Be Well & Good Speaker Series: Badass Women

Join us for a night featuring strong and powerful bada$$ Boston Women. The night will focus on the journeys of some of Boston’s top Founders, CEO’s and powerful women. Each speaker will not only tell the audience how they found their passion, how they got to the position they are in today, but also the struggles they face being at the top. Come with questions surrounding work/life balance & making your dreams a reality. All attendees will have an opportunity to ask the panel questions, as well as be involved in a networking session after the panel concludes. Bada$$ women giveaways included for all attendees!

Speakers:

Heather White - Founder trillfit

Heather C. White is an award-winning entrepreneur and lifestyle marketing expert based in Boston. As CEO of TRILLFIT®, Inc, a boutique fitness studio and inclusive wellness brand, she is changing the face of fitness, one hip-hop fueled class at time. In addition, she serves as a Boston Healthy Community Ambassador appointed by Mayor Walsh, bringing wellness programs to under-served neighborhoods, and sits on the Dimock Center's "Road to Wellness" Committee as well as the Boston Chamber of Commerce's Small Business Advisory Board.

Gianne Doherty – Co-Founder Organic Bath & CEO of WELL Summit

Gianne Doherty is a Boston based wellness entrepreneur and clean beauty expert. Named Boston's Best Wellness Guru by Improper Bostonian, Gianne has been featured in Forbes, Boston Magazine, Boston Common and the Boston Globe. Gianne is the founder of award winning skincare company Organic Bath Co. and the premeiere wellness conference WELL Summit.

Amy Swift – Co-Founder BdySqd

Amy Swift Crosby is the co-founder of BDY SQD, a growing recovery studio in Boston focused on aligning and detoxing the body and mind through dedicated reset experiences. BDY SQD offers assisted stretching, infrared sauna and NormaTec compression boots, as well as special events focused on wellness. Amy comes to BDY SQD as a brand strategist and copywriter who has positioned or voiced messaging across the commercial spectrum. From iconic brands like Ford, Pepsico, BVLGARI, Pottery Barn, Pantene and Virgin Atlantic, to smaller cult brands like Barre3, the class by Taryn Toomey, B&H and Bodhi Tree, she is known for her ability to distill complex themes and craft relatable narratives rooted in the human experience. Her popular blog, www.smartypeople.com, explores “the human sde of business,” and features essays that weave the worlds of marketing, metaphysics, design and most importantly, words. She is relentless in uncovering the power of messages and how they impact our lives.

Madison Trapkin – Founder Grlsquash

Madison Trapkin is an Atlanta-bred, Boston-based writer and Founder of GRLSQUASH, a womxn’s food, culture, and art journal. Madison graduated from Boston University’s Gastronomy masters program in December 2018 and is now the Editor at Culture Cheese Magazine. Her work has been published in Culture Cheese Mag, The Boston Globe, Gather Journal, and more. She is passionate about The Feminist Agenda, pizza, and regularly watering her houseplants.

Moderator – Kayla Doyle

Kayla Doyle's marketing career has recently shifted from Boston up the coast to Portsmouth, New Hampshire where she now works as a Brand and Production Account Executive and Content Strategist. Kayla supports local brands, helping them define their creative strategy and produce work in the forms of TV, radio, print, and digital content. She is also a studio assistant to jewelry designer and artist Amy Vander Els, teaches yoga classes and also studies watercolor painting. Kayla cultivates these other interests in wellness and in the arts in an effort to create balance and synergy across her professional work and personal passions. Kayla carries a B.A. in Communication from the University of New Hampshire.

Please arrive 15 minutes before event time. The panel will start promptly at 5:30pm.