Ruth Stergiou and Denise Brosseau, have created and led a variety of successful programs and communities for corporate and entrepreneurial leaders.
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 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.
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. To book Denise for your upcoming event: Learn More.
Ruth has run a thriving event and non-profit management company, Planning Dynamics. In that role, she served for 18 years as the Founding Executive Director and event production manager for the Professional Business Women of California, building their two successful annual conferences in San Francisco and Sacramento to 5000 and 3000 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 10,000 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. In 1992, Ruth was recognized by the Northern California Chapter of Meeting Planners International with the Meeting Planner of the Year Award. She holds a B.A. (Hons.) degree in Geography from Leeds University in England. She has been featured in the San Jose and Silicon Valley Business Journal’s "Who's Who in Silicon Valley Business." Ruth is a regular guest speaker at conferences and universities. To book Ruth for your upcoming event, contact her. |
accelerating the success of the next generation of corporate and entrepreneurial women leaders. Based on extensive research on the training needs of corporate managers and high potential leaders, the company offers talent development programs; tools and toolkits; online and offline skill-building events; and organizational consulting. We partner with companies in all industries to assure the success of their efforts to retain and develop their women employees. Why? A 2007 study by researchers at UC Davis shows that only 11.6% of executive positions in California Fortune 400 companies are currently held by women. We believe that having more women involved in the highest levels of business management can only lead to more productive, dynamic and successful companies. And we want to be a part of that success! |
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