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Leading with Clarity Through Year-End Demands Panel 

As business pace accelerates toward year-end, leaders are often challenged to balance performance, priorities, and personal well-being. Join the Women's Business Council Luncheon for an engaging connection, insight, and practical strategies designed to help professionals navigate the final quarter's demands with greater clarity, confidence, and intention.

Through meaningful conversation and expert perspectives, attendees will explore how to stay focused on what matters most, make effective decisions under pressure, and lead themselves and their teams through a busy season without sacrificing purpose or impact.

Whether you're a business owner, executive, entrepreneur, or emerging leader, this event offers an opportunity to connect with like-minded professionals while gaining tools to finish the year strong and step into the next with renewed vision.

Here's who will moderate and will be featured on our panel!

Melissa Stock, a Certified Master Trainer with Inner Matrix Systems, is our moderator. For more than a decade, Melissa has helped individuals, leaders, and teams strengthen emotional resilience, improve relationships, and navigate stress and challenges with greater clarity and intention. Inner Matrix Systems’ neuroscience-based emotional training has been developed over 22 years and experienced by more than 90,000 people. 

Marisol Solarte-Erlacher M.A., LPC, is a trauma expert, speaker and resilience consultant with a 20-year career in mental health and human services and is noted for fostering change in individuals and organizations. She uses evidenced based platforms understood through psycho and neurobiological research to facilitate programming that strengthens employee resilience and enhances team performance. She hosts the 'Resilience and Resistance,' a celebrated podcast for successful BIPOC women to be seen, heard, and understood. The podcast was a finalist for the Colorado Podcast Awards for Best New Podcast in 2020. She was a finalist for the Denver Metro Chamber Business of the Year Awards 2022, Latina’s First Foundation’s Unsung Heroine, and most recently one of the Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce’s Top 25 Most Powerful Women in Business. Marisol most recently served as the President of the EMDR International Association Board of Directors and was a former co-chair of the Denver Women’s Commission through the City of Denver Mayor’s Office. Because she lives in Colorado, she (sometimes foolishly) loves mountain adventures, live music, making her own vanilla lattes and spending time with the Chicana Book Club. 

Teddi Ann Barry, Esq. is a Colorado native and the founder and managing attorney of DIVORCE IN COLORADO,  headquartered in Cherry Creek. For the past 14 years, she has led her firm in specializing in high-net-worth family law, mediation, and litigation while pioneering "Unified Divorce"—a compassionate, efficient approach to family legal matters. Teddi Ann is also a published author, writing the “Do It Yourself Guide to Divorce In Colorado.” Teddi Ann is recognized as a Colorado Super Lawyer for the past 2 years, and an active member of the Cherry Creek Chamber of Commerce since 2002, Teddi Ann currently serves on the Chamber’s Board of Directors. She remains deeply dedicated to serving the Colorado community through strategic legal advocacy, community leadership, and supporting local business growth.

Summer Kim-Davis is the Founder and Principal Designer of Summer Kim Design, where she blends strategic thinking with creative design to help clients create spaces that support purposeful living. With 18 years of experience in finance, sales leadership, and business ownership before transitioning into interior design, she brings a unique perspective on resilience, clarity, and intentional decision-making. As a featured panelist for "Leading with Clarity Through Year-End Demands," Summer will share insights on simplifying priorities, reducing overwhelm, and leading with confidence through the busy year-end season. Her passion is helping people create clarity—in both their environments and their lives—so they can thrive personally and professionally. 

Cameron Schimmel is Regional Sales Manager for The ONE Group, representing STK Steakhouse, Salt Water Social, Kona Grill and Benihana across Denver, Salt Lake City and Chicago. A Connecticut native and Colorado College graduate, she built her career in hospitality through leadership roles in the Vail Valley before joining The Fish Market's corporate team in San Diego, where she oversaw beverage, marketing and events. In 2024, Cameron returned to Colorado and The ONE Group, where she helps clients bring memorable events to life. Outside of work, she enjoys skiing, yoga, great wine and spending time with her rescue dog Louis. environments and their lives—so they can thrive personally and professionally.