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October 23, 2026  |  8:00 AM - 2 PM

About

ABOUT

The Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance invites you and your team to join us for this half-day event to be energized by inspiring amazing female speakers, motivating sessions and opportunities to connect with female leaders of today and tomorrow.

Keynote Speaker

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Maika Leibbrandt

Live Like a Multiplier

Topic:

What if your impact didn’t come from doing more—but from multiplying what’s already strong? In this energizing keynote, Maika Leibbrandt brings back her signature Live Like a Multiplier message for the Emerge Women’s Summit—grounded in a clear, practical take on an abundance mindset. Together, you’ll explore three powerful shifts:
 

  •  There is enough good work to be done—and enough good people to do it

  •   Your best is still ahead of you, and the clues live in your successes, not your shortcomings

  •  Sharing what you know and who you are isn’t extra—it’s table stakes

Key Takeaways: 

From there, Maika makes strengths feel real and usable through an informal, highly relatable lens. Using the five clues to talent—yearnings,  rapid learning, flow, glimpses of excellence, and deep satisfaction—you’ll start to recognize what you naturally do best and how to aim it with intention.
You’ll leave with a clearer sense of your edge, a more generous way of showing up, and a simple but powerful truth:


When you invest what’s strong in you, it multiplies for everyone around you.

Keynote
Speakers

Workshops: Session 1

Option 1: Gracefully Relentless: Boundaries, Balance and Boldness in Male-Dominated Spaces 

- Alisha Childress

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Option 2: Maximize Midlife: What Would the Golden Girls Do?

– Allison Jordan

Option 3: Breaking Free from Imposter Syndrome: Boundaries, Balance, and Boldness On Purpose 

- Carrie Wright

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​​​​​​​​Option 4: Money Isn't Just a Man's Game

– Kelly Letchworth

Workshops: Session 2

Option 1: From Mentorship to Partnership: Leading and Following Across Generations 

- Ali Berger & Carrie Wright

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​​​​​​​​Option 2: The Purpose Pivot: Realigning Success with Significance 

– Karen Saunders 

Option 3: Navigating and Excelling in Male-Dominant Spaces

- Crystal Edwards

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​​​​​​​​Option 4: Reclaiming Time: How to streamline your schedule using simple, effective technology tools and proven strategies for confident delegation

– Tamara Jamerson

EMERGE WOMEN'S SUMMIT

October 23, 2025 | 8:00 AM - 2 PM |  Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance

This workshop is designed to help women recognize common challenges they face in work, home, and community. It is thoughtful, inspiring, and action-oriented, providing tools and exercises to reframe their mindsets and inviting confidence, communication, and self-care to EMERGE.

Schedule

SCHEDULE

8 a.m.

Doors Open & Event Check In

8:30 a.m.

Welcome & Presenting Partner LUMOS

9:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

Workshop Session 1

10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

BREAK

10:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.

Workshop Session 2

11:30 a.m. - 1:45 p.m.

Bread & Salt Brunch and Maika Leibbrandt

1:45 p.m. - 1:55 p.m.

Q & A and Closing Remarks

2 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Optional Mentoring Meetings

Sponsors

SPONSORS

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Presenting Partner 
Signature Partners 
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Table Partners 
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Corporate Partners 
Liberty University
Vistagraphics Inc.
Wooldridge Heating · Air · Electrical
Event Host
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© 2025 by Emerge Women's Summit. Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance.

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