2021 Women in Business Luncheon 9/16 Sponsored by Van Horn Nissan Stevens Point

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WOMEN IN BUSINESS LUNCHEON - Thursday, September 16, 2021

This Women in Business event is sponsored by Van Horn Nissan Stevens Point.  The event provides an opportunity for women in the Central Wisconsin area to network safely, talk about issues that affect their daily professional lives, learn something new and have fun doing it.  This event will includes a guest speaker, lunch and network development.  Women in Business is open to the public.

Thursday, September 16, 2021
11:15AM to 1:00PM
​Master of Ceremonies: Radio Personality - Nikki Montgomery from Midwest Communications
Location: Holiday Inn Hotel & Convention Center, Stevens Point, WI
CDC Guidelines and those of the Holiday Inn will be followed. Seating arrangements will be made to allow for 6 people to a table. Hand sanitizers will be available. Seating will be limited so register early!
 
Plated lunch consisting of a side Salad with spring mix, celery leaves, tomatoes, radish, cucumbers, red cabbage, with toasted sesame vinaigrette; Teriyaki Chicken Stir Fry with broccoli, carrots, onion, mushroom, red and green peppers, and seasoned white rice. Fortune Cookies for dessert, and ice tea and ice water with lemon.

(Vegetarian or Gluten Free Options available only upon request)
  
Join us for our Women in Business Luncheon with special guest speaker State Representative Katrina Shankland.

 
Title of Presentation: "Choosing Public Service"

About the Program: Government can sometimes feel overwhelming, mystifying, or even intimidating to some people. This Women in Business presentation seeks to familiarize the audience with accessible entry points for advocacy and participation in government and to empower people to make a difference in their community and state. Audience members will hear from Rep. Katrina Shankland about her experiences, and will learn tools that will help them support their communities through their own forms of public service.

Attendees will learn: 
- How to turn passion into effective advocacy
- How to participate in government, including best practices for how to lobby legislators on issues of importance
- Ways to make an impact locally through volunteering, public service, and more

About our Speaker: Representative Katrina Shankland lives in Stevens Point and represents Wisconsin's 71st Assembly District, which covers most of Portage County. Rep. Shankland currently serves as the ranking member on the Assembly Committee on Workforce Development, and is a member of the Assembly Committee on the Environment, the Assembly Committee on Colleges & Universities, the Assembly Committee on Sporting Heritage, the Assembly Committee on Agriculture, and the Governor's Council on Workforce Investment. She is also Vice Chair of the Wisconsin Legislative Paper Caucus. When she was first elected, Rep. Shankland was the youngest member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, and she served as its youngest ever Assistant Minority Leader during her second term. She is currently serving her fifth consecutive term in office.

In addition to her legislative service, Rep. Shankland recently received her Masters in Community and Organizational Leadership from UW-Stevens Point. In her free time, she enjoys long walks with her dogs Stitch and Lyra, visiting Central Wisconsin's many breweries, distilleries, and wineries with her husband Jed, and enjoying the natural beauty, incredible people and community events that make the Stevens Point area so special.

To add to the fun, door prizes will be handed out after the show, along with a 50/50 raffle winner announcement.  

Please contact Karen Myers at 715-344-1940 or karenm@portagecountybiz.com   if you have ideas or requests for speakers or topics.

Click on the pictures below from our 2020 event. Please note that pictures are taken at our events and if you opt out of your image being used to promote the event and the Portage County Business Council please contact us. Thank you!
 
Special thanks to Van Horn Nissan Stevens Point for their Sponsorship of the event.