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April 19-20, 2026  |  Starting at $600

Schedule of Events

Register

Day One: SUNDAY, APRIL 19

Reconnect, Recharge & Rise

WYNN LAS VEGAS

Registration Open

2:30pm

Welcome Cocktail Reception

3:30-4:30pm

Mentoring Circles

4:45-7:30pm

Mid-Career & Emerging Leaders

  1. Leading With Confidence in a High-Pressure Industry

  2. Building Your Leadership Brand Without Burning Out

  3. Leading Multigenerational Teams With Empathy & Heart

  4. Mastering Difficult Conversations With Grace and Courage

  5. Resilience in Action: Thriving Through Change, Pressure & Setbacks

MENTORS FOR EACH TOPIC TO ROTATE AROUND THE ROOM FOR SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION 
Student & Entry-Level ATTENDEES

  1. Finding Your Path: Career Clarity for Your First 5 Years

  2. Confidence 101: Speaking Up, Being Heard & Trusting Yourself

  3. From Classroom to Career: Professional Skills They Don’t Teach in School

  4. Building Healthy Boundaries in a 24/7 Industry

  5. Your Early Leadership Style: How to Lead Even If You’re Not the Boss Yet

Day One Concludes

7:00pm

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Day Two: MONDAY, APRIL 20

Bold Voices, Brave Leadership

WYNN LAS VEGAS

Arrival & Networking Breakfast

8:30-9:00am

Welcome

9:00-9:25am

  • Teri Weinberg, Yellow Brick Road, Prod, President

  • Pixie Acia, Surf Sweat Serve, Spiritual Wellness Coach + Facilitator

Opening Keynote

9:25-10:15am

  • Sandra Douglass Morgan, President, Las Vegas Raiders

  • Jan Jones, Womenup, Founder; Former Las Vegas Mayor & First Female Las Vegas Mayor

  • Diana Bennett, EmpowerHer Founder

  • Elizabeth Blau, Blau & Associates, Founder & CEO; Women’s Hospitality Initiative, Co-Founder

Panel Discussion

10:15-11:00am

THEME: THE NEXT FRONTIER OF WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP: COURAGE, CONNECTION & CHANGE
Topic: Redefining Power: From Influence to Impact

  • Monica Moradkhan, Vice President Community Relations, Wynn Las Vegas

  • Lee Long, Sr Vice President Hotel Operations, Wynn Las Vegas

  • Chris Flatt, Executive Vice President Hotel Sales and Marketing, Wynn Las Vegas

  • Jennifer Azzi, President & Executive Director, IXs Foundation

  • Lori Nelson-Kraft, Sr Vice President Corporate Affairs, Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix

Breakout Sessions

11:15AM-12:00Pm

CHOOSE TWO OF THE FOLLOWING TOPICS

  • The Confident Voice: Storytelling, Branding & Executive Presence

  • Leading with Data: Making Decisions with Empathy and Analytics

  • AI for Restaurants: Moving Past Theory, Use Cases, Tips and Tricks

Lunch

12:05-12:50pm

Fireside Chat

1:00-1:30pm

Theme: From Burnout to Balance: Redefining Success on Your Own Terms

Conversation between two senior women leaders about resilience, boundaries, and wellbeing.

  • Sepideh Eivazi, Founder, Dawn of Earth

  • Teri Weinberg, President, Yellow Brick Road Prod.

Celebrity Chefs Panel

Presented By OpenTable

1:35-2:50pm

Moderated by Cheryl Paniagua, Vice President of Restaurant Services, OpenTable

PANEL 1: The Business of Being the Brand
PANEL 2: Food as Power: Culture, Identity & Influence

Chefs Dominique Crenn, Lorena Garcia, Angie Mar and Missy Robbins, as well as Katina Connaughton and Amanda Signorelli

Skill Lab Workshops

3:00-4:00pm

CHOOSE TWO OF THE FOLLOWING TOPICS

  • Negotiation Power Play: Getting What You Deserve

  • Reverse Mentoring: Learning Across Generations

  • The Future Is Female (and Digital): Leadership in the Age of AI

Closing Session

4:30-5:30pm

"What If We Get This Right?"

Dr. Patti Fletcher, CEO, Co-Founder of PSDNetwork, LLC

Something is being automated. Not your job. Your identity. 

What If We Get This Right? is Dr. Patti Fletcher's keynote for anyone standing at an inflection point in their career, their organization, or their life, who is ready to stop performing the old version and start leading from the one that cannot be replicated.

*Sip & Savor Grand Tasting

6:00/7:00pm

*included in all-access conference pass. additional tickets also available for men & women.

Sip & Savor Grand Tasting

UNLV WILLIAM F. HARRAH COLLEGE OF HOSPITALITY

Monday, April 20

VIP: 6PM, GA: 6:45PM

The Women in Hospitality Leadership Conference will culminate with the Sip & Savor Grand Tasting at UNLV’s William F. Harrah College of Hospitality, a celebration of Las Vegas’s most talented women chefs and mixologists.

Available to the public, this food & wine fundraising event will feature an abundant array of gourmet food from local women-led restaurants, specialty cocktails, and fine wine.

All event proceeds will benefit Women’s Hospitality Initiative, Rebel’s EmpowHER, and WomenUp, continuing each organization’s mission to support women in the advancement of their careers.

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Thank you to our Sponsors

If interested in becoming a sponsor, please contact Kristen Segesta at kristen@elizabethblau.com.