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RECKLESS PURSUIT

What Do Dreams Know of Boundaries?

Women in Business Conference 2025

November 5, 2024 | Abundant Life CORE Bldg

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"Everyone has oceans to fly, if they have the heart to do it.

Is it reckless? Maybe.

But what do dreams know of boundaries?"

— AMELIA EARHART

A Conference For Women, By Women

Charting Bold Courses in Business & Beyond

Why a Reckless Pursuit?

American Aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart once stated, "Please know that I am aware of the hazards. I want to do it because I want to do it."

As the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932, she knew a thing or two about taking risks.

She encouraged women to ambitiously challenge the status quo and push against the societal boundaries placed upon them.

"Women must try to do things as men have tried," she wrote in a note for her husband in 1937, ahead of her planned voyage around the world. "When they fail, their failure must be a challenge to others".

With the tools, resources, and wisdom presented at the 2025 Women in Business Conference, our hope is that you will be empowered to confidently (and some may say, recklessly) move forward in the direction of your dreams, charting bold courses in your own career and beyond.

More About The Conference

The Lee’s Summit Chamber’s Women in Business Conference aims to connect female business professionals in eastern Jackson County and beyond through impactful programming, networking opportunities and educational training.

The conference is hosted in Lee’s Summit, Missouri but its reach extends beyond city limits into all parts of eastern Jackson County, Lafayette, Johnson and Cass County.

We invite women of all backgrounds and professional stages of their careers.

Whether you are a young professional just starting out in your career, a budding or seasoned entrepreneur, or someone with years of experience, we welcome all to join this impactful conference.

Commercial Insurance Specalist, Inszone Insurance Services

Keynote Speaker

Morning Keynote

Lori Robertson

The Secret Sauce For Leadership Communication

We know it when we see it. Compelling, engaging, inspiring communication that connects and moves us. Sadly, we recognize when it's missing, too. But what is it?

What's that secret sauce that makes some leaders more engaging, connecting and moving...regardless of seniority or position?

Based on the game-changing characteristics that make some communicators more impactful than others,
this talk focuses less on WHAT leaders say and more on WHO leaders are, HOW they show up and communicate consistently with their teams and audiences and HOW they deliver the messages that propel their teams to better results as they think and act differently.

The best news? These “ingredients” are available to every leader and can be put to immediate use to engage, connect and move any audience, on any topic and at any time. This talk focuses on elements of: authenticity, storytelling, charisma, empathy, energy and confidence.

Women In Leadership Panel

For Women, By Women.

Sharing Influences, Successes & Stories of The High-Pressure Conditions That Turned Them to Diamonds

Kim Randolph Davis
CEO/President, The Heartland Black Chamber of Commerce

Donna Lake

Assistant City Manager, City of Lee's Summit, Missouri

Lexi Johnson

CEO/Founder, Lexi J. Wellness Co.

Sandy Stover

CEO/Founder, Team Cadence Consultants

Aside from her work at The Heartland Black Chamber of Commerce, Kim Randolph Davis is the founder and CEO of INC U LLC, a recognized leader in the local, regional and national markets. She also holds the title of partner at KWAME KC, one of the nation’s preeminent construction management/design-build firms based in St. Louis.

Donna Lake brings more than 30 years of public sector experience to her role as assistant city manager for the City of Lee’s Summit, including her time as fire chief for the City of Kansas City, Missouri. Before her time as fire chief, she served in the Kansas City, Missouri City Manager’s office as assistant city manager.

As the CEO and Founder of Lexi J Wellness Co., an at-home fitness and wellness business, Lexi Johnson works tirelessly to help others set life-changing habits in motion. What began as recorded guided workout videos in her unfinished basement has blossomed into a booming business with clients in all 50 states and 8 countries.

Sandy Stover is a speaker, leadership guide and consultant with 23 years of service in both the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Army. She has successfully led military teams through challenging operations, deployments and state emergencies. Sandy leverages her extensive leadership experience gained as a military officer and mother of five.