Women's Summit of the Rockies
Friday, February 17, 2023

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
​Colorado School of Mines
Ben H. Parker Student Center, 1200 16th St., Golden

Women’s Summit of the Rockies is a highly anticipated annual event created to empower, educate and uplift women (and allies) in our community with esteemed Keynote Speakers, a Men's Allyship Workshop, and skill-building Breakout Sessions.

Conference Schedule:

• 8:30 AM - Registration OPENS
• 8:30 AM - Breakfast, Coffee/Tea, and Juice Bar OPENS
• 9:00 AM - Business Booth Floor OPENS
• 9:30 AM - Morning Keynote
• 10:30 AM - Business Booth Floor OPENS
• 11:00 AM - Breakout Session 1a, 1b, 1c STARTS
• 11:00 AM - Men's Allyship Workshop STARTS
• 12:00 NOON - Business Booth Floor OPENS (Final)
• 12:00 NOON - Lunch OPENS
• 12:30 PM - Afternoon Keynote
• 1:30 PM - Breakout Session 2a, 2b, 2c STARTS
• 2:30 PM - Closing

(The Men's Allyship Workshop will be conducted in tandem with the Breakout Sessions. Workshop participants will enjoy the Meals, Keynotes and Business Booths with all attendees.)

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​What is Allyship?
Allyship is someone who advocates and speaks up for underrepresented or marginalized groups inside and outside of the workplace. Allyship at work empowers employees to take meaningful action and build an inclusive workplace culture.

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Lunch Keynote
Rob Lee Andrews - President/CEO - CommunityWorks
He is a published author and a serial social entrepreneur having started several successful businesses such as EZ E85 and One Voice Coalition Inc. He currently helps people across Colorado find jobs and has spoken at hundreds of venues toward this aim. He has also served on numerous boards and commissions, including Judicial Performance Commission, Colorado Springs Pride Center, Armed Services YMCA, Southern Colorado Black Barber Association, African American Voice Juneteenth Festival, the El Pomar Black Advisory Council, Heavy Hearts Heavy Hands, Denver Workforce Development Center, and Hastings College Board of Trustees.

Robert’s life mission is to align businesses with peoples’ needs, to keep money in communities, and to empower others to create social change in minute and then massive ways.

Allyship Workshop
Discover what type of Ally to women you can be. This workshop will explore how to uncover where your workplace inequities may be clustered, how marginalized individuals can experience everyday interactions, and then what allyship actions you and your managers can take based on your positional power. As a group, we will brainstorm how to apply them at your workplace to attain an elevated culture of equity, diversity and inclusion.

(The Men's Allyship Workshop will be conducted in tandem with the Breakout Sessions. Workshop participants will enjoy the Keynotes and Vendors with all Summit attendees.)

Breakout Sessions​

• Operating a Sustainable Business with Good Business Colorado
• Well-Being in the Workplace with Chelsea Vibert, Jefferson Center
• Finding Balance with Jan Wambolt, Denver Business Journal
• Women, Work, and Identity. Stories of Challenge and Success. Orion Brown, Black Travel Box; Rocio Duran, Rocio Life Coach; Ellen Lichenstein, Just Add Communications; and Chelle Johnson, Best You Career Advantage - LEARN MORE​​​
• Women in POWER! The Xcel Energy Colorado’s Power Pathway Leaders with a panel from Xcel Energy: Heather Brickey, Jennifer Chester, Amber Dedus, Kelly Flenniken, Sandra Johnson, Julie Stencel, and Ashley Valdez - LEARN MORE
• Resurrection Through the Three-Step Freedom Formula with Deb Geiger Rochau, The Next Level and Beyond - LEARN MORE

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Vendor Booths:

• Edward Jones
• Mile High Creatives
  
• The Rivera Team Of Keller Williams Realty Urban Elite
• Vernon Promotions

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Download a PDF of the Sponsor Packet