Women In Business SIGNATURE EVENT
High Heels in High Places
The Augusta Metro Chamber Women In Business Signature Event is one of the largest, high-profile events of the year. It is a celebration of our Women In Business program mission, to bring together, support and empower the professional women in our business community. Each year, a national renowned speaker who exemplifies “High Heels in High Places” is invited to share their story and inspire the audience.
Interested in sponsoring the 2024 Signature Event? Email Events and Marketing Manager emma.jones@augustametrochamber.com
Past Evenings
2023 Program Title: Elevate Every Moment By Empowering Those Around You
Keynote Speaker: Elizabeth Newton, Founder and Designer of enewton Designs
2022 Program Title: It's A Marathon, Defining your career journey one smart step at a time
Keynote Speaker: Venessa Harrison, President of AT&T Southeast Coastal Region
2021 Program Title: Put your name to it
Keynote Speaker: Teresa MacCartney, Acting Chancellor of the University System of Georgia
2020 Program Title: Best of the South
Keynote Speaker: Rebecca Darwin, Cofounder & CEO of Garden & Gun Magazine
2019 Program Title: Power Play, Betting On You
Keynote Speaker: Gretchen Corbin, President & CEO of the Georgia Lottery Corporation
2018 Program Title: How to be Elf-Sufficient
Keynote Speaker: Christa Pitts, Founder and co-CEO, Creatively Classic Activites and Books, the publishing company behind the best-selling book The Elf on the Shelf
2017 Program Title: Dare to be...A Women In Business
Keynote Speaker: Becky Blalock, best-selling author of DARE: Straight Talk on Confidence, Courage and Career for Women In Charge, motivational speaker, and trailblazer to the C-Suite
2016 Program Title: The Business of Giving
Keynote Speaker: Karen Beavor, President & CEO of the Georgia Center for Nonprofits
2015 Program Title: Flight Commander
Keynote Speaker: Shan Cooper, Vice President of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, General Manager of the Marietta, Georgia facility, and Vice President of Business Ethics
2014 Program Title: An Evening with Siri - The Woman Behind the Voice
Keynote Speaker: Susan Bennett, the original voice of Siri, singer, musician and voice talent artist
2013 Program Title: Lights.Camera.Action!
Keynote Speaker: Lee Thomas, Director of the Georgia Film, Music & Digital Entertainment Office
