Women's Leadership Conference (E2106060)

Learn proven and practical strategies that will strengthen your career and assist you in choosing – or maintaining – a successful and fulfilling path in the accounting profession.

Featured article from 2020 conference: Women Executives Tout Resilience and Leveraging Opportunities as Keys to Growth

7:45-8 a.m.
Greetings from PICPA Leadership

8-8:50 a.m.
Session Title TBA
Sarah Kauss, Founder and CEO - S'well

8:50-9:40 a.m.
Rising to the Challenge of Public Accounting
Kimberly A. Dula, CPA, Managing Partner - Friedman LLP

• Progression from intern in the audit department to managing partner and head of the tax practice
• What I wish I knew 25 years ago
• The future of public accounting

9:40-9:50 a.m.
Women to Watch Award Presentation

9:50-10:05 a.m.
Break

10:05-10:55 a.m.
Creating Career Success in Corporate Finance
Wendy McClintock, CPA, Vice President Finance and Treasurer - Hershey Entertainment and Resorts Company
Maureen Marchek, CFO - Bioclinica
Chenora Burkett, CPA, Chief Administrative Officer - United Way of Greater Philaelphia and Southern New Jersey
Jennifer Cryder, CPA, COO and Executive Vice President - PICPA

• Critical lessons learned from women finance leaders
• Making the jump from public to corporate accounting
• Being intentional about careers goals and planning
• Leading with confidence and credibility

10:55-11:45 a.m.
Strategies for Using Your Emotional Intelligence to Prevent Burnout
Kandi J. Wiens, Senior Fellow, Teaching, Learning, and Leadership Division, Co-Director, Penn Master's in Medical Education

• Learn why some people are better equipped to handle stress and prevent burnout.
• Understand why and how emotional intelligence helps us strengthen our resilience.
• Develop new practices to stop burnout – for you and for others.

11:45-12:25 p.m.
Lunch

12:25-1:15 p.m.
The Future of Women in Public Accounting
Sue Coffey, CPA, CGMA, CEO - AICPA

1:15-2:05 p.m.
Leading Beyond Bias
Shauna-Gae Davis, Technology Relationship Leader and Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Leader - Deloitte

• Anti-bias strategies that work
• Making inclusion real – taking action
• What companies can do
• What individuals can do - pledges to combat unconscious bias

2:05-2:20 p.m.
Break

2:20-3:10 p.m.
Taking the Lead in Technology
Leslie Kirsch, Director, Data Partnerships - The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research

3:10-4 p.m.
Women & Fundraising 2021: Challenges and Opportunities
Karen Cahn, CEO and Founder - IFundWomen

• The funding gap problem for women-owned businesses
• Why IFundWomen needs to exist
• Effect of the pandemic on women entrepreneurs

"As a young, professional woman, this conference gave me the opportunity to hear women who have proven successful in the industry speak on topics, issues, and trials that they have faced and conquered. Their words have reinforced my drive for success and have given me the tools and confidence with which to embrace the challenges which lie before me."
-Maureen Gillott, CPA - Fairman Group Family Office LLP