2019 WISE (Women Who Ignite Student Engagement) Symposium Program
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Breakfast Keynote<br />
Gina Folk<br />
President and CEO, The Folk Group<br />
From age 12, business operations and the people running them fascinated<br />
Gina. At the age of 28, she became the youngest female Director of Supply Chain<br />
Operations in a Fortune 500 telecommunications company. She was a highly sought-after<br />
implementation and process improvement expert, deemed top talent for years, yet she knew<br />
little about leading and influencing work through others. She learned to achieve optimal<br />
performance the hard way…by trial and error. Her years of hands on experience in studying,<br />
working with and leading people, process and massive change in organizations, that she<br />
created her proprietary D.I.R.E.C.T. framework to help leaders optimize their operational results.<br />
Gina grew up in Nashville. She has a B.S. in Psychology and Business from Vanderbilt<br />
University, and an M.B.A. from Belmont University, and a Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma.<br />
Gina does not have any children, and is a big kid at heart! She loves all things Disney,<br />
her family, especially her 3 nieces and travel. Gina is an Operations girl who loves seeing<br />
people and process work together for the greater good!<br />
My Superpowers:<br />
Organize and implement ideas<br />
Cultivate potential and growth<br />
Sniff out root cause issues and create solutions<br />
Change and improvement<br />
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