Purdue Women’s Conference 2024 features more than 20 empowering speakers

The annual conference focuses on personal and professional development. It will draw women looking to motivate, uplift and connect within a supportive community of Purdue alumnae and friends.

“We are excited to welcome Purdue women back to campus again this year for our fifth annual Purdue Women’s Conference,” said Jillian Henry, vice president of engagement at the Purdue for Life Foundation. “This conference brings together Purdue alumnae and friends — from diverse industries and career levels — who want to learn from and encourage each other. We look forward to celebrating our supportive sisterhood.”

The conference will include keynotes by top speakers as well as 20 focused breakout sessions. One featured speaker is Kathleen St. Jean, who founded the public benefit corporation 34 Lives through the Purdue Research Foundation. The company helps solve the organ transplant crisis by preserving unused kidneys.

Other keynote speakers include:

• Leanna Chroman, vice president of culture and learning for Huse Culinary
• Kelly Hiller, vice president of marketing for Purdue University Marketing and Communications
• Cara Putman (MBA ’15), clinical assistant professor and director of the Brock-Wilson Center for Women in Business at Purdue’s Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business
• Julie Thornton (HHS ’94), director of career services for the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago

Registration is open.

Cost structure:

• $199 for employees and students from all Purdue campuses and Purdue Global
• $249 for members of the Purdue Alumni Association, the John Purdue Club, President’s Council or the Parents & Families Club
• $299 for nonmembers
• Register by March 31 for a $50 discount (Not applicable for the employee and student rate)

About Purdue University

Purdue University is a public research institution demonstrating excellence at scale. Ranked among top 10 public universities and with two colleges in the top four in the United States, Purdue discovers and disseminates knowledge with a quality and at a scale second to none. More than 105,000 students study at Purdue across modalities and locations, including nearly 50,000 in person on the West Lafayette campus. Committed to affordability and accessibility, Purdue’s main campus has frozen tuition 13 years in a row. See how Purdue never stops in the persistent pursuit of the next giant leap — including its first comprehensive urban campus in Indianapolis, the new Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business, and Purdue Computes — at https://www.purdue.edu/president/strategic-initiatives.

About the Purdue for Life Foundation

The Purdue for Life Foundation helps friends and alumni of Purdue University stay connected, get involved and give back. Created on March 11, 2020, the foundation deepens alumni ties to Purdue, drives and coordinates all alumni-related activities across the Purdue family’s post-graduation lives and works with alumni and friends to garner support for the university.

Our organization combines the alumni engagement function of the Purdue Alumni Association and the University Development Office, and it includes President’s Council, the John Purdue Club and the Office of Industry Partnerships, as well as alumni lifelong learning programs and on-campus residential opportunities. Learn more at https://purdueforlife.org/.