Stop Balancing. Start Building Your Life of And 
Tiffany Sauder
Founder, Life of And | Former CEO, Element Three

The women in banking didn’t get here by balancing. They got here by building. Long hours, hard calls, relationships earned over years. Careers worth being proud of. And somewhere along the way, many of them began to wonder: Is this sustainable? Can I keep building at work and still be the person I want to be at home? 
This keynote is for them. 
Tiffany Sauder built a marketing agency from zero to eight figures while raising four daughters alongside her husband. She didn’t do it by choosing career over family, or family over career. She did it by rejecting the premise that she had to choose at all, and building something that could hold both. She calls it living the Life of And. 

In this 90-minute opening keynote, Tiffany brings the honest, unfiltered story of what it actually looks like to build a life that holds both ambition and meaning, not perfectly, but on purpose. She’ll challenge the audience to stop trying to balance competing demands and start actively building the life they actually want, with a practical framework for making the decisions that shape it. 

Attendees will leave with: 
• A new vocabulary for the tension they've been living, and why naming it changes everything 
• Tiffany's framework for making the big decisions that define a career and a life 
• Permission to stop optimizing for a life that looks good from the outside and start building one that works from the inside 
• Practical tools for designing what "and" looks like in their own context, at work, at home, and in leadership 

This is not a session about having it all. It's about deciding what "all" means to you and having the courage to go after it. 

Economic Update 
Lauren Henderson
Sr. Economist & Director, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc.

This session will look at the current state of the economy and what it means going forward for overall growth, interest rates and monetary policy. It covers macro-economic trends in consumer spending and investment, in addition to new monetary and fiscal policy initiatives and the potential economic effects of these changes. It also will examine the changing global and political environment, and how it will affect the economy. 

Participants will leave this session able to advise management teams on the possible effect of economic issues on their organizations.

Your Resilience ROI: Why You’re Worth the Investment
April Lewis
President & CEO, A. Lewis Academy, Inc.

In the ever-evolving world of banking, women are holding more weight than ever, navigating new technologies, increasing regulations, unpredictable customers, and sometimes… that coworker. But what if you could lead with less chaos and more calm, without sacrificing results?
 
In this high-energy, laugh-out-loud, and deeply real keynote, April Lewis shares her most requested message on how to bounce back from burnout, stay grounded under pressure, and lead with clarity, connection, and confidence. You’ll learn how to make daily “deposits” into your resiliency bank, so when stress hits, you’ve got the reserves to handle it all.
 
This isn’t about just thinking positively. You’ll learn how to show up fully, lead boldly, and take control of your calm in the middle of chaos.

Roundtable Discussions - Session 1

• Boundaries That Stick
• The Reality of Balance
• Imposter Syndrome: Let’s Actually Talk About It
• Burnout in Banking
• Building a Culture Where Woman Stay
• The Power of No
• Owning Your Ambition
• Energy Management – Time Management
• Skills, Education, Experience and Mentoring

Roundtable Discussions - Session 2

• Boundaries That Stick
• The Reality of Balance
• Imposter Syndrome: Let’s Actually Talk About It
• Burnout in Banking
• Building a Culture Where Woman Stay
• The Power of No
• Owning Your Ambition
• Energy Management – Time Management
• Skills, Education, Experience and Mentoring

Own Your Story
Nicole Pence Becker
Owner & Operator, Pence Media Group
Award-Winning Public Relations, Branding & Marketing Expert

During this session you will learn that your reputation enters the room before you do and will give you a practical framework for building visibility, trust, and a professional reputation you will be proud of – blending personal narrative, confidence, and Nicole’s proven “visibility creates opportunity” framework. 

The Passion Piece: Today We Create an Encyclopedia of You
Cindy Skalicky
Founder and CEO, On Point Communications LLC
Executive Communications Strategist, Speaker & Best-Selling Author

Has this happened to you? You present your plan to the board, the strategy lands, and you leave thinking, "I could have shown up stronger." You sit down to close a new loan, and you feel vanilla with your customer. You forgot your sparkle. Or you introduce yourself in a new inner circle. You open with your title, years of service, and work-speak. People reach for their phones.

These are missed moments to shine.

Banking is built on relationships. Women seem to have a PhD in building them.
In her Day 2 opening keynote, you will learn to build your Passion Piece. If you were asked to write out why you love what you love, how exactly would you do it? That's the mission. You'll listen, ponder, and write in silence. You walk out with high-value, specific language that differentiates you with stakeholders. The Passion Piece separates you from others. It makes you memorable in the moments when decisions are made.

You've never done a piece quite like this. Cindy brings the paper and pens. You bring you.

Own Your 50: Leading Yourself Through Challenging Times
Amy Woodall
Founder, Conscious Habit
Executive Coach, Keynote Speaker & Host of Conscious Conversations

We spend so much energy waiting for the external world to settle so we can finally feel better. Waiting for the deal to land. Waiting for things to calm down. Waiting for the right circumstances to show up.
What if the real work happens on the inside first?
In this talk, Amy Woodall explores how our inner world directly shapes what we're able to receive and respond to in the outer world. Challenges aren’t obstacles to peace; they’re mirrors. They show us exactly what’s happening inside, and they give us the power to change it. Own Your 50 is about reclaiming agency, regardless of what we face. When we lead ourselves first, everything shifts.