Michelle Stacy


This year’s East Tennessee Women’s Leadership Summit will feature a lady who climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and is a former executive of Keurig.

The luncheon speaker will be Michelle Stacy who has a 35-year leadership career that led her into the seat as President of Keurig, Inc.

A morning session speaker will be Joan Wright (left). Wright led the executive leadership development program at Wachovia. She is very knowledgeable about taking action, as she demonstrated when she summited Mount Kilimanjaro.

The 11th Summit is scheduled for June 10th, 2016 at the Hilton Knoxville Airport from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Participants will be able to mingle with all of the speakers and learn more about their personal stories at a VIP Reception on Thursday evening, June 9th.

Stacy is now a professional speaker and business consultant. She serves on the boards of iRobot, the Tervis Tumbler Company, Young Innovations Inc., and The Cambridge Group (a AC Nielson Company). In everything she does, Stacy focuses on the need for leaders to be able to be a whole person. According to Stacy, “Our employees need to relate to us. They need to understand who we are – not just at work, but as a whole human being.”

Executive, author, and mountain climber Joan Wright promises a dynamic presentation on Friday morning. Wright is President of O’Sullivan Wright, Inc, and is an international speaker and leadership consultant for Fortune 500 companies. With 21 years in Human Resources Management roles with Philip Morris, Citicorp, and GE Capital, Wright was well-positioned to author her book, UP – Pursuing Significance in Leadership and Life. The book showcases her Summit Advance™ Model and was her inspiration to summit Mount Kilimanjaro with her husband. Their climb raised $23,000 to enable safe water, orphan care, and agricultural production for Africa’s most impoverished communities.

The Summit is being held at the Hilton Knoxville Airport from 8:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. on Friday, June 10th. At the end of the day, the fifth annual Lizzie Crozier French Women’s Leadership Award will be presented.

Registration for the full day is $99 until April 30th; $129 from May 1st until June 3rd; $200 after June 3rd. To register, or to find more information about the conference go to www.easttnwomensls.com.