GENERAL SESSION: Catalyzing Confidence

Saturday, October 26, 2024 1:00 PM-2:00 PM Mile High Ballroom
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Noted fashion entrepreneur, best-selling author, and former McKinsey & Company consultant Lisa Sun challenges us to think differently about confidence. Through proprietary research and stories, Sun has cracked the code to help women build self-worth on their own terms. By sharing the eight strengths that every woman can call upon to be successful, she inspires us to harness our superpowers and use gravitas to advance personally and professionally. Following the session, you can purchase your copy of Sun's book, GRAVITAS: The 8 Strengths That Redefine Confidence, and get it signed. Sponsored by Optimal Blue.

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Introductions

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    Sara Karam Holtz

    Chief Marketing Officer, Optimal Blue, LLC

    Sara Holtz is chief marketing officer (CMO) at Optimal Blue. Sara is responsible for the vision, strategy, planning, development, and execution of Optimal Blue’s comprehensive marketing and communications efforts. She has over 25 years of experience in marketing and communications, including almost 20 years spent in the mortgage and financial services industries. Sara’s previous positions have included vice president of demand marketing and communications for ICE Mortgage Technology, part of Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), AVP of marketing for PremierOne Credit Union, and senior director of communications for Ellie Mae. A bridge between insight and impact, Sara drives alignment across teams to embrace purpose and vision, while focusing on objectives that push business forward. Sara has a bachelor’s degree in communications from St. Mary’s University and a master’s in creative writing from the University of North Texas.

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    Lisa Sun

    GRAVITAS Founder and CEO, Best Selling Author

    Lisa Sun is the founder and CEO of GRAVITAS, a company she founded in 2012 with a mission to catalyze confidence. Its origin was inspired by her first professional review where she was told she “lacked gravitas,” and “should go buy a new dress, big jewelry, and great shoes.” With those words in mind, an understanding of the transformative power of clothing, and a determination to create a game-changing company, Sun filed for a global patent to build shapewear directly into dresses. GRAVITAS offers innovative size-inclusive apparel, styling solutions, and content designed to makeover women from the inside-out. Two months after launch, her first collection was featured in O, The Oprah Magazine, PEOPLE, and "TODAY" in the same month. In addition to being a changemaker and entrepreneur, Sun is the national bestselling author of GRAVITAS: The 8 Strengths That Redefine Confidence. In the book, she shares her own journey, as well as the superpowers that anyone can call upon to be confident and successful. Prior to founding GRAVITAS, Sun spent 11 years at McKinsey and Company where she advised leading luxury, fashion and beauty brands and retailers in the US, Asia, Europe and Latin America on strategic and operational issues. She graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Yale University with distinction in Biology and Political Science.

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