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Gina Glover is a professional speaker, coach and most importantly, a connector. Her clients would tell you one of her greatest gifts is her ability to foster connections. She’s done this since moving to northeast Wisconsin in 1996. In addition to growing her business, Gina Connects, she volunteers her time for several organizations including the Wisconsin Chapter of the National Speakers Association where she serves in a marketing capacity on their board, as well as her local Toastmasters club.

Additionally, Gina serves on the board of the local Habitat for Humanity affiliate and donates her time to mentor entrepreneurs through Mid-Day Women’s Alliance. Her signature keynote helps attendees move past the mundane small talk often associated with networking events and toward the development of real relationships and she does this through her trademarked strategy called the 5th Question.

Gina has shared this talk with organizations and associations including ABS Global, J.F. Ahern, the Wisconsin Chapter of Meeting Planners International, the Wisconsin State SHRM Conference and many more. When she’s not speaking or coaching, you can find Gina traveling with her husband and two kids somewhere in the U.S. as she continues her quest to run a race in every state.  

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Maichor Lee is a Health Educator for La Crosse County Health Dept.  She works with women aged 40-64 years and enrolls them into the Wisconsin Well Women Program if they don’t have health insurance or low income for a Pap test or mammogram screening.  Maichor is a hard-working woman, who came to the U.S. at the age of 10 not knowing English.  She graduated from UW-La Crosse in 2002; and employed at the Health Department since.  She enjoys line dancing with her “Hmong Women” because it brings a sense of closeness and builds sisterhood.  Maichor is actively involved in the Hmong community, currently serving as a board director for the Vang Council of La Crosse, and participates with the Hmong Culture and Community Center (HCCC) with many projects. 

Jamie Schloegel is CEO of La Crosse Area Community Foundation. She originally joined the Foundation in August 2016 as its Program Director and was promoted to Executive Director in 2018.  Prior to the Foundation, Jamie spent ten years at Family & Children’s Center in various positions, most recently the Center’s Development Director. Jamie’s career experience combined with her undergraduate degree in social work and graduate level education in fundraising and nonprofit management provide a specialized knowledge base in best practice philanthropy, as well as an intimate understanding of what makes a healthy community. Her work can be attributed to millions of dollars in philanthropic gifts for charitable organizations in the La Crosse area. Jamie is a La Crosse area native, and currently resides in Holmen with her husband, Joe and their two biological children, Brennan and Violet. Jamie and Joe also have three “bonus” adult children, and one granddaughter, from their time as foster parents.