Annual Conference - 2025 (post event) - Professional BusinessWomen of California

We did!

 

 

On June 18, 2025, PBWC’s Annual Conference brought together professionals across industries and career stages for a dynamic day of learning, inspiration, and personal growth. Rooted in the theme “We Will,” the program featured keynote talks and fireside chats that offered actionable strategies to strengthen leadership, shift your money mindset and negotiate for your future, and build resilience. Attendees left empowered with fresh perspective, practical tools, and renewed purpose to lead with courage and intention.

 

The excitement continued with the opening of PBWC’s virtual conference venue on June 19, where attendees unlocked bonus breakout sessions on networking skills, personal branding, leadership, and executive presence. On June 20, participants gathered for live online discussion groups focused on finding your purpose, self-care, navigating conflict, internal career moves, and mentorship. 

 

It was a week packed with insight, connection, and community, designed to uplevel your career at every stage.

 

A Celebration of Impact

 

 

On June 17, 2025 at the Conference Awards Reception, PBWC proudly celebrated its newest Industry Leaders and Scholarship Award Recipients, who are shaping a future led by bold ideas, inclusive leadership, and lasting impact.

 

Thank You

 

To our speakers, attendees, volunteers, sponsors, and partners: thank you. Whether you joined us in person or online, your presence helped create an inspiring and impactful experience.

 

Your commitment to professional growth, leadership development, and creating supportive, engaging workplaces drives everything we do.

Since 1989, PBWC has gathered women and allies with a shared vision of advancing gender equality in the workplace. Our flagship annual conference has long served as a premier experience for skill-building, networking, and inspiration, empowering women at every career stage.

 

PBWC’s 2025 Conference welcomed influential and empowering keynote speakers, including:

 

  • Stacey Abrams, Political Leader, Voting Rights Activist, Entrepreneur
  • Vivian Tu, Found and CEO, “Your Rich BFF”
  • Professor Alison Fragale, Organizational Psychologist and Author of “Likeable Badass”

 

A Platform for Powerful Perspectives

 

For over 35 years, PBWC has brought bold, brilliant voices to the stage—leaders who challenge, inspire, and ignite change. From world leaders to cultural icons, CEOs to grassroots activists, our speakers reflect the full spectrum of what it means to lead with purpose. Together, they’ve sparked conversations on leadership, career navigation, financial literacy, advocacy, mental health, work-life harmony, and the power of using your voice, empowering our community to grow, lead, and thrive.

 

Notable past conference speakers include:

  • Stacey Abrams
  • Sylvia Acevedo
  • Angela Ahrendts DBE
  • Madeleine Albright
  • Maya Angelou
  • Robin Arzón
  • Cate Blanchett
  • Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton
  • Jennifer Coolidge 
  • Mary C. Daly
  • Rosario Dawson
  • America Ferrera
  • Jane Fonda
  • Professor Alison Fragale
  • Chetna Gala-Sinha
  • Amanda Gorman
  • Jennifer Granholm
  • Congresswoman Deb Haaland
  • Carla Harris
  • Taraji P. Henson
  • Mellody Hobson
  • Reid Hoffman
  • Dolores Huerta
  • Arianna Huffington
  • Valerie B. Jarrett
  • Mindy Kaling
  • Dr. Bernice A. King
  • Sallie Krawcheck
  • Lisa Ling
  • Cynt Marshall
  • Rita Moreno
  • Cecilia Muñoz
  • Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
  • Ai-Jen Poo
  • Cecile Richards
  • Geena Rocero
  • Eve Rodsky
  • Zainab Salbi
  • Sheryl Sandberg
  • Reshma Saujani
  • Yara Shahidi
  • Maria Shriver
  • Dr. Anne-Marie Slaughter
  • Gloria Steinem
  • Lily Tomlin
  • Dr. Tererai Trent
  • Vivian Tu
  • Lena Waithe
  • Meg Whitman
  • Venus Williams
  • Anne Wojcicki
  • Susan Wojcicki