am 29. September bekannt gegeben und mit ihren Bronze- Siber- und Gold-Auszeichnungen bei einer feierlichen Preisverleihung geehrt. Die Preisverleihung findet dieses Jahr erstmalig in einem virtuellen Rahmen am 9. Dezember statt.

Mit den Stevie Awards for Women in Business werden die Leistungen von berufstätigen Frauen in mehr als 100 Kategorien gewürdigt. Prämiert werden die Frauen unter anderem in den Kategorien:

• Unternehmerin des Jahres
• Weibliche Führungskraft des Jahres
• Mentorin oder Coachin des Jahres
• Preis für das Lebenswerk
• Verdienst um Lohngleichheit
• Frauen helfen Frauen
• Mitarbeiterin des Jahres
• Von Frauen geführtes Unternehmen des Jahres
• Innovatorin des Jahres

Neue Kategorien für dem Umgang mit COVID-19

Als Reaktion auf die aktuelle Situation haben die Stevie Awards einige spezielle Kategorien in Bezug auf den Umgang der Unternehmen und einzelner Personen mit COVID-19 in ihrem Berufsfeld geschaffen.

Zu den Kategorien zum Umgang mit COVID-19 gehören:

• Frontline Medical Hero of the Year
• Education Hero of the Year
• Delivery Hero of the Year
• Public Service Hero of the Year
• Most Exemplary Employer
• Communications or PR Campaign of the Year – COVID-19-related Information

...und weitere.

Auch die Kategorien Marketing- und PR-Kampagne des Jahres wurden in diesem Jahr stark erweitert.

Vereinfachte Anforderungen für die Einreichung

Die Anforderungen für die Einreichungen wurden in allen Kategorien für 2020 überarbeitet und vereinfacht. Verlangte die Bewerbung in den vergangenen Jahren noch eine Leistungsbeschreibung von bis zu 650 Wörtern, beantworten die Teilnehmerinnen eine Reihe von Fragen. Alternativ können sie ein Video mit einer Länge von bis zu fünf Minuten einreichen, in dem die Fragen behandelt werden.

„Das neue Vorgehen soll es den Teilnehmerinnen erleichtern, ihre Leistungen auf den Punkt zu beschreiben“ erklärt Maggie Gallagher, Präsidentin der Stevie Awards. „Gleichzeitig erleichtert es den Juroren, die Qualität der verschiedenen Einreichungen zu bewerten“ so Gallagher weiter.

Dies kommt besonders denjenigen zugute, die sich für eine Last-Minute-Nominierung bis zum 16. September entscheiden.

 Women | Future Conference

Anders als in den letzten Jahren findet die Women|Future Conference nicht am selben Tag der Preisverleihung statt. Stattdessen wird die zweitägige Konferenz für berufstätige Frauen schon am 12. Und 13. November im Caesars Palace in Las Vegas stattfinden. Die Women|Future Conference thematisiert die drängendsten Geschäftsfragen von morgen. Sie befasst sich mit diesen Themen aus der Perspektive von Frauen, die in diesen Bereichen tätig sind und darüber hinaus, wie sie Frauen in allen Branchen –ihre Karrieren und Unternehmen – beeinflussen. Mit vielen strukturierten Networking-Möglichkeiten und Fallstudien von früheren Stevie®-Gewinnerinnen und aktuellen Stevie®-Nominierten ist diese Veranstaltung ausschließlich für Frauen.

Starke Frauen – Women in Business Preisträgerinnen des letzten Jahres 

Die Gewinnerinnen der Goldenen, Silbernen und Bronzenen Stevie Awards 2019 spiegeln eine vielfältige Gruppe großer und kleiner Organisationen rund um den Globus wider. Zu den Gold- Preisträgerinnen 2019 zählen auch Geschäftsfrauen und Unternehmen aus Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz.

• TourRadar aus Wien gewann den Gold Stevie Award in der Kategorie Employee of the Year für Melissa Lopez, Assistant Team Lead im Sales and Support Team in Nordamerika.
• Für Digging Deep aus Cham in der Schweiz gewann die Schriftstellerin Rosemary Lokhorst, Technologieunternehmerin und preisgekrönte Spieleproduzentin einen Silber und einen Bronze Stevie. Digging Deep ist eine gemeinnützige Organisation, die die heilende Kraft des Selbstausdrucks durch Spaß und die Nutzung digitaler Selbsthilfetools aktiviert.
• Stolzer Gewinner von zwei Gold Stevie Awards war LabTwin aus Berlin. Das weltweit erste digitale Laborassistent mit Sprach- und KI-Unterstützung erhielt die jeweils höchsten Auszeichnung für Magdalena Paluch, Mitgründerin und Geschäftsführerin von LabTwin.

Nach Abschluss der Bewerbungsphase prüfen über 200 führende Expertinnen aus aller Welt die eingegangenen Nominierungen. Die Preisträgerinnen haben nach der Bekanntgabe der Gewinner Zugang zu allen Kommentaren und Vorschlägen der Jury, bezüglich ihrer Nominierungen.

Wenn auch Sie sich bei den 17. Stevie Awards for Women in Business mit ihren Leistungen bewerben möchten, registrieren Sie sich noch heute unter www.StevieAwards.com/Women.

Do you or someone you know own a women-run business founded in November 2017 or later? Enter the 2020 Women|Future Conference Business Pitch Competition for a chance to win funding! 💸 The Women|Future Conference has added this competition as a new feature to the two-day virtual event happening November 12-13, 2020. It is an opportunity for women-owned businesses and female entrepreneurs who are navigating the startup phase of their business endeavors to receive funding -- think of it as a 'Shark Tank' for female business owners. 

If selected, finalists will be asked to record a three-minute pitch about their product/service, business model, and target market. Submissions will be reviewed by the Women|Future Conference team and final pitches will be judged by a panel of female venture capitalists and conference attendees during our virtual event on November 13, 2020. There will be three winners, each of which will receive a monetary prize.

There are still sponsorship opportunities available which go toward funding the pitch competition. If your organization is interested in sponsoring, email Ruslana@stevieawards.com or visit our sponsorship and advertising page to request information.

The Women|Future Conference agenda features virtual sessions, panels, and workshops that address today’s trending topics and current issues in areas such as technology, sustainability, career and financial planning, diversity in the workplace, leadership, crisis management, and more. The conference is made up of 100 transformative women speakers from around the world including notable CEOs, founders, entrepreneurs, and executives from AT&T Business, Amazon, Girl Scouts of the USA, Deloitte, HCL, Cisco, Microsoft, Roku, PayPal and more. View the speaker lineup.

In the spirit of back to school season, we recently announced that students can attend the Women|Future Conference at half-price (that's just $49 compared to the regular ticket price of $99!) Many Women|Future Conference speakers will discuss topics relevant to young women who have just entered the workforce, or are thinking about their future careers.

If you know a student who is an aspiring business owner, or would love to hear from female entrepreneurs, founders, and executives in diverse industries, let her know about this incredible opportunity! Registration for the Women|Future Conference is open. Save 10% when you register three or more people together.

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We are excited to announce the 2020 Women|Future Conference opening Keynote Speaker - Chief Executive Officer of AT&T Business, Anne Chow!

Anne will kick off our conference on Thursday, November 12 at 8:00 am, EST. Her session is titled “Today’s Leadership, Tomorrow’s Future.” She will discuss how COVID-19 is changing life as we know it - how we work, how we live, and how we communicate. As leaders we must be mindful of our current environment, which is now marked by a global pandemic, economic recession, and social injustices, but we must also simultaneously drive forward and build a better tomorrow. Anne will be discussing leadership lessons from 2020 and her view of leading into the future.

With decades in the industry, Anne has led many global organizations through major transformations, developing and executing innovative growth strategies while building role model relationships. She's passionate about education, diversity and inclusion, advancing women in technology and cultivating next generation leaders.

Anne was appointed Chief Executive Officer of AT&T Business in September 2019. She and her organization of over 30,000 employees are responsible for serving nearly 3 million business customers in upwards of 200 countries and territories around the world. She is the first woman to hold this position and first woman of color CEO in AT&T’s history!

Anne is speaking among 100 talented, transformative women leaders from around the world. The Women|Future Conference agenda features virtual sessions, panels, and workshops that address today’s trending topics and current issues in areas such as technology, sustainability, career and financial planning, diversity in the workplace, leadership, crisis management, and much more. Our speakers are a diverse mix of female CEOs, Founders, Entrepreneurs, and Senior Management and Directors from Amazon, Cisco, Deloitte, Microsoft, Girl Scouts of the USA, HCL, Roku, PayPal and more. View the full speaker lineup.

Women|Future Conference Sessions Include:

• Business Chemistry! Using Science to Improve the Art of Relationships Workshop by Deloitte
• Overcoming Personal Adversity
• Conquer Crisis. Train Like a Triathlete. Body + Mind + Business
• Balancing Motherhood + Business: for "Mompreneurs" and Working Moms
• Financial Wellness: Your Relationship with Money
• Diversity & Inclusion: The Importance in Your Workplace
• Building Your Dream Network for Introverts
• Competent but Not Confident: Scientifically Why So Many Women Limit Their Own Potential - and Everyone Else’s
• Redefining Success in the New Normal: Knowing What You Want, Why You Deserve it, and How to Get it
• Disrupt the Imposter Syndrome; Let the Real You Shine Through!
• Women Driving the Future of Tech: How AI, VR, and Robotics Will Be the Norm
• Create Joy in Your Career on Your Own Terms
    ...and many more

Registration for the Women|Future Conference is open. Take advantage of the $49 student special, $99 general registration, and save 10% when you register three or more people together.

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Unternehmerinnen, weibliche Führungskräfte und Arbeitnehmerinnen weltweit können nominiert werden.

Es ist wieder soweit. Die Stevie Awards nehmen ab sofort wieder Bewerbungen für die Stevie Awards for Women in Business entgegen. Bereits zum 17. Mal ehren die Stevie Awards im Rahmen dieses speziellen Wirtschaftspreisprogramms herausragende Leistungen von Unternehmerinnen, Frauen in Führungspositionen, Mitarbeiterinnen und von Frauen geführte Organisationen.

Teilnahmeunterlagen und sowie umfassende Informationen zum Wettbewerb finden Interessierte Teilnehmerinnen unter http://www.StevieAwards.com/Women.

Noch bis zum 19. August können Interessierte ihre Nominierungen einreichen. Teilnehmerinnen, die etwas mehr Zeit benötigen, können ihre Nominierungen noch bis zum 16. September gegen die Zahlung einer Nachgebühr einreichen. Die Gewinnerinnen werden am 29. September bekannt gegeben. Geehrt werden die Gold-, Silber- und Bronze-Stevie-Gewinnerinnen am 9. Dezember erstmalig im Rahmen einer virtuellen Preisverleihung.

Mit den Stevie Awards for Women in Business werden die Leistungen von berufstätigen Frauen in mehr als 100 Kategorien gewürdigt.

Prämiert werden die Frauen unter anderem in den Kategorien:

• Unternehmerin des Jahres
• Weibliche Führungskraft des Jahres
• Mentorin oder Coachin des Jahres
• Preis für das Lebenswerk
• Verdienst um Lohngleichheit
• Frauen helfen Frauen
• Mitarbeiterin des Jahres
• Von Frauen geführtes Unternehmen des Jahres
• Innovatorin des Jahres

Neue Kategorien für den Umgang mit COVID-19

Als Reaktion auf die aktuelle Situation haben die Stevie Awards einige spezielle Kategorien in Bezug auf den Umgang der Unternehmen und einzelner Personen mit COVID-19 in ihrem Berufsfeld geschaffen. Für diese Kategorien entstehen keine Teilnahmegebühren, jedoch gilt die Nachgebühr von 55 US-Dollar für Nominierungen, die nach dem 19. August eingereicht werden.

Zu den COVID-19-Reaktions-Kategorien gehören:

• Frontline Medical Hero of the Year
• Education Hero of the Year
• Delivery Hero of the Year
• Public Service Hero of the Year
• Most Exemplary Employer
• Communications or PR Campaign of the Year – COVID-19-related Information

...und weitere.

Auch für die Kategorien "Startup of the Year" entstehen den Teilnehmerinnen keine Teilnahmegebühren, ebenso wenig wie für die Kategorien für Regierungs- und Non-Profitorganisationen.

Außerdem wurden in diesem Jahr die Kategorien Marketing- und PR-Kampagne des Jahres stark erweitert.

Vereinfachte Anforderungen für die Einreichung

Die Anforderungen für die Einreichungen wurden in allen Kategorien für 2020 überarbeitet und vereinfacht. Verlangte die Bewerbung in den vergangenen Jahren noch eine Leistungsbeschreibung von bis zu 650 Wörtern, beantworten die Teilnehmerinnen eine Reihe von Fragen. Alternativ können sie ein Video mit einer Länge von bis zu fünf Minuten einreichen, in dem die Fragen behandelt werden. „Das neue Vorgehen soll es den Teilnehmerinnen erleichtern, ihre Leistungen auf den Punkt zu beschreiben“ erklärt Maggie Gallagher, Präsidentin der Stevie Awards. „Gleichzeitig erleichtert es den Juroren, die Qualität der verschiedenen Einreichungen zu bewerten“ so Gallagher weiter.

Starke Frauen – Women in Business Preisträgerinnen des letzten Jahres

Die Gewinnerinnen der Goldenen, Silbernen und Bronzenen Stevie Awards 2019 spiegeln eine vielfältige Gruppe großer und kleiner Organisationen rund um den Globus wider. Zu den Gold- Preisträgerinnen 2019 zählen auch Geschäftsfrauen und Unternehmen aus Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. 

• TourRadar aus Wien gewann den Gold Stevie Award in der Kategorie Employee of the Year für Melissa Lopez, Assistant Team Lead im Sales and Support Team in Nordamerika.
• Für Digging Deep aus Cham in der Schweiz gewann die Schriftstellerin Rosemary Lokhorst, Technologieunternehmerin und preisgekrönte Spieleproduzentin einen Silber und einen Bronze Stevie. Digging Deep ist eine gemeinnützige Organisation, die die heilende Kraft des Selbstausdrucks durch Spaß und die Nutzung digitaler Selbsthilfetools aktiviert.
• Stolzer Gewinner von zwei Gold Stevie Awards war LabTwin aus Berlin. Das weltweit erste digitale Laborassistent mit Sprach- und KI-Unterstützung erhielt die jeweils höchsten Auszeichnung für Magdalena Paluch, Mitgründerin und Geschäftsführerin von LabTwin.

Nach Abschluss der Bewerbungsphase prüfen über 200 führende Expertinnen aus aller Welt die eingegangenen Nominierungen. Die Preisträgerinnen haben nach der Bekanntgabe der Gewinner Zugang zu allen Kommentaren und Vorschlägen der Jury, bezüglich ihrer Nominierungen.

Wenn auch Sie sich bei den 17. Stevie Awards for Women in Business mit ihren Leistungen bewerben möchten, registrieren Sie sich noch heute unter www.StevieAwards.com/Women/register.

World’s Top Honors for Women Professionals to Be Presented in New York on November 17

Finalists were announced today in the 14th annual Stevie® Awards for Women in Business, the world’s top honors for women entrepreneurs, executives, employees and the organizations they run.

The Stevie Awards for Women in Business are produced by the creators of the prestigious American Business Awards and International Business Awards. The Stevies are widely considered to be the world’s premier business awards.

This year’s Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevie Award winners will be announced at an awards dinner at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City on Friday, November 17. More than 500 women and their guests from around the world are expected to attend the presentations, which will be broadcast live on Livestream.

More than 1,500 entries were submitted this year by organizations and individuals around the world for consideration in more than 90 categories including Executive of the Year, Entrepreneur of the Year, Startup of the Year, Women Helping Women and Women-Run Workplace of the Year.

Organizations with multiple finalists in a variety of categories include, among others: ARIIX (Bountiful, UT, US), Clariti Group (Brisbane, Australia), FIS (Jacksonville, FL, US), Forward (New York, NY, US), Jeunesse Global (Lake Mary, FL, US), Oceans 2 Earth Foundation (Brisbane, Australia), Pink Elephant (Burlington, ON, Canada), Simpson Healthcare Executives, LLC (Old Lyme, CT, US), Songpa-gu (Seoul, South Korea), Tavuu Welfare Association (Karachi, Pakistan), The International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) (Lawrenceville, NJ, US), Tropic Skincare (London, United Kingdom), Vaco Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA, US) and ZingBox (Mountain View, CA US).

Nominations were submitted by organizations in 25 nations including Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Germany, Iceland, India, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Mexico, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom and the United States.

Visit http://www.StevieAwards.com/Women for a complete list of finalists by category.

Finalists were chosen by more than 170 professionals worldwide serving on five specialized judging committees.  Jurors’ average scores will also determine the Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevie Award placements from among the finalists, which will be revealed at the November 17 event in New York.

Jill Liberman

The final entry deadline for the awards is September 20.  Complete details are available at www.StevieAwards.com/Women.

Jill Liberman is a motivational speaker, former radio talk show host, entrepreneur, and published author. She has more than twenty years of television experience, including reporting for national entertainment news shows such as Entertainment Tonight, E! Entertainment, and Showbiz Today.  She was an active member of the National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) and a judge for the nationally televised Cable Ace awards. She hosted the number one rated talk show on WAXY radio and co-hosted the television pilot “Thicke and Jill” with actor Alan Thicke.

American Pride, Jill's first book, was published in 2004 and has been nationally featured on television and radio shows, and in magazines. Jill's story was featured on Lifetime Television as one of the country's most inspirational women. The White House has a copy of her book displayed in the lobby. Choose Happy, her most recent book, has helped inspire people as it spreads the powerful message that happiness is a choice. Jill travels the country as a keynote motivational speaker.

“It is a pleasure to serve as Chair on the Individual/Entrepreneur Awards Judging Committee,” commented Jill. “I am proud to be a part of such a coveted competition and organization that celebrates and recognizes the accomplishments of women in business.”

ElsaMarie D’Silva

The final entry deadline for the awards is September 20.  Complete details are available at www.StevieAwards.com/Women.

Rebecca Flood, CEO of New Directions for Women, in Costa Mesa, California, USA, has been named the chair of the jury for the individual Executive categories of the 2017 Stevie Awards for Women in Business, the world's top honors for female entrepreneurs, executives, employees and the organizations they run.

The final entry deadline for the awards is September 20.  Complete details are available at www.StevieAwards.com/Women.

In her nearly four decades of experience in the health care industry, Rebecca J. Flood has demonstrated expertise in program development, implementation, and evaluation. She was with Seabrook House in Seabrook, New Jersey, for over 25 years. As Vice President of Treatment Services, she oversaw the organization’s residential treatment programs and the planning of specialized treatment for women, adolescents, and individuals with co-occurring disorders. She has also distinguished herself in the areas of marketing, fundraising, technical assistance and board development. As CEO of New Directions for Women since 2004, her expertise has been applied exclusively to issues relating to women of all ages, pregnant women in any trimester, and women with dependent children affected by addiction.

Rebecca has always been committed to giving back and has given of her time, talent, and treasure by serving on international, national, and local boards, providing training at national conferences, and serving as a CARF surveyor. She is currently a member of the National Association of Addiction Treatment Providers (NAATP) Board and of the Seabrook House Board, and is President of the Association of Intervention Specialists (AIS).  She is also a member of the TRIAD Board and the Advisory Committee for Limen House in Wilmington, Delaware; and of the Sober Living Coalition Board for the State of California.

Rebecca attended Johns Hopkins University and obtained a Master’s Degree in Human Services from Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. She is a Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor (LCADC) in the state of New Jersey; a Nationally Certified Drug & Alcohol Counselor (NCAC II); and is certified in California, Delaware, and New Jersey as a Drug & Alcohol Counselor (CADC II).

Rebecca tells us: “The old saying that ‘you always get more than you give’ has certainly come true for me in my life. Being able to Chair the 2017 Individual/Executive Judging Committee is a great example of that. I am honored to share some of my time in recognizing incredible, visionary women all over the world that are impacting our communities for the better.”