Navigate your career journey with clarity and purpose. In this opening session with speaker Nicole Mennicke, we will explore the significance of developing guiding principles and putting them into action. By uncovering your professional North Star, you'll gain a compass to guide your decisions, stay aligned with your values, and genuinely enjoy the ride.

Women In Chemical’s Kylie Wittl & Amelia Greene will conduct a live Woman of the Week Interview with Vanessa Sutherland, EVP Government Affairs, GC & Corporate Secretary at Phillips 66. Woman of the Week is the Women in Chemicals’ podcast and newsletter highlighting the voice and perspective of women in the chemical community. At this session, attendees will hear about Vanessa’s career path, her insights on the industry at large, professional, and personal headwinds unique to women, and how others can continue shattering glass ceilings.

Chemical industry female executives local to the Houston area will be coming in to lead roundtables with participants. The intention for this session is to give participants visibility and access to industry leaders and allow for more intimate dialogue. Participants will be matched with these leaders based on interests and expertise. Examples of roundtable topics will include Net Zero Emissions, Vulnerability Based Leadership, Procurement Best Practices, etc.

Long before the era of ‘quiet quitting,’ loneliness was a social pandemic in our society. In an age of polarization, disconnection, and shallow substitutes for real relationships, every leader needs to know how to build and maintain meaningful relationships with clients and teams alike in our hybrid reality. Drawing from Riaz’s years of experience interviewing established leaders in business, entertainment and innovation, audiences will be engaged in an experience that is a candid and far-ranging look at how authentic conversations help you reinvent yourself, re-energize your teams, and move your business forward.

Wrap up the day a celebrating with this robust community at a networking happy hour for participants, local industry stakeholders, and roundtable leaders.