F.A.B. 2023 Girl Leadership Summit

Thank you to those who attended the F.A.B. 2023 Girl Leadership Summit on Sunday, September 17 at the Stranahan Theater! We had an incredible lineup of speakers and more than 650 attendees.

Stay tuned for updates regarding next year’s event!

Speaker lineup subject to change.

Keynote Speaker: Emma Lembke

Founder and Executive Director of the LOG OFF Movement

Topics:  Social Media Impact, Privacy, FOMO, Mental Health

Emma Lembke is a 20-year-old youth digital advocate at Washington University in St. Louis working to address social mediaโ€™s impact on younger generations. As a senior in high school, Lembke founded LOG OFF, a youth movement dedicated to uplifting and empowering youth to tackle the complexities of social media and its impact on their privacy, safety, and mental health. As a youth-led movement, LOG OFF provides an often overlooked and critical perspective on social media by leveraging and empowering the underrepresented experts in the field โ€“ Generation Z. Emma also co-chairs Design It For Us the only youth-led coalition pushing for online platforms and social media to be designed with kids and teens in mind, rather than as an afterthought. Her efforts have been covered by numerous media outlets including the New York Times, 60 Minutes, CBS, MTV, npr, The Hill, and Bloomberg.

Caly Bevier

Recording Artist, Cancer Survivor, “Americaโ€™s Got Talentโ€ Semi-Finalist

Topics: Fame, Overcoming, Using Your Voice for Good

Central Catholic Irish Dance Team

Dance Performance

Topics: Team Building, Friendship, Goal Setting, Challenges, Body Positivity

Autumn Bates

Girl Scout, Community Leader

Topics: Courageous Choices, Being Fearless

Hala Jabri

Student, Mental Health Advocate

Topics: Suicide Prevention, Anxiety, Depression

Hannah Guercio

Topics: Overcoming Personal Health Crisis, Community Service

Student

Josie M. Parker

TV and Movie Actress

Topics: Self-Confidence, Positivity, Reaching for your Dreams

Kiersten Wilkin

Collegiate Softball Athlete

Topics: Teamwork, Adversity, Anxiety in Athletics

Kyla Johnson

Medical Student, Co-founder of “Careers in Medicine”

Topics: Career Path, Encouragement, Strength

Laila Fitzpatrick

Student

Topics: Resilience, Authentic Leadership, Aspirations and Goals

Zyโ€™naijah Lampkin

Girl Scout

Topics: Tenacity, work ethic, adversity

Oshae Jones

USA Olympian and Bronze Medalist

Special Video Message

The following speaker topics include: Social media, bullying, drugs, body image, using your voice, making good choices, peer pressure, and being your authentic self.

Senator

Paula Hicks-Hudson

Fire Chief

Allison Armstrong

Judge

Stacy Cook

Alissa Mauter

Entrepreneur and First-Generation College Graduate

Kristi K. Hoffman

Media Host/Producer Best-Selling Author

Melissa Andrews

TV Anchor

Lisa McDuffie

CEO, YWCA Northwest Ohio

Live Fitness Demo with Trainer Tara Fusco


Line-up is subject to change.

About the Girl Leadership Summit

What is F.A.B. 2023, you ask? It’s an unforgettable afternoon of inspiration, fun, energy, and amazement designed for girls 11-17! This is the event to impact girls’ lives!

Best-selling author of Total Package Girl, Kristi K. Hoffman created this leadership event in 2015 as a way for young girls 11-17 to unite and empower one another.

Our goal is to discover how amazing each girl is and for each attendee to leave feeling empowered, inspired, with the desire to be the force in her world. It’s time we look outside of ourselves and lead the charge. Doing that starts with each of us being the force and respecting each other. When we do that, we have unstoppable power.

Kristi K. Hoffman

Past Girl Leadership Summits