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Join us on Thursday, November 17, at noon, for our final Cultivate session of 2022 - Engineering Tomorrow's Leaders, presented by Dassault Falcon Jet. This will be a hybrid event with your choice of in-person or virtual attendance.

"What part does being well-versed in business etiquette play in the success of your career?"

Here’s the truth:

Our professional success often hinges less upon talent and intrinsic genius, and more upon people skills, strong emotional intelligence and a keen understanding of proper business etiquette.

”Business etiquette is not just knowing what to discuss during a business dinner or how to address colleagues. It’s a way of presenting yourself in such a way that you will be taken seriously, as well as having the ability to make others feel comfortable around you.” - Chron

Our panelists come from varying backgrounds with differing careers. Our discussion will help you identify strategies and how to implement them in your own personal and professional lives.

Our mission is to fuel economic growth by facilitating the development of professional women in the Little Rock region through intentional programming directly aimed at obstacles and opportunities women encounter in their careers. It is our hope that the women who join us for these various panels will be able to tap into the expertise of some of Little Rock's brightest and most dynamic females who are making waves in their industries.

Each session will include a Q&A session, powered by Delta Dental of Arkansas, to ensure that viewers feel engaged and connected. Thank you to our lunch sponsor, E ngel & Volkers, our Series Notebook sponsor, Baptist Health, and our series partner sponsors, Insight Engineering, Wright Lindsey Jennings and Southwest Power Pool.

Meet our panelists

Kathleen McDonald
Regulatory and Compliance Officer
Aristotle Unified Communications L.L.C.

Kathleen McDonald is the Regulatory and Compliance Officer of Aristotle Unified Communications L.L.C., a leading provider of broadband connectivity solutions that is committed to moving the needle on digital equity and inclusion in Arkansas, and soon in Mississippi, Oklahoma, and other areas. Prior to rejoining the Aristotle team in late 2020, Kathleen represented individuals and businesses in immigration matters and she started her legal career as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney in Pulaski County, Arkansas where she spent several years. Kathleen received her J.D. from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of UA Little Rock's Donaghey Scholars Program where she received bachelor's degrees in International Studies and in French. Kathleen is currently a member of the Federal Communications Bar Association and on the Board of Trustees of the Arkansas Bar Association.

Valencia Guinn
VP, Manager, BOKFS Customer Support
BOK Financial Securities

Valencia Guinn has been with BOK Financial Securities, a division of Bank of Oklahoma Financial, NA for 23 years. BOK Financial Securities is a full service broker dealer firm that offers a wide range of portfolio solutions and brokerage services to Institutional Clients. She is currently Vice President and Manager of BOKFS' Institutional Client Service Specialists located in seven of their eight Institutional Markets and is Series 7, Series 63 and SIE licensed. Valencia's primary focus is to create one cohesive group who can support all Institutional Sales Reps within the BOKFS markets through training and development. She is the first recipient of Bank of Oklahoma's One Award, BOK's highest employee accolade which recognizes and honors those who work across business lines or geographies to build strong partnerships and who promote the highest level of collaboration for the beneift of other employees or clients. She also serves as a RISE Culture Ambassador (BOK's new hire mentor program) and she is a certified SLII (Situational Leadership) employee. Valencia is married with two adult children and one grandson. She enjoys old western movies, reading and vacationing in Clearwater, Florida.

Shannon Gwinn
Director of the Center for Student and Career Services
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Shannon Gwinn is the Director of Career Services for the College of Business, Health and Human Services at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She develops and oversees programs and workshops to prepare students for the job-search process and career entry, including the Career Catalyst Program. Shannon works with members of the business community to meet and recruit students for internships and career placement. Shannon received a Master of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing from UA-Little Rock. She is a member of the West Little Rock Rotary Club and is a graduate of Leadership Greater Little Rock Class XVI.

Meet our moderator

Ashlei King
Anchor
KLRT Fox 16

Ashlei King joined the Fox16 Good Day Arkansas morning program as co-anchor in July 2018. In 2022, she was awarded a National Edward R. Murrow Award for a report highlighting how violence is impacting kids living in a Little Rock neighborhood. Ashlei is a San Antonio, Texas native who comes to Arkansas from her hometown, where she worked at KABB FOX29 for four years. While there, she was nominated for an Emmy for her work on a documentary highlighting the city’s Martin Luther King Jr. March, which is the largest in the country. She also won a National Association of Black Journalist award for the documentary. Ashlei earned her Bachelor of Journalism degree from the University of Texas at Austin. During her freshman year at UT, she was a member of the co-ed cheerleading squad. She cheered for the Texas Longhorns football team and men’s basketball team. She also ran hurdles for two years on the UT Track & Field team.

Ashlei kicked off her broadcasting career in Austin, where she served as the CBS-affiliate’s UT reporter. She was also the Assistant News Director for Texas Student Television’s KVR News. After graduation, she worked for KTXS in Abilene. During her time in Abilene, she won a Texas Associated Press Award for deadline editing. Ashlei also spent two years in Tulsa, Oklahoma working for the CBS-affiliate. While in Tulsa, she covered a variety of stories from tornadoes to devastating wildfires that torched hundreds of homes. Her most memorable moment was when she did a live interview on CNN with Don Lemon about a racially motivated shooting spree in Tulsa.

Born in Italy, Ashlei spent part of her childhood in Germany. She has deep-seated roots in Arkansas. The King side of her family is originally from Southeast Arkansas (Dermott, Monticello, and McGehee areas). She still has family who lives in the area. Random Fun Fact: Ashlei is related to music icon Michael Jackson. His grandmother and her great-grandfather were first cousins. Ashlei is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists. Ashlei recently got married to her high school sweetheart in March 2022. During her spare time, you can find her hanging out with her husband, eating at hole-in-the-wall restaurants and then working off the calories at the gym.

Various ticket options are available so that you can choose your own level of engagement. Limited in-person enhanced tickets will receive lunch and event notebooks.

Please reach out to Stacy Wilson, Chief Revenue Officer at swilson@littlerockchamber.com for more information on sponsoring or attending.

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