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Over the last twenty years, the founders of Invent Your Future Enterprises,
Ruth Stergiou and Denise Brosseau, have created and led a variety of successful
programs and communities for corporate and entrepreneurial leaders. They have never
wavered from their commitment to give back to their community. In building Invent
Your Future, they have committed to partner with and support non-profit
organizations through income-sharing arrangements and the co-development of high
quality programs. Invent Your Future has created partnerships with PBWC, FWE&E,
BlogHer, ATW, WIPP, Astia and more.
Denise Brosseau
Ruth Stergiou
Program Director - Laura Deck
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Over the last twenty years, the founders of Invent Your Future Enterprises,
Ruth Stergiou and Denise Brosseau, have created and led a variety of successful
programs and communities for corporate and entrepreneurial leaders. They have never
wavered from their commitment to give back to their community. In building Invent
Your Future, they have committed to partner with and support non-profit
organizations through income-sharing arrangements and the co-development of high
quality programs. Invent Your Future has created partnerships with PBWC, FWE&E,
BlogHer, ATW, WIPP, Astia and more.
Denise Brosseau
Ruth Stergiou
Program Director - Laura Deck
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Denise Brosseau, Co-Founder & President, spent over 10 years in the
women’s leadership arena, founding and serving as the first CEO of
the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs (FWE). Denise made FWE (now
FWE&E) the country’s leading organization for women-led startups,
with more than $1 billion of venture capital flowing to its members’
companies in just three years. Along the way, she built FWE into a
powerful network of female executives earning extensive media
coverage and several high profile community service awards. Denise
also co-founded and continues to be an advisor of the powerful
venture conference series for women entrepreneurs, the
Springboard Venture Forums, which have led to over $3.7 billion in
funding for women entrepreneurs.
A Wellesley graduate with a Stanford MBA, Denise also completed
Stanford’s prestigious Executive Education program in Negotiation
and is a licensed facilitator for The One Page Business Plan®. Prior
to starting Invent Your Future Enterprises, Denise ran her own
successful strategic consulting practice for four years and she spent
10 years as a successful marketer at Motorola, Broderbund, and
Kensington. Denise has a strong commitment to non-profit excellence
and community service, serving as the Chair of the Business
Leadership Council of Wellesley College and the Housing and Human
Concerns Committee in Redwood City. She has been profiled in
Forbes, Business Week, Fast Company, Inc. Magazine, and Wired.
Denise is a regular guest speaker at conferences, workshops,
universities and colleges in the US and internationally.
www.brosseaugroup.com
women’s leadership arena, founding and serving as the first CEO of
the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs (FWE). Denise made FWE (now
FWE&E) the country’s leading organization for women-led startups,
with more than $1 billion of venture capital flowing to its members’
companies in just three years. Along the way, she built FWE into a
powerful network of female executives earning extensive media
coverage and several high profile community service awards. Denise
also co-founded and continues to be an advisor of the powerful
venture conference series for women entrepreneurs, the
Springboard Venture Forums, which have led to over $3.7 billion in
funding for women entrepreneurs.
A Wellesley graduate with a Stanford MBA, Denise also completed
Stanford’s prestigious Executive Education program in Negotiation
and is a licensed facilitator for The One Page Business Plan®. Prior
to starting Invent Your Future Enterprises, Denise ran her own
successful strategic consulting practice for four years and she spent
10 years as a successful marketer at Motorola, Broderbund, and
Kensington. Denise has a strong commitment to non-profit excellence
and community service, serving as the Chair of the Business
Leadership Council of Wellesley College and the Housing and Human
Concerns Committee in Redwood City. She has been profiled in
Forbes, Business Week, Fast Company, Inc. Magazine, and Wired.
Denise is a regular guest speaker at conferences, workshops,
universities and colleges in the US and internationally.
www.brosseaugroup.com
Ruth Stergiou is the CEO and Co-Founder of Invent Your Future
Enterprises. For 20 years, Ruth has run a thriving event and non-profit
management company, Planning Dynamics. In that role, she served for
19 years as the Founding Executive Director and event producer for
the Professional BusinessWomen of California, building their two
successful annual conferences in San Francisco and Sacramento to
5,000 and 3,000 attendees respectively.
Ruth also produced the highly-acclaimed California Governor's
Conference for Women in Los Angeles for 17 years, working with four
administrations, and building the conference to over 10,500
participants.
Ruth serves as a faculty member for San Jose State University's
Professional Development Center and on the Advisory Board of the
Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology. She has been
recognized by the Northern California Chapter of Meeting Professionals
International with the Meeting Planner of the Year Award. Ruth is also
an active member of the National Association of Women Business
Owners (NAWBO). She has been featured in the San Jose and Silicon
Valley Business Journal’s "Who's Who in Silicon Valley Business." Ruth
holds a B.A. (Hons.) degree in Geography from Leeds University in
England.
Enterprises. For 20 years, Ruth has run a thriving event and non-profit
management company, Planning Dynamics. In that role, she served for
19 years as the Founding Executive Director and event producer for
the Professional BusinessWomen of California, building their two
successful annual conferences in San Francisco and Sacramento to
5,000 and 3,000 attendees respectively.
Ruth also produced the highly-acclaimed California Governor's
Conference for Women in Los Angeles for 17 years, working with four
administrations, and building the conference to over 10,500
participants.
Ruth serves as a faculty member for San Jose State University's
Professional Development Center and on the Advisory Board of the
Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology. She has been
recognized by the Northern California Chapter of Meeting Professionals
International with the Meeting Planner of the Year Award. Ruth is also
an active member of the National Association of Women Business
Owners (NAWBO). She has been featured in the San Jose and Silicon
Valley Business Journal’s "Who's Who in Silicon Valley Business." Ruth
holds a B.A. (Hons.) degree in Geography from Leeds University in
England.
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Laura has been with Invent Your Future Enterprises/Planning
Dynamics, Inc. since 2003 and has created professional development
programs for the California Governor’s Conferences for Women, the
Professional BusinessWomen of California, Out & Equal Workplace
Advocates, and the Invent Your Future Conferences for Women. Her
responsibilities include research, curriculum design and development,
website maintenance, webinar design and production, speaker
management, copywriting, editing, and production of print and online
promotional materials.
Prior to Planning Dynamics, Laura was a Senior Manager at Accenture,
LLP, where she provided Human Performance and Change
Management consulting in the utilities, telecommunications, and
products industries for 15 years. Her areas of expertise include
corporate communications, training design and development,
organizational change, large-scale project management, software
development process improvement, and marketing. She was actively
involved in Accenture’s Women’s Networking Group as a speaker and
mentor.
She has a BA in Social Science from the University of California,
Berkeley and a Master of Science in Educational Psychology from
California State University.
Dynamics, Inc. since 2003 and has created professional development
programs for the California Governor’s Conferences for Women, the
Professional BusinessWomen of California, Out & Equal Workplace
Advocates, and the Invent Your Future Conferences for Women. Her
responsibilities include research, curriculum design and development,
website maintenance, webinar design and production, speaker
management, copywriting, editing, and production of print and online
promotional materials.
Prior to Planning Dynamics, Laura was a Senior Manager at Accenture,
LLP, where she provided Human Performance and Change
Management consulting in the utilities, telecommunications, and
products industries for 15 years. Her areas of expertise include
corporate communications, training design and development,
organizational change, large-scale project management, software
development process improvement, and marketing. She was actively
involved in Accenture’s Women’s Networking Group as a speaker and
mentor.
She has a BA in Social Science from the University of California,
Berkeley and a Master of Science in Educational Psychology from
California State University.