March 2 - Women. Leadership. Faith. conference

3/2/2012
8 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

The Lipscomb University College of Arts and Sciences presents the second annual Women. Leadership. Faith. conference, featuring Sophia A. Nelson, author of "Black Woman Redefined: Dispelling Myths and Discovering Fulfillment in the Age of Michelle Obama," and Cordia Harrington, CEO of the Tennessee Bun Company.

As one of only a handful of African American female national opinion writers and political/cultural pundits, Nelson contributes to The Washington Post, CNN Opinion, TheGrio.com, TheRoot.com, NPR, and is featured regularly on all of the major networks as well as Cable outlets such as CNN, MSNBC, FOX and BET.

She is a former United States House of Representatives Committee Counsel, and a Defense Industry Lobbyist with the “top 25” nationally ranked law firm of Holland & Knight LLP. Among her industry accomplishments, Nelson served as a Director of Congressional & Public Affairs at the United States Chamber of Commerce, as an Associate at the law firm of Horn Goldberg Gorny Daniels Plackter & Weiss, and as President & CEO of ALN Consulting, Inc.

Her first book Black Woman Redefined examines the inner lives of accomplished black women and was published in 2011.

The women's conference will be held Friday, March 2, beginning at 8 a.m. in the Swang Chapel in the Ezell Center on the Lipscomb campus. Cost to attend is $95. Cost for Lipscomb students is $25.

Well-known leaders within the community will dialogue with participants as they host discussions on managing self while leading others, facilitating wellness in the workplace and the home, developing faith-informed leadership strategies for women and incorporating authentic living into their decision-making processes. Take away a renewed sense of self and success.

To register, go to arts-sciences.lipscomb.edu.