October 21, 2022 I Event
WoN Hosts its 3rd Leadership Summit
The participants in the 2022 WoN Leadership Summit.
The Women of NAMM (WoN) recently hosted its third annual WoN Leadership Summit at NAMM’s headquarters in Carlsbad, California, from Oct. 17–19. During the three-day event, 17 female industry professionals took part in the intensive leadership immersion experience designed to support women working across the MI industry.
The Summit, which was facilitated by Dr. Jen Hall, offered intensive training and discussion, skills assessment, strategies for coaching and feedback, developing resilience, and more. In addition to the leadership and professional development program, each participant enjoyed a tour of NAMM’s Museum of Making Music, lunch with The NAMM Foundation board of directors, and learned more about the history of the association and the industry.
One participant, Catherine English of Bertrand’s Music, said that as a result of the Summit, “I became even more aware of how many strong leading women there are in the music industry, and how we can be supportive of each other both mentally, emotionally and with business and professional advice. As a result, I intend to take back an attitude of encouragement and boldness, to give beneficial feedback using the systems that we learned, and to continue to build up more women into leadership so that our music world can have a balance that is better reflective of who we are as a society.”
“This Summit has profoundly impacted me,” said Kayla Davis of Music & Arts. “Previously, I would dismiss that these types of things were needed. Now, I see the importance of having these spaces for women to learn and flourish. I hope that the skills I am learning and the self-discovery will carry over to my day-to-day life as an education rep.”
The 17 graduating participants of the program were: Tonya Adams of West Music; Laura Clapp Davidson of Shure; Kayla Davis of Music & Arts; Michele Dwiggins of Beacock Music; Catherine English of Bertrand’s Music; Jessica Ferrari of Menchey Music; Amanda Whiting Gerstle of Universal Audio; Jordan Gruver of Fender; Katie Helgeson of The Music Shoppe; Erin Kessler of Maple Leaf Strings; Kristin Masarik of Heid Music; Natalie Morrison of D’Addario; Thea Paraskevaidea of Beaumont Music; Amanda Rueter of Ernie Williamson Music; Gayle Stewart of High Strung Violins & Guitars; Stacey Swanson of Swanson Consulting Group; and Samantha Tranchida of Quinlan & Fabish.
