Present

Coverage of the 2024 Luncheon

Wednesday, May 14 2025

Join Berkshire Bank, in partnership with the Southwestern Vermont Chamber, for a rich and candid lunch with conversations on careers and leadership as we learn how successful women advanced and built their careers with confidence. Find out what inspires them, the challenges they faced along the way, and how they have played a big role in their businesses, organizations and communities.

The 4th Annual Southwestern Vermont Women In Leadership Luncheon celebrates and encourages the many women leaders in the Southwestern Vermont region, while creating connections, partnerships, and friendships with those in attendance.   

 

Location

Hildene’s Lincoln Hall

1005 Hildene Road 
Manchester, Vermont 05254


Schedule of Events

●      12:00pm - 12:30pm: Arrival and networking

●      12:30pm - 1:00pm: Lunch served and Welcome

○      Welcome from the SWVT Chamber, our venue hosts, and Berkshire Bank

●      1:00pm - 1:20pm: Keynote (to be announced soon!)

●      1:20pm - 1:45pm: Awards presented

●      2:00pm - 2:30pm: Conclusion and continued networking

 

Lunch Provided by:

Menu coming soon!

 

previous 2024 Keynote: KATE WHITE

Author Kate White

Bestselling author and former Editor-in-Chief of Cosmopolitan magazine

Kate White is the NY Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author of eighteen novels of suspense, including her newest release The Last Time She Saw Him.

For fourteen years Kate served as the editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan, which under her became the most successful magazine in single copy sales in the U.S. Though she loved her magazine career, she decided to leave ten years ago to concentrate full-time on another passion: writing suspense fiction. She is also the author of several bestselling career books, including I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: How to Ask for the Money, Snag the Promotion, and Create the Career You Deserve, and the ground-breaking Why Good Girls Don’t Get Ahead but Gutsy Girls Do. Married and the mother of two children, she divides her time between New York City and Las Flores, Uruguay. She holds an honorary doctorate of letters from her alma mater, Union College.

 

Nominate a Woman Leader!

Nominations Will Close on Friday, April 11

Presented to a young woman between the ages of 21 and 40 for outstanding leadership and service and is seen by her peers as a woman on the rise.

Past Recipients:

  • Kaiya Kirk (2022)

  • Val Harrington (2023)

  • Andie Fusco (2024)

Presented to a woman in 2024 for her outstanding leadership and service to her organization, community and career.

Past Recipients:

  • Susan Plaisance (2022)

  • Lani DePonte-Disorda (2023)

  • Kate Bryan (2024)

Presented to a woman who, throughout her lifetime, has made outstanding business/nonprofit leadership contributions to her community, while inspiring other women through mentorship and support.

Past Recipients:

  • Carolyn Blitz (2022)

  • Lana Hauben (2023)

  • Sheela Harden (2024)

Learn who will receive these awards at the May 14 Luncheon!

 

Thank you 2024 additional supporters and sponsors

These businesses and organizations support women in leadership roles, so you should support them!