Thursday, April 19, 2018
Empower, the 2018 NEPA Women’s Leadership Conference, will be held on Thursday,
April 19, at Mohegan Sun Pocono. This daylong conference highlights the ability all
women have to create positive change in their communities and in their own lives—both
professionally and personally—while recognizing the extraordinary power that exists
when women come together to support each other.
Featuring keynote speakers Katie Goodman and AmyK Hutchens, and tracks for
executives and emerging professionals, this year’s conference will include topics like:
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Leadership in a Diverse Workplace
How Remarkable Women Lead
Time’s Up!
Resilience and Burn Out
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• Self and Society—The Difference
Between Confi dence and Self-Esteem
Financial Planning
And more! Ellen
Kyzer Elizabeth
Graham Kelley E.
Kaufman, Esq. Ida L. Castro,
JD, MA,
Ellen Kyzer has been the
chief executive offi cer of
the Girl Scouts in the Heart
of Pennsylvania since 2016
and has nearly 20 years
of leadership experience
in the non-profi t and
fundraising fi eld. Elizabeth Graham is
chief operating offi cer
and principal of Wilkes-
Barre-based Riggs
Asset Management
Company, Inc. In this
role, she oversees all fi rm
operations and employees
as well as serves as
an investment advisor
representative, managing
the wealth and investment
needs of entrepreneurs,
professionals and multi-
generational families with
complex wealth. Kelley E. Kaufman, Esq.
of McNees, Wallace
and Nurick, regularly
defends clients before
the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission,
the Pennsylvania Human
Relations Commission
and the Pennsylvania
Unemployment
Compensation Board
of Review, as well as in
employment-related
litigation in federal and
state court. Ida L. Castro, JD, MA,
is the vice president for
community engagement/
chief diversity offi cer at the
Geisinger Commonwealth
School of Medicine,
where she developed and
implemented an innovative
Regional Education
Academy for Careers in
Health-Higher Education
(REACH-HEI) program.
Presented by:
6 • The Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce
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executive track