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WV Women Moving Forward Virtual Summit Agenda and Speakers
Thank you to everyone who joined us on Monday, September 14. In case you missed it, or if you want to watch the virtual summit again, a video recording is available for the online event.
Watch the WV Women Moving Forward Virtual Summit from start to finish as national and statewide experts break down the economic challenges women face at work and at home, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hear inspiring stories, innovative ideas, and realistic solutions on how we can work together to become a better West Virginia for women, for families, and for our economic wellbeing.
Hear from a great lineup of national and statewide trailblazers at the WV Women Moving Forward Virtual Summit on September 14. Their inspirational stories, innovative solutions and policy ideas will help us come out of the COVID-19 pandemic stronger and more resilient than ever.
AGENDA
9 a.m. | Welcome
E. Gordon Gee, President, West Virginia University
Jerome A. Gilbert, President, Marshall University
9:10 a.m. | The 2020 effect on women’s economic issues and how to move ahead
Tom Barkin, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
9:35 a.m. | Capturing the true value of women at work
Gloria Blackwell, Senior Vice President of Fellowships and Programs, American Association of University Women
10 a.m. | Taking a Toll: The Pandemic's Effect on Women
Francesca Donner, Gender Director and Editor of In Her Words, The New York Times
10:50 a.m. | Stand in the place where you live: Developing solutions that really work for you
Hadeel Anabtawi, Founder, The Alchemist Lab
11:15 a.m. | Learning Reimagined: Exciting kids to learn through the online world
Emily Calandrelli, Emmy- nominated TV host and author, Xploration Station and Emily's Wonder Lab
11:35 a.m. | The New Workforce: Meeting the moment and moving ahead
Gene Barr, President and CEO, Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry
Steve Roberts, President and CEO, West Virginia Chamber
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Hadeel Mustafa Anabtawi
Founder, The Alchemist Lab; Social Entrepreneur; Certified coach, teachers' trainer
Hadeel Anabtawi is a Social Entrepreneur in the children & girls empowerment field, a certified life coach, teachers’ trainer on interactive teaching methodologies and the founder of The Alchemist Lab in Jordan.
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Thomas I. Barkin
President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Tom Barkin is the president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.
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Gene Barr
President and CEO, Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry
Gene Barr is the President and CEO of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, the state's largest broad-based business advocacy association. He oversees all operations of the PA Chamber and its for-profit subsidiary, PA Chamber Insurance.
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Gloria L. Blackwell
Senior Vice President of Fellowships and Programs, American Association of University Women (AAUW)
Gloria L. Blackwell is the Senior Vice President of Fellowships and Programs at the American Association of University Women (AAUW) in Washington, D.C. -- a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization with more than 170,000 members and supporters, 1,000 local branches, and 800 college and university members. Its mission is to advance gender equity for women and girls through research, education, and advocacy.
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Emily Calandrelli
Emmy-nominated TV host and author, Xploration Station and Emily's Wonder Lab
Emily Calandrelli is an MIT-engineer turned science communicator. She's the Emmy-nominated host of Xploration Outer Space, a correspondent on Netflix's Bill Nye Saves the World and co-Executive Producer and Host of Emily's Wonder Lab, which premiered on Netflix in August.
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Francesca Donner
Gender Director and Editor of In Her Words, The New York Times
Francesca Donner is The New York Times gender director and the editor of In Her Words, a thrice-weekly column at The Times covering politics, economics, business, health, society and culture through a gender lens.
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Steve Roberts
President and CEO, West Virginia Chamber of Commerce
Stephen G. Roberts is president of the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce, a statewide organization that seeks greater prosperity and a higher standard-of-living for West Virginians. The Chamber is the voice of business throughout West Virginia and was recently honored to receive the first-place award for membership growth and loyalty among state chambers of commerce in the United States.