GEW: Impactful Innovations & Entrepreneurship in Health & Human Services

Join us to celebrate GEW with an enlightening panel discussion featuring distinguished professionals who have successfully transformed their expertise in healthcare and hospitality into entrepreneurial ventures. In partnership with the College of Health & Human Services at Sacramento State, this event showcases how service-focused leaders are revolutionizing their respective industries through entrepreneurial innovation.

Event Overview
At its core, entrepreneurship is about solving problems and creating value for others. Our distinguished panel exemplifies this principle, featuring leaders who have built innovative businesses and organizations that enhance the human experience - from healthcare delivery to hospitality services. These accomplished founders will share their unique journeys from industry practitioners to successful business owners, offering valuable insights into service-centered entrepreneurship.

Featured Panelists
Healthcare Innovators:

• Dr. Deborah Ross-Swain, Ed.D., CCC-SLP, Clinical Director and CEO, The Swain Center for Listening, Communicating and Learning
• Chris Meyer, Healthcare Tech Entrepreneur and Attorney
• Dr. Marlene M. von Friederichs-Fitzwater, Ph.D., MPH, Founder and Executive Director, Health Communication Research Institute

Hospitality Leadership:

• Brian Proctor, Founder, Leeds Hospitality Group

Sacramento Entrepreneurial State of the Union - 6th Annual

During Global Entrepreneurship Week 2024, presented by Western Health Advantage, we are excited to bring to you a Sacramento Entrepreneurial State of the Union discussing our region's innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem!

This event is set to launch us into a full week of events, workshops, and pitch competitions.
This signature event will highlight the region's growing innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem and will address how the Sacramento Entrepreneurial Growth Alliance is fostering an increase in connectivity in the Greater Sacramento region with an intentionality to grow entrepreneurship as economic development and expanding the investment landscape.

The Sacramento Entrepreneurial State of the Union will feature a variety of discussions ranging from how we plan to grow our region from within and the role growing our regional capital base plays in doing so.

Agenda:

• Networking
• SEGA Overview
• Entrepreneurship as Economic Development
• Investment Landscape