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sheLEADS

a woman's conference: building a bold, brave community of women in the 413 with an eye on professional development and beyond.

Run of Day:
12:00-12:30    Welcome
12:15-2:15     Activating Your Leadership Strengths 
Colleen DelVecchio, maxady, llc 
Before the conference you will receive an email from Gallup with a link to take the CliftonStrengths assessment (it takes about 20 minutes) At the conference you will learn how to:
     understand what teams need from their leaders 
   best communicate with people who have different strengths 
     activate your strengths to become a leader you want to be 
2:15-2:30           Break 
2:30-3:15           Be Great Where Your Feet Are
              Keynote: Robyn Glaser, Sr. VP, Bus. Affairs, Kraft Group 
3:30-4:15       Panel: Language of Leadership:              
              Pia Kumar, Chief Strategy Officer, Universal Plastics 
              Lynnette Watkins, MD, MBA, President/CEO Cooley Dickinson Health Care 
                         Waleska Lugo-DeJesus, CEO, Inclusive Strategies, LLC
4:15-5:00      Networking 

We are thrilled for you to meet our Keynote:                         

Robyn Glaser | Be Great Where Your Feet Are

Working Session | Activate Your Leadership Strengths: 

Colleen DelVecchio

Our Panel | The Language of Leadership:

Pia Sareen Kumar Pia is the Co-Owner and Chief Strategy Officer of Universal Plastics Group, which represents a family of four plastics manufacturing businesses located in the Northeastern and the Midwestern United States. She started her career as an investment banker at JPMorgan Chase and was global director of strategic partnerships at American Express and holds an MBA from university of Chicago's Booth School of Business and a Bachelor's degree from Northwestern University. pia is a proud resident of Western Massachusetts and feels grateful every day for being part of this great community, for her extraordinary employees, for her three children
and one very tolerant dog.  

Lynnette Watkins, MD, MBA is the president and chief executive officer of Cooley Dickinson Health Care, a member of Mass General Brigham. She is an ophthalmologist and widely respected health care administrator and leader. Dr. Watkins began her clinical career in ophthalmology and oculoplastic surgery. She served on the faculty of Harvard Medical School. She served as a group chief medical officer in Tenat's Abrazo Community Health Network in Arizona. Her career as a health care executive began in Mishawaka, Indiana, where she was vice president and chief medical officer for the Saint Joseph Health System/Trinity Health. 










Waleska Lugo-De Jesus Is the CEO of Inclusive Strategies- nationally certified Diversity, Equity, Inclusion + Belonging facilitator dedicated to creating meaningful social change, with a human centered, racial healing approach, addressing systemic racism for equitable environments and communities. She is widely recognized for her advocacy for anti-racism work in identifying educational strategies to create equity. She has over twenty years of experience working in the private, nonprofit sector, higher educational and healthcare systems and is widely respected and recognized for her innovative ability to broaden coalitions and build communities of inclusion. She focuses on enhancing the development of personal and institutional goals for addressing systemic racism. 










Many thanks also to the following Sponsors:
Greenfield Cooperative Bank
Greenfield Bank
Teal Executives
Professional and Graduate Education, Mount Holyoke College
Cooley Dickinson Health Care
University & Foundation Relations, Bay Path University
Polish National Credit Union