Join us for our Breakthrough Breakfast on Friday, April 29, 2022 at Philadelphia Country Club in Gladwyne, PA. Supporting women in Southeastern PA, this breakfast event helps to raise money for the Women’s Resource Center efforts that occur throughout the year. Hear from Keynote Speaker,  April Walker, General Manager of the US Microsoft Technology Centers, network with peers, and enjoy breakfast all while giving to this incredible cause.

Ticket Price: $65.00

Date: Friday, April 29, 2022

Location: Philadelphia Country Club – Gladwyne, PA

Time: 8:30 am – 10:30 am

April is a digital transformation expert, board member, author, industry thought-leader and C-suite advisor. She is the General Manager of the US Microsoft Technology Centers (MTC) and in this role, she is accountable for 15 innovation centers across the US and leads a national organization of more than 100 employees. April oversees Microsoft’s state-of-the-art technology and industry centers-of-excellence (COE). Her team of MTC directors and senior technical architects guide industry leaders and enterprises across the country with achieving their digital transformation goals and helping them to become digital businesses. April’s career spans more than 30 years, and she has held leadership roles in both the public and private sectors. She has been the catalyst for driving change, direction, and developing enterprise-wide and global strategies for digital transformation and innovation for many Fortune 500 companies. April is also an adjunct professor at Drexel University’s LeBow School of Management Executive MBA program where she developed and teaches a course: “Accelerating and Navigating Industry Transformation”. April attended the MIT Sloan School of Management and earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and an Executive Certification in Artificial Intelligence (AI). She also possesses an M.S. in Engineering Management from George Washington University and a B.S. in Global Business from the University of Maryland. A community advocate, April was appointed by the Mayor of Philadelphia, Jim Kenney to the Philadelphia Works board, where she serves in the capacity as an officer and Treasurer and helps to lead efforts for digital skilling for the community at-large. Further, she is a board member and Governance Chair for the Philadelphia POWER of Professional Women, and serves on advisory boards for leadership programs that support black women seeking career advancement.