The first Professional Women’s Brunch (PWB) Defining Your Destiny networking and fundraising event hosted by InStepp, Inc. was held on Saturday, September 20, 2014, from 10:00 a.m. to noon at Brier Creek Country Club in Raleigh, N.C. Thank you for attending this event. Your presence helped to make PWB 2014 a great success and your positive energy helped to make our time together spiritually uplifting and fun.
Event Information
Our 1st Professional Women’s Brunch included a 10-item brunch, a presentation by Dr. Debra Saunders-White, the first female and 11th chancellor of North Carolina Central University, door prizes and a CAbi fashion show.
Photos from the event are now available. To see photos courtesy of Jorge Miranda, click here. Photos courtesy of PWB attendees can be viewed here.
Meet Our Keynote Speaker: Dr. Debra-Saunders White
We’re excite
d to welcome our Professional Women’s Brunch keynote speaker Dr. Debra Saunders-White, the 11th chancellor of North Carolina Central University (NCCU).
Dr. Saunders-White was selected by the Board of Governors of the multi-campus University of North Carolina to serve as Chancellor of NCCU in February 2013. She began as the 11th chancellor of NCCU on June 1, 2013.
Dr. Saunders-White started her tenure with the goal of Eagle Excellence or E-Squared. Her priorities for ensuring student success and academic excellence include: retaining and graduating students in four years; raising critical scholarship funds; and providing innovative academic instruction that prepares and trains students to work in the global marketplace. She aims to create techno-scholars, or technology trendsetters and leaders who understand how technology intersects with all disciplines – from STEM to liberal arts, social sciences, business education, law and nursing.
Prior to NCCU, Dr. Saunders-White served as the Acting Secretary for the Office of Postsecondary Education at the United States Department of Education. She also served as the Deputy Assistant for Higher Education Programs. She spent 15 years at IBM before joining Hampton University in 1999 as Assistant Provost for Technology. In 2005, she was promoted to Vice President for Technology and Chief Information Officer. Two years later, she joined the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) as Vice Chancellor for Information Technology Systems, serving concurrently as UNCW’s Interim Associate Provost in the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer.
Dr. Saunders-White has been the recipient of numerous awards in higher education to include being recognized by leading magazines such as Cyberstar and acclaimed as a top leader among higher education executives by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities and the American Council on Education.
Dr. Saunders-White earned a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Virginia, the Master’s of Business Administration (MBA) from The College of William and Mary and a doctorate in higher education administration from The George Washington University. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated and The Links, Incorporated.
Tickets and Tables
Our Professional Women’s Brunch is limited to 200 guests. Tickets are $40.00 per person with a table of eight available for $320.00. Your ticket purchase includes a 10-item brunch, a keynote speaker presentation, a fashion show and door prizes. For more information about the event, tickets or sponsorship opportunities, please call 919.680.8000 or email info@instepp.org.