Professional Women's Forum

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Since 1985, Professional Women’s Forum has provided a lunchtime program featuring distinguished women leaders from our community and region going beyond their bios to provide attendees personal and professional growth through advice, tools, strategies and takeaways from their own success.

Would you like to display your products and services to the more than 150 attendees?  Exhibit tables are available for this event.  Email cnilon@talchamber.com to book your spot today.

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SPEAKER: KAREN WALKER, EXECUTIVE PARTNER, HOLLAND & KNIGHT

Karen Walker is the Executive Partner of Holland & Knight's Tallahassee office where she has practiced law for more than 21 years. She regularly writes and lectures in this area and for many years has been involved in the American Bar Association Section of Public Contract Law, State and Local Division of which she current serves as a Vice-Chair. Ms. Walker graduated magna cum laude from Florida State University, and with high honors from the University of Florida College of Law. Ms. Walker has held numerous leadership positions in Holland & Knight and currently serves as a member of the Firm's Senior Management Team. In the community, Ms. Walker serves as the Vice-Chair of Kids Incorporated of the Big Bend, Inc. and is a past chair of the Board of the United Way of the Big Bend as well as past char of the United Way's Power of the Purse Initiative. She is also a graduate of Leadership Tallahassee and Leadership Florida.

TOPIC: DOING GOOD IS GOOD FOR YOUR BUSINESS

Holland & Knight, today one of the nation's largest law firms, was built on core values including service to the community. Karen Walker, Will discuss her own history of community service as well as that of the law firm with which she has spent her entire career. Karen will make the case for why community service is good for business and will provide practical examples of how Tallahassee businesses can invest in our local community, help those who are less fortunate and most in need, and make your business more successful by doing good.

The registration deadline is Friday, April 3, 2015.  After this deadlines, cancellations are not accepted but replacements can be sent.  All no shows will be invoiced immeadiately following the event.  For questions regarding registration email dnoles@talchamber.com.

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