National Association of Commissions for Women (NACW) 2025 Annual Conference “Her State: Breaking Barriers and Building Futures By Paving the Way”

Register for the conference here: link!

Pricing
Early Bird pricing for NACW members (register by June 30): $300
NACW member (register after June 30): $325
Non-member pricing: $375
Daily Rate: $125
Friday, August 1, 2025 NACW Awards Dinner/Keynote Speaker Jill Hasday: $75

Hotel Accommodations

Group rates available at the Embassy Suites through this link!
Embassy Suites by Hilton Will Rogers World Airport 
1815 S Meridian Avenue
Oklahoma City, OK  73108
Direct: 405-246-6011

Main: 405-682-6000
Fax: 405-682-9252

WEDNESDAY, JULY 30

Location: Embassy Suites (1815 S Meridian Avenue)
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5:00pm: NACW Board Meeting
7:00pm – 8:30pm: Welcome Reception (heavy appetizers provided)

THURSDAY, JULY 31

Location All Day: Embassy Suites (1815 S Meridian Avenue)

9:00 am: Opening
9:15 am: Welcome, Introduction of Speaker, Brenda Barwick, Immediate Past Chair of the Oklahoma Commission on the Status of Women 
9:20 am: Keynote Speaker, Kari Watkins, President & CEO of the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum
10:30 am: Break
10:45 am: Best Practices for Building and Sustaining a Commission on the Status of Women and Advocating for Women’s Issues, Mary-dith Tuitt, NACW President
12:00 pm: Luncheon 
1:00 pm: Partner Collaboration Panel, moderated by Ginger Sloan, Advisory Council Member, Oklahoma Commission on the Status of Women, panelists:

• Edie Ignacio Neumiller, ZONTA
• Lisa Acevedo, and Pitta Higadera, Womens Veteran’s Program Administrators
• Angela Beatty, YWCA
• Simran Tamakuwala, Girl Scouts

2:30 pm: Break
2:45 pm: Commission Exchange (come prepared to talk about the work/programs your commission/organization is doing!)
3:45 pm: Panel Discussion: Human Trafficking, moderated by Mike Hoskins, panelists:

• Leslie Clingenpeel, CEO of The Spring and Commissioner, Oklahoma Commission on the Status of Women 
• Mitzi Henley, Commissioner, Okaloosa County Commission on the Status of Women

4:45 pm: Break
5:00 pm: NACW Business Meeting (for NACW members/delegates, optional for non-members/guests)

• Resolutions
• Recommended changes to NACW bylaws
• Nominations for NACW Executive Committee
• Nominations for NACW Board of Directors

6:00 pm: Wrap-up
6:30 pm: Dinner (provided)
7:15 pm: Speaker Introduction, Kitti Asberry, NACW Vice President and Executive Director of the Oklahoma Commission on the Status of Women, Keynote Speaker Annette White-Klososky, executive coach and consultant

FRIDAY, AUGUST 1

Locations:

8am-9am at Embassy Suites;

9:30am-3:30pm Oklahoma State Capitol,

4:00pm-9pm at Embassy Suites
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8:00 am: NACW Business Meeting (for NACW members/delegates, optional for non-members/guests)

• Election of NACW Officers
• Election of NACW Board of Directors

9:00 am: Bus to Capitol
9:45 am: Introduction of Speaker, Jana Gridley, Vice Chair of the Oklahoma Commission on the Status of Women, Welcome from Representative Cyndi Munson
10:00 am: Swearing in of Officers and Board Members, The Honorable Judge Susan Stallings​ (Senate Room 535)
10:15 am: Panel discussion on Women’s Economic Security and Inequality, moderated by Dr. Lee Denny, panelists:

• Amy Albro, Chief of Staff for US Representative Stephanie Bice.
• Estela Hernandez, Commissioner, Oklahoma Commission on the Status of Women, and State Staffer for US Senator James Langford
• Heather J. Heyer,  Director of the Office of the Economic Status of Women in Minnesota
• Darcy Totten, Executive Director for the California Commission on the Status of Women and Girls

11:15 am: Break
11:30 am: NACW Group Photo
11:45 am: Spotlight on League of Women Voters, Lynn Stagg, Tulsa County President
12:15 pm: Lunch (provided) 
1:00 pm: Tour of Oklahoma State Capitol
2:00 pm: Legislator Panel, moderated by the Honorable State House Representative, and Oklahoma Commission on the Status of Women Commissioner, Tammy West, panelists:

• The Honorable State Senator and Oklahoma Commission on the Status of Women Commissioner, Brenda Stanley
• The Honorable State Senator, Nikki Nice
• The Honorable State Representative Suzanne Schreiber
• The Honorable State Representative Aleitha Timmons

3:30 pm: Bus back to Embassy Suites
6:00 pm: Awards Ceremony (dinner provided)

• NACW Achievement Awards
• NACW Lifetime Award

7:00 pm: Introduction of Speaker, Heather J. Heyer, Director of the Office on the Economic Status of Women; Keynote Speaker Jill Hasday, author of We the Men

SATURDAY, AUGUST 2

Location All Day:  Embassy Suites (1815 S Meridian Avenue)
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​11:30 am: Brunch
1:00 pm: End of Conference