Rising Higher Summit 2023

October 27, 2023; 12 - 3pm EST

Online, with optional in-person seaside gathering in the Hamptons!

$50 for Tide Risers Members; $150 for non-members

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With a focus on the Tide Risers Leadership Principle of Authenticity, we will examine what it means to show up authentically in leadership roles.

As always, our summit will include inspirational talks from members of our community and plenty of opportunities for authentic networking.

Inspiration, Insight, Connection

Tide Risers enables women to uncover and amplify strengths, build skills to overcome obstacles, and play a leadership role in our own lives, personally and professionally. It's this agency we create for ourselves that gives us the ability to take ownership of our future.

Over the course of three hours, you'll enjoy leadership development workshops, inspirational talks, and authentic networking opportunities within our community of powerful women leaders.

All sessions are live, interactive, and online to fit into your busy schedule.

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Schedule of Events

While our membership spans nine time zones, all times listed here are in Eastern Standard.

12 noon:
Is Authenticity Advisable?
Lara Holliday, Founder + CEO of Tide Risers

12:10:
Examining Authenticity in the Workplace
Marjorie Abdelkrime, Julia Bator, and Dr. Zaje Harrell

12:40:
Authentic Networking

1:15:
Choose One of the Following Workshops:

1. Authenticity in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
with Aarti Samani
In an era where artificial intelligence is reshaping industries, human interaction, and the world around us, our values are tested constantly. Great leadership is built upon trust, which stems from authenticity and ethical decision-making. When everything is influenced by algorithms, the boundaries between real and synthetic are blurred, and even the universe as we know it is becoming virtual, how do we inspire trust in our leadership?

Can we even trust our own thoughts to be authentic? Are we unbiased, untouched, protected from the influences of the artificial? Humanity is at an inflection point, where our cognition is being shaken from its core, where the risk of being enslaved by machines is very real and questions are being raised about what it means to be human.

It is more important than ever that we have open and honest conversations about some of the fundamental human values. I am delighted to be hosting this session, where we will delve into the meaning of authenticity in the age of AI. Come, join the discussion, and let’s explore it together!

2. Does Your Relationship With Money Reflect Your Authentic Self?
with Sarah Charles

“It’s me, hi, I’m the problem, it’s me.” In her wildly popular anthem Anti-Hero, Taylor Swift lays bare her anxieties and self-doubt. You might wonder how someone so talented and so celebrated could feel so insecure? And yet, success is not a proxy for confidence which is why so many successful and accomplished women lack confidence when it comes to money. In fact, in Fidelity’s 2021 Women and Investing Study, only 33% of women see themselves as investors and only 42% feel confident in their ability to save for future milestones like retirement.

What does that mean for the large majority of women who will become their family’s sole financial decision maker? Or the trillions of dollars of wealth that women control?

Sarah Charles explores what contributes to women’s lack of confidence when it comes to investing, and how women can overcome the disconnect between their anxieties and their strengths, so that they can embrace their full financial power.

3. Accessing Authentic Self Learning Through Body Work
with Mary Mason Boaz

Our bodies are an exquisitely untapped source of learning and wisdom. They are trying to tell us the answer to that challenging problem or guide us in a certain direction, but we’ve been taught to ignore our bodies and listen only to our rational minds. When we operate without a deep awareness of our body, we miss out on a transformational source of growth and learning. In this session participants will have the opportunity to apply body work to a current challenge they are facing, begin to build the skills to access this source of learning more regularly, and walk away with resources and practices they can use immediately. This session may be a first step for some, or a continuation for others, in the work of getting in touch with our bodies, connecting to our intuition, and accessing an entirely new source of learning.

2:00:
Tide Risers Talent Show
Presented by Katryn Geane Crawford, and featuring leaders of the Tide Risers community

2:30:
Authentic Communications to Navigate Changing Times
Amy Jacobus, Elizabeth Linder, and Erin Perkins

2:55:
Making Authentic Commitments
Lara Holliday

Please Note: All workshops and talks will be recorded and available for free to summit ticketholders

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Featured Speakers

Marjorie Abdelkrime

Marjorie will be a panelist for Examining Authenticity in the Workplace

Marjorie Abdelkrime is a believer of "Starting with Why", she wants to make a change in the world. Marjorie’s why of empowering women in the workplace started due to the limited number of female mentors and role models she encountered in early in her career. Marjorie believes that the days of a woman climbing up the ladder and not taking the rest of us along for the ride are long gone. By being an outspoken leader in the world of empowering women, she hopes to empower women both in leadership and technology. Marjorie has keynoted at several tech conferences on the importance of empowering women in leadership and tech. Marjorie consistently blogs about topics relevant to increasing diversity in tech.

She is a Business Technology Leader with over 20 years of experience managing and growing software sales, consulting businesses, service solution creation, and customer service excellence by leveraging technology solutions to resolve business problems. Today Marjorie leads the Multi-Cloud Strategy & Architecture team at VMware. Her mission at VMware is to partner with the SE leadership team to build a team of innovative, independent, and collaborative SEs that shepherd our customers through the era of digital transformation with VMware.

Marjorie co-leads women empowerment initiatives. She has initiated chapters comprised of women and men who volunteer their time and talent to work at helping to increase the number of women in leadership, sales, and technical roles. The mission of these groups is to build an inclusive and supportive environment for all team members in achieving their career goals.

Julia Bator

Julia will be a panelist for Examining Authenticity in the Workplace

Julia Bator is an advisor to private philanthropists. From 2014 to 2017 she led the ~$1B Robertson Foundation, managing investments in education, climate change mitigation, and medical research across the US and in New Zealand. Before that, she was the CEO of The Fund for Public Schools, the nonprofit fundraising arm of the NYC Department of Education. Her experience also includes working for the Heckscher Foundation for Children and a number of public-private partnerships such as the Fund for Public Advocacy and City Parks Foundation. Julia began her career as a public school teacher and served on the executive staff of The White House from 1994 to 1996. She lives in New York City where she serves on the boards of the LaGuardia Community College Foundation, Ascend Charter Schools, and Pioneer Works.

Mary Mason Boaz

Mary Mason will present Accessing Authentic Self Learning Through Body Work

Mary Mason Boaz is a leadership coach and talent consultant. She brings a wealth of coaching and consulting experience from nearly 15 years working with individuals and organizations across the country. She specializes in coaching women who are looking to grow in their careers, who are already leading teams, and/or who are mothers trying to balance it all. She is deeply passionate about supporting women to create whole, rich lives inside and outside of work. She is a mother, partner, community member, former educator, and former non-profit executive leader. She is passionate about racial justice, painting, writing, and all things Bravo.

Sarah Charles

Sarah will be presenting Authenticity and Money: Does Your Relationship with Money Reflect Your Authentic Self?

Sarah is a champion of women’s financial empowerment and an advocate for increasing women’s confidence when it comes to investing. She spent over two decades at top advisory firms advising clients and advancing innovative approaches to client service before launching Sanctuary with her husband Jim in 2023. She is committed to shining a spotlight on hourly planning in order to democratize the planning process and increase access to independent objective financial advice. Sarah is a passionate storyteller known for connecting authentically with stakeholders, a mission-driven thought leader on developing female leaders, and a Swiftie.

Katryn Geane Crawford

Katryn will be presenting our inaugural Tide Risers Talent Show, showcasing the diversity of talents within the Tide Risers community

Katryn is a New Englander currently living in Brooklyn, a plant mom, and aunt. She has also been working in marketing and client services for 15+ years, bringing her enthusiasm and extroversion to connecting audiences with experiences and information to support their passions and goals. Katryn is currently Managing Director at Town Hall, a boutique agency purpose-built for nonprofit and education organizations, and has previously held leadership roles at Blue State and Situation.

Zaje Harrell

Zaje will be a panelist for Examining Authenticity in the Workplace

Zaje Harrell, Ph.D. is a research-focused health psychologist who has worked in program evaluation for 20 years. Dr. Harrell has experience in academic, non-profit and community settings. Her content expertise includes health behaviors, maternal and child well-being, race and gender equity, and community change. Dr. Harrell spent 12 years in academia as an applied researcher and scholar in mental health and health behaviors at Oberlin College and Michigan State University. She taught several courses including social psychology, health psychology and a graduate level course on the history of psychology, scientific racism, and marginalized groups. Her work has been published in peer-reviewed journals and edited academic volumes. While at Michigan State University, Dr. Harrell’s collaborative laboratory was awarded an Excellence in Diversity Award for Team-Sustained Effort Toward Excellence in Diversity.

In her role as a full-time evaluation consultant, Dr. Harrell served as a program manager and affiliated consultant at Public Policy Associates, in Lansing Michigan. She was the local lead evaluator for the portfolio of the W. K. Kellogg’s investments in Battle Creek Michigan. Building on that, she was also a thought-partner in the development of a city-wide, multi-sector economic and social development initiative using a race equity lens in Battle Creek Michigan.

As principal of her own consulting practice, Conscious Endeavor, LLC, Dr. Harrell has supported research and content for projects focused on community change, substance use, racial equity, and maternal and child health disparities. She is a program evaluator and thought partner with clients in praxis and complex systems change. Dr. Harrell is a past co-chair of the Women’s Health Special Interest Group for the Society of Behavioral Medicine. She also served for three years in an advisory capacity and board member for the Michigan Breastfeeding Network and was a volunteer on the East Lansing Public School Mental Health Advisory Board.

In her writing life, Dr. Harrell has published on the intersections of race, feminism, politics, and motherhood. Her chapter, “And then we went outside” on pandemic and racial uprisings was included in the collection, Mothers, Mothering and COVID-19 (2021). She has a forthcoming chapter, “I’m Never Sleeping with You Again: Reflections on Mothering, Community Building, and Unstable Allyship” in the collection, Coming into Being: Mothers on Finding and Realizing Feminism (2023).

Lara Holliday

Lara is the Founder + CEO of Tide Risers and will be presenting Is Authenticity Advisable and moderating our panel discussions

Lara Holliday is a career and executive coach and the Founder + CEO of Tide Risers, a deliberate community for women leaders. She specializes in helping women own their roles as leaders and is known for her ability to help people uncover hidden barriers, get unstuck, and improve their lives professionally and personally.

As a coach, Lara serves as an informed and dedicated thought partner, offering a framework to help people establish their authentic professional brand while bolstering critical skills. Her work challenges perceptions about leadership, re-orients the work/life balance conversation, and leads professionals through a framework to establish their own definition of success.

Lara started studying Equine-Facilitated Learning practices after a series of deep learning experiences she had working with horses and EFL coaches that helped her fully realize her business growth goals. She now integrates Equine-Facilitated Learning techniques into her executive coaching practice.

Lara is a Senior Member of the ACCPH (Accredited Counsellors, Coaches, Psychotherapists and Hypnotherapists) and has received her Level 2 Certificate in Equine Facilitated Learning.

Amy Jacobus

Amy will be a panelist for Authentic Communications to Navigate Changing Times

Amy Jacobus is the founder and CEO of Amy Jacobus Marketing, and creator of the Grounded Marketing framework. Through her 1-1 consulting, strategy sessions, and group mentorship programs, she offers creatives, nonprofits, and artists a refreshing approach to the next evolution of their marketing messaging – with a sustainable game plan based on what truly works for them, their businesses, and their audience.

As a result? Her clients squeeze more juice out of their marketing efforts and turn their marketing process into a delightful experience; for their team, their audience, and their customers and donors. Amy has designed courses, facilitated workshops and participated in panel discussions for University of Denver, LEAP at St. Mary’s College, Barnard College, New York Foundation for the Arts, Gibney Dance, The Artist Co-op and Pentacle, among others. Learn more at amyjacobus.marketing and follow her at @amyjacobus on Instagram.

Elizabeth Linder

Elizabeth will be a panelist for Authentic Communications to Navigate Changing Times

Throughout her entire career to date, Elizabeth Linder has never held a position with an existing job description. Specializing in modern diplomacy and policy development, Elizabeth has served as Facebook’s first “secretary of state” and originated the Chief Diplomatic Officer role at the board-room level. Most recently, she founded Brooch Associates, a global advisory firm led entirely by women.

Elizabeth started her career at Google/YouTube, specializing in political campaigning the year user-generated content first splashed onto the national political scene in the United States. In 2008, Facebook recruited Elizabeth to join its two-person International Communications team and in 2011 Elizabeth founded and built the Politics & Government division. When Elizabeth stepped down from Facebook following her eight-year tenure as the company’s first envoy dedicated to government, political, and civil society constituencies, she had been at the company longer than 99.2% of employees.

As Director of the Kinross House Meetings, Elizabeth oversees and chairs policy discussions through governmental and Track 2 diplomacy. She co-Chairs the St. James’s Roundtable at Chatham House and serves on the Programme Committee at Ditchley Park.

A California native and Princeton graduate, Elizabeth is based in London. She has physically worked with national-level government leaders in 57 countries.

Erin Perkins

Erin will be a panelist for Authentic Communications to Navigate Changing Times

Erin Perkins is a true champion for disability rights, a source of inspiration, and a remarkable entrepreneur dedicated to promoting accessibility, inclusiveness, and understanding in the business world. As a deafblind woman, Erin not only founded the small online business Mabely Q but also serves as an experienced speaker and educator. Her message has resonated with CEOs across the country, earning her a trusted voice in the industry.

What sets Erin apart are her unique life experiences, which she wholeheartedly shares with others through captivating keynote speeches, personalized workshops, and one-on-one consulting sessions. Her compassionate approach aims to foster genuine inclusion at all levels, paving the way for people with disabilities to have equal opportunities for professional success.

With Erin's guidance and expertise, businesses can embrace the power of diversity, create more accessible environments, and unlock the potential of every individual. Her unwavering dedication to true inclusion sets her apart as a visionary leader in the field of accessibility education.

Aarti Samani

Aarti will be presenting Authenticity and Artificial Intelligence

Working in AI since before it became mainstream, Aarti is an entrepreneur, investor and a technology executive. She has built her career creating value at public and private companies through product innovation, strategic marketing and partnerships. These companies include UBS Warburg, Nomura International, SwiftKey (Microsoft), Digital Surgery (Medtronic), and most recently iProov, where she was Chief Product & Marketing Officer.

Aarti’s portfolio of work includes taking innovative and behavior changing AI products to market, that have solved global problems like Digital Identity & Human Presence Verification for secure access, LLM based Predictive Text Input for faster communication, AR based surgical simulations for better outcomes in operating rooms, and many more.

For her work, Aarti has been featured in broadcast and print media, including NDTV, Huffington Post, Sifted, FintechTimes, Biometric Update and Financial Express. Aarti is regularly invited to be a keynote speaker and panelist in the UK and internationally. She has spoken for leading companies and events like Identity Week, Fido Authenticate Conference, Biometrics Institute Congress, Microsoft, City of London Corp and London & Partners.

Aarti is a guest lecturer at University of Durham, where she teaches leadership courses to new graduates. She has been named as the “Woman to Watch” for board roles by Cranfield Management School.

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