Women's Summit Program

Join us on Wednesday, October 16 at 8:30 a.m. EDT for the Eighth Annual Fordham Women’s Summit: Philanthropy | Empowerment | Change at Fordham Law School.

Please note: The schedule is subject to change.

Schedule

8:30 a.m.

Registration and Networking Breakfast

Generously sponsored by Mary Brennan, GSS ‘83

9:15 a.m.

Opening Remarks

Isabel Rivera, FCRH ’90, Emcee

9:20 a.m.

President’s Welcome 

Tania Tetlow, 33rd President of Fordham University

9:30 a.m.

Keynote Session | Conversation with a Changemaker

Bestselling Authors Adriana Trigiani, PAR, and Mary Bly, Fordham English Professor

10:15 a.m.

Break

10:30 a.m.

Breakout Sessions

Please note that all attendees will have the opportunity to attend both sessions.

  • Roundtable: Investing in Yourself and Others
  • Workshop: How to Show Up Authentically & Stand Out

11:15 a.m.

Session Switch

11:25 a.m.

Breakout Sessions

Please note that all attendees will have the opportunity to attend both sessions.

  • Roundtable: Investing in Yourself and Others
  • Workshop: How to Show Up Authentically & Stand Out

12:10 p.m.

Networking Lunch

1 p.m.

Student Scholarship Speaker

Honoring Fordham's Pioneering Women in Philanthropy

  • Jane Bartnett, MC '76
  • Mary Hamilton, Ph.D., FAC
  • Carol Robles-Román, Esq., FCLC '83*
  • Adriana Trigiani, PAR

*posthumous recipient

1:30 p.m.

Closing Remarks 

Isabel Rivera, FCRH ’90, Emcee

1:40 p.m.

Networking Reception

Generously sponsored by Macari Vineyards, and Gabriella Macari, GABELLI ’09, Director of Operations, Macari Vineyards