Preliminary Conference Schedule As of July 6,

2015 (subject to change)

Sunday, July 19, 2015
1:00 PM 5:00 PM
3:00 PM 6:00 PM
6:00 PM 7:30 PM
8:00 9:00 pm

Conference Registration
Pre-Conference NACW Board Meeting
(NACW Board Members Only)
Welcome Reception
Invited Guests: State Legislators and State Elected Officials,
Mayor of Indianapolis, Women Mayors
Zumba/Line Dance Icebreaker

Monday, July 20, 2015 Expand Your Knowledge Issues

Forum
8:00 AM 5:00
PM
7:30 AM 8:00
AM
8:00 AM 10:00
AM
9:00 AM 4:00
PM
10:15 AM 10:30
AM
10:30 AM 11:45
AM

12:00 PM 1:30
PM
1:45 PM 3:00
PM

Conference Registration
Breakfast
NACW Business Meeting I (NACW Delegates Only)
Info Expo
Break
Break Out Sessions
Mentoring and benefits to the community
Presenter:
Alison Martin Books
President and Founder, Mentoring Womens Network
Human Trafficking
Presenter:
Abby Kuzma, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Indiana
Attorney General
Preserving womens history in the Modern World
Jeannie Regan-Dinius
Director of Special Initiatives
Indiana Department of Natural Resources
Opening Plenary Speaker Luncheon
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Corey Hebert
Break Out Sessions
Leadership Development
Presenter:
Alyssa Coates, PhD

3:00 PM 3:30
PM
3:30 PM 4:45
PM

6:30 PM 8:30
PM

Tuesday, July 21,

8:00 AM 2:00 PM
7:30 AM 8:00
AM
8:00 AM 9:15
AM
9:20 AM 10:50
AM

Director, Office of Admissions Outreach and Engagement

Recruiting, University of Notre Dame
Trauma-Informed Care of Women/Girls
Presenter:
Michelle Hoersch
U.S. Office on Womens Health
Pregnancy Discrimination Act and You
Presenter:
Akia Haynes
Deputy Director and General Counsel, IN Civil Rights
Commission
Refreshment Break and Info Expo
GENERAL SESSION
Gender, Sex and Politics Heading toward Campaign 2016
Kristina Horn Sheeler, Ph.D.
Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Communication
Studies
Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis
US Rep. Susan W. Brooks (INVITED tentatively confirmed)
Indiana 5th District
Co-Vice-Chair, Womens Caucus
Dinner Plenary Session
Making Impact through your personal brand
Jennifer Browning Holmes
President and Founder of Integrating Women Leaders
2015 Recharge your passion Forum
Conference Registration
Breakfast
NACW Business Meeting II (NACW Delegates Only)
Board Commissioner Exchange
Co-Moderators:
Suzanne Doty, Commissioner
Santa Clara County Commission on the Status of Women
President, Association of California Commissions for Women
Dianne McKay
Commissioner, Burlington County Council on Women
Executive Director/Staff Exchange
Moderators:
Jill Ashton
Executive Director
Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women
Michele Manning

10:55 AM 12:10
PM

Assistant Director
Florida Commission on the Status of Women
Rethink. Regain. Recharge: Get Back Your Authentic Self
Presenter:
Linda Rendleman
CEO and Co-Founder, Women Like Us Foundation
Break Out Sessions
GENERAL SESSION
Empowerment through Partnerships (Visioning Session)
Moderator:
Cecilia Zamora
President
National Association of Commissions for Women
Board Member, Marin County Commission for Women
Panelists:
Kathy Cabello
President, NAWBO-Indy
Owner, Cabello Associates

12:10 PM 12:30
PM
12:30 PM 2:00
PM
2:15 PM 3:30 PM

Deborah Hearn Smith

President and CEO
Girl Scouts of Central Indiana
Break
Plenary Luncheon
NEXT Solutions
Jennifer Pope Baker, Executive Director
Womens Fund of Central Indiana
Breakout sessions
NACW Board of Directors Meeting
Moderator:
Cecilia Zamora
President
National Association of Commissions for Women
Keeping Girls Safe on the Internet
Presenter:
Special Agent Robert Herzog,
Special Agent Don Whitehead
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Indianapolis Office
Service Women, Military Service and Family Life
Presenters:
Christy Collins
Military Family Research Institute
Purdue University
Kenona Southwell
Military Family Research Institute
Purdue University

Afternoon /
Evening

Evening Free No-Hosted Dine-Around

Explore Indianapolis on your own! Then, sign up for dinner and
conversation with your colleagues!

Wednesday, July 22, 2015 Strengthen Your Mission Skills Development

Forum
8:00 AM 12:00
Conference Registration
PM
8:00 AM 8:30 AM Breakfast
8:30 AM 9:00 AM GIRLS FORUM: Registration/Breakfast
8:30 AM 9:30 AM NACW Business Meeting III (NACW Delegates Only)
(Elections / Resolutions)
9:00 AM 9:30 AM GIRLS FORUM: Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:40 AM 10:55
Break Out Sessions
AM
Using Social Media/PR to strengthen your mission
Presenters
Sarah Lacey
Director of Partnerships
Geofeedia
Kola Olaosebikan
Owner
Beta Motivation
Sara Vonbargen
State and Local Client Success Manager
GovDelivery
Creating Partnerships, develop relationships and work with
stakeholders
Presenters:
Aaron Perri
Executive Director
Downtown South Bend

10:55 AM 11:05
AM
11:10 AM 12:25
PM

Brooke Thomas
Deputy Director
Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee
GIRLS FORUM
Mentoring Fundamentals for Protegs
Presenter:
Alison Martin Books
President and Founder, Mentoring Womens Network
Break
Break Out Sessions
Engaging Girls in STEM, One Princess at a Time
Presenter:
Dr. Erin Albert
Author, Amazing Adventures of the Princesses from Planet

STEM
Different Funding Models for Sustaining Commissions for
Women
Susan Garrison
Founding and Current President
Friends of the Delaware County Womens Commission

12:30 PM 2:00
PM

2:00 PM 2:15 PM
2:15 PM 3:30 PM

3:30
4:00
6:00
7:00

PM
PM
PM
PM

4:00
5:00
7:00
9:30

PM
PM
PM
PM

Phyllis Gordon
Board Commissioner,
Contra Costa County Womens Commission
Designing a Legislative Day
Tara Martinez
Executive Director
West Virginia Commission for Women
GIRLS FORUM
Leadership Development
Alyssa Coates, PhD
Director, Office of Admissions Outreach and Engagement
Recruiting
University of Notre Dame
45th Anniversary Plenary Luncheon Leadership through Sports
Guest Speakers:
Starr Foster, Georgetown University (Confirmed)
Mone Davis
Break
General Session:
Lead on Leave
Presenters:
Latifa Lyles
Director
Womens Bureau
U.S. Department of Labor
GIRLS FORUM:
Reputation Safety
Presenter:
Jennifer Gabou
Former Division I student-athlete
Professional Tennis Player
GIRLS FORUM: Closing Remarks and Debrief
Guided Tour of Historical Union Station.
Closing Reception
Closing Plenary / Installation of NACW Board/Officers Dinner
Negotiating the Divide: The Gender Salary Differences and Why
Dr. Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber
Executive Director, National Center of Excellence in Womens
Health
President, American Medical Womens Association

Thursday, July 23, 2015 NACW Board Members only (Current and Newly

Elected)
8:00 AM 8:30
PM
8:30 AM 11:00
AM

Breakfast
Post-Conference NACW Board Meeting (NACW Board Members
Only)