Elevate Women Conference

The Elevate Women Conference — Innovate. Create. Connect. — is more than just a conference. It’s an experience designed to bring together women from every stage of business, leadership, and life for a day of inspiration, authentic connection, creativity, and growth.

Whether you’re a business owner, entrepreneur, manager, professional, creative, emerging leader, or someone simply looking for renewed momentum and community, Elevate Women was created with you in mind.

Speaker Lineup:

KEYNOTE: Dawnielle Tehama, CDTP, CAS: Rooted Leadership: Why the Most Radical Innovation Comes From What We Remember 

In a business world obsessed with disruption and newness, what if the most powerful innovation strategy is remembering what actually works? Join Dawnielle Tehama, Development Director of the American Indigenous Tourism Association, for a keynote on how tradition, place, and stewardship-centered thinking aren't constraints on leadership—they're competitive advantages.

Rooted Leadership weaves together three essential practices for building something that lasts: honoring the deep wells of culture and place that anchor your decisions; stewarding your work for future generations, not just this quarter; and recognizing that community and authentic relationships are the ultimate innovation infrastructure. Whether you're a business owner, manager, or aspiring leader, this talk explores how to lead with both vision and responsibility—and why the most connective, future-forward leaders aren't starting from scratch.

Natalie Vartanian, CPCC, PCC: Relationship Intelligence: The Skill That Changes Everything in Business and in Life 

Most of us were never actually taught how to connect. We were taught to be polite, to keep the peace, to hold it together and somewhere along the way we started performing connection instead of actually having it.

In this honest, warm, and interactive opening keynote, certified life coach and relationship expert Natalie Vartanian names the patterns most high-achieving women know intimately but rarely talk about out loud. The conflict we avoid, the masks we wear at work and at home, and the slow drift that happens when we stop showing up as ourselves. Through real conversation, guided reflection, and partner exercises, you will leave with practical tools to connect more courageously, authentically, and fluidly with the people who matter most and a renewed understanding that the most important relationship you will ever tend to is the one you have with yourself.

Natalie is a certified life coach, workshop facilitator, and speaker with nearly fifteen years of experience coaching women through the moments that make and break relationships, and guiding them back to the most important one of all: the relationship they have with themselves. She is also the co-owner of The Aerie Retreat Center in Klamath Falls. Her work blends intuition and practicality to help people lead more honest, connected, and turned-on lives.

Attendees can expect inspiring speakers, engaging conversations, interactive experiences, networking opportunities, hands-on creativity, practical takeaways, and meaningful connections with women who understand the challenges and possibilities of leadership, work, business, and personal growth.

For those who want to carry the momentum into 2027 the experience doesn’t end when the conference does.

For those looking to continue building momentum throughout the year, the Annual Elevate Women Experience expands the conference into an ongoing community designed to support continued growth and connection long after event day.

The Annual Experience includes:

• Admission to the 2026 Elevate Women Conference
• Three Quarterly Strategy Meetings in February, May, and August 2027
• Exclusive Elevate Women newsletters and updates
• Access to a private Elevate Women Facebook page
• Additional opportunities for collaboration, networking, and continued learning throughout the year

This option is perfect for women who want more than a single day of inspiration — they want lasting connection, accountability, encouragement, and opportunities to keep growing alongside other driven women in our community.

Join us for a day that inspires you — and an experience that continues to elevate you all year long.