Susan Freeman

December 11, 2021

AWESOME WOMAN - PERIOD, Networking, Team Building, Thought Leadership, Story Telling, Diversity & Inclusion, DEI, Equity, Human Resources

Wonder Woman in Business, Rebecca Baumgartner

Susan Freeman

December 11, 2021

AWESOME WOMAN - PERIOD, Networking, Team Building, Thought Leadership, Story Telling, Diversity & Inclusion, DEI, Equity, Human Resources

Rebecca Baumgartner is the Vice President of Human Resources for the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce. As a champion for personal and professional wellbeing, Rebecca brings her extensive background in human resources, organizational development, and diversity, equity, and inclusion to help others strengthen their personal awareness and build new skills to more powerfully navigate their journey. She draws from skill sets such as emotional intelligence, positive psychology, resilience, and courageous leadership to support others in their goals to become more inclusive and more impactful leaders to themselves and others.

Rebecca is skilled in professional and leadership development, coaching, and the strategic planning and implementation of diversity and inclusion programs, initiatives, and efforts. She has been a featured speaker for organizations such as National Association for Legal Professionals, Association of Law Firm Diversity Professionals, Tulane School of Law, Central Exchange, Anheuser-Busch, Hallmark, and the Professional Development Consortium. Additionally, she has contributed to and written for publications such as Forbes, The American Lawyer, Working Mother Media, and The Good Men Project. Rebecca was featured by InsightsSuccess as one of the “10 Most Inspiring Business Women in 2021.”

Rebecca sits on the board of the Northland Symphony and Orchestra, dedicated to providing music and arts education to youth in the community, as well as the Racial Equity and Inclusion Kansas City organization. She serves on the Patron Committee for UnitedWe, is an Advisory Board Member for the Conscious Inclusion Company – a national diversity, equity and inclusion consulting organization – and is a faculty member for the Executive Leadership Institute. Rebecca has also dedicated her time to national committees including the Law Firm Anti-Racism Alliance Voting Rights Committee and the National Diversity Council.

Connect with Rebecca

Rebecca Baumgartner

Certified Diversity Executive, PHR, SHRM-SCP

Vice President, Human Resources

30 West Pershing Road, Suite 301

Kansas City, MO 64108

Phone: (816) 221-2424

rbaumgartner@kcchamber.com > www.kcchamber.com

FOR A GREATER KANSAS CITY

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Susan Freeman

January 26, 2021

Executive Coaching, Keynote Speaker, Legal, Lawyer, Networking, Strategy, Team Building, Women Leaders

Wonder Woman in Business, Deb Feder

Susan Freeman

January 26, 2021

Executive Coaching, Keynote Speaker, Legal, Lawyer, Networking, Strategy, Team Building, Women Leaders

Deb Feder is a business development coach, strategist, owner and CEO of Feder Development LLC, a consulting firm focused on helping lawyers bring in consistent clients through curious, confident conversations and changing the way we view productivity for professionals.

Deb believes in dropping excuses and simple productivity solutions. Using LinkedIn as a platform to validate and share ideas, Deb helps professionals engage in meaningful content and connections. For the last decade, Deb has committed herself to changing the way we think about work-life balance and tackle high stakes work, allowing for big careers and enjoying our free time. Deb leads the community in dropping excuses, getting productive, and bringing in business through the monthly membership program, Focus30.

Prior to founding Feder Development, Deb practiced corporate law for 15 years and holds a history degree from the University of Michigan and her JD/MBA from the University of Iowa. Deb completed her coach training and certification through New Ventures West and completed the training in The Daring Way™, which is based on the research of Dr. Brené Brown. As a contributing author to the best-selling anthology #Networked, Deb shares her common-sense approach to building business relationships. Deb is a frequent speaker at conferences, podcasts, CLE programs, and corporate retreats on business development, productivity, networking, authenticity, and communication.

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If Giovanni Boccoccio Zoomed into 2020, was a lawyer instead of a writer, and spent copious amounts of time writing posts on LinkedIn rather than writing Italian Renaissance literature, The Decameron may have looked a lot different. Replace the bucolic Florentine countryside with a fast-paced social networking site, the ten carefree Italian youths with fifty ambitious, hard-charging women lawyers, and The Decameron may look a lot like #Networked, the first book of its kind to emerge from the COVID-19 global pandemic.#Networked is the much anticipated 20-chapter anthology written by 20 women lawyers who met through a networking group on LinkedIn in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Much like the framework of the Decameron, each chapter in #Networked is written by one woman describing both her individual and collective experience and role within the group. The women’s stories touch upon many of Boccaccio’s universal themes of the human condition: human will, love, virtue, and societal tension. Make no mistake, not all themes in #Networked transcend time, this is a modern anthology. The protagonists are all very much entrenched in 2020 with plenty of emphasis given to careers, work-life balance, and the best lighting for virtual calls. The multi-dimensional characters also dig deep conquering topics such as infertility, addiction, allyship, feminism, and mental health. Their stories are familiar. They are the stories of thousands of other professional women living during this era. They serve as inspiration and offer hope that the pandemic wasn’t a time of destruction at all, but rather a time of opportunity and growth. As one of the authors wrote “It was the birth of a whole new me, or rather a whole new we.”

Buy the Book

Connect with Deb

Business Development Coach & Consultant

Focus30: https://store.debfeder.com/Focus30

Website: debfeder.com

Connect to #BizDeb: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bizdeb/

Phone: 816.309.5297

Are you ready to build your business for the life you want to live?

Susan Freeman

November 16, 2020

Books, Lawyer, Legal, Networking, Women Leaders

Wonder Woman in Business, Lisa Lang, Esq.

Susan Freeman

November 16, 2020

Books, Lawyer, Legal, Networking, Women Leaders

Lisa Lang.jpg — Lisa Lang, Esq.

General Counsel
Kentucky State University

Lisa K. Lang currently serves as the General Counsel for Kentucky State University, a role she has had for three years. Lisa first began her career as a lawyer working as an associate attorney specializing in insurance defense for a law firm in Louisville, Kentucky. She left that firm in 2008 to work for the Commonwealth of Kentucky. She first worked in the Office of the Attorney General as an Assistant Attorney General and then for the Kentucky Department of Education in a variety of in-house counsel roles until taking her current position at Kentucky State.

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#Networked

If Giovanni Boccoccio Zoomed into 2020, was a lawyer instead of a writer, and spent copious amounts of time writing posts on LinkedIn rather than writing Italian Renaissance literature, The Decameron may have looked a lot different. Replace the bucolic Florentine countryside with a fast-paced social networking site, the ten carefree Italian youths with fifty ambitious, hard-charging women lawyers, and The Decameron may look a lot like #Networked, the first book of its kind to emerge from the COVID-19 global pandemic.#Networked is the much anticipated 20-chapter anthology written by 20 women lawyers who met through a networking group on LinkedIn in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Much like the framework of the Decameron, each chapter in #Networked is written by one woman describing both her individual and collective experience and role within the group. The women’s stories touch upon many of Boccaccio’s universal themes of the human condition: human will, love, virtue, and societal tension. Make no mistake, not all themes in #Networked transcend time, this is a modern anthology. The protagonists are all very much entrenched in 2020 with plenty of emphasis given to careers, work-life balance, and the best lighting for virtual calls. The multi-dimensional characters also dig deep conquering topics such as infertility, addiction, allyship, feminism, and mental health. Their stories are familiar. They are the stories of thousands of other professional women living during this era. They serve as inspiration and offer hope that the pandemic wasn’t a time of destruction at all, but rather a time of opportunity and growth. As one of the authors wrote “It was the birth of a whole new me, or rather a whole new we.”

Buy the Book

Connect with Lisa:

Lisa K. Lang

LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisak-lang/

#LawyerLisaLang

Susan Freeman

June 16, 2020

Networking, Team Building, Wellness

Wonder Woman in Business, Kathryn Jarrett

Susan Freeman

June 16, 2020

Networking, Team Building, Wellness

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PT, DPT, MS

Kathryn Jarrett guides the busy woman on how to find "A Pretty Balance", allowing her to recognize and harness her power in relationships, health, and business. She is a branding expert, top income earner and elite team leader in a strong network marketing company. Kathryn's six figure income is reflective of the large team that she is building and supporting. They collectively generated $2.2 Million in team sales for 2019 and are on track to surpass $3M in team sales for 2020. She has reached the top of her company’s pay plan and now leads other women towards the same.

Through her branding work, Kathryn currently offers a course called "Balanced Branding" in which she helps business women establish a powerful and effective online branding strategy. She specifically helps women in business strengthen their online presence and following, so they may generate significant income and impact.

Kathryn is a Mom, CEO of a busy, blended family and has her Doctorate in Physical Therapy. She is an active part of the South Shore, MA community and is a supporter of small businesses and women empowerment. She is creating an amazing impact both online and locally to help hundreds of women discover and leverage their power within to reach greater balance and success in both business and life. Kathryn calls this, A Pretty Balance.