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International Women's Day 2023 Celebration and Network!

Sheraton Raleigh Hotel

<h3>Women contribute to society, to family, the economy and the world. As we go through life, we set examples for the young women (daughters, nieces, students) and young people who look up to us.</h3><h3>This event is about diversity, equity and inclusion in action! Extraordinary women doing extraordinary things!</h3><h3>The list of amazing speakers is growing! YOU too can be on the panel with these amazing women! </h3><h3>N﻿etwork, connect, support, and grow!</h3><h3></h3><h3><strong>A﻿rrive at 1:00 and network!</strong></h3><h3>_﻿__________________________________________________________________</h3><h3>NC Secretary of State, Elaine Marshall</h3><h3>Raleigh's Mayor, Mary-Ann Baldwin</h3><h3>Deputy Director for Equity and Inclusion for Governor Cooper, Cristina Espana</h3><h3>Julia Kelley-Swift is the Coordinator at the Durham Tech Small Business Center.</h3><h3>F﻿arrah Morgan, CCO &amp; Founder Brand Jane Studio</h3><h3>Anna Smith-Felts, Attorney At Law, “Named Top 100 Trial Attorney</h3><h3>Julia Kelley-Swift, Center for Workforce Engagement</h3><h3>Honorary French Consulate, ED/Founder of L'ecole, Marie Claire Ribeill</h3><h3>Global Real Estate Chair, Fara Pourshariati</h3><h3></h3><h3>_﻿__________________________________________________________________</h3><h3>T﻿ake part of this amazing event:</h3><h3>1. Come and attend the event - (FREE ADMISSION)-please help us spread the word on social media-share the event link below.</h3><h3>2. Bring your niece, daughter, students etc.</h3><h3>3. Bring your family and attend the event for free (open to all)</h3><h3>4. Be an exhibitor for only $85</h3><h3>5. Present your idea/Share your experience as a sponsor ($250 sponsorship includes a booth)</h3><h3>6. Be a panelist as a major sponsor! Your experience can inspire others. Join the list of amazing sponsors for $500</h3><h3>Your sponsorship will help us pay for this free community event and is tax deductible.</h3><h3>Let's support these amazing women, who oftentimes put their families' needs first. Now it's time for them to shine!</h3><h3>Panel discussions, expert opinions, shared experiences and incredible stories about how to stand out in your field.</h3><h3>Encourage Young Women:</h3><h3>A group of we women will bid on their idea with either offering free consultations and/or mentorship in areas like:  accounting, business development, marketing, starting an LLC, banking, website creation, networking, product distribution. These young dreamers deserve our support, let's show them that they too can go for it and dream BIG!</h3><h3>* If you know a youngpreneur ideal to go on stage -please send their names as spots are limited to 6 only. (email: Bearta@NCVibes.com)</h3><h3>_﻿_____________________________________________________________</h3><h3>N﻿C Secretary of State, Elaine Marshall</h3><h3>Hon. Elaine F. Marshall, Secretary of State</h3><h3>NC Department of Secretary of State</h3><h3>In 1996, Secretary of State Elaine F. Marshall became the first woman elected to a statewide, executive branch office in North Carolina and has served as President of the National Association of Secretaries of State. A former teacher, small business owner, and private practice attorney, Secretary Marshall was elected to the NC State Senate before rising to statewide office.</h3><h3>Under Secretary Marshall’s administration, more than 1.8 million businesses have been formed, she has pioneered e-commerce in government, protected investors and intellectual property owners, and promoted financial capital formation in North Carolina.</h3><h3>Triangle Business Journal’s Lifetime Achievement Award for Women in Business, and was a 2018 Inductee for the NC Women Business Owners Hall of Fame. She has also received Lifetime Achievement Awards from North Carolina 4-H and the National 4-H Hall of Fame. She has received Honorary Doctorate Degrees from Campbell University, Lees-McRae College, Meredith College and the Republic of Moldova State University of Medicine.</h3><h3>_﻿______________________________________________________________</h3><h3>Raleigh's Mayor M﻿ary-Ann Baldwin</h3><h3>Elected in 2019 and 2022 - Advocate for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Affordable Housing / Homelessness, and Transit. </h3><h3>Serves as Chair of the City's Safe, Healthy, and Vibrant Community Committee and is a member of the Economic Development and Innovation Committee</h3><h3>Previously served as Chair of the City's Law &amp; Public Safety Committee and Transportation Committee</h3><h3>Served for nine years as City’s representatives to GoTriangle, our regional transit authority</h3><h3>Former member of the Budget &amp; Economic Development Committee, Public Works Committee, Comprehensive Planning Committee, Healthy Neighborhoods Committee, and Technology and Communications Committee</h3><h3>Representative to the Metro Mayor’s Coalition and liaison to the NC State Legislature</h3><h3>_﻿___________________________________________________________________</h3><h3>M﻿oderated by Elaina Athans, The coolest WTVD11 Reporter.</h3><h3>_﻿____________________________________________________________________</h3><h3>Panelists info:</h3><h3>Julia Kelley-Swift is the Coordinator at the Durham Tech Small Business Center. The Small Business Center (SBC) provides startup and existing entrepreneurs (for profit and nonprofit) with the information and tools needed to develop business ideas to become viable, sustainable, profitable, and successful. Through the services provided by the SBC, entrepreneurs receive assistance with several business areas including, but not limited to, business planning, marketing, legal, accounting, and financial management.</h3><h3>___________________________________________________</h3><h3>A﻿nna S.Felts</h3><h3>Attorney Anna S. Felts</h3><h3>Named one of the “Top 100 Trial Lawyers” by the National Trial Lawyers Association, Anna Smith Felts has dedicated her practice to helping others and litigating criminal defense cases from traffic to murder. Anna earned her Juris Doctorate from Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law at Campbell University (2001) and also attended Notre Dame School of Law in London, England where she studied International Human Rights and Comparative Family Law. </h3><h3>Upon graduation, she worked as a trial lawyer for former District Court Jerry Leonard until she hung her own shingle in 2005, focusing her practice on criminal defense cases in District and Superior Courts. For more than 20 years, she has been involved in numerous high-profile cases and frequently acts as an on-air legal consultant for CNN, Court TV, HLN, and several local news channels. Anna has been recognized for her dedication to her clients and her expertise in criminal law. She has won numerous awards in her field, serves on multiple charitable Boards and regularly teaches criminal defense to many top NC organizations.</h3><h3>________________________________________________________</h3><h3>Adriana Lanzas is a Business Counselor at the Small Business and Technology Development Center at NC State. </h3><h3>The primary mission of the SBTDC is to support economic development in the state by providing assistance in the start-up, successful operation and expansion of small and mid-size businesses and by facilitating technology development and transfer within the state's small business community.</h3><h3>Adriana was born in Nicaragua and attended the University of Florida, where she majored in Sociology with a concentration in Food and Resource Economics and Latin American Studies.  She has been a Small Business owner herself. She currently serves in the Black Wall Street Cities Forward Council for the City of Raleigh, and has a particular interest in helping minorities and immigrants become integrated to the economic fabric of the State, thrive and succeed.</h3><h3>Adriana Lanzas Business Counselor-Small Business &amp; Technology Development Center (SBTDC)</h3><h3>_﻿_________________________________________________________________</h3><h3>Marie-Claire Ribeill was Born in Millau in the South of France.</h3><h3>After obtaining an “agrégation” degree in English, she first taught English in Paris and then moved to England where she lived for 3 years. In 1993, she returned to France for 4 years to teach English. She moved to Raleigh, North Carolina, in 1998 where she currently resides.Marie-Claire worked for several non-profit organizations, worked as a docent at the NC Museum of Art and the NC Museum of History, and became very active in the French community in North Carolina, especially in Raleigh. Her involvement was noticed, and she was named Honorary Consul of France, in 2010. She extended her role to assisting French Companies looking to move or expand their activities in the US, including SKEMA Business School for which she started working as professor, then Development and External Relations officer, on their Raleigh campus. In March 2018 she became Executive Director of the French American Chamber of Commerce of the Carolinas (FACCC), until 2021.In 2009 she started and found financing for L’école- French School of Raleigh, a full immersion French school. The school now has130 students with a fully licensed pre-school, a bilingual primary school, summer camps and afterschool programs and tutoring. It aims to become the French High School of Raleigh by 2030. Marie-Claire is currently its Executive Director. </h3><h3>In 2017, she was involved in securing the funding of a building which is serving as La Maison de France and houses L’école and several French non-profit organizations including FACCC and the Alliance Française.Marie-Claire Ribeill is the secretary of the Consular Corps of NC. _________________________________________________________________</h3><h3>C﻿ristina Espana, Deputy Director for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Office of NC Governor Roy Cooper.</h3><h3>DEI, New Americans Integration, Career Diplomat, Cultural Promoter, Community Influencer, with knowledge in Marketing, Communication and Neuroscience.</h3><h3>Council Member – Women’s Business Center of North Carolina.</h3><h3>_﻿______________________________________________________________________</h3><h3>Fara Pourshariati- Being people person, having done many personal Real Estate Investment and loving everyday challenges and problem solving, she decided in 2016 to became a Real Estate Agent in NC and joined Fonville Morisey-Long and Foster Realty. Since then, has earned many Real Estate Designations and Certifications (CIPS, SRES, e-pro, ABR, RCA, ASP, CMP, SFR, AHWD, PSA, CLHMS, PMN, C2EX). She is the Seller, Buyer and Investor Representative.</h3><h3>_﻿__________________________________________________________________</h3><h3>Entertainment by Tyler Butler-Figueroa, a 15-year-old violinist from Raleigh NC. Tyler is a Leukemia Cancer Survivor, diagnosed at the age of 4 1/2, underwent 3 years of Chemotherapy and is now almost 8 years Cancer Free. Tyler is a freshman at Enloe High School. Tyler has been playing the violin for almost 8 years.</h3><h3>Tyler was a top 10 Finalist on the reality tv show America's Got Talent in 2019 and received the Golden Buzzer from Simon Cowell, Tyler performed on the Ellen Degeneres Show, Tyler performed 6 shows in Las Vegas with AGT Live On Stage and Tyler competed on America's Got Talent The Champions Edition in 2020 and finished 3rd place. Tyler just released his 1st album at the age of 15 and performs at weddings, parties, festivals and corporate events.Facebook: @TylerButlerFigueroaViolinist - https://www.facebook.com/TylerButlerFigueroaViolinistYouTube: @Tyler Butler-Figueroa, Violinist - https://www.youtube.com/TylerButlerFigueroaViolinistEmail: TylerButlerFigueroa@gmail.comBookings: https://forms.gle/KLaQ69HUntqg2Wmf6</h3><h3></h3><h3>REGISTER TO PARTICIPATE-be an exhibitor/vendor International Women's Day 2023 - Sunday - March 5th, 2023, 2:00-5:00- Downtown Raleigh Sheraton.</h3><h3>REGISTER AS A VENDOR, EXHIBITOR OR SPONSOR HERE:</h3><h2>https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdDUuFXVfKtPehsXIVNyui6sY-jljyB47RZu3hk9aYmHMb1Gg/viewform</h2><h3>_﻿________________________________________________________</h3><h3>P﻿lease write to NCVibes1@gmail.com</h3><h3>w﻿ww.NCVibes.com</h3>

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