Angel City FC, Actress Kathleen Turner, Ms. Magazine, and Netflix’s Darnell Moore were honored at Take The Lead Women Power Up Conference 2023. Take The Lead celebrated Women’s Equality Day with a conference and concert in Los Angeles with goal of advancing gender parity.
Awardees:
- Ms. Magazine, Leading Media Award
- Angel City FC—Julie Uhrman, CEO, Leading Company Award
- Barbie, Leading Woman Award
- Kathleen Turner, Wear the Shirt Award
- Darnell Moore, Alexander Barbanell Leading Man Award
In Los Angeles on Aug 26, 2023, Take The Lead hosted the “Power Up” Conference and Concert to advocate for intersectional, gender parity in leadership across all sectors. The conference included dynamic panels, networking and awards at UCLA Luskin Conference Center.
Speakers and panelists included:
Gloria Feldt, President, Take the Lead Women
Sophia Yen MD MPH, CEO & Co-Founder, Pandia Health
Giovanna Rossi, NPR Well Woman Show
Erin Lebacqz, High Value Writing
Haley Lickstein: The Future of Advocacy
Marva Bailer: Be Unexpected
- AND MORE INCLUDING…..Sherry Bass, Regional VP, Primerica, Alicia Chin Greer, Leadership/Executive Coach, Rosser Goodman, Film and TV Director, Laura Nix Gerson, Director, Women & Worth, Worth Media VP Partnerships, Jevin Hodge, National Engagement Director, LINK Strategic Partners, Amanda Huffman, Author & Speaker, Women of the Military Podcast, Aayati Dash Kar, Poet, Ginger Miller, President, and CEO, Women Veterans Interactive Foundation, Presidential Appointee to USO Board of Directors, Alicia Ontiveros, Writer/Director, Veros Productions, Jorgi Paul, Founder, Lady of Record, Jyoti Sarda, Founder and CEO, Nimble Media, Maggie Sanchez, Global CEO, Harvard Project Director, Catherine Scrivano, President, Casco Financial Group
TAKE THE LEAD 2023 CONCERT included: BETTY, Kathleen Turner, Marina Arsenijevic and MILCK
About Take The Lead
Founded by Gloria Feldt and Amy Litzenberger in 2013, Take The Lead is an organization whose bold mission is to prepare (train), develop (mentor), inspire (role model), and propel (thought leadership) all women of all diversities and intersectionalities to take their fair and equal share of leadership positions across all sectors by 2025. You can learn more about the organization and Power Up conference at www.taketheleadwomen.com or follow Take The Lead on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Threads, TikTok, or Twitter.