Panel One

What happens when women stop defining leadership by a title, a role, or a perfectly mapped-out plan?

This conversation brings together four women whose experiences span healthcare, nonprofit leadership, organizational strategy, sales, survivorship, motherhood, ministry, and entrepreneurship. Together, they’ll explore how purpose, resilience, strong relationships, and intentional systems can create lasting impact, especially when life and leadership do not go according to plan.

Be the Reason:

Leading Differently

Panel Questions

  1. The theme of this year’s Summit is “Be the Reason.” What does that phrase mean to each of you personally, and how has it shaped the way you lead?

  2. Each of you has built a career around helping people, families, or organizations thrive. What do you believe people need most from their leaders today?

  3. Leadership can sometimes feel like constantly responding to the next urgent need. How do you move from reacting to leading with greater clarity and intention?

  4. Christine, your experience with breast cancer changed your understanding of resilience and what truly matters. How did that season change the way you lead and live?

  5. Dr. April, your work brings together strategy, collaboration, healthcare, and a heart for ministry. How does your sense of purpose influence the way you lead in complex professional environments?

  6. Chianne, you help organizations build the systems, structure, and culture their people need to thrive. What is one sign that a leader’s current systems are no longer supporting the people they were designed to serve?

  7. Kailey, your work at Hope Clinic centers on ensuring women and families have access to compassionate healthcare, counseling, education, and support. How do you keep hope and dignity at the center while also leading an organization responsibly?

  8. All four of you have carried multiple identities and responsibilities throughout your lives. How have motherhood, family, faith, health, or personal experiences influenced the leaders you have become?

  9. Christine writes about “dropping the potatoes” and releasing what weighs us down. What is something each of you had to let go of to step more fully into your purpose?

  10. For the woman who wants to make a meaningful difference but is waiting for more confidence, clarity, resources, or permission, what is one way she can begin to “be the reason” today?