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2025 SCHEDULE

JONESBORO WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP SUMMIT (VIP Event)

MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2025

5:30 - 7:00 PM

The Lounge at Huntington Square

JB WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP SUMMIT (Main Event)

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2025

8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Embassy Suites - Red Wolf Convention Center

7:45 - 8:30 a

  • No physical tickets required. Just check in with your name or company

  • Network with other attendees and interact with our event partners

  • Breakfast including coffee, tea and juice

Registration & Networking Breakfast

8:30 - 8:45 a

  • Opening remarks and introductions by the WLS team and presenting sponsor Simmons Bank

Welcome

  • “Leading with Influence” will focus on strengthening your ability to master your influence with others and gain cooperation by positioning yourself as a trusted advisor within your organization. This session will provide a framework to improve your success regardless of your position within the organization.

    Jessie Wilson - Partner & Senior Trainer, Dale Carnegie Training Mid-South

8:45 - 9:45 a

Session #1

9:45 - 10 a

Break

  • Panelists to be announced soon!

10 - 10:30 a

Session #2

10:30 - 10:45 a

Networking Break

10:50 - 11:20 a

  • An empowering session focused on the importance of wellness and how it impacts our daily lives

  • Latanya Robinson is often the only female engineer in the room and that experience has helped her create a career path that she wants to share with other business women. "Career Pathways & Changing the Trajectory" is designed to help women navigate their careers. Explore strategies to identify and pursue new professional paths, overcome common obstacles and make intentional choices to shape a more fulfilling and successful career.

    Latanyua Robinson, Founder + President, LATROBE LLC

Sessions #3 & 4

11:50 - 12 p

Closing

2025 Sponsors

  • SIMMONS BANK

    PRESENTING SPONSOR

  • ST. BERNARDS HEALTHCARE & MEDICAL GROUP

    WELLNESS SPONSOR

  • FRITO LAY

    VIP + CONTENT SPONSOR

  • FIRST HORIZON BANK

    VIP + CONNECTIONS SPONSOR

  • BIG RIVER STEEL

    CONTENT SPONSOR

  • OPTIMUM

    CONTENT SPONSOR

  • NUCOR

    SUPPORTING SPONSOR

  • WOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF ARKANSAS

    RESOURCE SPONSOR

Summit Partners

CORPORATE TABLE SPONSORS

ARKANSAS CHILDREN’S

ARVEST

CRAIGHEAD ELECTRIC CO-OP + EMPOWER

HARDING UNIVERSITY

IRBY UTILITIES

NEA BAPTIST

NETWORK OF COMMUNITY OPTIONS (NCO)

NYITCOM at A-STATE

WOUND SOLUTIONS OF ARKANSAS

WRIGHT LINDSEY JENNINGS (WLJ)