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PayTech Women Executive Academy Information Session

In this session you'll hear from past participant in the PTW Executive Academy, Lorraine Leduc, PTW Toronto Chapter Leader, guest speaker Lisa Gulli, as well as PTW Executive Academy Facilitators Stephanie Polen and Julie Holunga.

"You need to be intentional about your career journey and my question was, where do I start? Participating in the PayTech Women Executive Academy provided the tools, coaching and community to 'level up' my leadership journey and advance to the next phase of my career. The cohort held me accountable and provided a safe space to practice new skills and provide authentic feedback. I highly recommend this academy to my network and industry colleagues." 

– Lorraine Leduc
PTW Executive Academy Graduate

We are excited that the successful PTW Executive Academy is expanding to Canada while continuing to be offered in the U.S.

Outcomes:

• Understand how the PTW Executive Academy can be a catalyst for their career
• Why a cohort-based approach accelerates personal and career growth
• Learn how to take action and get engaged with the PTW Executive Academy
  

Speakers:

Julie Holunga
Leadership Advisor, Trainer and Executive Coach
Chinook Executive Solutions

Julie Holunga is a Leadership Advisory, Trainer and Executive Coach developing professionals to amplify their influence and impact. She works with Attorneys, CPAs, and Business Leaders, with an expertise in the careers of female professionals. Julie’s clients excelled in their careers with her proven communication strategies, honed their leadership skills, built increased visibility and heightened confidence. Julie works with highly driven teams to instill the Trusted Voice Paradigm to develop collaborative patterns that deliver value. Through these programs, leaders learn to get out of their own way, develop trusting relationships with key stakeholders and have a positive impact on the organization's bottom line.

Prior to starting her own consulting practice, Julie served as Project Manager for Alumni Career Services at Harvard Business School, where she focused on advancing the careers female alumni. She worked with F500 companies to retain and advance women into positions of leadership. Julie is one of thirty Global Master Trainers with Emergenetics^®, teaching leaders, teams and global organizations to align their communication for positive impact. Julie gave her first TEDx Talk in 2020: Don't Let Your Words Sabotage Your Career. She is a contributing author to the leadership book for women, On the Rise.

Stephanie Polen
Founder and CEO
The Polen Group

Stephanie Polen applies her over two decades of dynamic executive leadership experience, orchestrating teams through significant business transformation while delivering substantial bottom-line outcomes to empower her clients to do the same. A visionary with heart, she is dedicated to unlocking individual and team potential. Her professional journey, spanning roles from Product Development and Human Resources to Marketing and Business Development, is a part of the diverse repertoire she uses to catalyze transformation and inspire personal success.

With a career spanning varied roles and corporate contexts, Stephanie now extends her expertise to pioneer a holistic partnership approach that seamlessly fuses the insights of a consultant with the guidance of a coach. Specializing in seasons of rapid transformation, she brings her experience in family-owned enterprise, navigating acquisitions, private equity and public listing to help her clients see the human first during these times.

As Founder of The Polen Group and creator of Unshakeable Leaders^TM, she guides teams and individuals through transformation. With a variety of certifications in executive and team coaching, conflict, psychological safety and more, she harnesses tools to grasp holistic strengths and drive collective success. Stephanie’s goal is to guide her clients through the most tumultuous transitions with wisdom, empathy and strategic brilliance.

Lorraine Leduc
PTW Toronto Chapter Leader
Director of Business Development and Partnerships
Sage

A member of the inaugural PTW Executive Academy and Co-Leader of PTW Canada, Lorraine brings her extensive payments experience and her personal story of transformation to everything she does.

Lorraine is currently the Director of Business Development and Partnerships with Sage.

Lisa Gulli
PTW Toronto Chapter Leader
VP, Project/Program Manager
JPMorgan Chase & Co.

The Co-Leader for PTW Canada and the Toronto Chapter, Lisa is an experienced payments professional with a passion for continued growth and learning.

With over 15 years of experience with JPMorgan Chase & Co., she is a strong advocate for women in payments.