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Empowering Women in Business

Ready to invest in your leadership growth? Empowering Women in Business is a competitive cohort designed for women looking to strengthen their leadership skills and professional impact.

Cohort Mission:
Empowering Women in Business is a program that allows you to make connections with others in the business community while learning powerful leadership skills that you can implement into your day to day work. We will focus on learning about ourselves and how we respond to different scenarios in the workplace and gain a better understanding of leading ourselves and our teams.

Goals:

  • Address unique challenges that women face every day in business.
  • Learn how to challenge professional norms and how you can make your career work around your professional and personal goals.
  • Network with other professional women in the Bismarck-Mandan area.
  • Build confidence in your leadership skill set.

Program Schedule:

Cohort meets once a month on the dates listed below from 11am-2pm (Beginning in April, ending in September)

Tuesday, April 21:

SOCIALThursday, April 30

4pm-7pm at Signature Events

Tuesday, May 12

Tuesday, June 16

Tuesday, July 14

Tuesday, August 18

Tuesday, September 15

 

Program Graduation: September 24, 2026 at the Chamber EDC's Celebrate Bismarck Mandan event

 

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Questions? Contact:

Frankie Barry - Membership Engagement Coordinator

fbarry@bmcedc.com

2026 Cohort Participants

Aleesa Brorby - Dakota Eye Institute
Alisha Maier - Simply You Wellness
Amy Schaaf - Moore Engineering, Inc.
Anna Michaud - Eide Automotive Group
Britni Fischer - First International Bank & Trust
Hailey Kilber - Quality Title Inc
Jaelyn Chathams - St. Alexius Health
Jori Vetter - Duane's Body Shop, INC.
Kayla Baptie - HexaHive
Kelsy Achtenberg - The Innovation School
Laura Zacharias - Eide Bailly LLP
Lauren Dunnigan - NISC
Lindsey Grundling - Prairie Knights Casino
Marcella Johnson - Cloverdale Foods Company
Maria Huizenga - Catholic Charities North Dakota
Mersadie Barth - Brave Hearts Children's Network Inc
Tatelyn Mills - Bismarck Mandan Chamber EDC

Thank you to our 2026 Empowering Women in Business Sponsors

Presenting Sponsor:

Gold Sponsor:

Award Sponsors:

City Air Mechanical Inc.

Bismarck Sign Co. LLC

Program Sponsor:

Basin Electric Power Cooperative

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