Women Powered: The Choices that Define Leaders

Thursday, April 4, 2024 | 4:30 – 7:30 PM

Presented in Whiteman Hall. Limited capacity. 

Greeting | 4:30 PM - 5 PM

Sip+Share | 5 PM - 6 PM

Panel | 6 PM - 7:30 PM

Exhibition Access | 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM

TICKETS: $15 for the general public | $10 for College Students (ID Required) and PhxArt Members | $5 for youth (17 and under)

Join PhxArt this April for Women Powered: The Choices That Define Leaders, a two-part professional development workshop that connects community members with dynamic women leaders based in Arizona. 

Network with dynamic women entrepreneurs and executives during this ‘speed-dating’ style professional-development opportunity. A digital packet with professional-development resources, including recommended books, podcasts, trainings, seminars, workshops and more, will be shared with participants following the event.

Hear from a panel of dynamic women entrepreneurs, leaders, and business executives based in Arizona, who will give deeper insights into their own journeys through their careers and the choices they made along the way that propelled them forward, or, at times, caused them to stumble. A purchase of a panel ticket also includes access to four exhibitions highlighting women and women artists - Barbie®: A Cultural Icon, The Power of Pink, Expanding Darshan: Manjari Sharma, To See and Be Seen, and Laura Aguilar: Nudes in Nature.

PANELISTS:

Beth McMullen, Avnet, Sr. Vice President Global Operations

Sheryl Palmer, Taylor Morrison, Chairman and CEO 

Kim Rimsza, President of S&K Rimsza Family Office 

Jordan Rose, Rose Law Group, President and Founder

Olga Viso, Phoenix Art Museum, Selig Chief Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs 

Bettina Nava, OH Strategic Communications, owner

Damita Kaloostian, PhD, Vice President of Student Affairs at Scottsdale Community College (Interim)

MODERATOR: Vanessa Ruiz, ASU, Deputy Vice President for Educational Outreach

SIP+SHARE HOSTS:

Ann Ocana, Shamrock Foods, Chief Marketing Officer

Desirae Outcalt, Bell Bank, Vice President Commercial Banker

Liz Shabaker, Versant Capital Management, Co-Chief Executive Officer 

Christian Ramirez, Phoenix Art Museum, Lee Baumann Cohn and Milton H. Cohn Assistant Curator of Contemporary and Community Art Initiatives

Mara Gerst, Gerst Grants & Nonprofit Consulting, Principal 

Jennifer Villalobos, Cushman & Wakefield, Associate

Nadia Rivera, Arizona Coyotes, Chief Impact Officer 

Laura Wenzel, Senior Director of Collections and Exhibitions

Ritta Fagain, Chair, St. Joseph the Worker

Cathy Graham, Desert Financial Credit Union, Executive Vice President

Laura Franco French, Director, State Government Relations

The Women Powered Panel is made possible through the generosity of Desert Financial Credit Union.

The Women Powered Sip+Share is made possible through the generosity of My Sister's Closet, Bell Bank, and Austin Commercial, L.P.