WE Connect Event: Rebuild, Recover, and Reimagine Your Business Celebrate WE NYC's 5 Year Anniversary during a special event in partnership with Luminary, featuring guest speakers Cate Luzio, Mona Bijoor, and Priya Rao. Covid-19 profoundly impacted women owned businesses. This event will inspire business owners and provide tangible skills so we can rebuild, recover, and reimagine the future of business. Attendees will leave this event prepared to make their businesses more resilient in the face of social and economic upheaval.
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SPEAKER BIOS
Cate Luzio is the Founder and CEO of Luminary, the premier collaboration hub for women who are passionate about professional development and expanding their networks. This 15,000 square foot meeting space in New York City includes a rooftop deck/cafe (opening summer 2019) and two floors of open workspace, conference rooms, a fitness studio, beauty bar, locker room, lactation room, and much more. Luminary is the ultimate career advocate offering members unparalleled programming from office hours with dynamic leaders to a pioneering speaker series. A longtime advocate for empowering women and girls, Cate serves on the National Board for Girls Inc. and Advisory Board for Girls Inc. NYC.
Mona Bijoor is the Founder and CEO of Holy.TV, a global platform where you can connect with your faith, watch inspiring videos, and support places of worship. She is also a partner at Kings Circle Capital LLC, an investment and advisory firm, where she has holdings in real estate, franchises, start-ups, and online businesses. Mona is the founder of JOOR, the premier online global B2B marketplace for wholesale buying that directly connects brands and retailers. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with an MBA from the Wharton School of Business, Mona lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two daughters. She is the Amazon best selling author of Startups and Downs, The Secrets of Resilient Entrepreneurs and a frequent contributor to TechCrunch, Entrepreneur, and Thrive Global.
Priya Rao is the Executive Editor at Glossy, and hosts the Glossy Beauty Podcast. Previously, Priya held senior positions at Harper's Bazaar, Vanity Fair, and Town & Country and has written for Vogue, New York Magazine, and Fast Company. She has been a featured speaker at SXSW and Shoptalk.