Women Who Lead Panel and Brunch

5100 Belt Line Road,Dallas TX 75254

25 March, 2023

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National Sales Network is a non-profit diversity networking organization that offers opportunities to improve sales and leadership skills through trainings and events.Women Who Lead Panel and BrunchSaturday, March 25, 2023 | 11:30 am - 1:30 pm STIRR Addison 5100 Belt Line Road, Dallas, TX 75254 Free for members | $25 for Non-members (Renew or become a member) Join us on Saturday, March 25 at STIRR in Addison for "Women Who Lead", our most attended and highly popular annual event! Enjoy brunch and mimosas; network with our board, sponsors, and likeminded go-getters in sales and marketing; then learn from a panel of amazing women in leadership. Bring good energy and invite someone who may benefit from NSN's network and professional development programming to join you. Get your tickets as soon as possible as this event will sell out. Membership matters! Members enjoy special access to all events so please consider joining or renewing your NSN membership today! Sign up for NSN DFW Texts Connect with NSN DFWAlisa JohnsonAlisa is a District Sales Manager at Grainger, and Director of Events for NSN Dallas/Fort Worth. Top producing Dynamic Business Professional & Servant Leader with over 25 years of solution selling within large Corporate organizations including W.W. Grainger, Corporate Express/Staples, Neopost, & Xerox. Alisa Johnson is an extremely passionate Business Leader with extensive experience in establishing & maintaining long-term business relationships internally & externally, delivering profitability & revenue growth, consistently successful in working with key decision makers, closing business, outselling the competition, & exceeding sales quotas. Alisa’s Award-winning track record across multiple industries & having held strategic/complex roles, demonstrating her ability to build and coach high-performing teams, sales operations, relationship management, effective communication skills, and consultative sales methods background gives her a distinctive leadership perspective and advantage. Alisa and her family reside in the Dallas, TX area. Latoya Conners GrayLatoya Conners Gray is North American Director of Credit and Fraud at W.W. Grainger. In her role at W.W. Grainger, Latoya is responsible for credit and fraud operations and compliance. She is a results-driven executive leading turnarounds in complex organizations through an authentic leader-coach style. A natural change agent that builds cross-functional teams with solution-focused business outcomes. Outside of work she is a wife and mother, enjoys cooking, traveling, and reading. She serves on the board of a national media organization and is a mentor to early in career professionals. Latoya is a highly engaging speaker on topics which include diversity & inclusion, faith, and leadership. In her commitment to her community and church she actively serves the underprivileged and is a voice for those that have none. Latoya also serves on the Board of Trustees for Carroll University. Sharonda LowerySharonda is Senior Business Director of Immunology at Eli Lilly. She is an authentic Servant Leader with a personal growth mindset, and an ability to creatively Influence and Inspire others to deliver results. She is an award winning Immunology Sr. Business Director with Eli Lilly Pharmaceuticals, where she leads a top-performing sales team, across TX and NM. Her team is responsible for exceeding sales goals of over $80 million in revenue. Sharonda has proven agility to strategically innovate as a change-agent, impacting both national and cross-functional initiatives. Sharonda has approximately 18 years of sales and sales leadership experience across both large and small biotech and pharmaceutical companies. She has a diverse background of strategic innovation, cross-functional coaching, and people development in recruiting, on-boarding, and mentorship. Sharonda consistently delivers an autograph of excellence towards the execution of her work within any organization, both professionally & personally. Sharonda has extensive launch strategy/leadership experience across several disease states, w/a track record of success in winning 4 President’s Circles & 2 National top team performances across 3 companies. She’s the co-founder of the mentoring circle “Inclusion from the Start,” a program for new Immunology Black and LatinX territory managers to help them w/career development, networking, selling agility, and leadership development with Eli Lilly. She also serves as 1 of 5 mentors for an African-American Female aspiring leaders program at Lilly. In her personal time, Sharonda serves as a Leader/Board member to several non-profit organizations executing humanitarian and scholarship fundraising, implementation of new programs, and leading various community service events and workshops. She is a proud HBCU graduate of the University of AR at Pine Bluff. She is also excited to serve as an Eli Lilly Ambassador for the NSN 2023 National conference, where she will be heavily involved in both interviewing, networking, and recruiting. Sharonda is the proud wife of Pastor Parish Lowery. Together, they have 3 beautiful daughters (J’Lynn, Kaitlyn, & Paris) and reside in Haslet, TX. Michelle GauldingMichelle Gaulding is an accomplished Sales and Marketing commercial leader in MedTech. She’s currently Vice President of Commercial Diverse Talent Strategy at Medtronic. In this role, Michelle is responsible for leading cross-functionally to develop strategies that deliver a transformative approach to attracting commercial talent able to shape business and improve the lives of patients. Michelle has over 20 years of leadership experience in her field. Her prior roles include Vice President of Regional Sales in a $300M Spine & Robotics market at Medtronic, as well as leadership roles in Sales, Marketing, and Market Access at GSK, and Johnson & Johnson. Her work has earned her recognition including President’s Club, Region of the Year, the National Sales Network Sales Diversity Champion award, and the Medtronic Sharon Piper Diggs Award for her significant impact on diversity, inclusion, and equity. Michelle sits on the global leadership teams for Medtronic’s Global Women’s Network and African Descent Network. She serves on the Board of directors for the American Heart Association of Tarrant County and is a former Board member of the National Sales Network. She’s a member of the National Sales Network, Chief, the HealthCare Businesswoman’s Association, and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated©. She’s a sought-after mentor, career coach, and speaker. Michelle holds a bachelor’s in marketing from the University of Central Oklahoma, an MBA from Oklahoma City University, and an Executive Education Certificate in Transformational Leadership from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business. Michelle and her family reside in Dallas, TX, and she enjoys time with family and friends, traveling, learning to golf, and competitive board games. Anita LoweAnita Lowe is the HIV Prevention Executive Director for the North-East Area at Gilead Sciences. She joined Gilead in September of 2019 and has been in the Biotech/Pharmaceutical industry for over 20 years. Throughout Anita’s career she has held numerous roles in Field Sales, Sales Leadership, Market Research and Products and Markets Training. Anita earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Michigan State University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Detroit-Mercy. She lives in the Detroit metropolitan area of Michigan with her husband Andre’; whom she affectionately calls the most wonderful man in the world. She enjoys spending time with family and friends, international travel, and Hot Yoga. In addition, she serves her community by helping to alleviate problems concerning girls and women through her beloved Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. ® Attend this event to get ready for the NSN National Conference in DALLAS in August! Top companies will be hiring onsite.