Women’s Empowerment Roundtable Summit: Achieving Global Goals, Best Practices and Lessons Learned.

Theme: How to ensure a sustainable future by empowering girls and women. Speakers will share their knowledge of best practices and/or lessons learned in the achievement of Global Goals supporting gender equality.

• Dr. Ramona Houston, Moderator

9:00 AM: Introductions (IWTT, UNA-Atlanta, RCE Greater Atlanta)
Keynote Speakers:

• H.E Lady Sandra Williams, Governor General‘s Goodwill Emissary, President and Founder, The Halo Foundation, Inc., Antigua and Barbuda
• Ms. Gail Farngalo, Senior Adviser and Lead on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment and Focal Point for UN Women and the Commission on the Status of Women, Office of the President of the United Nations General Assembly
• Ms. Monica Delores Hooks, Executive Director, City of Atlanta’s Women’s Entrepreneurship Initiative
• Honorary Guest Speaker, Consul General Michel Gerebtzoff, Consulate General of Belgium in Atlanta; Knowledge Sharing: Belgium’s Best Practices to Promote Gender Equality

10:00 AM: Roundtable Discussion #1 on Women and Child Wellbeing:

• Dr. Angela M. Wakhweya, Senior Director, Health Equity and Rights Team, CARE, Atlanta, Georgia
• Ms. Colette Cottman, Community Development Specialist, Microsoft, Atlanta, Georgia
• Ms. Madinah S. Ali, President & Co-Founder, Safe PC Cloud Atlanta Co-Lead for The Women in Technology (WIT) Network, Microsoft Business Partner Channel, Atlanta, Georgia
• Ms. Michelle White, Principal, Western High School, Baltimore, Maryland
• Ms. Cheri-Ann Taylor, Director of Student Behavioral Health and Well-Being, Clayton County Publics Schools, Georgia
• Ms. Chinita Allen, Founder and Education Advocacy Consultant, LLC, Georgia
• Moderator: Carolyne A. Opinde, Dr. h.c., The NGO Whisperer™ United Kingdom
• Q and A for Panel Discussion

11:00 AM: Roundtable Discussion #2 on Entrepreneurship and Partnerships

• Ms. Alecha Benson, Co-Founder, Nirvana Tea Inc., Michigan
• Ms. Renee Smith, Co-Founder & CTO, Parking BOXX, Canada
• Ms. Farhana Hasan, Founder & CEO, HerWILL, GeorgiaProfessor Thuli Madonsela, Founder, The Thuli Madonsela Foundation (Thuma), South Africa
• Ms. Mary Ehrsam, President, Partnerships, Operation HOPE, Inc., New York
• Moderator: Ms. Robbin Jorgensen, Founder and CEO, Women Igniting Change, Georgia
• Q and A for Panel Discussion
• Closing Remarks