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⏳ 4 Days Left — Secure Your Invite Today! ⏳The countdown continues! Each day, we’re spotlighting the conversations that ...
10/03/2025

⏳ 4 Days Left — Secure Your Invite Today! ⏳

The countdown continues! Each day, we’re spotlighting the conversations that make the 2025 NAWRB Leadership Summit a once-a-year experience. Today, we dive into one of the most critical survival topics of all…

💰 Session Spotlight: Access to Capital & Economic Survival 💰

Capital decides who gets to survive, grow, and rise. This session dives into what it takes to secure funding, protect family wealth, build partnerships, and spark impact. From community lending to entrepreneurial capital, family offices to housing equity, and philanthropy that fills the gaps — this is about money in motion and how it shapes the future.

Meet the Panelists:
• Cynthia West. — Assistant Dean, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Programs; The Leatherby Center for Entrepreneurship & Business Ethics, Clinical Associate Professor, Entrepreneurship; Argyros College of Business and Economics, Chapman University
• Tami Alecsa Kesselman — Founder, Next Gen Success LLC; Partner, LOHAS
• Vanessa Santos Montañez— Head of Community Lending; Senior Vice President, City National Bank
• Leslie Goedken — Founding Partner, Home Catalyst LLC
• Bleu Blakslee, IPA — Senior Philanthropic Advisor, formerly St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Save the Children US

This Summit is not about playing it safe — it’s about building systems, relationships, and opportunities that move your business forward and help you rise. Six days. One room. Every voice matters.
Let’s go!

Secure Your Spot → www.nawrbconference.com
2025 NAWRB Leadership Summit
October 6–7 | Long Beach Marriott

Theme: Survival of the Fittest — Resilience • Reinvention • Rise

👉 Check out our Survival Stories and get to know the leaders before you connect: https://lnkd.in/g_vC4vGG

5 Days Left until the 2025 NAWRB Leadership Summit!💡 Entrepreneurship in the Trenches 💡Entrepreneurship isn’t theory — i...
10/01/2025

5 Days Left until the 2025 NAWRB Leadership Summit!

💡 Entrepreneurship in the Trenches 💡

Entrepreneurship isn’t theory — it’s lived in the trenches. It’s raising capital when the runway is short, scaling when the system isn’t built for you, and reinventing when the rulebook changes overnight.

At the Summit, we’re bringing together powerhouse leaders who know the reality of building, breaking, and rebuilding again:

🎤 Panelists
Nicole Buffett — Founder of Nicole Buffett Studios; Granddaughter of Warren Buffett
Tracy A. McWilliams — Founder, Investor & CEO, Inspire Global Ventures; GP, Inspire Global Ventures Fund
Catherine Rhee — Managing Director of ECVC Groups; Senior Director, Asia Innovation Academy; Board Member, Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center
Elizabeth Perez-Rodriguez — CEO & Founder, GC Green — NESCO-VESCO; Former Deputy Secretary & State of CA DVBE Advocate
Stephanie Brown — CEO and Founder, THE ROSIE NETWORK; CEO and Co-Founder, U.S. Military Spouse Chamber of Commerce

In today’s tightened capital market, survival means connecting the right doors — investors, buyers, and partners — and doing it right. This session explores the real-life aspects of entrepreneurship — where some of the greatest returns are often invisible: the relationships, trust, and networks built along the way.

2025 NAWRB Leadership Summit
October 6–7 | Long Beach Marriott
Theme: Survival of the Fittest — Resilience • Reinvention • Rise

🎟 Be in the room: NAWRBconference.com

🌟 Featured Speaker: Darcy Totten 🌟Executive Director, California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls | Board Mem...
09/27/2025

🌟 Featured Speaker: Darcy Totten 🌟
Executive Director, California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls | Board Member, Leadership California | Gender Equity & Communications Strategist

We are 9 days out from the 2025 NAWRB Leadership Summit — and I’m honored to spotlight Darcy Totten a powerhouse leader in policy, advocacy, and crisis communications.

Darcy has spent over 20 years shaping public policy conversations, building coalitions, and advancing gender equity at the state and national levels. She authored the award-winning California Women’s Economic Blueprint for Pandemic Recovery, which led to 50+ pieces of legislation and touched the lives of 10M+ women statewide.

She created the Women Are Essential campaign, collaborated on two nation-leading grant programs (College Student Right to Access Act + Women’s Recovery Response Grant Program), and is recognized as one of Sacramento Business Journal’s 2023 “Women Who Mean Business.”

At the Summit, Darcy will share how to lead when the stakes are high — turning communication challenges into opportunities for connection, transformation, and systemic change.

💬 “Women must be seen. This summit is where everyone speaks. If you want people to know you, your expertise, and get on boards, they have to see you in action. You snooze, you lose.” — Desirée Patno

🔥 2025 NAWRB Leadership Summit 🔥
📅 October 6–7 | Long Beach Marriott
🎯 Theme: Survival of the Fittest — Resilience • Reinvention • Rise

🎟 Seats are almost gone — join us now: NAWRBconference.com

🌟 Featured Speaker: Elizabeth Perez-Rodriguez 🌟CEO & Founder, GCG-NESCO-VESCO | Former CA Deputy Secretary & DVBE Advoca...
09/26/2025

🌟 Featured Speaker: Elizabeth Perez-Rodriguez 🌟
CEO & Founder, GCG-NESCO-VESCO | Former CA Deputy Secretary & DVBE Advocate

Liz is a combat Navy veteran, clean energy CEO, and the only Native American woman veteran in the nation to own and lead a licensed renewable energy development company.

She has served as Deputy Secretary, Tribal Liaison, and Disabled Veteran Business Advocate at the California Department of Veterans Affairs — working with 185 tribes and leading statewide initiatives to expand opportunities for veterans and underrepresented businesses.

Today, Liz is delivering microgrids, solar, EV, and battery projects across multiple states — protecting communities and critical infrastructure — and she’s hiring to grow the movement.

Her message: Courage + Service + Collaboration = a Stronger Future. This is what it takes to Survive, Reinvent, and Rise.

✨ This summit is a two-day, all-in-one-room experience bringing together leaders from capital, health, climate, media, technology, and beyond to deliver strategies we can use right away to grow revenue, expand opportunities, and strengthen personal and professional well-being.

💬 “Women must be seen. This summit is where everyone speaks. If you want people to know you, your expertise, and get on boards, they have to see you in action. You snooze, you lose.” — Desirée Patno

🎤 Keynote & SHETalk Lineup:
Nicole Buffett— Artist, Philanthropist, and Granddaughter of Warren Buffett
Elle Allen — Commonwealth Fusion Systems
Tami Bonnell — Co-Chair, EXIT Realty Corp. InternationalEXIT Realty Corp. International & NDILC Member
Author and Poet Monda Raquel Webb — Award-Winning Filmmaker, Author, Storyteller
Vanessa Santos Montañez — SVP, Community Lending National Sales Manager, City National Bank & NDILC Member

🔥 2025 NAWRB Leadership Summit 🔥
📅 October 6–7 | Long Beach Marriott

Theme: Survival of the Fittest — Resilience • Reinvention • Rise
🎟 Seats are limited — be in the room: NAWRBconference.com

Thank you, Erica Courtney, for the intro years ago!

Women in the Housing & Real Estate Ecosystem - NAWRB NAWRB Development & Innovation Leadership Council Tami Alecsa Kesselman Nidhi Chadda Karen Korponai Karen Sheffield, MBA Stephanie Rosie Brown

🌟 Featured Speaker: Joanne Lucas 🌟I’m beyond excited to have Joanne Lucas — VP/Head of Asset Management at CCI and Immed...
09/24/2025

🌟 Featured Speaker: Joanne Lucas 🌟

I’m beyond excited to have Joanne Lucas — VP/Head of Asset Management at CCI and Immediate Past President & Board Member of CREW Orange County — join us on stage at the 2025 NAWRB Leadership Summit!

Joanne is one of those leaders who gets it — she’s managing 8,000 units across 100+ properties in 35 states while shaping the future of CRE through her advocacy and mentorship. She knows what it takes to lead teams, maximize investor returns, and still make time to lift the next generation of women in commercial real estate.

This is exactly why we built this Summit — so leaders like Joanne can share what’s working, what’s next, and how we rise together.

“Women must be seen. This Summit is where everyone speaks. Want people to know you, your expertise, and get on boards? They have to see you in action. You snooze, you lose.” — Desirée Patno
Two Days. One Room. Every Conversation Counts.

🎤 SHETalk Lineup:
Nicole Buffett• Elle Allen • Tami Bonnell • Monda Webb • Vanessa Santos Montañez

🔥 2025 NAWRB Leadership Summit 🔥
October 6–7 | Long Beach Marriott
🎟 Limited seats — be in the room: NAWRBconference.com

🌟 Featured Speaker: Lynette Keyowski 🌟Thrilled to share Lynette Keyowski — Managing Partner at REACH Canada (Second Cent...
09/22/2025

🌟 Featured Speaker: Lynette Keyowski 🌟

Thrilled to share Lynette Keyowski — Managing Partner at REACH Canada (Second Century Ventures), member of our NAWRB Development & Innovation Leadership Council, and Founding 20 of the 5–9 Society — is taking the stage at the 2025 NAWRB Leadership Summit!

Lynette grew up on a grain farm in Saskatchewan — resilience and hard work are in her DNA. She’s led brokerages, MLSs, and associations, and now helps proptech startups scale across Canada. She’s the rare leader who can connect every dot across the housing ecosystem and knows what it takes to thrive through change.

This summit is a two-day, all-in-one-room experience bringing together leaders from capital, health, climate, media, technology, and beyond to deliver strategies we can use right away to grow revenue, expand opportunities, and strengthen personal and professional well-being.

Lynette's message couldn’t be more timely — how to build, scale, and stay resilient when disruption is coming from every direction.

💬 “Women must be seen. This Summit is where everyone speaks…” — Desirée Patno

🎤 SHETalk Lineup:
Nicole Buffett— Artist, Philanthropist, and Granddaughter of Warren Buffett
Elle Allen— Commonwealth Fusion Systems
Tami Bonnell — Co-Chair, EXIT Realty Corp. International & NDILC Member
Author and Poet Monda Raquel Webb — Award-Winning Filmmaker, Author, Storyteller
Vanessa Santos Montañez — SVP, Community Lending National Sales Manager, City National Bank & NDILC Member

🔥 2025 NAWRB Leadership Summit 🔥
📅 October 6–7 | Long Beach Marriott
🎟 Limited seats available - be in the room: NAWRBconference.com

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🌟 𝗦𝗛𝗘𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁: 𝗧𝗮𝗺𝗶 𝗕𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗹 — 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆 & 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 🌟A third-degree Black Belt on her way to becoming a 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿, Tami...
09/20/2025

🌟 𝗦𝗛𝗘𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁: 𝗧𝗮𝗺𝗶 𝗕𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗹 — 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆 & 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 🌟

A third-degree Black Belt on her way to becoming a 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿, Tami Bonnell knows what it means to stay aware, stay ready, and protect what matters most — in life and in business.

Thrilled to welcome Tami — 𝗖𝗼-𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗼𝗳 EXIT Realty Corp. International and longtime member of our NAWRB Development & Innovation Leadership Council to the Summit stage for a powerful SHETalk where she’ll demonstrate how physical awareness and self-protection translate into stronger leadership, better negotiations, and safer business decisions.

🔥 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗡𝗔𝗪𝗥𝗕 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁 🔥
📅 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟲–𝟳 | 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘁𝘁
𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲: Survival of the Fittest — Resilience • Reinvention • Rise

Tami has been a driving force behind EXIT for decades, growing the brand into one of the most respected names in real estate — and brings the same discipline she uses as a referee and judge in Taekwondo (her husband is already a master!) to her approach to leadership.

🎟 𝗕𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺: NAWRBconference.com

"Women must be seen. This Summit is where everyone speaks. Want people to know you, your expertise, and get on boards? They have to see you in action. You snooze, you lose. "Desirée

🌟 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐍𝐀𝐖𝐑𝐁 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭 — 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 🌟 We’re thrilled to welcome Elle Allen back to the summit—this ...
09/20/2025

🌟 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐍𝐀𝐖𝐑𝐁 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭 — 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 🌟

We’re thrilled to welcome Elle Allen back to the summit—this time as a 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐊 Keynote Speaker!

Last year, Elle sparked the room during our fireside chat on the future of clean energy. This year, she returns with even more momentum—from the groundbreaking work at Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) to the frontlines of climate tech and capital markets.

CFS recently closed a record-breaking $863M Series B-2 round to accelerate the path to commercial fusion energy—a bold step toward powering a sustainable future.

🔗 Read more: https://shorturl.at/FOKMW

Elle’s SheTALK will ignite the room with her journey through innovation, identity, and impact. Her work speaks directly to this year’s theme:
𝗦𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁: 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲. 𝗥𝗲𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗲.

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🎤 Nicole Buffett – SHETalk Keynote Speaker | 2025 NAWRB Leadership SummitWe’re thrilled to welcome Nicole Buffett—vision...
09/20/2025

🎤 Nicole Buffett – SHETalk Keynote Speaker | 2025 NAWRB Leadership Summit

We’re thrilled to welcome Nicole Buffett—visionary artist, healer, and digital innovator—to the 2025 NAWRB Leadership Summit

October 6–7 | Long Beach Marriott

Nicole’s journey is a masterclass in resilience and reinvention. Trained at the San Francisco Art Institute, her body of work spans abstract painting, sacred geometry, textiles, sculpture, NFTs, and intuitive healing. Whether she’s creating portals on canvas or minting digital art that gives back, Nicole leads with spirit and purpose—her art becomes an instrument of healing.

“As an artist, I feel it is my responsibility to take in the current state of the world and return it back with a renewed, refreshed, transformed view that inspires or heals.” – Nicole Buffett

Named one of Fortune’s Top NFT Innovators, Nicole embodies the 2025 summit theme:

🔥 Survival of the Fittest: Resilience. Reinvention. Rise. 🔥

She’ll take the SHETalk stage with a raw, radiant message you won’t forget, offer intuitive readings, and share her work in a way that stirs the soul and invites deep connection.

Reserve your seat today — limited space available
www.NAWRBconference.com

Thank you JABOY Productions for a wonderful Newport Beach event and Wendy Craft for connecting me to Neil Greene — friendships are everything!

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