Not long after the La Crosse Area Chamber of Commerce named Beth Davis its first female CEO since 1868, Tiffany Rice brought in studio two of their panelists for Thursday’s Women’s Leadership Summit.

Those panelists are Gundersen Medical Foundation vice president Lindsay Preston and La Crosse Community Foundation CEO Jamie Schloegel.

The summit happens from noon-4 p.m. at the UW-La Crosse Bluffs Ballroom, though there may be an even bigger woman in leadership crashing campus that same day.

On the show, we breakdown what the summit is all about and actually get into some of the topics that will be brought up to the panel, including misperceptions of women in leadership, expectations of women and finding support.

Chamber of Commerce panel at the Women's Leadership Summit

• Buffet Lunch as guests arrive.
• Intros: New CEO, Beth Franklin
• Welcome by Rep Jill Billings
• Panel of three local women (2 of them will be present at the studio)
• Dessert/Coffee Bar with Networking Time and Time to visit Exhibitors
• Keynote
• Door Prizes (provided by exhibitors)

Summit highlights:

• 20 local small women-owned businesses that will be present as exhibitors promoting their small businesses.  Attendees will have time to visit with them and learn about their businesses and also enter to win door prizes.  
• Keynote speaker is Gina Glover. Website: GinaConnects - Career Coach and Speaker  
• Her topic is:  Dial Up Your Influence: Specific Strategies that Stick: 
• We all have an influence on those around us, whether we consider ourselves an influencer or not. 
• John Maxwell quipped "Leadership is influence - nothing more, nothing less." This talk delves into the specific strategies you can use to dial up your influence – with your colleagues, your customers, and your community.
• Partnered with Downtown Mainstreet and its Taste of Downtown that evening. Tickets can be purchased for that event in combination with Women's Leadership Summit at a discounted rate.  
• One table will be for seven Guests of Honor, which includes local women doing extraordinary things in the community.