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Saturday, October 9, 2021
4:00 PM - 9:00 EDT

Join women from across the country for a virtual reteat! 

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Keynote Speaker: Linnita Hosten

Award-winning speaker and student success strategist, Linnita Hosten is the founder of the Dream Career Academy. 
   Linnita’s work with students began at age 19 as a recreation summer camp counselor and expanded through numerous roles: Resident assistant, orientation team leader, cheerleading coach, private tutor, college advisor, and college professor.
   The high-energy edutainer provides content-packed and research-based success strategy programming for organizations, universities, and community groups; and group coaching to students.
   Linnita has been honored with various awards, including Excellence in Education; Youth Speaker of the Year; 40 Under 40 in Education; Education Book of the Year; and Alumni of the Year.
   Linnita received a bachelor of science degree in Mass Communication from Towson University and a masters of science degree in Nonprofit Management and Association Leadership from the University of Maryland University College.
   Linnita believes that education investments- like college- should be strategically planned. She is passionate about preparing students to get clear on their plans and confident about what they want.
 

Entrepreneur Panelist:

Nellie Thomas acquired a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education from Xavier University in New Orleans, LA. She continued her education at McNeese University in Lake Charles, LA, and acquired a Master of Education in Guidance and Counseling. Upon becoming a McDonald's franchisee, she became certified as a McDonald's Owner and Operator.

     From 1987 to the present, she is the owner of six McDonalds with sales volume in excess of $20 million and a staff of 250 employees. Before McDonald's, her career included teaching in Calcasieu Parish in Louisiana, managing a federal funded program that prepared disadvantaged youth for college at Georgian Court College in Lakewood, NJ, developing executive training for Avon Products Inc. in New York City, and developing staff training for United Jersey Bank Financial in Princeton, NJ.

Bridgette Petrino (left) and Emily Rittenhouse (right) are two friends who fell in love with the comfort and style of light-weight, leather earrings and decided to learn how to make them. 
     After sharing their designs with their friends and family, their jewelry became increasingly sought after. The two friends quickly realized that they were on to something and decided to take the next step by turning their creations into a business. 
     Bridgette and Emily are both married, each with three daughters, who are the lights in their lives. Wanting to incorporate their families into their business purpose, they chose the name “Astraea” which means “Goddess of the Stars” and put three stars in their logo to represent each of the three precious lights in their lives. 
     Today, just two years after Astraea was born, Bridgette and Emily’s jewelry can be found in a dozen local boutiques, as well as online. It is their mission to not only create beautiful and comfortable jewelry that is affordable for the everyday woman, but to also impact the local community through fundraising for local charities, donations of jewelry for women who may not have the means to purchase a luxury item for themselves, and by supporting other local, women-owned businesses.