Women's Summit Program

8:30 a.m.

Registration and Networking Breakfast

Generously sponsored by Mary Brennan, GSS ‘83

9:05 a.m.

Opening Remarks

Isabel Rivera, FCRH ’90, Emcee

9:15 a.m.

President’s Welcome 

Tania Tetlow, 33rd President of Fordham University

9:20 a.m.

Keynote Session | Conversation with a Changemaker

Bestselling Authors Adriana Trigiani, PAR, and Mary Bly, Fordham English Professor

10:20 a.m.

Break

10:30 a.m.

Breakout Sessions

Please note that all attendees will have the opportunity to attend both sessions.

• Roundtable: Investing in Yourself and Others
• Workshop: How to Show Up Authentically & Stand Out

11:15 a.m.

Session Switch

11:25 a.m.

Breakout Sessions

Please note that all attendees will have the opportunity to attend both sessions.

• Roundtable: Investing in Yourself and Others
• Workshop: How to Show Up Authentically & Stand Out

12:10 p.m.

Networking Lunch

12:50 p.m.

Honoring Fordham’s Pioneering Women in Philanthropy

• Adriana Trigiani, PAR
• Carol Robles-Román, Esq., FCLC ’83, posthumously
• Mary Hamilton, Ph.D., FAC

Student Scholarship Speaker

Makeda Byfield, FCLC ’25

1:30 p.m.

Closing Remarks 

Isabel Rivera, FCRH ’90, Emcee

1:40 p.m.

Networking Reception

Generously sponsored by Macari Vineyards, and Gabriella Macari, GABELLI ’09, Director of Operations, Macari Vineyards