Bevin is a dynamic executive with over 15 years of experience in leading people, building high-performance teams, and developing innovative sales/learning solutions. Known for her creativity, curiosity, high-energy and unwavering optimism, she is passionate about investing in others to facilitate human breakthroughs that drive high-performance business results. For the last three years, she has walked a personal growth journey after losing one of her children to a traumatic drowning incident. Learning how to address and talk about this painful aspect of her personal life has led her to discover the powerful impact of connecting with others from a place of authenticity and vulnerability in both personal and professional settings.  Bevin is Chief Growth Officer and founding team member for a culture-first, mission-driven,  venture-backed women’s apparel start-up, Peach. She is the host of a weekly podcast-style chat called “Thursday Thrive” based upon the tenants of Positive Psychology and author of a weekly  “Saturday Meditation” blog chronicling her journey through child-loss.

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Journey in life includes inevitable pain and loss. However, there's no need to compare each other's tragedies as we have different various points of reference. We are so caught up in letting the pain go but the reality is that we should be able to maneuver things while feeling what we should feel. What's important is we put into conversation the things that unsettle us and learn how to handle them.

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Karen Pambianchi, CLC is the founder of Swift Water Life Coach, a specialized coaching practice focused on helping ambitious women achieve their career goals and find work-life harmony with simple and effective routines and habits. She is a Certified Life Coach, through the American Life Coach Academy, which is accredited by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) – the gold standard in coaching – and a member of the New England Chapter of ICF Professional Coaches. She has been coaching for the last six years transitioning from a career in marketing and events to coaching within a university and now leading her practice.

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There's power in listening but there's so much more wisdom in identifying what was behind what was unspoken. Active listening is just like reading between the lines we learn to uncover parts of each other that we can use to help ourselves and the individuals around us. It is not always in what we know but it is in how open we are to what is expressed to become of assistance to one another.

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Motivated by her progress Valeria dedicated more than two decades of her life to a successful corporate career that led her to work with 7 countries, occupying leadership positions in companies such as Procter & Gamble, Citibank, and Reckitt Benckiser. She focused so fully on her career that other areas of her life eventually started to feel the consequences, particularly health. What on the outside looked like an enviable successful life, on the inside was a life devoid of direction and true meaning.

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"When belonging to a sisterhood, think about what you can bring to the circle rather than what you can get from the sorority. Just like your sisters, you are a valuable woman. Navigate within the circle while letting your unique independence shine through."

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Sofia started in the mortgage industry when she was only 18 years old; she was in college and just doing it as a side job Though Sofia started out studying to be a teacher, after three years in the mortgage industry she switched her major to Business, and never looked back. Her team of experts at Mortgage Network serves the entire Metro Boston area. They are a direct lender that offers a full range of products with a portfolio division for situations that don’t fit standard guidelines; that includes jumbo loans and other types of financing.  What she loves most about her career is helping first-time homebuyers - it is her passion! In her free time, she is either teaching Greek Dance, attending her local Greek church, hosting events to raise funds for the Pan-Cretan National Organization, or hanging out with her family and three wonderful kids.

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"Keep the beat yourself be persistent, and be yourself in whatever you do, you'll succeed."

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Katherine (Kat) Ternes worked in the political arena and during her time as a legislative aide she developed skills that bring a unique perspective to the Insurtech space. A major factor that play her considering the move into Insurtech was a growing frustration about seeing the Independent Space struggle to survive with old methods. Learn how her "weird" and smart personality is just what the doctor ordered to bring a new perspective into the industry and play a vital role in the "boys club".

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Don't be afraid to do it your way.

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Margo is an experienced Chief Technology Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the insurance industry. She shares with us her journey from agency ownership to shifting into the Insurtech space and how navigating the hoops of the industry provided her with the tools to lead authentically and transform her company into something unexpected.

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Insurance plays an important role in the industry especially when solutions are not viable. Now more than ever, the drive to disseminate the advantages insurance can provide should become bigger and wider. Even when your people do not know what to do and how to create an answer to a problem, insurance is the answer and way to go out of any challenge.

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Elisa is an ex-perfectionist and a part-time dreamer. After a decade in the insurance industry and a year of personal horror, she started conversations with people in the industry about their stories and the culture that the insurance industry created. She believes in the power of people, of community, and of coming together for a bigger purpose. Elisa believes that showing up is a superpower that we can all wield - even when we think we are powerless.

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No matter how small we have to give, we still, extend it to the community. Coming together can lift us all up because even little by little, our tiny contributions gather together to create one big catalyst for transformation. So, share your story and shed light on the rare and hidden experiences that anyone, too, may be undergoing.

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When Lauren first began her career she found herself in customer service/operations-type roles. Unfortunately, after several years in the workforce, the Great Recession hit, and she got laid off. At the time, she was heartbroken. Despite that, it was the best thing that happened to her because a short time later she landed what became her dream job.

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Other than making a profit, the industry should also shift its focus to the mental and overall welfare of the people within. Sometimes, struggles that are more than what meets the eye tend to gather no attention at all. Support fellow entrepreneurs who are undergoing mental illnesses. Their conditions take medication but most of all, backing them up amidst their battles while being in the industry can promote an improved quality of life for them.

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Stacey knew at an early age when she was “playing” with her Easy-Bake Oven that she wanted to be a chef.  At age 11, she wrote to Bobby Flay telling him how she twisted around one of his recipes; three months later she received a call from his producer asking her to come to New York City to see a taping of his show and to go to his restaurants.  Unfortunately, she couldn’t as her family had just moved from Michigan to Florida where her dad became a minister at a small church.

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Someone opened my doors to venture into business by modeling me how to do baking. Immersing myself in it and committing to what was once a hobby has now become my bread and butter. Learn to appreciate simple little things and make something big out of them.

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Greta Bajrami is the CEO and Founder of Golden Group Roofing located in Westborough, Massachusetts. Greta migrated to the USA at the age of 9 from Tirana, Albania. Greta Bajrami grew up in Worcester, Massachusetts where she attended Worcester State University. Greta speaks, educates, and inspires, on various toppings such as; “Success is a state of mind”, “Getting over your forever failure mindset”. She is the Massachusetts President and Chair of the National Woman in Roofing Council, Executive Board of Director and Treasurer of the New England Roofing Contractor Association, and a Foundation Board Member and Scholarship Committee of Worcester State University.

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"Skills can lead to passion"

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