Our quarterly Office Hours with Purpose events connect women entrepreneurs with experts, investors and veteran entrepreneurs in a curated and intentional way. We brief both the entrepreneur and the mentor ahead of time to ensure participants get the most out of their time and walk away with the insights and answers they need. 

Women@Austin members get $10 off the ticket price of this event. Learn more about becoming a member here.

Our June Office Hours have a new virtual format!
 

For this session, YOU get to choose which mentors you meet with. 
 

Thank you so much to our sponsors Charles Schwab, McGinnis Lochridge and Pioneer Bank for making this event possible.

How it works: 

• This event will take place throughout the week of June 29 - July 3, in set meeting times that fit with your schedule.

• In your confirmation email, you will find a link to Acuity Scheduling. This link will allow you to schedule up to 3 meetings with mentors of your choosing, at times that are most convenient to you. *We recommend that you complete this form as soon as possible, as scheduling mentor sessions will be on a first-come-first-served basis. Final deadline to complete the form is June 24*

• Once you schedule your meetings with your chosen mentors, a member of our team will send you calendar invitations with your chosen mentor and the Google Hangout link. Please try to familiarize yourself with Google Hangout prior to your meeting, to avoid any last minute technical difficulties.

• Attend your virtual mentor meetings through the Google Hangout link in the calendar invite.

Tickets:
 

Members $15, Non-Members $25

Each ticket includes the opportunity to meet with up to 3 of our mentors.

Meet the Mentors:
 

• Chris Gagnon
  Sr. Partner, McKinsey & Co. 
  Area of expertise:  Helps clients improve performance and health by taking an integrated approach to align organizational design with culture, talent, change, management and leadership. Leads McKinsey research into "Organizing for the Future" - organization learning from the most aggressive organizational experiments and approaches in the world to bring new approaches to clients that are faster, more tech-enabled and more human centered. Also, can help Founders with how to work successfully post-COVID.

• Christine Lewis
  Commercial Loan Officer, Pioneer Bank
  Area of expertise:  Adept at SBA lending process, financial analysis and educating small business owners on the lending process and financial education through her experience of working at Peoplefund (non-profit lending institution).

• Cristina Silingardi    
  Managing Director, vcfo
  Area of expertise:  Scaling your business, Inflection Points for Growth, Finance, Growing your Leadership Team

• Donna Day    
  Senior Vice President, Pioneer Bank
  Area of expertise:   Finance, Raising Capital, Operations

• Ed Hattrup   
  Owner, Bald Ginger
  Area of expertise:  Accounting, Finance, Small Business Growth

• Elizabeth Davis
  Founder / CEO, Authentic Impact
  Area of expertise:  Scaling, Leadership Management and Accountability, Operations

• Felipe Vega
  Founder / Principal, IronClad Consulting Services, LLC
  Area of expertise:  Finance, Accounting, Raising capital

• Jan Ryan
  Exec Director of Entrepreneurship & Innovation, University of Texas, Founder of Women@Austin
  Area of expertise:  Funding, Sales, Scaling

• Kerry Rupp
  General Partner, True Wealth Ventures
  Area of expertise:  Fundraising, Product-Market Fit, Early-stage Hustle

• Madhavi Rao
  Strategy Executive, Advisor & Mentor
  Area of expertise:  Strategy, Scaling, Anti-racism, Hiring

• Martha Todd  
  Partner, McGinnis Lochridge
  Area of expertise:  Legal, Raising Capital, Employment (from a legal perspective), Some COVID Issues

• Nitcelle Emanuels
  Director, Diversity & Inclusion, Dell Technologies
  Area of expertise:  Talent Development, Future Workforce, Anti-racism

• Shubhi Rao    
  Former CFO, Self
  Area of expertise:  Finance, Raising Capital, Scaling

• Mindy Gardner  
  Managing Director, Digital Investor Services at Charles Schwab
  Area of expertise:  Executive leadership, Digital Experiences, Financial Services, Talent Development, Hiring

Guidelines:
 

• Don’t be late! Be respectful of your mentor’s time. Be sure to check that you can use the appropriate technology beforehand.

• Make the most of your time. You will only have 30 minutes with your mentor, so don’t spend too much time introducing yourself. 

• Come prepared. Research your mentors before meeting with them and have your questions ready. 

• Respect the relationship. Please do not follow up with mentors independently unless they have indicated a desire to continue communicating.