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2024 Women’s Leadership Institute
December 10, 2024 – December 13, 2024 PST
The Women’s Leadership Institute will return in 2024 to San Diego! The Women’s Leadership Institute is a premier program intended for women in mid to senior-level roles who have been in the field for seven years or more.
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This program is for women looking to further their leadership skills, expand their professional network, and take innovative ideas back to their respective campuses. This program is unlike others that you typically attend. Women’s Leadership Institute (WLI) programming aspires to offer attendees thought-provoking round table discussions, networking opportunities with professionals across the world, and expert-led sessions and discussions.
A distinctive highlight of this program is the number of associations that come together and support the program. WLI focuses on being interdisciplinary, having a representation from diverse functional areas across higher education.
The choice of location offers a setting that allows attendees to fully immerse themselves in the programming that focuses on professional development and personal development.
Attendees can look forward to:
- Connecting with other women leaders from across campus to bring light to common challenges and help build supportive networks through which to share future solutions.
- Going beyond your designated functional area to focus on career advancement and self-improvement.
- Learning from exuberant and accomplished speakers through sessions and candid conversations.
- Leaving the institute refreshed and motivated to apply the knowledge they’ve learned and to help others on campus become better leaders as well.
Schedule at a Glance
Plotting Your Next Move: Intentional Career Strategies for Women in Executive Leadership
Tuesday, December 10, 9 a.m.–Noon
“Plotting Your Next Move,” is a three-hour workshop designed specifically for you, the executive woman leader. You will leave this workshop empowered to develop intentional career strategies and navigate your professional journeys with confidence and purpose.
Keisha Bickham is known as a dynamic, relatable, and engaging leader who thrives off the success and growth of those she is privileged to lead. Keisha navigated her professional career through multiple industries, living in seven different states, working with global colleagues, and becoming C-Suite executive, an expert in operations and optimizing business processes.
Before retiring at age 45, Keisha had a career as a hospital executive, working for one of the largest healthcare systems in the United States. She now is the proud founder and C.E.O. (Chief Empowerment Officer) of WilliRoc Ventures LLC where she leverages her personal and professional experience to serve as a transformational executive coach and healthcare consultant.
Keisha grew up in North Carolina and is a proud first-generation college graduate. She completed her bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from NC State University and her master’s in healthcare administration from the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill. She is a mother of two and enjoys mentoring, traveling, being near the ocean, speaking, dancing, and roller skating.
Keisha attributes much of her success to her supportive family, mentors who poured into her life as early as the second grade, and those influencers who have continued throughout her adult life. She is passionate and bold in pursuit of transformational success, breaking boundaries of career and financial possibilities where we can often self-limit. She thrives off seeing others empowered to design and live the life by THEIR design, THEIR Legacy.
- 8 a.m.–6 p.m. – Registration and Help Desk
- 1:30–3:20 p.m. – Opening Session and Keynote Address
- 3:30–4:20 p.m. – Session Block 1 – General Interest Sessions
- 4:30–5:20 p.m. – Session Block 2 – General Interest Sessions
- 6–7:30 p.m. – Opening Reception
- 6–7 a.m. – Wellness Activity
- 7:30–8:20 a.m. – Breakfast
- 8:30–10 a.m. – Morning Session and Keynote Address
- 10:10–11:30 a.m. – Session Block 3 – Deep Dive Sessions
- 11:40 a.m.–12:10 p.m. – Session Block 4 – Learning Lab Sessions
- 12:10–2 p.m. – Conference Lunch and Break
- 2–2:50 p.m. – Session Block 5 – General Interest Sessions
- 3–3:50 p.m. – Session Block 6 – General Interest Sessions
- 4–5 p.m. – Daily Wrap Session
- 6–8 p.m. – Dinner on Your Own
- 7–8 a.m. – Wellness Activity
- 8 a.m.–6 p.m. – Registration and Help Desk
- 8–9:20 a.m. – Breakfast
- 8:30–9:20 a.m. – Session Block 7 – Roundtable Sessions
- 9:30–10:50 a.m. – Keynote Address
- 11–11:30 a.m. – Session Block 8 – Learning Lab Sessions
- 11:40 a.m.–12:20 p.m. – MC Session
- 12:20–2 p.m. – Conference Lunch and Break
- 2–2:30 p.m. – Session Block 9 – Learning Lab Sessions
- 2:40–3:10 p.m. – Session Block 10 – Learning Lab Sessions
- 3:20–4:40 p.m. – Keynote Address
- 4:40–5 p.m. – Daily Wrap Session
- 6–8 p.m. – Dinner on Your Own
- 8–9:20 a.m. – Continental Breakfast
- 8:30–9:20 a.m. – Session Block 11 – Roundtable Sessions
- 9:30–11 a.m. – Keynote Address
- 11 a.m.–Noon – Closing Session
Speaker Bios
Teri Bump presents nationally on university trends and issues and has delivered educational sessions at APPA, NASPA, ACUHO-I, NACUBO, NIRSA, ACPA, NACAS, and ACE Spectrum. Teri is a past ACUHO-I, ACPA, and NACAS Foundation Board trustee and has served on the Leadershape Board of Directors. In 2007, she was awarded the ACUHO-I Corporate Friend Award for service to the association and received the Business Partner of the Year Award for American Campus at the 2007 national NACAS conference and the 2010 ACPA Business Partner of the Year Award. She has been honored as a 2017 ACPA Diamond Honoree and 2018 NASPA Pillar of the Profession. In addition, she has recently joined the inaugural cohort of senior fellows for the Aspen Index and was honored with the 2024 Parthenon Award at ACUHO-I.
Kim D. Harrington is the associate vice president for arts, belonging, and community at Georgia Tech. With a broad range of experience in higher education, Kim has served in various leadership roles, including positions in residence life, admissions, student centers, human resources, and administration and finance. Her career trajectory led her to her current focus on student belonging and community. In recognition of her leadership, Kim received the University System of Georgia Chancellor’s Gold Service Excellence Leadership Award for outstanding performance and commitment to customer service. In April 2024, the Georgia Tech Black Alumni Organization honored her with the staff award at their annual Leaders & Legend Gala. Renowned for her student-centered approach, Kim is highly regarded for her ability to solve complex challenges with creativity and care. She is deeply passionate about fostering inclusive environments where every individual feels valued, connected, and supported.
Dr. Adela de la Torre became the ninth president of San Diego State University in 2018, following a distinguished career of more than three decades as an accomplished economist, public health researcher, and higher education leader in both California and Arizona. She is the first Chicana and first woman to serve as the president of the university.
Before her arrival at SDSU, President de la Torre was vice chancellor for student affairs and campus diversity at University of California–Davis. Prior to that, she served for 14 years as director for the UC Davis Center for Transnational Health, chair of the UC Davis Chicana/Chicano Studies Department, and director of the Hispanic Center of Excellence in the College of Medicine at the University of Arizona, where she was also director of the Mexican American Studies and Research Center. She was a professor at California State University–Long Beach, the University of Arizona, and UC–Davis, where she was the first Chicana to earn the title of distinguished professor. President de la Torre earned her bachelor’s degree in the political economy of natural resources from the University of California–Berkeley, where she also went on to earn a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in agricultural and resource economics.
Keisha Bickham is known as a dynamic, relatable, and engaging leader who thrives off the success and growth of those she is privileged to lead. Keisha navigated her professional career through multiple industries, living in seven different states, working with global colleagues, and becoming C-Suite executive, an expert in operations and optimizing business processes.
Before retiring at age 45, Keisha had a career as a hospital executive, working for one of the largest healthcare systems in the United States. She now is the proud founder and C.E.O. (Chief Empowerment Officer) of WilliRoc Ventures LLC where she leverages her personal and professional experience to serve as a transformational executive coach and healthcare consultant.
Keisha grew up in North Carolina and is a proud first-generation college graduate. She completed her bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from NC State University and her master’s in healthcare administration from the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill. She is a mother of two and enjoys mentoring, traveling, being near the ocean, speaking, dancing, and roller skating.
Keisha attributes much of her success to her supportive family, mentors who poured into her life as early as the second grade, and those influencers who have continued throughout her adult life. She is passionate and bold in pursuit of transformational success, breaking boundaries of career and financial possibilities where we can often self-limit. She thrives off seeing others empowered to design and live the life by THEIR design, THEIR Legacy.
Registration
Early Registration
(Through September 13)
- Member: $899
- Nonmember: $1,099
Regular Registration
(September 14–November 11)
- Member: $999
- Nonmember: $1,199
Travel & Hotel
Hotel
Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina
1380 Harbor Island Drive
San Diego, California 92101
The hotel rate is is $179/per night, plus tax. The group discounted resort fee is $20 per night plus tax. Please note the resort fee will be adjusted to $20 per night once the booking is confirmed.
If you are wanting to book for December 9, please use this link. The hotel rate for December 9 is $279, plus tax.
The hotel booking deadline is November 11.