Women Inspiring Leadership and Learning: BYOB

Women Inspiring Leadership & Learning - BYOB (Build Your Own Board)

Join us for this panel-style discussion on both being a mentor and using mentors on your own career path. We’ll discuss how to craft your own personal advisory team and thoughtfully lift up other female colleagues and counterparts in the process.

Our panel will be moderated by Edina Innovation Lab CIO, Annette Wildenauer and will feature the following professionals:

Rebecca Sorensen – Executive Director, 50th & France Business Association
Ethelind Kaba – Executive Director, Ann Bancroft Foundation
Annika Sorteberg – Account Coordinator, Words at Work
Mary Youngren – Owner, Advent Talent Group

We look forward to a motivating and empowering time of connecting!

Thank you to our 2024 Women Inspiring Leadership & Learning Series Sponsor, The Walker Group at CrossCountry Mortgage!

⭐︎ Ethelind Kaba is the Executive Director of the Ann Bancroft Foundation, a statewide nonprofit organization working to close gender gaps by inspiring, supporting, and equipping K-12 girls with the tools to realize their full potential. Passionate about advancing equity, human dignity, and potential, Ethelind also previously founded The Stargirl Initiative, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering and mentoring teen and tween girls, for which she was named a Changemaker by MN Women’s Press.

⭐︎Rebecca Sorensen is the recently named Executive Director of the 50th & France Business Association and has been deeply involved in community efforts during her twenty years as an Edina resident. She cofounded and is cohost of Morningside After Dark, previously held the chair position of the Edina Arts & Culture Commission as well as decades of experience in Minnesota and New York City as a public relations executive, fundraiser, writer, and community volunteer.

⭐︎ Annika Sorteberg is an Account Coordinator at the Marketing Agency, Words at Work. She enjoys coaching figure skating, and is the President of Rotaract Club of Edina, which is a volunteer and social organization for young professionals in the Twin Cities. In her free time, you can find her traveling!

⭐︎ Mary Younggren is the owner and principal of Advent Talent Group. Widely recognized as an expert in her field, Mary regularly consults with business leaders about the future of work. She was recently selected as a 2022 Women in Business Honoree by the Minneapolis/ St. Paul Business Journal and as a 2022 Enterprising Woman of the Year by Enterprising Women Magazine.