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Presented by the Walnut Creek Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau in conjunction with John Muir Health and Stanford Medicine Children's Health, the EBWC remains the only conference of its kind in San Francisco’s East Bay that provides women opportunities to come together and participate in programs of personal and professional enrichment and development.

This distinctive conference blends premier keynote speakers and interactive seminars on timely topics presented by industry experts, exhibitor booths, a fully stocked bookstore, speaker meet and greets, author signings, and networking opportunities. Conference highlights include continental breakfast, lunch, and an afternoon reception with wine, hors d’oeuvres, entertainment, and more.

2023 Keynote Speakers

Katie Sowers: Former Coach, Kansas City Chiefs and Former Assistant Coach, San Francisco 49ers

The first woman and openly gay coach to coach in a Super Bowl, former San Francisco 49ers Offensive Assistant Coach, Katie Sowers paves the way for equality in the workplace. Coach Sowers is Defensive Coordinator and Director of Operations of the Ottawa University women’s flag football program and Ottawa’s Director of Athletic Strategic Initiatives. She is the Offensive and Defensive Scheme Advisor for the Ottawa Braves, coaching them to a national championship. She also coached a year with the Kansas City Chiefs under the Bill Walsh Diversity Fellowship. 

Katie is listed as one of the “100 Most Influential Women in Sport” by Sport360. Other awards include Outsports’ 2017 “Female Hero of the Year” and named to the Bleacher Report “Power 50.” In addition, Katie has been featured in ESPN, USA Today, NFL.com, Forbes, and Outsports.

Carla Harris: Senior Client Advisor, Morgan Stanley

Carla Harris is a Senior Client Advisor at Morgan Stanley. She was most recently as a Vice Chairman responsible for increasing client connectivity and penetration to enhance revenue generation across the firm. She formerly headed the Emerging Manager Platform, the equity capital markets effort for the consumer and retail industries and was responsible for Equity Private Placements. In her 30+ year career, Ms. Harris has had extensive industry experiences in the technology, media, retail, telecommunications, transportation, industrial, and healthcare sectors. In August 2013, Carla Harris was appointed by President Barack Obama to chair the National Women’s Business Council.
For more than a decade, Ms. Harris was a senior member of the equity syndicate desk and executed such transactions as initial public offerings for UPS, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Ariba, Redback, the General Motors sub-IPO of Delphi Automotive, and the $3.2 Billion common stock transaction for Immunex Corporation, one of the largest biotechnology common stock transactions in U.S. history. Ms. Harris was named to Fortune Magazine’s list of “The 50 Most Powerful Black Executives in Corporate America”, Fortune’s Most Influential List, U. S. Bankers Top 25 Most Powerful Women in Finance (2009, 2010, 2011), Black Enterprise’s Top 75 Most Powerful Women in Business (2017), and “Top 75 African Americans on Wall Street”, and to Essence Magazine’s list of “The 50 Women Who are Shaping the World”, Ebony’s list of the Power 100 and “15 Corporate Women at the Top” and was named “Woman of the Year 2004” by the Harvard Black Men’s Forum and in 2011 by the Yale Black Men’s Forum.

Princess Sarah Culberson: Philanthropist, Thought Leader, Educator, Writer, TEDx Speaker, Artist

Princess Sarah has an extraordinary journey that has been featured on CNN, GMA, BBC among numerous other publications worldwide which has trended #1 globally in over 60 countries. She is an internationally known thought leader, TEDx speaker, artist, and educator whose work addresses biracial and cultural identity and raises awareness of issues impacting Sierra Leone.
She shared the story of reuniting with her birth father in A Princess Found: An American Family, an African Chiefdom, and the Daughter Who Connected Them All, coauthored with Tracy Trivas and published by St. Martin’s Press. A Princess Found is now being adapted into a major motion picture for Disney Studios by award-winning filmmaker Stephanie Allain. Princess Sarah has also been honored with receiving the prestigious Trumpet Impact Award.
Princess Sarah and her brother Hindo Joseph Kposowa [pah-SOH-wah] founded the non-profit Sierra Leone Rising which provides clean drinking water, sanitary pads for girls, education, medical attention, resources to build schools and technology centers, and more throughout Sierra Leone. Her work in business and technology has led her to create upcoming projects including an animation show with Randy Jackson as well as a Roblox game to connect and educate children about cultures around the world.

PROGRAM CHANGE Kathy Najimy extends her sincere regrets that, due to a sudden illness, she will not be able to join us on March 7. We are excited to welcome Katie Sowers to our dynamic lineup of EBWC speakers.

• Attendee Registration Check-in & Badge Printing: 7:00 AM to 8:30 AM
• Conference: 8:30 AM to 4:45 PM

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Tickets are non-refundable; however, registered guests have the option to notify the Ticket Office of an alternate guest to attend in their place.

In the event an advertised speaker is unable to fulfill their commitment, Walnut Creek Chamber reserves the right to make a substitution.

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