Wisconsin Women in Green Power Breakfast
Event Information
Description
Our 2019 Wisconsin Women in Green collaborators invite YOU to join us on March 8th to celebrate International Women's Day (IWD) and the power of purpose to shape our lives, our careers and our changing world.
IWD is all about unity, celebration, reflection, advocacy and action, and this year’s theme encourages us all to help create a #BalanceforBetter. At our Women in Green power breakfast, we will delve into the ways women can lead with purpose to inspire others and drive continued creativity and progress.
Our distinguished panel of speakers will share their personal experiences and insights about the role their work is playing in helping to create a more equitable and just world for all. Our speakers will highlight real world examples of actions that can be taken by each of us, in order to grow a #CultureofCourage and empowerment.
Your registration allows us to make scholarships available to college students and emerging professionals hoping to lead their generations in sustainability. Scroll down for more information on how to apply.
Join us to celebrate Wisconsin trailblazers and discuss how we work together to forge ahead.
Agenda
7:30am Open Networking and Registration - Light breakfast refreshments will be served.
8:00am Program Starts w/ Framing Remarks
8:15am Moderated Panel Discussion: Featuring Wisconsin women in green who lead the way
9:15am Collaborative Activity
9:50am Closing Remarks
10:00am Wrap up
Be part of an inspiring morning that celebrates local women leading the sustainability industry. Together we will explore the complexities of women’s leadership at this critical time for environmentalism and feminism. Help us chart a course for Wisconsin Women to lead the way.
Featured Speakers
Huda Alkaff is the founder and director of Wisconsin Green Muslims - a grassroots environmental justice group formed in 2005-. Huda is an ecologist with higher education degrees in conservation ecology, sustainable development, and science/environmental education from the University of Georgia and taught environmental studies courses at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. She spent two decades working as an advocate for environmental justice, initiating Muslim and interfaith programs focused on energy and water conservation. Huda co-chairs the US Climate Action Network Socially and Economically Just Adaptation and Mitigation action team, leads the Wisconsin Faith Communities for Equitable Solar Initiative, facilitates the Midwest Equitable Local 100% Clean and Renewable Energy action team, and is a founding member of the Interfaith Earth Network of Southeast Wisconsin and Wisconsin Interfaith Power and Light. She also serves on the national Greening Ramadan Team. Huda received the 2015 White House Champions of Change for Faith Climate Leaders recognition and the 2018 Wisconsin Association for Environmental Education Eco-Justice Award.
August M. Ball, founder of Cream City Conservation. Her two-prong social enterprise helps organizations institute strategies that attract and retain top talent from diverse candidate pools, making their workforce stronger, smarter and their programs more sustainable and relevant. Simultaneously, Cream City Conservation Corps cultivates the next generation of land stewards by engaging traditionally underrepresented youth in environmental career pathways. With over 14 years of program management and design experience, August has connected thousands of youth and young adults to hands-on service to public lands, outdoor recreation and first time employment experiences. Learn more about August here.
Theresa Lehman, LEED Fellow, LEED AP-BD+C, ID+C, LEED Faculty, WELL AP, WELL Faculty, is the Director of Sustainable Services at Miron Construction where she integrates sustainability within Miron's culture, educates the Miron team, design/build partners and clients on building green, and serves as the LEED Project Administrator on many of their nearly 60 LEED projects valued at over $807 million. Named as one of ENR magazine's top 20 under 40, she has dedicated her entire career to transforming the built environment & has worked on over 80 projects seeking LEED certification utilizing numerous LEED green building rating systems across many market segments that have achieved LEED Certified, Silver, Gold & Platinum awards. She is a long-time active volunteer of USGBC, GBCI and IWBI. She is a LEED Faculty member and one of 23 WELL Faculty world-wide.
Corrie Prunuske, Vice President Business Operations, leads business operations for Johnson Controls HVAC Equipment and Controls Business. She is responsible for maximizing profitable growth through operational excellence and customer support strategies. Additionally her team is the execution arm for Johnson Controls connected technologies and large projects business; including construction management, project management and field engineering functions. During her 23-year career with Johnson Controls, Corrie has held general management, operations and continuous improvement roles of increasing responsibility, beginning as an Applications Engineer in our Albany, NY branch in 1994. Other roles include: Project Manager; various continuous improvement leadership positions; Vice President of HVAC Operations, Systems North America; and Vice President of Systems and Major Projects Operations, North America, Vice President, Global Operations Americas within Global Workplace Solutions. Most recently, Corrie served as Vice President and General Manager of Johnson Controls Customer Business Unit dedicated to CBRE. Corrie also serves as one of the executive sponsors of the Johnson Controls, Milwaukee Women’s Network (WN.)
More on the 2019 IWD theme:
Let's build a gender-balanced world
Balance is not a women's issue, it's a business issue. The race is on for the gender-balanced boardroom, a gender-balanced government, gender-balanced media coverage, a gender-balance of employees, more gender-balance in wealth, gender-balanced sports coverage ...
Gender balance is essential for economies and communities to thrive. Join us for an interactive discussion on how we can all work to #BalanceforBetter.
Local discussion tied to global issues
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals are the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. They address the global challenges we face, including those related to poverty, inequality, climate, environmental degradation, prosperity, and peace and justice. On March 8th, we will be discussing issues connected to:
Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
Providing women and girls with equal access to education, health care, decent work, and representation in political and economic decision-making processes will fuel sustainable economies and benefit societies and humanity at large. Implementing new legal frameworks regarding female equality in the workplace and the eradication of harmful practices targeted at women is crucial to ending the gender-based discrimination prevalent in many countries around the world.
Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries
Inequalities based on income, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, race, class, ethnicity, religion and opportunity continue to persist across the world, within and among countries. Inequality threatens longterm social and economic development, harms poverty reduction and destroys people’s sense of fulfilment and self-worth. This, in turn, can breed crime, disease and environmental degradation. Most importantly, we cannot achieve sustainable development and make the planet better for all if people are excluded from opportunities, services, and the chance for a better life.
USGBC Wisconsin Women in Green Scholarship
Our 2019 Women in Green event collaborators are offering scholarships for attendance at the 2019 Women in Green Power Breakfast in Milwaukee, WI on March 8th, to qualifying individuals. A minimum of 5 scholarships will be awarded, with a potential of more dependant on general ticket sales.
Scholarships are competitive and available to students and/or emerging professionals (5 years or less in their professional field) with a demonstrated financial or other barrier to participation.
These scholarships target applicants from Wisconsin and include a full conference registration to Women in Green Power Breakfast. These also include a 2019 individual membership to the USGBC Wisconsin Community. These scholarships do not include a travel or hotel stipend.
Deadline: Wednesday, February 27 at 11:59pm CST
Eligibility requirements:
• Be 18 years or older as of March 8, 2019.
• Have not attended Wisconsin's Women in Green in the past
• Guarantee of attendance at Women in Green Power Breakfast Friday, March 8, 2019 7:30am-10:00am CST.
• Not be USGBC staff
• Demonstrate a valid and reasonable need for the scholarship as evidenced by the inability to attend Women in Green without one, due to financial, location, and/or professional constraints.
• Demonstrate how his or her background merits receipt of a scholarship
APPLY FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP
Event Collaborators:
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Korinne Haeffel, USGBC Wisconsin
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Jessy Servi Ortiz, WSBC Women in Sustainability
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Lisa Geason-Bauer, Evolution Marketing
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Susan Gartell, Wisconsin Conservation Voters
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Margaret Mittelstadt, Outpost Natural Foods Cooperative
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Anastasia Kraft, Milwaukee Talks Green
Are you a member, affiliate and/or customer of one of the above event collaborators? Then please feel free to register using the reduced rate ticket as a thank you for your continued support of our organizations.
Sponsors & Partners:
A special thank you to our hosts, Johnson Controls, for providing us with an inspirational venue for this important event. In addition we'd like to express our gratitude for the support and contributions from the following organizations:
Sponsorships for this event are available. Please contact Korinne Haeffel about these opportunities: KHaeffel@usgbc.org or (202) 705-6662
FAQs
How can I contact the organizer with any questions?
To reach USGBC Director, Korinne Haeffel, email khaeffel@usgbc.org or call 202-705-6662.
What's the refund policy?
Attendees can receive refunds up to 7 days before the event start date. To request a refund, go to Tickets in your Evenbrite account (go here if you've never logged in before), find your order, then select "Request a Refund." For detailed guidance visit the Eventbrite help page.
Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event?
No, we will have record of registrations on site. Simply check in at the registration table upon arrival.
Can I update my registration information?
You can update the information on your order (like name, email address, or answers to the organizer's questions) by by clicking your order on the Tickets page. For detailed guidance visit the Eventbrite help page.
Is there parking near the venue?
There are several public parking lots as well as metered parking within walking distance of the venue. One resource you could utilize when planning your trip would be the Park Milwaukee website. http://www.parkmilwaukee.com/
