Please join the Office of Women’s Business Ownership of the Small Business Administration, the National Women’s Business Council and Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center for power-packed panels, inspirational fireside chats, and ‘Ask an Expert’ workshops to help you build, scale, and grow your business.

Please note the Summit’s fireside chats, keynotes, panels, and Ask an Expert sessions will take place virtually from March 28-29, 2023.

Currently scheduled panels, workshops and chats include:

She Works Smart for the Money: A Best-Fit Approach to Accessing Capital

Women are the fastest growing entrepreneurial segment in the country but obtain capital at disproportionally lower rates than their male colleagues. Women of color are even less represented in obtaining venture capital or business loans. This panel will highlight programs and organizations to support increasing access to capital for women owned small businesses for both main street businesses and high-tech startups.

Moderator: Nicola Corzine, Executive Director, NASDAQ Entrepreneurship Center

Panelists:

• Maria Palacio, CEO of Progeny Coffee
• Terriekka Cardenas, CEO of Perceptive Engineering & Construction
• Carolyn Rodz, CEO of Hello Alice
• Yuliya Tarasava, Co-founder/COO of CNote

Empowering Women Entrepreneurs—Supporting Equity, Uplifting the Small Business Sisterhood

This panel will feature entrepreneurs who are actively prioritizing and building equity into their own business models. Panelists will discuss strategies and identify best practices, sharing how these trailblazing women—market- and changemakers—are not only bringing novel products and services to diverse consumers, but also contributing to their communities by providing jobs, community-based co-working, innovation “safe spaces” to improve supports for a growing sisterhood.

Moderator: Tene Dolphin, Executive Director, National Women’s Business Council

Panelists:

• Jaime Gloshay, Co-Founder of Native Women Lead and NWBC Council Member
• Gizelle George-Joseph,COO for the Global Investment Research (GIR) Division at Goldman Sachs
• Nicole Cober, Founder of the BOW Collective and Principal Managing Partner of Cober Johnson and Romney
• Marla Bilonick, President & CEO of NALCAB

Making HerStory: HBCUs Strengthening Women Entrepreneurs in Underserved Communities.

The impact of HBCUs extends beyond the students they educate. They are economic engines that support the communities in which they are located. This panel will discuss how HBCUs spur economic development and with the support of SBA support women entrepreneurs.

Moderator: Donald Malcolm Smith, Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Women’s Business Ownership

Panelists:

• Bobbie Knight, President of Miles College
• Dr. Felecia M. Nave, President of Alcorn State University
• Roslyn Clark Artis, President of Benedict College

Fireside Chat with SBA Resource Partners

Women entrepreneurs are supported by a unique support network of organizations and resource partners. This fireside chat will focus on the ways in which SBA resource partners are working to provide on-the-ground support to women business owners and opportunities to leverage these resources to support business growth and development.

Moderator: Donald Malcolm Smith, Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Women’s Business Ownership

Panelists:

• Corinne Goble, CEO of the Association of Women’s Business Centers
• Bridget Weston, CEO of the SCORE Association