United, we can and will transform our vision of 50/50 gender representation from aspiration to actuality.

PBWC provides skill development, networking opportunities and inspiration to women at all levels to achieve their own ambitions and collectively advance equality in professional settings.

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United, we can and will transform our vision of 50/50 gender representation from aspiration to actuality.

PBWC provides skill development, networking opportunities and inspiration to women at all levels to achieve their own ambitions and collectively advance equality in professional settings.

JOIN US

Join us to IgniteCHANGE May 11-13

Spring is here, and after a year like no other, many of us are wondering what a post-pandemic world looks like. The data around women in the workforce does not tell an uplifting story of the new normal. Women lost precious ground this past year as the pandemic exposed systemic issues and support system gaps that have had disastrous effects on women, and women of color in particular. At PBWC, our 2021 call to action of IgniteCHANGE has never been more relevant and necessary.

Join us from May 11-13, 2021, as we gather again for our 32nd Annual Conference, IgniteCHANGE. We are thrilled to welcome thought leaders, change makers, transformative leaders and trailblazers including Gloria Steinem, Angela Ahrendts DBE, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Valerie B. Jarrett, Dr. Bernice A. King, Gitanjali Rao, and dozens of others who will educate and inspire our incredible and diverse global community. Now more than ever, we need to equip women with the tools and inspiration to be successful. When women rise, so much of the world does better. IgniteCHANGE is an event not to be missed.

We look forward to seeing you at the conference!

#IgniteChange in the New Year

New Year’s Greetings to the PBWC Community,

2020 challenged each of us in ways that were shared and unique, large and small, unexpected yet sometimes predictable. For those of you who contracted the virus, lost employment, income or a loved one—we offer our sympathy and support.

You have likely heard the news by now: in aggregate, COVID-19 impacted professional women disproportionately, with working women losing precious ground in 2020.

Despite last year’s unprecedented challenges, as we turn the calendar page, I am choosing to embrace optimism and step into a fresh moment of abundant gratitude and possibilities.

Business leader Dr. Margaret Heffernan astutely observed that for women, collaboration is not a soft skill. It is our superpower. PBWC has established a tradition of harnessing our collaborative superpower to realize gains on behalf of women and all others for whom opportunity is not yet equal.

In this wonderful New Year full of new possibilities, each of us can call upon this superpower to make 2021 our best year yet for igniting change and advancing diversity, equity and inclusion.

PBWC’s 2021 programming through-line is a call to action to IGNITE CHANGE. We are building on the success of our first-ever virtual conference and the 31 incredible conferences that came before it. Our stage will host the visionaries, the disruptors, the innovators and the change agents from right here in California and all across the globe. Even as I write, our small but mighty team is hard at work curating our May Conference, monthly webinars, and other experiences designed to educate, connect and inspire.

May 2021 bring equal pay, equal access and great prosperity for all.

Happy New Year from our Board of Directors and Management Team. Let’s IGNITE CHANGE together.

In solidarity,