The Women in Business Council is dedicated to offering education and networking opportunities for Women in Business. WIBC Mentorship Bootcamp, Presented by Lickstein Plastic Surgery is an opportunity for women facing challenges affecting their career or business to grow personally and professionally. The three-month Bootcamp will offer one-on-one mentorship paired with a virtual classroom with a focus on Leadership. Upon the completion of the course, participants will have gained valuable knowledge and skills to advance their careers while building a network of personal and professional contacts.

Upon the completion of the course, participants will have gained valuable knowledge and skills to advance their careers while building a network of personal and professional contacts.

During the Final Session, we will be asking each mentee to create a vision board for this session that will focus on what they are taking away from this program and implementing in their business and/or personal life.

Rita Barreto
The President of Top Tier Leadership is an award-winning speaker and transformational leader with a big heart and a long resume. Rita combines deep experience and delightful charm, but they’re not what set her apart. It’s that she doesn’t just promise high-impact results – she delivers! She builds on clients’ motivation, talent and drive to develop highly-effective employees, executives and teams. She views today’s rapidly-changing workplace not as an array of problems to be solved – a generational shift, a need for diversity, employee engagement – but as a challenge demanding new solutions, and she loves challenges.

Rita was president of the Florida Speakers’ Association and earned a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation from the National Speakers’ Association, the highest recognition awarded. Florida’s governor appointed her to the Florida Commission on Human Relations and the Century Commission for a Sustainable Florida. Rita received the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award of the Human Resources Association of Palm Beach County. The South Florida Business Journal called her one of the top HR professionals in Florida. Florida’s CFO appointed her to serve as one of twenty-two women on the Florida Commission on the Status of Women.

Read Rita's full bio here.

Liz Wolverton, Synovus, Chief Strategy and Customer Experience Officer

Liz serves as Chief Strategy and Customer Experience Officer and serves on Synovus’s Executive Management Committee.  Her role encompasses oversight of corporate strategy, marketing, digital, customer experience, and inclusion and diversity. 

Liz guides Synovus’ strategic direction through cross-functional, cross-enterprise coordination of lines of business.  As one of four members of the company’s Resource Allocation Committee, she is charged with overseeing the company’s $150MM+ strategic investment portfolio.  Additionally, Liz is responsible to the Board of Directors for identifying, communicating, and resolving risks in execution of the strategic plan.  She developed and deployed three multi-year strategic plans to best position Synovus in three diverse banking environments; crisis, rebuild, disruption & innovation. 

Liz has been named one of American Banker’s Most Powerful Women: 25 Women to Watch from 2015 through 2020.  This is an annual ranking recognizing women for company, industry, and community-at-large impact, as well as for leadership and innovation in the face of industry challenges.  In addition, she is the recipient of the Jim Blanchard Leadership Award, representing recognition for leadership during the financial crisis.  

See Liz's full bio here.
 
WHY?
To offer growth and support to a female businessperson.  We will:

1. Identify career inhibitors in her life and work
2. Create a strategy to overcome the various career inhibitors
3. Help her develop leadership skills for advancing her career
4. Acquire concrete, technical, computer and presentation skills to either re-enter the workforce or build her business skills
5. Instill confidence and provide a business support network
6. Help her reach their fullest potential

• Woman member (or future member) of the PBNCC must have at least 2 of the below:
• Women-owned business
• Younger Woman/Young Professional beginning her career or business
• Women reentering the workforce
• Women wanting to advance her career
• Women leaders working in the nonprofit sector
  • Learn more about dates and how to apply here