2017 WELD Pittsburgh Members Only Breakfast July. Join WELD by July 18 th and Attend Event for Free! For Members Only!! July 25, 2017 Tuesday

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1 2017 WELD Pittsburgh Members Only Breakfast July For Members Only!! Rachel Brecht Elisabet Dennehy Darcel Madkins Kelsey Monteleone Join WELD by July 18 th and Attend Event for Free! July 25, 2017 Tuesday Networking 7:30am-8:00am Program 8:00am-9:30am The Rivers Club 301 Grant Street Suite 411 Pittsburgh, PA Career Transitions WELD is excited to announce our inaugural new member breakfast for the Pittsburgh chapter! All members of the chapter are invited to attend this free, members only event!* We all face challenges when it comes to leading and managing our professional and personal lives. Join WELD Pittsburgh and our diverse group of panelists representing various backgrounds, organizations, and stages of life as we share perspectives, discuss challenges and gain insights into how we can balance it all and become better leaders within our organizations and communities. Rachel Brecht, Senior Solutions Consultant, TiER1 Performance Solutions, and Co- Chair, WELD Pittsburgh Chapter Steering Committee, will moderate the following panel of amazing women leaders from our region: Elisabet Rodriguez Dennehy, Founder and President, Rodriguez and Associates LLC Darcel Madkins, Risk Analyst, PNC Bank Kelsey Monteleone, AVP, Banking Center Manager, Wesbanco For sponsorship opportunities, contact Rhonda Carson Leach at Register at: *FREE to all members who have joined or renewed with WELD by July 18 th. Please contact Mindy Koenig at for questions. Online registration closes at midnight on July 18 th. After registration closes, members must pay $25 at the door. Only a limited number of walk ins can be accommodated at the door.

2 About Our Moderator Rachel Brecht Senior Solutions Consultant, TiER1 Performance Solutions Co-Chair, WELD Pittsburgh Chapter Steering Committee Rachel lives at the intersection of talent and performance, enabling some of the world s largest companies improve performance through their people. She s a champion of the employee experience, bringing 20 years of expertise building in talent development, strategic change and organizational evolution. In her current role with TiER1, Rachel focuses on designing client solutions: leveraging culture, employee engagement, learning and communication strategies to drive adoption, transfer knowledge, sharpen skills, and shift mindsets in measurable ways that align to business strategy. She s a big picture thinker, a connector and a champion for women. She has served on the board of the ATD Pittsburgh Chapter, is a member of the Pittsburgh Human Resource Association, Regional Investor in the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, member of the United Way Women s Leadership Council, and serves on the host committee for the Women of Boards 2020 and Womens Health Conversations here in Pittsburgh. She s a native Pittsburgher, born and raised in the South Hills. She currently lives in Bethel Park with her husband Gabe and daughter Maggie. Rachel holds a BA in Communication with an emphasis in Corporate Communication and Marketing from Slippery Rock University and has completed coursework for her MS in Organizational Leadership from Geneva College. Rachel loves the work she does, finds purpose in improving the lives of those she works with, and has a passion for connecting people within the region.

3 Elisabet Rodriguez Dennehy Founder and President, Rodriguez and Associates LLC Elisabet Rodriguez Dennehy is a native of San Juan, Puerto Rico. She has lived in Pittsburgh for 30 years; she calls it my second home. Her husband, Dan, is a professor for the Katz Business School- at the University of Pittsburgh. They have two adult children Aisha Marie and Daniel Jose. She holds a Master of Arts in Psychology and a Juris Doctor both from the University of Puerto Rico and a Master of Arts in International Affairs from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. Her full-time job and passion is her work - she owns a boutique consulting company, Rodriguez and Associates LLC whose mission is to enhance the performance of women by promoting gender integration. The result of her work is directly linked to bottom line improvement. She has worked extensively in South America, Eastern Europe and the USA. Some of the companies she has been directly involved with are: Microsoft, GSK, KPMG, PPG, Westinghouse, INPO, UniCredit, EQT, Giant Eagle, DOW, Bombardier, and Kennametal to name a few. She also offers Coaching and Mentoring programs for the University of Pittsburgh s Executive Leadership Program, in Sao Paulo, Brazil for global companies like Dow, Google, Motorola, PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Caterpillar, in Prague, Czech Republic for Deloitte, CEZ, ABB. She serves as lead faculty for the prestigious Women s Executive Leadership program offered by the Beard Institute at Duquesne University, now in its 8 th year. As lead faculty, Elisabet was instrumental in developing a curriculum that propels high performing women towards the C-Suite. Participants come from regional and global Fortune 500 companies. Her book Can You Afford to Ignore Me? How to Manage Gender and Cultural Differences at Work, has received glowing reviews: This book is very well written and has an amazing amount of clarity around the gender issues. I find it refreshing to read a perspective that is honest and not about pitting men against women, but finding the balance for the best coleading in the workplace. I have worked in the human capital industry for the past 20 years and this conversation is overdue - Elisabet has created the framework for this conversation through her research and insights. This is a must read for both men and women in the workplace.

4 Darcel Madkins Risk Analyst, PNC Bank Darcel Madkins is a Business Analyst for PNC Enterprise Risk Management. She is responsible for exercising administrative control over the policy framework and Policy Manager Database, ensuring documents are in line with the framework. She also analyzes and documents business processes and metrics, as well as identify improvements, opportunities, calculate and estimate the costs/benefits of alternative actions or solutions to establish viability/roi, and assists in re-engineering business processes to deliver greater effectiveness and efficiency to the business. At PNC, Darcel is also President of African American Employee Business Resource Group (AA EBRG). Prior to her current position, she was the CEO of Umoja African Arts Company, a non-profit organization created to promote the indigenous culture of Africa in the United States. Her previous corporate career included Bank of New York Mellon and PNC Advisors, where she held the positions of Derivative Product Liaison and PNC Advisors Retirement and Investments Account Manager. In those capacities, she managed investments that were between $50M and $500M in sales. Darcel is Co-Founder of African American Leadership Association (AALA). The AALA serves as a vehicle to promote, develop, and recognize the network of African American leaders. Darcel serves as a treasurer and board member for the Community Investment Network (CIN), board of director of Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council (GPAC), and founding member of Sankofa Fund of Southwestern PA. She is also Treasurer of Citizens for Jake Wheatley. She is an alumni of Coro Center for Civic Leadership Women In Leadership WIL class of XV and Leadership Pittsburgh, Inc. Leadership Pittsburgh class of XXIX. Darcel is also a member of WELD.

5 Kelsey Monteleone AVP, Banking Center Manager, Wesbanco Kelsey Monteleone has over 8 years of progressively responsible experience in the banking sector with exposure to financial analysis, credit monitoring, risk analysis, underwriting, regulatory reporting and portfolio management. She is currently a banking center manager at the largest Wesbanco branch in Pennsylvania where she joined in January Prior to joining WesBanco, Kelsey participated in Fidelity Bank s Management Trainee in Management Development Program where she worked on a rotating basis in various departments including accounting, commercial underwriting, and operations to gain a firm understanding of bank regulations and processes. She is currently heavily involved in Ellwood City community efforts and serves as Treasurer and Executive Board Member of Ellwood City Community Revitalization Group, Board Member of Junior Achievement of Lawrence County and Board Member of Ellwood City Community Enrichment. Earlier in her career at Fidelity Bank, Kelsey served as a senior customer service representative. In this role, she was responsible for overseeing teller line efficiencies, maintaining a high level of customer service and reaching personal sales goals and identifying customer servicing issues so a resolution could be found and the customer maintained. Kelsey is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Finance, Economics. She graduated Summa Cum Laude. Kelsey is past treasurer of the North Suburban Chamber of Commerce and is passionate about children, education and economic empowerment.