SFNet's Women in Secured Finance Conference Deploys SFNet Connect

We are excited to bring you this year's conference as a live online event!

This year’s theme is “Empowered Women Empower Women.” SFNet’s Women in Secured Finance Conference will bring together some of our industry’s leading female executives and other professionals to offer their insights and tips on navigating issues faced in today’s work environment, providing women in secured finance an opportunity to learn from and support each other.

At the WISF, the new SFNet Virtual platform, SFNet Connect, will allow registrants to schedule meetings, watch the live and on-demand sessions and join the virtual roundtables and open networking. SFNet Connect opens to registered WISF attendees on July 15. Registrants will receive their login credentials on that day so they will be able to start scheduling meetings with other registrants.

Make Meaningful Meetings
Members will have the ability to personalize their schedule with ideal meetings they select for their business needs and priorities. The system requires two-way approval for meetings and provides the ability to place the scheduled meeting (at a mutually available time) on both calendars.

Find the Right People
The registrant filtering tool can help you connect with the right people. Filtering options include: Primary Function, Geographic Preferences, Financing types and Industry Vertical plus Primary Deal Size.

Manage Your Interaction with Hundreds of Other Registrants with Just a Few Clicks
The core attraction of the the SFNet networking platform is the ease with which SFNet Members can view registrants, request a meeting, accept a requested meeting and choose a time to meet, or even snooze meeting requests to decide later. The registrant search panel gives the status of participants members are interested in, and shows requests that are still pending, at a glance.

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This year's keynote speakers are Tiffany Dufu and Libby Gill.

Tiffany Dufu is founder and CEO of The Cru. Their algorithm matches circles of women who collaborate to meet their personal and professional goals. She’s also the author of the bestselling book Drop the Ball: Achieving More by Doing Less. According to foreword contributor Gloria Steinem, Drop the Ball is “important, path-breaking, intimate and brave."

Named to Fast Company’s League of Extraordinary Women, Tiffany has raised nearly $20 million toward the cause of women and girls. She was a launch team member to Lean In and was Chief Leadership Officer to Levo, one of the fastest growing millennial professional networks. Prior to that, Tiffany served as President of The White House Project, as a Major Gifts Officer at Simmons University, and as Associate Director of Development at Seattle Girls’ School.

Tiffany is a member of Women’s Forum New York, Delta Sigma Theta, Sorority, Inc. and is a Lifetime Girl Scout. She serves on the board of Girls Who Code and Simmons University and lives in New York City with her husband and two children.

Libby Gill is a leadership speaker, executive coach and author. She is also is the CEO of Libby Gill & Company, an executive coaching and leadership consulting firm, guiding clients and their teams through change, challenge and chaos. Previously, Gill was Senior Vice President at Universal Studios Television, and Vice President at Sony Pictures Television and Turner Broadcasting.

Libby is the author of five books, including the award-winning You Unstuck, Capture the Mindshare and the Market Share Will Follow, and Traveling Hopefully. Her latest book is The Hope-Driven Leader: Harness the Power of Positivity at Work. She is a former columnist for The Dallas Morning News.