#GalswithLEI
Women make up 46.9% of the global labor force but represent only 2.6% CEOs at Fortune Globe 500 companies – and all are white. This leaky pipeline of women in leadership is due, in part, to poor access to the training, mentoring, networks, and information resources necessary to progress in their careers or grow their businesses. Learn from women engaged in empowering others as they discuss different models and best practices for incorporating training, mentoring, and networking opportunities into an organization as well as how individuals might effectively seek out mentors and build professional networks.
Moderator: Junghyang “Jessie” KIM, Founder & CEO, Jessie Kitchen, Seoul, South Korea IG: @jessiekitchen_official
Meli JAMES, Cofounder, Mana Up and President, Hawaii Venture Capital Association, Hawaii IG: @manauphawaii
Colleen MCALUNEY, Director, Patsy T. Mink Center for Business & Leadership, YWCA of O’ahu, Hawaii @ywcaoahu
Mahina PAISHON-DUARTE, Co-founder & CEO, Waiwai Collective LLC, Hawaii IG: @waiwaicollective
Kiyono Yagami SAKAKIBARA, Founder & CEO, Manabiyamom Inc., Nagoya, Japan IG: @kiyono17
#galswithLEI Forum is not your typical event; rather it is provocative, purposeful, and collaborative. #galswithLEI offers a keynote panel and six interactive workshops focused on Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Inspiration followed by an attendee driven open space forum and a networking reception featuring local women chefs. Panelists and attendees include invited experts, local established women leaders, bold millennials, and the Changing Faces Women - connecting and integrating the experience, ambition, and passion of all those in attendance. For more information on #galswithLEI, visit www.eastwestcenter.org/galswithlei.
Recorded August 4, 2022