10/18/23 – How to Start a Solo Business with Brand Strategist Carolina Fowler

Carolina Fowler is a brand and marketing strategist, and the founder of Lovegood Studio. She has over 16 years of experience in marketing, with a specialization in branding and digital marketing. Lovegood Studio provides entrepreneurs with a brand strategy-fueled intentional experimentation system, and effective “minimum viable” brand marketing assets to help them launch, test and iterate towards a profitable, sustainable business that feels great, with lower risk and investment and significantly less overwhelm, self-doubt and burnout.

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09/19/23 – A Fireside Chat with Eve Rodsky

Eve Rodsky transformed a “blueberries breakdown” into a catalyst for social change when she applied her Harvard-trained background in organizational management to ask the simple yet profound question: What would happen if we treated our homes as our most important organizations?
Her bestselling book is a Reese’s Book Club Pick, Fair Play, a gamified life-management system that helps partners rebalance their domestic workload and reimagine their relationship, and has elevated the cultural conversation about the value of unpaid labor and care.

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07/21/23 – Disney Travel Update with Gunes Hopson – Burnout Syndrome

Gunes is the owner of Luxe Travel by Gunes. She is a certified luxury travel advisor who provides curated luxury travel planning services, and takes care of all the details, so that you can relax. Gunes is a huge Disney enthusiast – Disney Cruise Line cruises, luxury travel, and family vacations are among some of her favorites. Over the years, ABD has enjoyed hearing from Gunes. She has planned family vacations for many of our members, and we can’t wait to hear what she has to tell us about travel and Disney.
Gunes Hopson
Website: https://www.luxetravelbygunes.com/
Email: info@luxetravelbygunes.com

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06/30/23 – Privacy Law Update with Joelle Dvir and Kelly Melchiondo

Joelle is Senior Privacy and Cybersecurity counsel at AppLovin, an adtech company in the mobile gaming space. Kelly is a Partner in Bilzin Sumberg’s Construction Group and she is a member of the firm’s Data Security & Privacy Team. Her cybersecurity practice focuses on counseling clients on safeguarding their data and private information by drafting and implementing policies for data security and strengthening internal controls, and on assisting clients with data breach prevention and response.

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05/08/23 – (WO)men at Work Live from Chicago

This panel will focus on women’s rights in the workplace when she becomes a mom. When we talk about this topic, we aren’t just talking about a fixed point in time, right? There is the application and interview process, the offer, the workplace and also possibly a termination or separation. How should women be thinking about each of these points and time?

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