FEM Summit 2026 · New Orleans
Two days built for the women who run the day to day. Spend them with Right-Hand Leaders who already know exactly what your seat takes. No explaining your role required.
Open to full-time and fractional Integrators, COOs, Presidents & Chiefs of Staff
October 29–30, 2026
Pre-Summit evening Oct 28
Hilton New Orleans Riverside
Downtown on the Mississippi River
By Integrators, for Integrators
This isn't another leadership conference where you nod along to advice built for someone else's seat. Every session is built around the work you actually do. And the agenda is only half of it. The other half is who's sitting next to you.
Practical tools and frameworks for the seat you lead from, with breakouts designed for Right-Hand Leaders.
Peers who've solved the same problems, hit the same walls, and made the same calls without anyone fully seeing it.
The kind of conversations that don't happen anywhere else, and relationships that don't end when the Summit does.
OCTOBER 28 – 30, 2026
Two full days of sessions built for the seat you lead from, plus an evening to arrive, reconnect, and settle in together. Breakouts are designed for Right-Hand Leaders and Visionary Leaders, so you can choose the room that fits your seat.
PRE-SUMMIT EVENING
Come in early and start the conversations. All attendees are invited to these pre-Summit gatherings.
3:00 – 3:30 PM
Large Group Representative Check-In
Registration Desk
6:30 – 7:30 PM
First-Time Attendee & New Member Meet Up
Public Belt Bar & Lounge (2nd floor, near the atrium)
7:30 – 9:30 PM
Cocktails & Connections
Public Belt Bar & Lounge
An evening of conversation, connection, and fun.
DAY ONE
7:00 AM
Registration Opens
Registration Desk
7:30 – 8:30 AM
Breakfast
Buffet in the Fountain Lobby
8:30 – 8:45 AM
Opening Ceremony
Stephany Day · Quarterdeck A–C
8:45 – 9:30 AM
Opening Keynote: From Five Women to a HERverse: Our HERstory and the Future We’re Building Together
Kristie Clayton, HERverse CEO & President · Quarterdeck A–C
The story of FIM, FEM, and HERverse, the growing ecosystem of ways to connect, learn, and lead, and the future physical home taking shape in the Tennessee mountains. You’re not being invited to watch HERverse grow. You’re being invited to help shape what it becomes.
9:30 – 9:50 AM
Networking Break
9:50 – 10:50 AM
Breakout Sessions
Healthy V/I Relationship
Becky Lewis · Quarterdeck A
For Right-Hand Leaders
Stay aligned, respect each other’s seats, use healthy conflict, and make your Same Page Meeting work harder for you.
In, On, Off Framework
Robert Heath, Jr. · Bridge
Exclusive For Alliance
10:50 – 11:10 AM
Networking Break
11:10 AM – 12:10 PM
Breakout Sessions
Organizational Design Framework
Heather Riley · Quarterdeck A
For Right-Hand Leaders
Right people, right seats, right structure. Define roles with intention, clarify decision-making authority, and build accountability that scales.
P&L Leadership: Owning the Business Numbers
Jen Hamilton · Bridge
Exclusive For Alliance
No finance degree required. Review your numbers with confidence and turn your financials into better decisions.
12:10 – 1:10 PM
Lunch
Buffet in the Fountain Lobby
1:10 – 2:10 PM
Breakout Sessions
AI Architecture
Shannon Swift · Quarterdeck A
For Right-Hand Leaders
Your time is your most valuable asset. See how to put AI to work on the real challenges that slow you down.
Healthy V/I Relationship
Becky Lewis · Bridge
Exclusive For Alliance
Build mutual respect and trust with your Integrator and identify the next conversation to bring to your Same Page.
2:10 – 2:30 PM
Networking Break
2:30 – 3:30 PM
Breakout Sessions
P&L Leadership
Jen Hamilton · Quarterdeck A
For Right-Hand Leaders
Your financials are your advantage as a leader. Learn to read them, use them, and lead with them.
The Art of Delegation: Releasing Control Without Losing Excellence
Tana Kramer · Bridge
Exclusive For Alliance
Reframe delegation as a strategic leadership tool, with guardrails that keep your standards high and your focus on big-picture results.
3:30 – 3:50 PM
Networking Break
3:50 – 5:30 PM
Facilitated MastHERmind Experience
Mackenzie Lyons · Quarterdeck A–C
Open to ALL attendees, not just MastHERmind members. Please join us!
5:30 – 7:00 PM
Break · Time to rest, refresh, and get gala-ready
7:00 – 9:00 PM
Femmy Awards Dinner & Gala
River
Theme: Masquerade Jazz Ball
Katie Sandquist, Emcee · Grandi Washington, Presenter
DAY TWO
6:30 – 7:15 AM
Health & Wellness Session
Christine Bell · Riverwalk (outside on the river, behind the Summit session space)
7:45 – 8:30 AM
Breakfast
Buffet outside Quarterdeck A–C
8:30 – 9:30 AM
Panel: Money, Influence & Identity: Reclaiming the Value Women Leaders Deserve
Panelists Danielle Gaines, Raquel Castillo, and Tana Kramer · Facilitated by Nicole Mennicke · Quarterdeck A–C
A transparent conversation on advocating for your value: navigating pay, incentive, and equity conversations with confidence, reframing negotiation as a leadership skill, and elevating how women leaders are compensated and celebrated.
9:30 – 9:50 AM
Networking Break
9:50 – 11:20 AM
Personal Vision Planning for 2027
Heather Riley · Quarterdeck A–C
11:20 – 11:40 AM
Networking Break
11:40 – 11:55 AM
Gratitude Reflection
Natalie Bosler · Quarterdeck A–C
A grounded 15-minute experience honoring your own leadership journey and the people who helped make it possible. True leadership is never built alone.
11:55 AM – 12:25 PM
Closing Keynote: Break the Pattern of Success™: When High Performers Outgrow the Habits That Made Them Successful
Jennifer Miller · Quarterdeck A–C
The patterns that create success can eventually become the very patterns that limit what comes next. This keynote shows leaders how to recognize when a success pattern has become a trap and gives them three skills for responding differently: Recognize, Regulate, and Integrate.
12:25 – 12:30 PM
Closing Ceremony
Stephany Day · Quarterdeck A–C
See you next year!
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