April

24th

9 AM – 4 PM (MST)

WPO Hosted Special Event

Women's All Day Leadership Summit

The Integrated Leader: Powering Your Leadership, Business & Life

Join us for a full day of leadership insights — only $149 thanks to our event sponsors.

One-Day Summit for Women Business Owners and Leaders

Get ready for an empowering day filled with insights, networking, and actionable strategies to take your business, and your life to new heights. The theme of our day is integrated leadership. Gain powerful insights on how to impact your culture at work and increase trust. Learn tactics and strategies for handling today’s challenging workforce, take charge of your health and wellbeing with the latest info from physician and get useable strategies on improving your personal brand now. Hosted by The Denver Chapter of the Women Presidents Organization (WPO), this special event is designed for women like you who have made their mark in the business world and in their leadership roles.

The Day’s Exciting Agenda

9:00 AM

Registration & Coffee

Please arrive promptly. Coffee and tea will be available — breakfast is not served.

9:15 AM

Welcome & Opening Remarks

★ OPENING KEYNOTE

9:30 – 10:30 AM

Dr. Jamie Shapiro

Jamie Shapiro, PhD, is a Keynote Speaker, Master Certified Executive Coach, Organizational Psychologist, Researcher and the CEO of Connected EC.

Learn More About Jamie

Jamie brings a rare blend of science, strategy, and lived leadership experience to her work with CEOs and executive teams navigating growth, complexity, and cultural transformation.

With a PhD in Positive Organizational Psychology, an MBA, and a Master of Science in Information Technology, Jamie bridges rigorous research with real-world execution. Since 1998, she has developed high-performing teams —first as a corporate executive inside large-scale organizations and now as a trusted external advisor to senior leaders across industries. After experiencing executive burnout herself, Jamie became committed to reshaping how leaders lead—so they can drive exceptional performance without sacrificing their vitality.

Her work integrates well-being science, positive psychology, and systems-level leadership to help organizations build cultures where people can burn bright and go the distance without burning out.

She is the bestselling author of Brilliant: Be the Leader Who Shines Brightly Without Burning Out and the forthcoming book Connected Culture: The New Science for Thriving Teams and Cultures, which uncovers what it truly takes to build high-performing teams where well-being and performance coexist. She is also the founder of the Leader and Organization Vitality (LOV) Center, a research institute that advances the science of leadership vitality, culture, and performance and bridges the gap between research and real-world practice.

The Light Within Leadership: How Connection Unlocks Trust, Fulfillment, and High Performance

What if the highest form of leadership isn’t control but connection? In this powerful and research-backed keynote, organizational psychologist and CEO coach Jamie Shapiro challenges the outdated belief that performance and fulfillment are trade-offs. Drawing on her groundbreaking 5Cs Model — Connection, Candid Communication, Clarity, Collaboration, and Contribution — she reveals how the most effective leaders unlock trust, expand capacity, and build cultures where people thrive. Through compelling executive case studies and deeply human storytelling, Jamie shows how fear-based cultures quietly erode performance, while connected leaders create the psychological conditions that allow people to bring their full selves to work. At the center of it all is one universal truth: Every person is silently asking two questions: Do you care about me? And can I trust you? When leaders answer yes — not with words, but with how they show up — something shifts. Teams collaborate differently. Candor increases. Clarity sharpens. Contribution expands. Performance rises. Because thriving cultures don’t happen by accident. They are deliberately built by leaders willing to lead from the light within.

Key Takeaways for Attendees

A research-backed framework for building high-performing, deeply connected teams
A new understanding of fulfillment at work grounded in eudaimonic wellbeing
Practical insight into how connection to self, others, and purpose expands leadership capacity
A clear understanding of how culture is shaped, not by strategy decks, but by the daily behaviors leaders model and tolerate
A call to become the light their organizations need

10:35 – 11:30 AM

Stacy Since

Panel Moderator

Learn More About Stacy

Stacy Since is a 3x founder, CEO, and CRO who has built and led growth-stage companies and nationally recognized communities for women in business. In collaboration with Jamie Winkler, she co-launched the Women in Business initiative at InBank to create opportunities for accomplished business owners to connect, learn, and strengthen their professional networks.

High Standards Leadership in a High-Sensitivity Era

How do leaders honor wellbeing and legal obligations without eroding accountability and productivity?

Today’s leaders are navigating legal complexity, increased mental health awareness, generational expectation shifts, and relentless performance demands. This conversation is not about dismissing employee needs — and it’s not about lowering standards. It’s about how to lead effectively in tension.

Join our panel with employment lawyers from two of Denver’s most prestigious firms and a leading human resource firm to get a handle on how to manage today’s workforce.

Meet the Panelists:

Panelists: Heather Vickles, Gillian McKean Bidgood, Amy Giggey

Heather Vickles JD

L&E Partner at Venable, LLP

Gillian Bidgood JD

Practice Chair at Polsinelli PC

Amy Giggey-Burns PHR

Founder & CEO of Talent to Team

11:35 – 12:00 PM

PRESENTED BY

Karen Hofmann

Learn More About Karen

Karen Hofmann is a Vice President, Advanced Planning at Prudential. In her current position, Karen is responsible for speaking with financial professionals and clients about ways to effectively accumulate, protect, and distribute wealth. Karen has more than 36 years of experience in the financial services industry and has been an invited speaker nationwide on a variety of retirement planning, advanced markets, and other financial topics. She has also taught continuing education courses for Certified Financial PlannersTM, Attorneys, and Certified Public Accountants. Born and educated in London, England, Karen has earned the Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU?), Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC?), and Chartered Advisor for Senior Living (CASL?)* designations. She lives in California just north of San Diego with her husband, Troy. Specialties: Small business planning, executive benefits, retirement and estate planning, Social Security, and charitable giving.

Protecting the Future of Your Business

The presentation discusses strategies for protecting your business based on its structure and the stage of its lifecycle. It touches on some key business concerns and suggests solutions that may help address potential risks associated with business transition and succession planning.

Our Main Sponsor of the Day

12:00 – 1:25 PM

Networking Lunch

A delicious array of healthy options and treats. Connect with fellow attendees.

1:30 – 1:55 PM

The WPO Experience

In this segment you will experience first-hand how members of the WPO help each other process even the most serious issues or concerns without actually giving advice.

2:00 – 2:55 PM

Jacqui Pariset MD

Board-Certified Physician and Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner. Founder of Omnia Health.

Learn More About Jacqui

Board-Certified in Family Medicine and a Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner, Dr. Jacqui blends the rigor of traditional medicine with the depth of functional and longevity-focused care.

Her approach is evidence-led and highly personalized. Not trend-driven. Not reactive. Not one-size-fits-all.

After more than a decade in conventional family medicine, she recognized the need for deeper evaluation, prevention, and long-term strategy. She founded Omnia Health to create space for comprehensive, physician-led care that prioritizes cardiovascular health, metabolic resilience, hormone optimization, cognitive protection, and whole-person wellbeing.

Dr. Jacqui integrates advanced diagnostics with functional medicine principles to identify root drivers, clarify future risk, and build personalized longevity plans. Her training includes certification through the Institute for Functional Medicine, advanced study in Ancestral Nutrition with Chris Kresser, and the ReCODE protocol for cognitive decline prevention through MPI Cognition.

Dr. Jacqui Pariset presents “Burnout, Balance, and Beyond: The New Rules for Women’s Health,”

A thought-provoking conversation on how modern demands are reshaping women’s health, energy, and longevity. Integrating insights from functional medicine, hormone science, and nervous system physiology, Dr. Pariset explores why so many accomplished women experience burnout, brain fog, and metabolic disruption—and how to restore resilience and vitality. Attendees will leave with a new framework for understanding their health, practical strategies to optimize energy and performance, and a roadmap for leading both life and work from a place of alignment rather than exhaustion.

★ CLOSING KEYNOTE

3:00 – 4:00 PM

Juliana Broste

TravelingJules Productions
Travel Filmmaker + Host
Canon Co-Lab Ambassador
Travel Expert

Learn More About Juliana

Juliana Broste, “TravelingJules,” is a 12x Heartland Emmy award winning travel video journalist–a producer, shooter, writer, editor and host. Whether you spot her in front of the camera or behind the lens, you’ll recognize this fierce female filmmaker sporting pink lipstick and an armful of camera gear! Her enthusiasm and joie de vive inspire travelers to get out of their comfort zone and try new things.

Jules is on a mission to discover adventures around the world and document them, too. From Thailand to Turkey to Tanzania, Jules has visited all seven continents and has explored the states extensively. Known for her high energy, high quality travel vlogs, Jules shares her story with signature style. She creates content for destinations, brands, media outlets and her travel vlog. Jules has been featured on networks like CNN, The Points Guy, Lonely Planet, Local Now, Matador Network and USA TODAY. She has also landed dream job assignments for Bumble and Viator. See if you can spot Jules on TV! As a Travel Expert, Jules appears on national segments and on NBC 9News Denver on Travel Tuesdays– you just never know where you’ll see her next!

Jules is always up to date on the latest camera gear, tools and trends. As a Canon Co-Lab Ambassador, Jules shares storytelling skills and technical tips often, leading educational sessions and hands-on workshops with delight. Her blog, The Video Hustle, serves as a resource for filmmakers and content creators. She enjoys collaborating with some of her favorite brands, Adobe, Manfrotto, Joby, B&H, CES and NAB SHOW. For seven years, Jules helped recognize excellence in video production, serving as National Trustee and Executive Committee member of the Heartland Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Board of Governors. When Jules is not holding a camera, you’ll find her on stage—delivering an inspiring keynote to a room full of creators or awarding MICHELIN Stars. Jules currently serves as the Director of Marketing for the Colorado Chapter of the National Speakers Association.

Springing off to adventures near and far, Jules calls Denver, Colorado her home and her launchpad. She graduated Magna Cum Laude with Honors from the University of Colorado at Boulder with a degree in Advertising. In her spare time, you’ll find Jules snowboarding in Vail where she is a fully certified instructor. Come along for the adventure with TravelingJules on Instagram and YouTube. Happy travels!

Unapologetically You: Building Your Personal Brand Like No One Else Can

Learn how to leverage the most powerful resource you have–YOU–while building your personal brand from the ground up. In this session, we’ll hear from 12x Heartland Emmy Award Winning Travel Video Journalist Juliana Broste, “TravelingJules,” who is blazing her own trail in travel media. She’ll teach us how to embody our brand at every turn and architect our authority in new ways. In this inspiring keynote, we’ll discover the power of telling your story, create content with confidence, and curate dream projects and powerful partnerships. Get ready to build your brand like no one else can.