Women's Empowerment Luncheon 2021
2021 Women's Empowerment Lunch Speaker
"Signal Before Changing Lanes: Empower Your Brand"
Crystal R. Coel, Asst. Dean, Student Affairs & Diversity, U of L Brandies School of Law was the keynote speaker for the 19th Annual Women’s Empowerment Luncheon for the University of Louisville Women’s Center.
Dean Coel has over 30 years of experience in higher education with various leadership positions. Her resume speaks to a career of student-focused service. Her leadership embodies: mediocrity is never an option. She share parts of her journey, and how her personal brand has developed over the past 30 years despite encountering some negative people, places and things along the way. She will discuss how understanding the components that help empower your brand, can aid your pathway to success.
Awards presented: The Tachau Gender Equity Award, the Nichols Professional Development Award, and special recognitions.
Gender Equity Tachau Award
Michelle Browning Coughlin,
Founder, MothersEsquire
Adjunct Professor of Gender Law and Policy
General Counsel, VP of Legal Affairs at El Toro
Dr. M. Celeste Nichols Awardees
- De Shayla M. Mitchem, M.Ed. Counseling and Personnel Services, College Student Personnel
- Nina Siegfried, PhD in Educational Leadership and Organizational Development with a specialization in sport administration
- Lauren L. Fusilier, English