OCTOBER IN-PERSON EVENT
Leadership Conference and Charity Golf Tournament
Thursday, October 13, 2022
8787 Park Ln, Dallas, TX 75231
4:30 – 9:00 p.m. CT
Join us for our Dallas in-person networking event,
The Power of your People during the Great Reset!
Connect to your peers, your industry and everything around you.
The importance of companies adapting to needs and listening to their employees including Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, and Belonging.
Charity Golf event offers:
Individual or team entry charges
Entries include two drink tickets and dinner
In addition to 2.5 hours with a tournament and prizes
4:30- 4:45 p.m. Networking
4:45-6:00 p.m. Panel
6:00-7:30 p.m. Golf “Contests”
7:30-7:45 p.m. Awards and Raffle
7:45-9:00 p.m. Free Play Golf
Package Descriptions:
- Leadership Conference open to all Registrants at no cost!
- Leadership conference WICT or SCTE Member – Individual Player $100
* Leadership conference
* Entry for one player (includes buffet meal, a beverage, and dessert)
* Two drink tickets
* We will randomly place you with other individual golfers
* Subject to membership verification - WICT or SCTE Members – Build a Team $600
* Do you want to compete as a team of six? Choose “Build a Team” and build a dream team of six golfers.
* Leadership conference
* Entry for six players (includes buffet meal, a beverage, and dessert)
* Two drink tickets per player
* Subject to membership verification of each golfer - WICT or SCTE Member – Dinner and Networking $40
* Leadership conference
* Buffet meal, a beverage, and dessert
* Networking with industry leaders and panelists - Non WICT Member – Individual Player $125
* Entry for one player (includes buffet meal, a beverage, and dessert)
* Two drink tickets
* We will randomly place you with other individual golfers - Non WICT Members – Build a Team $750
* Do you want to compete as a team of six? Choose “Build a Team” and build a dream team of six golfers.
* Entry for six players (includes buffet meal, a beverage, and dessert)
* Two drink tickets per player - Non WICT Member – Dinner and Networking $65
* Buffet meal, a beverage, and dessert
* Networking with industry leaders and panelists
Leadership Conference Panelists:
Strava, Head of Talent
Camille Tate is currently Head of Talent at Strava, the subscription platform at the center of connected fitness and the largest sports community in the world, where she leads an amazing group of Talent Professionals in building diverse teams. After starting her career in technology staffing with a globally recognized firm, she went on to spend a long-standing tenure with reputable brands such as Redbox, Match.com, The Beck Group and now Strava. Through her experience in business development, recruiting, talent branding, and training, Camille has truly recognized that it’s not how many positions you fill, but how well you connect and build trust with the people you work with. Camille is also the Founder/Co-Owner of The Career Salon, LLC and Co-host of The Career Salon Podcast with the HR Twins. Camille resides in Dallas, Texas with her husband of 21 years and their 4 year old son.
VP and Global Head, D&I
Shameka Young is responsible for driving a more integrated, global and regional approach to diversity and inclusion through data insights across the employee experience, incorporating clients for a broader impact.
Prior to Cognizant, Shameka spent 14 years in Accenture’s Communications and High Tech industry where she led strategic and technical consulting programs for multinational corporations. She also supported regional diversity and inclusion initiatives across the central region to retain women and minorities.
External to Cognizant, Shameka just completed her term as the Chapter Advisor for The WICT Network: Greater Texas. For clients, Shameka leads working sessions to promote the engagement of under-represented groups and broader corporate inclusion. Shameka is a graduate of the University of Texas and lives in Dallas.
Southwest Airlines, Sr. Manager
Lydia is SW Airlines Sr. Manager of Business Transformation Solutions and holds a B.A in Psychology from Emory University. with 20+ years in the industry and 14+ years at SW airlines,
Lydia is an adaptable and visionary information technology executive with extensive experience in project management, process strategy, ADM, supply chain systems, software development, and strategic planning. She draws upon broad technical expertise to set the direction of key company initiatives.
Merivis, Executive Director
Kate Perez is the co-founder and executive director of Merivis, a 501c3 nonprofit founded in 2015 that skills up veterans and military spouses transitioning to technology careers after service.
Prior to Merivis she held roles in global marketing for technology companies and has an extensive resume of nonprofit roles and social impact initiatives, especially in the central Texas community. She’s a native Texan and in the process of moving back to Austin from Seattle.
Leadership Conference Moderator
Impellam Group, STEM NA (North America)
With over 20 years of experience within the STEM staffing sector, and a wealth of expertise in delivering STEM staffing business growth in the UK, Europe, and North America, Danny has direct oversight and is responsible for driving strategy across the Impellam Group STEM portfolio, including the Lorien, SRG, and Bartech divisions.
As a true champion for equity, diversity, and inclusion (ED&I), Danny has a passion for giving back to the communities in which we work and leverages his expertise and resources to build ethical pathways for creating strong candidate communities and networks. Danny is a Board member on both the 50/50 Women on Boards – Austin Committee and the San Diego Tech Hub, a partnership to help under-served and under-represented communities get jobs in technology. Danny also holds board seats on The WICT Network: Rocky Mountain Chapter as Director of Mentoring and The WICT Network: Greater Texas Chapter as Director of DEI.
We are happy to announce LVProject as our primary beneficiary for this event. Dana Gage is one of our Chapter Founders. When Dana suffered the loss of her father and her young son, she left our industry but never left the heart of WICT of this Chapter. After losing her son in a lake accident, Dana and Brett (her amazing husband) founded a charity the LV project. You can find out more details here: https://www.thelvproject.org/.
HI. WE ARE THE GAGES.
ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 2012, CONNOR GAGE WENT TO THE LAKE, AND HE DIDN’T COME HOME.
CONNOR WAS AT A BIRTHDAY PARTY, JUMPED FROM THE ROOF OF THE BOAT DOCK, AND DID NOT RESURFACE.
IN AN INSTANT, WE WENT FROM A HAPPY FAMILY OF FOUR, TO A BROKEN FAMILY OF THREE.
BUT THE STORY DOESN’T END THERE.
THE LV PROJECT RELENTLESSLY PURSUES THE IDEA THAT ALL PEOPLE CAN LIVE AND LOVE BUOYANTLY.
Through our WATER BUOYANCY projects, The LV Project raises awareness for drowning prevention and specifically advocates for use of life vests on lakes.
Through our LIFE BUOYANCY projects, The LV Project completes service projects that give people in need a lift in their everyday lives.
LIVE. LOVE. LIFEVEST.
The WICT Network: Greater Texas 
This is going to be such an exciting and fun event and the LV Project is such an important cause.
Looking forward to seeing everyone IRL!!