Make Your Mark: Turning Purpose Into Community Impact

Hear how four women turned purpose into action, using their experiences and expertise to create meaningful impact in their communities. What happens when purpose moves beyond something you believe in and becomes something you act on? For some, that means building a business that creates opportunities. For others, it means using their expertise to help someone move forward, supporting a cause that matters, opening doors for others, or recognizing a need in their community and deciding to do something about it. Join us for an engaging panel discussion featuring Carrie Kass, Tara E. Godby, Micki Gram, and Bobbie Mack, four women who have turned their experiences, expertise, and values into action in very different ways. Through entrepreneurship, leadership, coaching, philanthropy, advocacy, and service, each has found ways to use what she has built and learned to create opportunities, support others, and contribute to her community. Through personal stories and practical insight, our panelists will share what moved them to take action, what they learned along the way, and how purpose has influenced the businesses they have built, the people they serve, and the causes they support. You don’t have to change the world to make an impact. Sometimes it starts by recognizing where you can make a difference and choosing to begin there. What You’ll Take Away• How to identify where your experiences, strengths, and values can meet a real need. • How to turn purpose into action through your business, career, expertise, resources, or service. • How to create meaningful impact in ways that are authentic, practical, and sustainable. Meet Our Panelists Carrie KassCarrie Kass is the Founder and CEO of Impact Flow Advisors, a strategic consulting firm helping leaders build purpose-driven growth and meaningful connection. With more than two decades of executive experience in healthcare operations, strategy, and marketing, she brings a human-centered approach to leadership and impact. Carrie is the creator of Unacquired Voice™, a framework focused on reclaiming personal agency and authentic expression, and a best-selling contributing author to Pieces to Purpose and Voice and Vision. A seasoned speaker, she delivered the TEDx talk Connected Commerce: Why Your Network is Your Net Worth and speaks on leadership, intentional relationships, personal agency, and reclaiming your voice. Tara E. GodbyTara E. Godby is the CEO and Co-Founder of TEAKEASY TEA, an award-winning luxury tea company and Pflugerville tea lounge built around premium blends, hospitality, and community. Before entrepreneurship, she spent 30 years in corporate leadership development and is also a certified life coach and consultant. Tara teaches the Established and Ready entrepreneurship cohort for women business owners in partnership with AARP and PepsiCo/Frito-Lay and is a graduate of the Goldman Sachs One Million Black Women: Black in Business program. A longtime community advocate, she serves on the boards of SAFE Alliance and the National Association of Women Business Owners and co-chaired a SAFE Alliance gala with her husband that raised nearly $1 million. Micki GramMicki Gram is a Human Intelligence & Performance Advisor working at the intersection of business strategy and human behavior. With more than two decades of experience in corporate leadership and entrepreneurship, she helps organizations identify misalignment in systems, culture, and execution to create sustainable growth. Her expertise spans business systems, operational alignment, marketing strategy, and performance optimization. Certified in Dr. Joe Dispenza’s NeuroChange Solutions, Micki integrates neuroscience-based tools to address stress, burnout, and patterns that affect leadership and results. She works with executives, founders, athletes, and teams to strengthen decision-making, elevate performance, and demonstrate that success and well-being can coexist. Bobbie MackBobbie Mack is the Founder of GoalChasers Club and Co-Founder of TaterQue Restaurant, which has a second licensed location in downtown Austin. Her professional background includes mortgage lending and healthcare compliance and revenue leadership, where she managed more than $50 million in revenue. Guided by her mantra, “Orphaned to Empowered,” Bobbie helps individuals overcome obstacles, secure funding, and build strong credit foundations. Through GoalChasers Club, she has helped her community obtain more than $1.3 million in funding and turn their goals into action and measurable results. Her leadership and impact have been recognized by VoyageAustin, CanvasRebel, and Community Impact. Featured Sponsor: Special Response Security LLCA huge thank you to Special Response Security LLC for supporting our event and community. Special Response Security provides professional security services designed to help businesses, events, and organizations create safer, more secure environments. TexasOfficer.com More tickets available here: https://www.ladieslifestylenetwork.com/event-details/make-your-mark