Connected Chamber Women's Luncheon 5-1-25

Join us on Thursday, May 1, 2025, at Pine Rest Postema Center from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm.

Networking with 100 (+/-) chamber ladies from West Michigan chambers, while enjoying a great lunch and presentation.

Connected Chamber Women is a blend of chambers to meet the challenges business women share; our mission statement is designed to encompass all facets of being women.

Speaker: Kristen Nitz, Engagement and Operations Strategy Consultant; Emerging Leader Specialist

Topic: Generational Leadership: Engaging every member on your team

Kristen has over 20 years of experience in healthcare leadership. She is passionate about inspiring and coaching individuals to become the best versions of themselves, and helping leaders to be impactful in their own leadership roles. Kristen believes in the power of influencing the culture around us to drive results, and building healthy and productive teams.

Kristen’s extensive experience has fueled her drive to develop and coach new and upcoming leaders. She is particularly passionate about mentoring individuals who are new to leadership and its concepts, helping them to create a vision for their leadership, establish a foundation for their own leadership values and style, and provide them with tools and concepts to lead more confidently and effectively. Kristen has diverse experience in result-oriented and solution-based operations strategy. She has worked with start-up nonprofits, creating organizational structures and foundational elements. She has also led businesses through acquisitions and coached other leaders through change. As a coach, Kristen helped leaders develop and implement winning strategies that consider the goals of the business and the people
involved.

Kristen has held leadership positions at various levels, including front-line leadership, regional directorship, and VP of Operations, prior to joining Vantage. She is particularly passionate about dementia education and care and is a Certified Dementia and Alzheimer’s Practitioner Trainer. Kristen has worked to equip and educate clinicians and family members about dementia to enable them to provide compassionate and effective care confidently. She has also led in different healthcare environments, including home care, senior living, hospice, community health, and hospitals. Her varied experiences have equipped her to understand and meet leaders wherever they are on their leadership journey.

To contact Kristen for a consultation or to learn more visit https://vantagegroupinc.com/about-us/

Caterer: Distinctive Catering

Baked Chicken, Wild Rice, Root Vegetables with Herb Butter, Fresh Cut Fruit Salad, Greek Pasta Salad, BBQ Meatballs, Tossed Salad, and Ciabatta Rolls.
Nothing Bundt Cakes for dessert.

The mission of Connected Chamber Women is to create connections between West Michigan Chambers. Meeting quarterly for women to enhance their business and personal relationships with opportunities to Laugh - lighten our load, Learn information to solve business problems and Lavish ourselves with encouragement in celebrating our successes and each other.

This event is open to members of the following chambers: Allendale, Byron Center, Caledonia Area, Gaines Area, Grandville Jenison, Hudsonville Area, Wayland Area, Allegan Area, Otsego-Plainwell and Wyoming-Kentwood Area

$25 Per Person
$75 Table Sponsor : One minute commercial to fellow attendees, decorate the table with business swag/advertising materials (includes the cost of the host's lunch).
$250 Event Sponsor : One minute commercial to fellow attendees, decorate table with business swag/promo materials (includes lunch). Plus, your logo will appear on event invites and at event registration.

Registration and Payments due by April 25
no refunds.