2024 WITH Conference Program Book

MARCH 28-29

2024

WITH

CONFERENCE

WOMEN IN TOURISM & HOSPITALITY SAN DIEGO, CA

3777 La Jolla Village Drive San Diego, CA 92122 March 28-29, 2024 Empowering, Celebrating, and Shaping Tomorrow’s Leaders

Welcome to the

2024 WITH CONFERENCE! Empowering, Celebrating, and Shaping Tomorrow’s Leaders Welcome to the 3rd Annual Women in Tourism and Hospitality (WITH) National Conference! MCCSN and the WITH Advisory Board are thrilled to have you join us as we celebrate and empower women in our industry.

Special thanks to our Presenting sponsor, EastPoint CVB, Georgia, for believing in our mission to join us in ‘Empowering, Celebrating and Shaping Tomorrow's Leaders’. We also welcome and extend our gratitude to all WITH sponsors and supporters and our amazing planning team for their unwavering support and the talent they bring to the table. We could not do this without you!

Your commitment reflects your dedication to the personal and collective growth, crucial for leading women and our industry forward.

Ladies, it’s Women's "Herstory" Month, let's elevate and celebrate each other!

Celebrate and congratulate our 2024 WITH Honorees and Lifetime Achievement "Pioneer" for their amazing trailblazing work.

Take advantage of every golden opportunity this conference offers. Make the most of the diverse range of workshops, exhibitor marketplace, and professional development sessions.

Choose topics that resonate with you, challenge your thinking, and offer practical insights and skills.

Accept the “WITH Leadership Challenge”. We encourage you to set specific intentions to step out of your comfort zone. Each step will empower you, leading to self-discovery and a greater positive impact on your organizations, communities, and our industry.

After the conference, continue the conversations and connections you've made. Share your experiences with the "WITH Leadership Challenge" and how you plan to build on the momentum gained. We eagerly anticipate hearing about your successes both during the conference and throughout your leadership journey.

Again, we welcome you. Enjoy yourselves and let's make this conference count!

Clara Carter WITH Conference Producer and Chair

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CONTENTS

TABLE OF

2 WELCOME MESSAGE 4 SPONSORS 8 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE 12 W I T H P R O G R A M H I S T O R Y 18 2 0 2 4 H O N O R E E S 20 M E E T T H E P A N E L H O S T S 21 C O N F E R E N C E P A N E L S 31 P A S T H O N O R E E S 39 W I T H ’ S L E A D E R S H I P & R E S I L I E N C E 44 P L A N N I N G & C R E A T I V E C O M M I T T E E S 3

SAN DIEGO WOMEN IN TOURISM & HOSPITALITY NATIONAL CONFERENCE

2024 SPONSORS Thank you for your support!

EXHIBITORS

Glenn Erath

INDUSTRY PARTNERS

Bella Purnell

HONOREE TABLE SPONSORS

Valerie Ragsdale

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Special Thanks to Our

ADVISORY BOARD

Clara Carter

Brian Lesson, DBA

Dania Duke

DeeAnne Snyder, CMP

Robert Rauch, CHA

Lucy Burni

President & Founder MultiCultural Convention Services Women in Tourism and Hospitality

Director of Event Services for San Diego Convention Center Corporation

Professor of Hospitality, San Diego Mesa College

Chief Executive Officer RAR Hospitality

Carolyn Johnson

Goodman Johnson Associates

General Manager Davidson Hotels and Resorts

Principal and President Burni Enterprises

Susanna Peredo Swap Founder & Executive Director Vanguard Culture

Click each picture learn more about our Advisory Board Olivia Wilson

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Student & YoungProfessional

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Special Thanks to

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2024

WITH

CONFERENCE

WOMEN IN TOURISM & HOSPITALITY

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

THURSDAY, MARCH

28TH

12:30 PM – 1:00 PM

Young Professional (YP) Registration

IMPERIAL BEACH

1:00PM – 5:00PM

Young Professional Development and Networking Session

IMPERIAL BEACH

Sponsored by US Bank 4:00PM – 7:30PM

Conference Registration Opens

REGENCY FOYER

4:30PM – 6:30PM

Honorees Welcome Reception Hyatt Regency La Jolla

THE TERRACE

FRIDAY, MARCH 29TH REGENCY FOYER

7:00AM-1:00PM

Registration

7:30AM-8:30AM

Continental Breakfast Connections & Dedicated Marketplace Hour

REGENCY DEF

7:30AM – 3:30PM

Exhibitor Marketplace Open

REGENCY ABCG

8:30AM-4:00PM

General Sessions (Listed Below)

REGENCY ABCG

8:30AM-8:35AM

Mistress of Ceremony Terri Breining CMP, CMM, CED President of Breining Group, Inc. 2016 WITH Honoree

REGENCY ABCG

Welcome & Introduction Clara Carter, CDMP Founder & CEO MCCSN & WITH, Conference Chair 8:40AM-9:10AM

Opening Keynote Peggy Berg, Founder Castell, an AHLA Foundation Project Topic: Freeing Yourself to Lead

REGENCY ABCG

FRIDAY, MARCH 29TH 9:20AM-9:50AM

Panel - Discussion Effective Communication Across Generations in Hospitality (to include Gen Y and Z)

REGENCY ABCG

Moderator Marilyn Hannes Corporate Senior Vice President, Strategic Relationships United Parks & Resorts Panelists: Taylor Smith, Content Developer, Destinations & Features Meetings Net Magazine Whitney Taylor Experienced Events Sales Manager

Sara Arjmand, CEO at Formula Marketing ‘2021 WITH Honoree’

9:50AM-10:15AM

MORNING BREAK Connect and Refresh Dedicated Marketplace

REGENCY DEF

10:15AM – 10:55AM

FIRESIDE CHAT

REGENCY ABCG

Artificial Intelligence (AI): Shaping the Future of our Industry AI Thought Leaders: Junior Tauvaa Chief Business Officer, PCMA Gilad Berenstein Founder, Brook Bay Capital 11:00AM - 11:55AM

BREAKOUTS – Concurrent Sessions

MISSION BEACH

Session A Hiring and Retention Strategies: Attracting and Keeping Top Talent Presenter: Dari DeSousa Owner, Founder & Consultant DeSousa Professional Human Resources Group Session B Hospitality & Tourism Roundtable: Engaging Perspectives (Open Discussions)

IMPERIAL BEACH

Facilitators: Dr. Brian Lesson Professor, Hospitality San Diego Mesa College WITH Advisor Lucy Burni, President and CEO Burni Enterprises, Real Estate Investor & Hospitality ‘2016 WITH Honoree and Advisor’ Session C Enhancing Networking Experiences: Building Lasting Connections Presenter: Mandi Graziano, Vice President Global Accounts, HPN Global

OCEAN BEACH

FRIDAY, MARCH 29TH Dedicated Marketplace

REGENCY ABCG

12:25PM

WITH LUNCHEON Lunch Served

REGENCY ABCG

12:50PM – 1:20PM

Luncheon Program

REGENCY ABCG

11:55AM – 12:25PM

Moderator: Dania Duke Vice President - Area Managing Director Davidson Hotels & Resorts ‘2018 WITH Honoree’ Panelists: 2024 WITH Honorees 1:20PM – 1:40PM

Presentation of the WITH Awards & Lifetime Achievement “Pioneer” Award Presented by Clara Carter

1:40PM – 1:50PM

Exploring, Renewing & Networking in the Marketplace

1:50PM - 2:20PM

Panel Discussion: Collaborations that Drive Success: Building Strong DEI Partnerships

REGENCY ABCG

REGENCY DEF

REGENCY ABCG

Moderator: Dzidra Junior President of Renditions Consulting Panelists: Jason Dunn, Chief Executive Officer National Coalition of Black Meeting Professionals (NCBMP) Shirley Parsons, DEI Manager Port of San Diego

2:25PM - 3:10PM

Amanda Armstrong, Senior Vice President, Communications & Industry Relations Encore

Panel Discussion C-Suite Women Leading the Way in Various Tourism Sectors

REGENCY ABCG

Moderator: Julie Coker, President and CEO San Diego Tourism Authority Panelists: Emily Moore, Executive Director Kim Sidoriak, President and CEO Cabrillo National Monument Foundation Visit Carlsbad Alyssa Turowski, General Manager Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines

Chantel Ross, President and CEO East Point Atlanta CVB

3:10 PM – 3:15 PM

CLOSING REMARKS Clara Carter, WITH Founder and Chair

REGENCY DEF

3:15 PM – 4:10 PM

NETWORKING Networking Social (Non-hosted)

DRIFT EAT & DRINK BAR

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Women In Tourism & Hospitality (WITH) Program History In 2023 WITH was pleased and excited to announce that the Internal Revenue Service determined WITH to be a 501( c)(3) tax-exempt organization as of November 2020. This nonprofit status increased WITH’s capacity to operate its programs to BUILD, CONNECT, LEARN, AND IMPACT youth, women, our industry, our communities, and our world!

In 2023 MCCSN did something never done before. We boldly took our industry mixers on the road and inaugurated “WITH Coastal Connections” networking events for women in tourism and hospitality. We aimed to help raise the profile by marketing and promoting MCCSN and bring awareness to our national WITH conference and US women coast to coast. We designed these first ever “Coastal Connections” to increase the capacity, and build a stronger global network of like-minded women, who are supportive of sharing resources to help elevate and mentor other women in the industry to succeed in their careers. This “Coastal Connections” concept is already highly successful. Our events are already yielding partnerships, resources, and funds that significantly help elevate women AND the WITH brand. They improve the capacity of the WITH Conference to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion, and to expand WITH programs, impact and influence.

In September 2023 we held our very first “Coastal Connections” Networking Mixer, sponsored by Omni Houston in Houston, Texas. We appreciated the opportunity to export our networking model, mentor Houston’s women, and smoothly implement our new concept. We all had an amazing time mixing and mingling with Houston’s top c-suite women from various industry organizations to include, MPI, NACE, Houston Airport, Houston Convention and Visitor’s Bureau and local entrepreneurs from surrounding communities.

In November 2023 we held our 2nd “Costal Connections” Networking Mixer, sponsored by the Hilton Atlanta Airport. We met more phenomenal women and created the amazing connections that led the East Point Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) to become the presenting sponsor of our 2024 WITH conference!

We look forward to creating our next “Coastal Connections in Chicago, Illinois, and Washington, DC. We can’t wait to see where and how these roads and connections will inspire and lead women and the WITH organization into the future. We look forward to WITH being in a city near you soon!

Clara Carter, President and CEO of MCCSN, founded the WITH Program in 2015 to fulfill her dream to recognize and encourage the contributions of women professionals at all stages of their careers. Her work began with a local focus on the women in tourism and hospitality in the San Diego metro-area. In five short years WITH has grown and become the premier program significantly impacting the tourism and hospitality industry. It now embraces the recognition, collaboration, diversity, inclusion, elevation and community of women nationwide.

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Empowering, Celebrating, and Shaping Tomorrow’s Leaders

Women In Tourism & Hospitality (WITH) Program History The WITH Awards Luncheon and celebration was the original WITH program emphasis.

Clara Carter says ”We believed that celebrating well known, respected, influential, and unsung women at the pinnacle of their careers would also inspire tomorrow’s leaders. We were right! Guests at the luncheon include tourism executives, industry insiders, new professionals, entrepreneurs, and students. They have coined the term “WITH IT!” to express their delight in the concept of the award, the sisterhood embodied within it, and the event itself.” Thanks to WITH supporters, industry sponsors, and donors, WITH has grown by 25% every year since 2015 and now includes a Silent Auction to raise funds for the WITH Scholarship.

The WITH Networking Mixers was added in 2017 as a networking opportunity for industry career professionals to connect in a relaxed and professional atmosphere. Guests at the mixers include WITH Honorees, key industry executives, business owners, industry suppliers, meeting and event planners, industry colleagues, community leaders, and entrepreneurs. Everyone at all levels has expressed appreciation for this opportunity to mix business with pleasure and enjoy the entertainment, hearty appetizers and opportunity gifts. and more.

The WITH Advisory Board, WITH Good Guy and WITH UNITY were created in 2019, in response to requests from honorees, supporters and attendees to have greater involvement in what had become “the WITH movement”. Our mission: WITH supports, empowers and strengthens diversity and inclusion for women in the hospitality industry and provides education, leadership strategies, mentorship and networking opportunities in a forward-thinking environment.

W.I.T.H. UNITY was created to foster the idea of bringing women together in community. It helps support our mission and increase our capacity to lead, collaborate and create positive change. It is THE way members can access the WITH executive network, connect to peers, learn new industry trends, market ourselves and our brands globally, talk creatively about the future of our industry, and have FUN.

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Women In Tourism & Hospitality (WITH) Program History The WITH Advisory Board was created to be the “Guiding Light” for Clara’s vision.

The Board is comprised of past honorees and industry executives selected because of their amazing work in the industry, their superb experience, their excellent reputation, their perceptive insight into industry trends, and their ongoing support of the WITH program. Through their membership on the Advisory Board, these women and men continue to shape the inclusiveness of our industry by supporting today’s women leaders, helping to guide and prepare leaders of the future and helping to achieve WITH’s Clara’s vision of expanding this program to include a “WITH Conference”.

WITH MEN was created to reflect the organization’s Clara’s commitment to inclusion and diversity. It is the Male/Female Executive Nexus (MEN) linking and connecting the women and the men thought leaders who support women in the workplace.

Annual W.I.T.H. Conference is the next step towards our ultimate vision of a beautiful world where women collaborate with each other, companies, educational institutions, governments, corporations, and non- governmental organizations to strengthen diversity and inclusion, and financial capacity. Thanks to the enthusiastic response and interest from around the globe, the program is well on its way to realizing that vision.

Join us, follow us and work with us as we make history and become WITH INTERNATIONAL. As Clara says, “ The future belongs to those who dream and work”.

Let’s Get WITH it! Building Capacity for Women Together.

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TRAILBLAZERS

TOAST RECEPTIO E E R O N N O H

JOIN US AS WE HONOR THE WOMEN WHO HAVE LEFT AN AMAZING FOOTPRINT ON TOURISM & HOSPITALITY.

THURSDAY, MARCH 28TH 4:30PM - 6:30PM HYATT REGENCY LA JOLLA TERRACE

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Practical Solutions For

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Congrats to Our Honorees!

These women are role models, high achievers, women who combine extraordinary imagination and generosity with realism and action. women game changers, rule breakers, and trailblazers.

Women who are WITH it!

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Congratulations to the

2024 WITH

Honorees

Lifetime Achievement Pioneer Peggy Berg Founder of Castell, an AHLA Project

Maren Dougherty

Tatiana Lotufo

Executive Director, Marketing & Communications, San Diego Convention Center Corporation

Vice President of Business Development & Strategic Partnerships at ACCESS

Thiphakhoun ‘Tipi’ Vyrasith

Chantel Ross Francois

Sarah Lynch

Director of Food and Beverage Hotel Del Coronado

President and CEO East Point CVB

COO Brick Hospitality

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Mistress of Ceremony

Panel Moderator

TERRI BREINING

MARILYN HANNES

Breining Group

United Parks & Resorts

Panel Moderator

Meet the Hosts!

DANIA DUKE Davidson Hotels & Resorts

Panel Moderator

Panel Moderator

DZIDRA JUNIOR Renditions Consulting

JULIE COKER SD Tourism Authority

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EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION ACROSS GENERATIONS IN HOSPITALITY 9:20AM - 9:50AM

TAYLOR SMITH

WHITNEY TAYLOR

Content Developer, Destinations & Features, Meetings Net Magazine

Experienced Events Sales Manager

SARA ARJMAND

MARILYN HANNES

CEO at Formula Marketing 2021 WITH Honoree

Corporate Senior VP, Strategic Relationships, United Parks & Resorts, Panel Moderator

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FIRESIDE CHAT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI): SHAPING THE FUTURE OF OUR INDUSTRY 10:15AM - 10:55AM

JUNIOR TAUVAA Chief Business Officer PCMA

GILAD BERENSTEIN Founder Brook Bay Capital 23

BREAKOUT SESSIONS 11:00AM - 11:55AM

SESSION A HIRING AND RETENTION STRATEGIES: ATTRACTING AND KEEPING TOP TALENT DARI DESOUSA

Owner, Founder & Consultant DeSousa Professional Human Resources Group

MISSION BEACH

SESSION B: HOSPITALITY & TOURISM ROUNDTABLE: ENGAGING PERSPECTIVES (OPEN DISCUSSIONS) DR. BRIAN LESSON Professor, Hospitality San Diego Mesa College WITH Advisor

LUCY BURNI President & CEO, Burni Enterprises, , Real Estate Investor & Hospitality, 2016 WITH Honoree & Advisor

IMPERIAL BEACH

SESSION C ENHANCING NETWORKING EXPERIENCES: BUILDING LASTING CONNECTIONS MANDI GRAZIANO

Vice President Global Accounts HPN Global

OCEAN BEACH

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DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION PANEL

COLLABORATIONS THAT DRIVE SUCCESS: BUILDING STRONG DEI PARTNERSHIPS

1:50PM - 2:20PM

SHIRLEY HIRAI PARSONS Manager of DEI for San Diego Port District

JASON DUNN CEO, National Coalition of Black Meeting Professionals (NCBMP)

AMANDA ARMSTRONG

Senior VP, Communications & Industry Relations, Encore

DZIDRA JUNIOR

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C-SUITE WOMEN LEADING THE WAY IN VARIOUS TOURISM & HOSPITALITY SECTORS

2:25PM - 3:10PM

EMILY MOORE

Executive Director Cabrillo National Monument Foundation

ALYSSA TUROWSKI

General Manager Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines

CHANTEL ROSS FRANCOIS President and CEO East Point Atlanta CVB

KIM SIDORIAK

JULIE COKER

President and CEO Visit Carlsbad

President and CEO, San Diego Tourism Authority, Panel Moderator

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MEET THE

Exhibitors

BREAKFAST

MARKETPLACE

7:30AM

9:50AM - 10:15AM 11:55 AM - 12:25PM 1:40PM - 1:50 PM

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8:30AM

Glenn Erath

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2022 WITH HONOREES

Vanessa Ybarra Davis

Niveesha Hill

General Manager Broadway San Diego

General Manager, Hilton Garden Inn & Homewood Suites

Mardeen Mattix

Chief Financial Officer, San Diego Convention Center Corporation

Colleen Anderson

Executive Director, San Diego Tourism Marketing District

Nancy Laturno

Joyce Leveston

Senior Vice President Convention Centers at OVG 360

Alyssa Turowski

CEO and Founder Mainly Mozart

General Manager Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines

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2020/2021 WITH HONOREES

Sara Arjmand

CEO of Formula Marketing

Jody Blackinton

Kimberly J. Becker

Regional VP of Operations, President & CEO of San Hersha Hospitality Diego County Regional Management Airport Authority

Makeda Dread Cheatom Executive Director and Founder of WorldBeat Cultural Center

Annette Gregg, CMM, MBA Sr. VP, Experience for Meeting Professionals International

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2019 WITH HONOREES

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2018 WITH HONOREES

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2017 WITH HONOREES

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2016 WITH HONOREES

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CLOSING NETWORKING SOCIAL DRIFT EAT & DRINK BAR

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WITH's LEADERSHIP & RESILIENCE OUR HISTORY WITH was founded by Clara Carter in 2015. During her more than 22 years in both the corporate world and as an entrepreneur, President and Founder of the Multi-Cultural Convention Services Network (MCCSN), Clara observed and learned a universal truth about business: it wasn’t only about what you knew, it was also about who you knew and who you were perceived to be.

Success for women was usually tied to their ability to put on the lens of the male dominated leadership and see and do things their way. Clara knew this “truth” was accepted by and detrimental to the entire tourism and hospitality industry - its women, its men, and its clients.

Clara determined to campaign for “a way for women to be and be seen as we are – as our authentic valuable selves”. Her campaign to bring about political or social change led her to create Women in Tourism and Hospitality (WITH International). WITH’s original mission was to acknowledge C-suite trailblazing women for their work in the hospitality and tourism industry.

After 4 years Clara of positive reception and feedback, and the encouragement of industry leaders, women and men who committed to become part of the WITH Advisory Board, Clara formed Women in Tourism and Hospitality, International (W.I.T.H. Int’l.), a California Corporation. The WITH mission is to support, empower, and strengthen diversity and inclusion for women in the hospitality industry and to provide education, leadership strategies, mentorship, and networking opportunities in a forward-thinking environment.

WITH aims to provide strategies to achieve both professional growth and prosperity for women and to achieve diversity, equity, and inclusion within the industry.

In 2019, with the help of the WITH Advisory Board and its supporters, Clara took a bold leap of faith and launched and produced MCCSN’s first annual WITH Conference. Because of the restrictions and devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Clara was forced to cancel the conference within one week of its debut in September 2020.

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WITH's LEADERSHIP & RESILIENCE OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS While other organizations in San Diego’s tourism industry were trying to figure out a path forward, WITH quickly pivoted that same year and in 2020 WITH expanded its on-line presence. WITH developed a series of webinars that reached, involved, and impacted the industry’s women worldwide reaching 32 states and 7 countries!

During the 20-month period of COVID-19 restrictions, WITH planned and held the WITH 2021 National Conference. It was the first successful in person conference in San Diego in 2 years and attracted over 250 industry influencers, entrepreneurs, hospitality professionals to include meeting planners and students.

AND…WITH International, Inc. became a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation!!! We are delighted to have achieved this formidable and impressive accomplishment. Our nonprofit status will facilitate our mission, allow our donors to make tax deductions contributions, and incentivize them to provide additional funds.

This 2022 WITH conference, produced by MCCSN, is designed for you – all the Women in our industry at every level who are its present and its future. The conference environment will ensure everyone has the opportunity to participate in all sessions. Our presenters and honorees will inspire you, our interactive discussions will inform and motivate you, our interactive topics will equip and empower you and our reception will entertain you!

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ABOUT WITH INTERNATIONAL We are pleased to announce that effective immediately, WITH is now WITH INTERNATIONAL,INC. a 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT CORPORATION!!!

We have done much more than just change our name. We have perfected our existing programs and designed new ones to meet our goals to uplift women in the tourism and hospitality industry.

WITH INTERNATIONAL, INC offers the following four program ways for you to GET WITH IT: WITH INTERNATIONAL BUILDS . This NEW program provides an opportunity for people who want to participate in the WITH INCUBATOR TO PROSPERITY. The incubator provides twelve workshops per year (four 3-hour incubators) to eighty women at all levels.

Experts and students explore their own creativity, support their business goals, grow, transform, sustain successful operations, and increase income and wealth. The WITH INCUBATOR TO PROSPERITY is for those women wishing to develop and up-level critical role-related skills and for those people, women and men, who are industry experts and leaders wanting to provide training and actionable feedback.

WITH INTERNATIONAL CONNECTS This continuing program provides more opportunity for individuals, groups, and companies to collaborate with peers and executives and become members of its main component, WITH UNITY. WITH UNITY collaborate digitally and in person. Members will have preferential access to Mixers, and one Job-career-small business fair. It provides opportunities for marketing, advertising, advice, access, support, relationship building and collaboration with likeminded members who are potential mentors and mentees, donors, customers, financiers, presenters, facilitators, volunteers, and interns. This program links motivated, visible, and engaged people within their community, living and working together authentically, and operating successfully.

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ABOUT WITH INTERNATIONAL WITH INTERNATIONAL LEARNS This program provides an opportunity for women to learn or teach and build relationships. Learning opportunities include live moderated discussions and Q&A at one-hour webinars and virtual learning on our internet platforms. You can read or listen to WITH Blog posts, podcasts, and newsletters discussing current events and industry trends that learners can seamlessly fit into their schedules, and their journeys anytime and anywhere. Presenters are inspiring leaders from our worldwide community of dynamic partners. Topics include entrepreneurship, leadership, financial management, community building, marketing, the art of storytelling, work-life balance, and creating positive productive work environments.

WITH UNITY members will have the additional exclusive opportunity to participate in a continuous community forum. Members can submit suggestions and comments for consideration or ask for critique and feedback. This program is for women who want to be inspired and learn what they need to know to increase their awareness of current events and industry trends; advance their knowledge, practical skills, and everyday wisdom; and bring moments of learning into their day.

WITH INTERNATIONAL IMPACT This program provides an opportunity for people who want to accelerate change in four impact areas: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. WITH DEI IMPACT works to impact the disparities are doing a disservice to both the people who do the work and the people who use the products and services in our industry. This work will increase our ability to benefit from the underutilized skills, intelligence, and abilities of women already in our industry. It also helps attract and encourage and the gifted, energetic, less biased, and more open, young women needed to keep the industry growing and responsive to the changing needs and values of the industry and community. This program provides consultations, data, information, and tools that decision makers need to decrease persisting double standards, unequal treatment, and pay gaps. We will deliver four half-hour consultations upon request from top corporate officials, groups, and business owners. The consultations will include oral interviews and questionnaires, and written results recommending workplace strategies tailored to achieve cultural change in how businesses are owned and operated.

Recognition and acceptance of women leaders. WITH Annual Awards will impact awareness and recognize six extraordinary inspiring and unsung executive women.

We highlight their stories and showcase the wisdom and voices that reflect the diverse ways of thinking and decision making that led to better products and services.

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ABOUT WITH INTERNATIONAL Industry professionalism. WITH IMPACTS STUDENTS helps secure our industry’s future by providing scholarships, internships and volunteer opportunities for women, students particularly underserved women of color to experience the generosity and inspiration shown to us along our journey.

Community Participation. WITH IMPACTS COMMUNITY encourages women to make a powerful impact and difference through volunteer service on corporate and community boards and committees. Participation will give back to and strengthen their civic and business communities and enhance their resumes. Performing community service together benefits the community and the participants. It lets women break through the “male-only” network, show leadership skills, gain insights, and build relationships with male mentors who accept them and help them understand how men do business and how to talk to men so men will listen and hear. It helps men in our male-dominated industry learn from and value the perspectives of its women.

WITH INTERNATIONAL IMPACT initiatives are for women and men who want to provide direct help, give information, raise awareness, and advocate for an equitable and just world that accepts, respects, values and compensates women commensurate with their contribution.

WITH INTERNATIONAL, INC is looking for you. When you donate your time, your talent, or your treasure to one or more WITH INTERNATIONAL programs, you will affect and influence our work and our industry and receive a tax deduction at the same time.

We are looking for donors to provide fees, partners, grants, exhibits and sponsorships identify and sponsor promising women candidates; Provide expertise or identify organizations where expertise can be exchanged in the areas of leadership, entrepreneurship, financial management, employment preparation, wealth building and administrative support.

Provide tools, equipment, administrative support, and space for office, classrooms, and events; We are excited. We are energized, we are ready. We hope you are too. Our 501(C)(3) nonprofit status allows you to make tax deductions contributions and provide additional funds to facilitates our mission.

The support and funds you provide will help us do more excellent and good work.

Contact Clara Carter to express your intention, commitment, areas and activities of interest, levels of engagement, questions, suggestions, and ideas.

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Special Thanks to Our PLANNING & SUPPORT TEAM CLARA CARTER

SHALINI SASIKUMAR

Event Producer/Sponsorship MCCSN

Administrative Assistant MCCSN

ROZ WAKEFIELD

WHITNEY TAYLOR

Registration Manager

Meeting Planner Assistant Student/Young Professionals Day

COURTNEY DADE

MACKS FLEMING

Lead Strategic Marketing CSD Marketing and Consulting

Digital Marketing CSD Marketing and Consulting

JAQAILAH BELL

DEEANNE SNYDER

Brand Creative, Graphics, Website Bell of the Ball Media

Onsite Logistics San Diego Convention Center

SANDRA DRYDEN

DR. BRIAN LESSON

Sr. Copy Content Manager/Blogger Write It Plain

Volunteer Co-Chair Mesa College

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Special Thanks to Our VOLUNTEERS

DARI DESOUSA

JAHARI WEIR HARRISON

Student/Young Professionals Day DeSousa Professional HR Group

Volunteer Manager County of San Diego

JASMINE TUBIANOSA

JESSICA PANNELL

SDSU HTM MBA

Mesa College Hospitality

NHI PHUNG SDSU HTM MBA

CHARLOTTE “COOKIE” SIMS ANN FULCHER JEANIQUA FRANCIS

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