1st Annual Women in Accounting Summit

Overview

The opportunities for women to advance in the profession are greater than ever. It’s time to take advantage of these opportunities and use them in both our professional and personal lives to educate and elevate ourselves, others, and our organizations.

The NESCPA’s Women in Accounting Summit will include sessions on leadership, management, and best practices to enhance the skills and potential of women leaders within the accounting and finance community. You will gain:

• A deeper understanding of the state of women in the profession and where we need to be;
• Actionable tips on how to manage yourself and others to prevent burnout and provide flexibility in the accounting workplace;
• Skills to uncover unconscious bias and learn to live your life with purpose;
• Insight on how you can discover an incredible, innovative way of living and take control of your work and personal life.

You will leave this conference revitalized, inspired, and ready to take on the world.

Topics Include:

State of Women in the Profession
Kimberly Ellison-Taylor, CEO, KET Solutions, LLC

Where do we stand? Where do we need to be?

Managing Yourself and Others: Burnout and Flexibility in the Accounting Workplace
Maggie Knight, Director, Master of Accounting Program, Creighton University

Is your management style causing employee burnout? Or is the management style of your supervisor impacting your own job stress? In this session, we will explore burnout in the accounting profession, and how management style impacts employee job stress. We will also examine flexible work arrangements in the accounting workplace, and their viability as a recruitment and retention tool.

Conscious Leadership
Lindsay Stevenson, CTO, BPM, LLP

Uncovering how to be conscious of unconscious bias and develop the personal skills needed to live your life with purpose.

Finding Your Confidence – Learning how to Overcome Imposter Syndrome
Susan Ann Koenig, Executive Coach and Attorney

Learning how to overcome imposter syndrome.

Rise UP
Alexi Wellman, CEO, Altaba, Inc

Uncovering an incredible, innovative way of living by questioning the norm, acting without permission, and encouraging others to do the same.

Networking Reception with drinks 3:00 – 5:00 PM

Designed For

Women leaders within the accounting and finance community.