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Podcast: Our Two Cents Podcast
Episode: 192 - The 2023 Women's Business Conference
Description: The vision for the Bakersfield Women's Business Conference originated during the International Year Of The Woman. Phyllis Hullett, then Director of Student Services at Bakersfield College, gathered a group of community-minded women from industry, government, education and service-oriented areas on March 28, 1989. The goal was to discuss the feasibility of producing a business conference geared toward the needs of women. Out of this meeting, twelve women and one lone man, Pat Shaffer, Dean of Development at Bakersfield College, agreed to serve on the executive board. Options Unlimited, The Bakersfield Women's Business Conference was born. Amanda DiGiacomo is joined...