#EmbraceEquity — 2023 International Women’s Day
Imagine a gender equal world. A world free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination. A world that’s diverse, equitable, and inclusive. A world where difference is valued and celebrated. Together we can forge women’s equality.
Collectively we can all #EmbraceEquity.Celebrate women’s achievement. Raise awareness about discrimination. Take action to drive gender parity. IWD belongs to everyone, everywhere. Inclusion means all IWD action is valid.
Please join the World Affairs Council of Charlotte and Bank of America, March 8, 2023 for a panel discussion to celebrate women, our achievements, and how we continue to create gender equality by embracing equity.
IWD 2023 Panelists:Program Information:
Date:
Wednesday, March 8, 2023
Location:
Bank of America Corporate Center – 59th Floor, 100 N Tryon St., Charlotte, NC 28202
Program:
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm: Registration & Networking
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm: Program
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm: Cocktails & Networking
Cost:
FREE (WACC Member | Student | Teacher | YPWACC Rate)
$20 (Non-Member Rate)
The program is limited to 35 people. Please register as soon as possible.
Biography
Kimelyn L. Harris SVP, Bank of America Charitable Foundation
Kimelyn Harris is a Program Executive within the Charitable Foundation at Bank of America. In this role, she is responsible for executing programming to support the bank’s ongoing efforts to advance economic opportunity, health care initiatives and racial equality, for under-resourced communities. Kimelyn drives business planning and integration companywide while also working to identify and build partnerships with organizations, institutions, and community leaders. Prior to this role, Kimelyn provided strategic, operational and programming support. Read more.
Bhavana Bartholf, Chief Analytics and Innovation Officer
Bhavana Bartholf is an award-winning leader and sought-after expert in the field of providing vision and accelerating Digital Transformation for corporations across industries worldwide. Throughout her career, she has served as a customer focused, transformational leader, innovative technologist, STEM advocate, and ally for women and racial/ethnic minorities (REM). She has a proven track record for building high performing organizations with focus on growing female/REM workforce and is dedicated to driving systemic change to create inclusive work environments. In 2022, Bartholf was recognized by Success Magazine as “Women of Influence” and by the Charlotte Business Journal Women in Business Achievement Award 25 Outstanding Women. In 2021, Bartholf was recognized by the National Diversity Council as one of the Top 100 Women in Technology (2021), Top 100 Women in Business (2022) and has been named one of the 2021 “Power 50” Women in Leadership. She was named one of the 2021 & 2022 Women Worth Watching in Profiles in Diversity Journal. Read more.
Rebecca “Becky” Hughes, VP Product Manager, Supplier Experience, AvidXchange
Rebecca is an experienced operations manager with a proven track record of success in strategic revenue generation, increasing operating margins, maximizing resource productivity, and designing creative business solutions. In her current role, she leads the company in our initiative to leverage technologies in developing products that deliver value in our supplier relationships. Read more.
Dr. Dawn Chanland, MBA Director & Professor of Management & Organizational Behavior, McColl School of Business – Queens University of Charlotte
Dr. Dawn E. Chanland is Professor of Management in the McColl School of Business. Dawn has 30 years of business, consulting, coaching and academic experience and 12 teaching and research awards since the beginning of her academic career. Most recently, she was awarded Queens University’s Hamilton Hunter Love of Teaching Award in 2020. Dawn’s areas of expertise include women’s leadership, mentoring and coaching, negotiation, conflict management, organization development and change, and other areas within the management field. She is a frequent public speaker to corporate, government and non-profit groups in the foregoing areas. In addition to her many peer-reviewed leading academic publications on these and other topics, Dawn’s research and ideas have been featured in a number of popular press outlets, including but not limited to the Wall Street Journal (“How to Be a Smart Protégé” & “When Mentoring Goes Bad”), New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Forbes, AOL, CareerBuilder, and MSN. Dawn has also published in top academic journals such as Academy of Management Annals, Journal of Management, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Vocational Behavior, and Career Development International, among others. Read more.