2024 Women in Business Retreat

The Indy Chamber’s Central Indiana Women’s Business Center is thrilled to invite you to the 10th Annual Women in Business Retreat, presented by Hirons. Looking to meet and hear from women leaders, entrepreneurs, and professionals? Then this event is for you. Whether you’re local, new to town, or just passing through, join us at our 2024 Women in Business Retreat to connect, learn, and recharge. The Retreat will be in-person at the Alexander Hotel and is a great way for women from all professional backgrounds to escape their hectic lives and learn from one another, share successes, laugh, network, and strategize about what comes next.

From networking to breakout sessions, you'll have the opportunity to engage with some of the brightest, most inspirational, thought-provoking women in the Indianapolis Region.

Your Retreat ticket also includes:

• Professional headshots
• Plated lunches
• Snacks throughout the day at our nourishment hub
• Silent auction
• Cocktail reception
• Local vendor fair
• Wine pull

So, gather your friends and colleagues and join the Central Indiana Women’s Business Center at The Alexander to expand your women in business network!

AN UNRIVALED AGENDA

Thursday, March 7:
8 a.m. — Check-in & Breakfast
8:30 a.m. — OPENING PLENARY: Grab Your Cape, Lipstick and Pumps… with Angela Smith Jones, Indiana University
9:45 a.m. — Break
10 a.m. — PLENARY: Inclusion In Action—Empowering Women Through Genuine Support with Myra C. Selby, Ice Miller LLP
11 a.m. — Break & Vendor Marketplace
12 p.m. — KEYNOTE LUNCHEON: Eat Dessert First with Lise Pace, Bosma Enterprises
1:30 p.m. — Break
2 p.m. — BREAKOUT SESSIONS:

• Session A: Defining Your Mission with Robin Lanning, Tactive
• Session B: Fulfillment Fallacy: Beat Burnout & Find Fulfillment with Amy Woodall, Conscious Habit

3:15 p.m. — Break
3:45 p.m. — PLENARY: Give and Get—Unleashing the Power of Volunteer Board Engagement with Deana Haworth, APR, Hirons; Dana Cummings, CFRE, Franklin College; Leslie Hurst, Crossroads of America Council, BSA; Kristian Little Stricklen, Madam Walker Legacy Center
5 p.m. — Cocktail Reception
6:30 p.m. — Dine-Arounds

Friday, March 8:
8:30 a.m. — Breakfast
9 a.m. — BREAKOUT SESSIONS:

• Session A: Workplace Happiness Formula with Melissa St. John, Relocation Strategies
• Session B: Embrace Your Inner Warrier—Overcoming Victim Mentality with Jennifer Chapman, Just Commit Coaching

10:15 a.m. — Break & Vendor Marketplace
11 a.m. — PLENARY: Opportunity is Elastic with Christina Hale, Office of Women's Business Ownership
12:15 p.m. — Break
12:35 p.m. — KEYNOTE LUNCHEON: The Road Less Traveled with Mel Raines, Pacers Sports and Entertainment; Stacie Porter Bilger, Proof Digital
2:15 p.m. — Event Concludes