Asheville’s Women Leaders: Past, Present and Future

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

A panel discussion featuring established local leaders, as well as UNC Asheville student leaders, will be held at 7:30 p.m. in UNC Asheville’s Sherrill Center.

Panelists include: Tiffany Drummond Armstrong, Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation; Katie Button, Cúrate and Nightbell restaurants; Liz Colton, EO Colton & Associates Global Collaboration; Taylor Foss, Mission Health Services; Oralene Simmons, the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Association of Asheville; and Stephanie Watkins-Cruz, UNCA senior and president of the university’s chapter of She’s the First.

The forum will be moderated by Rachel Collman, UNCA senior and president of the Girls’ Achievement Through Education student organization. The panel will address the challenges and rewards of being women in leadership roles in typically male-dominated fields. Free and open to the public.