2024 Present and Powerful Speaker Series: Wine and Cheese Reception featuring Stephanie Stuckey
February 2, 2024 | Louisville, KY
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM Eastern Time
Louisville Marriott Downtown
Approximate Attendance: 100 pp. – 150 pp.
The Present and Powerful Speaker Series is coordinated by GPSolo Women’s Initiative Network (WIN). WIN was formed by the women leaders of the Division with the objective of advancing, promoting, and educating members about issues facing women in the legal profession and fostering an environment of support for women by creating networking opportunities, mentoring relationships, and women-focused programming. The Present & Powerful Speakers Series is a collaborative event with the ABA Women Rainmakers of the Law Practice Division of the American Bar Association.
Align your brand with an American businesswoman, author, and former politician from Georgia. Stephanie Stuckey is Chair of Stuckey’s, known as a highway oasis to generations of Americans. Founded in 1937 by her grandfather, Stuckey’s grew into over 350 stores nationwide in the 1970’s. But the company was sold and sadly declined for decades under outside ownership. Fortunately, Stuckey’s is now making a comeback thanks to Stephanie and her business partners acquiring the brand in 2019.
Stephanie received her undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Georgia. She has worked as a trial lawyer, a state representative, and Director of Sustainability for Atlanta.
Today, Stuckey’s owns and operates a manufacturing facility in Wrens, Georgia that makes delicious pecan snacks and candies!
Past Programs in the Present & Powerful Speakers Series:
2017: Present and Powerful featuring Joann Lublin - Pulitzer Prize winning author and Wall Street Journal’s management news editor talked about her book, Earning It: Hard-Won Lessons from Trailblazing Women at the Top of the Business World.
2018: “The Power of Finding Your Voice,” featuring Parisa Khosravi – Award-Winning CNN International Journalist shared her unique perspectives on success, honed from time and the experience in overcoming obstacles as an international female journalist, immigrant, and mother.
2019: “How American Women Can Change the World,” featuring Marianne Williamson - Internationally acclaimed author and lecturer discussed both the internal and external aspects of female power and contribution.
2020: “Vote. Run. Lead. 100 Years of Women in Politics. Inspired by the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment,” featured a panel of women leaders dedicated to encouraging women to run for elected office.
2021: “Know Your Worth. The Audacity to Believe in You,” featuring Deborah Roberts, ABC awarding-winning new correspondent.
2022: “Unleashing Your Power Within,” featuring Rosie Allen-Herring, President, and CEO, of the United Way, of the National Capital Area (United Way NCA). Allen-Herring provided tips and tools to connect in new ways and to thrive in the workplace and at home through developing our own internal personal power in these uncertain and ever-changing work environments.
2023: “The Future is Now: A Conversation with Donna Brazile,” featured Donna Brazile, an ABC News Contributor, a member of the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, veteran political strategist and an adjunct professor in the Women and Gender Studies Department at Georgetown University. She previously served as interim Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and of the DNC’s Voting Rights Institute.
Sponsorship Opportunities
Firms and Industry partners can support this amazing event in any of the three levels:
Bronze Level | $1,000
Verbal recognition at event and inclusion on signage at event.
Silver Level | $1,500
All the above PLUS promotion in GPSolo social media (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter).
Gold Level | $2,500
All the above PLUS the opportunity to introduce your entity at the event to the entire audience from the podium.
Individual and Division Members can sponsor the event with the following benefits:
Contributing Patron | $500
Verbal recognition at event and inclusion on event signage.
Mandatory Covid-19 In-Person Meeting Policy
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