Women in Business Career Summit Schedule

Monday, October 28, 2024

 

High School Student Schedule

7:45 AM | Check in

K-State Student Union 2nd Floor

Coffee and continental breakfast provided.

8:30 AM | Keynote Speaker

Main Ballroom

Opening Session with Keynote Address by Sheila Ellis-Glasper ('10), Founder, CEO and Marketing Strategist at SEG Media Collective LLC.

Sheila Ellis-Glasper graduated from Kansas State University with a degree in Journalism and Mass Communications. As a journalist, she earned national acclaim through her work featured in USA Today, Chicago Tribune, ESPN, and CNN. In 2016, she founded SEG Media Collective LLC, providing global branding and social media consulting. Her work has won numerous awards for diverse clients, including Fortune 500 companies. As founder of the Black Entrepreneurs of the Flint Hills, she advocates for Black-owned businesses and received the 2021 Minority Business Advocate of the Year award.

Learn more about Sheila Ellis-Glasper here.

9:30 AM | Breakout Session #1

10:30 AM | Breakout Session #2

11:30 AM | Luncheon and Keynote Address

Main Ballroom

Keynote Address by Charlene Lake ('83), Chief Sustainability Officer and Senior Vice President, Corporate Responsibility at AT&T.

Charlene Lake is a mass communication graduate of Kansas State University. She began her professional life as a journalist, working on daily newspapers in Kansas. She started her career at Southwestern Bell Telephone in Topeka, and served in management roles in Financial Communications, Media Relations and Employee Communications in Kansas, Missouri and Texas. In 2007, she designed and launched AT&T’s centralized Corporate Responsibility function which she still leads today.

Learn more about Charlene Lake here.

1:00 PM | College of Business Activity

K-State College of Business

2:00 PM | Program Concludes

K-State College of Business

College Student and Working Professional Schedule

7:45 AM | Check in

K-State Student Union 2nd Floor

Coffee and continental breakfast provided.

8:30 AM | Keynote Speaker

Main Ballroom

Opening Session with Keynote Address by Sheila Ellis-Glasper ('10), Founder, CEO and Marketing Strategist at SEG Media Collective LLC.

Sheila Ellis-Glasper graduated from Kansas State University with a degree in Journalism and Mass Communications. As a journalist, she earned national acclaim through her work featured in USA Today, Chicago Tribune, ESPN, and CNN. In 2016, she founded SEG Media Collective LLC, providing global branding and social media consulting. Her work has won numerous awards for diverse clients, including Fortune 500 companies. As founder of the Black Entrepreneurs of the Flint Hills, she advocates for Black-owned businesses and received the 2021 Minority Business Advocate of the Year award.

Learn more about Sheila Ellis-Glasper here.

9:30 AM | Breakout Session #1

10:30 AM | Breakout Session #2

11:30 AM | Luncheon and Keynote Address

Main Ballroom

Keynote Address by Charlene Lake ('83), Chief Sustainability Officer and Senior Vice President, Corporate Responsibility at AT&T.

Charlene Lake is a mass communication graduate of Kansas State University. She began her professional life as a journalist, working on daily newspapers in Kansas. She started her career at Southwestern Bell Telephone in Topeka, and served in management roles in Financial Communications, Media Relations and Employee Communications in Kansas, Missouri and Texas. In 2007, she designed and launched AT&T’s centralized Corporate Responsibility function which she still leads today.

Learn more about Charlene Lake here.

1:00 PM | Program Concludes

K-State Student Union