The Kendra Scott Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute and The University of Texas at Austin hosted their first annual Women’s Summit. This powerful virtual event follows last year’s announcement of the Kendra Scott Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute, which established a new female leadership program at the University. The Women’s Summit, hosted by the WEL Institute and attended by hundreds of students, was sponsored by Kendra Scott and Dell Technologies.
“Our first Women’s Summit put the national spotlight on Austin and some of the country’s greatest female trailblazers,” said Kendra Scott. “Our mission at the Women’s Entrepreneur Leadership Institute is to empower even more women to change the world.”
As UT Austin President Jay Hartzell said in the WEL Institute’s Summer 2020 Impact Report, “Entrepreneurship — and the entrepreneurial spirit — are key components of our local, state and global economies. Through its creative approaches to classroom instruction, experiential learning opportunities, community programming and connections to alumni and the business community, the WEL Institute is transforming our university and creating unprecedented opportunities for young Longhorns in business and beyond. Because of Kendra’s vision, there is no limit to what the Institute, and our students, can do.”
The Women’s Summit included a full day of programming with the preview of the Kendra Scott Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Student Lounge, workshops, a virtual dinner with cookie deliveries from Tiff’s Treats, and panel discussions with some of today’s most successful and powerful women in their industries, including Kendra Scott, Maria Menounos, Nastia Liukin, Sheinelle Jones (TODAY), Abigail Cook Stone (Otherland Candles), Tiffany Masterson (Drunk Elephant), Tiffany Chen (Tiff’s Treats) and Liz Matthews (Dell Technologies), amongst others.
The Women’s Summit follows the September announcement of Kendra’s addition to UT Austin’s illustrious roster of professors, where she co-teaches a Women in Entrepreneurship course in a new faculty appointment as a Professor of Practice in the College of Fine Arts.
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