Women Finance & Business: Insights for Today’s Professionals
2025-07-26 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | 678 Snelling Ave N, Suite S-200, St. Paul, MN 55104
🔸 Event Overview

Join us for a engaging event filled of insight, candor, and inspiration as we spotlight four extraordinary women who are leading—and redefining—the future of finance, consulting, and business. Whether you’re climbing the corporate ladder or charting your own path, this conversation will spark ideas, expand your network, and empower your next move. Our panel features powerhouse professionals who have built exceptional careers across global corporations, startups, and mission-driven organizations.

📅 Date: Saturday, January 25th
⏰ Time: 12:30 PM CT – 1:30 PM CT
📍 678 Snelling Ave N suite 200, St Paul, MN 55104

🔸 What to Expect

Candid insights from women leaders in finance and consulting, sharing real-world experiences and career-defining moments.
Actionable strategies for career advancement, navigating transitions, and building leadership confidence.
Meaningful dialogue on mentorship, allyship, and creating inclusive professional environments.
Opportunities to connect with peers, industry professionals, and potential mentors across all career stages.
Leadership lessons from professionals in audit, consulting, and finance who have led in both global firms and mission-driven organizations.

🔸 Who Should Attend?

This event is open to everyone. Feel free to share the event with your network!
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Meet our Panelists
Heike Drake-Cavalletti – Audit Partner at KPMG
Growing up in a suburb of Chicago, she went to the University of Illinois (Champaign-Urbana) and started her career in KPMG’s Chicago office, but has spent time in KPMG’s Frankfurt, Germany, Minneapolis and New York offices. With over 30 years of experience, she has served clients in the United States and Europe and more recently is a partner in KPMG’s national office focusing on technology and audit methodology. She is currently a board and finance committee member of Children’s Cancer Research Fund in Minneapolis. Heike married her German pen pal and is also a proud mom of two almost grown, amazing young men.
Uju Akaegbobi – Senior Manager, ESG Accounting, KPMGWith over 14 years at KPMG, Uju specializes in ESG accounting and financial regulatory compliance for multinational firms. A technical leader and advocate for diversity, she serves as a key resource for ESG initiatives in the Houston Business Unit and co-leads the BU Culture Council. Uju is passionate about mentoring future female leaders and supporting inclusive workplace culture. Based in Texas, she balances her career with her role as a dedicated wife and mother.
Monika McCracken – CEO, MMC ConsultingGrowing up in rural Minnesota, Monica was a first-generation college student at the University of St. Catherine in St. Paul, MN where she studied accounting and financial economics. Working as a non-profit controller to get through college, Monica went on to public accounting and built a practice where she was able to continue serving the non-profit sector for nearly a decade. Upon leaving public accounting, Monica served as a controller and public company CFO before starting her consulting practice in 2015. Today, Monica leads a 40-person team of professionals providing finance & management consulting services to organizations ranging from non-profit community pillars to leading Fortune 500s. Monica currently resides in Minneapolis with her husband and 2 French bulldogs, Pepe & Petunia. Her 4 adult children visit her frequently, mostly to see the bulldogs.
Ann Gugino – Chief Finance Officer of Lime
Ann Gugino is a transformational financial executive and governance leader with 25+ years of experience driving financial integrity, strategic growth, and enterprise risk management across Fortune 500 companies, high-growth startups, and nonprofit boards. A CPA and Aspen Institute Finance Fellow, she combines deep technical expertise in audit, compliance, and capital markets with a proven ability to lead organizations through complex transitions, including IPOs, acquisitions, and global crises. She is currently the CFO of Lime Micromobility, resides in the twins cities and enjoys spending time with her 3 adult boys.

Cyber Security Summit: Fearlessly Forward
2025-10-21 08:00 - 2025-10-22 17:00 | Minneapolis Marriott Northwest, 7025 Northland Dr N, , Brooklyn Park, 55428, United States
Calling all Early Birds: there are just two weeks for your members to save $381.50 on a VIP ALL ACCESS PASS with the WeNetworkNow 10% discount.
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Through August 14, with a code, a VIP All Access Pass is just $517.50
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A $399 Student Summit Pass (no discounts) requires a valid .edu email and current student ID
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The Cyber Security Summit: Fearlessly Forward discount code above is a benefit of our partnership agreement with the Cyber Security Summit and is for WeNetworkNow member use only.

WeNetworkNow Annual Black-Tie Fundraising Gala
2025-11-14 17:00 - 23:30 | LaFontaine Event Center, 7533 Sunwood Dr NW, Ramsey, 55303, United States
Event Highlights

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✨ Keynote Speaker: Nancy Korsah
🎤 Host: Sadek Tahirou | 🎧 DJ Ola
🎶 Live Music by Cavalla Sound
🥂 VIP Experience with Champagne Service
Welcome to the WeNetworkNow Annual Fundraising Gala! Join us at La Fontaine Event Center for an unforgettable evening of celebration and giving back. Get ready for a night filled with live entertainment, delicious food, and inspiring stories.
This year’s Gala features Nancy Korsah, President & CEO of Black Business Enterprises (BBE), a trailblazing leader whose inspiring journey from housecleaner in Los Angeles to global entrepreneur and community builder embodies resilience, vision, and empowerment.

Meet our Speaker
Nancy Korsah was born and raised in Italy to Ghanian parents, Nancy moved to the U.S. in 2001. This was a stark contrast to her experiences growing up near Milan, where she and her family were the only Black people in town.
Nancy moved to Los Angeles at the age of 19 with nothing but $175 in her pocket. With no other options available, she started knocking on doors looking for house cleaning jobs. The first woman who hired her fell in love with her story and started recommending her to neighbors. Within months, Nancy had a thriving business cleaning the homes of people like Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, Steve Harvey and Travis Barker. She didn’t know that her clients were famous. All she cared about was having enough money to make her and her mother U.S. citizens, which she did.
“My L.A. experience created my mindset for business,” Nancy says. “I used the first hundred dollars I earned cleaning houses to buy even more cleaning supplies. Then I just kept going from there. I realized that if entrepreneurship could change my life, it could also change the lives of other people like me.” The woman also spent time to teach Nancy how to balance a checkbook and taught her everything she knew about being financially literate, including how to manage her credit.
After traveling to over 60 countries as a flight attendant and learning even more languages (she now speaks seven, including Japanese), Nancy’s key life moment occurred when she lived in Charlotte, North Carolina. After earning several promotions at a major bank, she learned that people of color in the bank’s call center were earning $10-12 less per hour than their white counterparts, even if they had the same or more responsibilities. After helping her colleagues secure fair pay, improve their resumes and land better jobs elsewhere, Nancy got a vision for an organization that could help address inequity at a systemic level. She started Black Business Enterprises (BBE) in 2015.
BBE’s mission is to give minority entrepreneurs access to capital and other critical resources they often lack — including financial literacy, business planning, technology, marketing andmentorship — so they can start, grow and sustain successful businesses that improve their lives and build their communities. Today, BBE has over 72,000 registered members in 32 countries and every state, including Nancy’s current home base of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Nancy’s future goals for BBE include reaching 1 million members worldwide, making sure that every BBE member goes through rigorous financial literacy training, and raising $4 million so BBE can provide larger grants and make an even greater impact.
In addition to BBBE, Nancy owns a home care agency with her family; performs diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and anti-racist behavior training for businesses; is a popular one-on-one coach and mentor for entrepreneurs; and hosts the popular Black Business Enterprises podcast and the Black Business Ball.

Spring Connections
2026-05-16 15:00 - 18:00 | VITS Consulting Corp, 14264 23rd Ave N, Plymouth, MN, 55447, United States
Event Highlights
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Spring is here and WeNetworkNow is bringing the community together to celebrate.
Join us for our Spring Get-Together, a warm and vibrant gathering designed for professionals, community builders, and anyone who believes in the power of human connection.
What to expect:

African cuisine — a rich spread inspired by the flavors of the continent
Refreshments — drinks and good company
Games — friendly competition and fun for all
Community — real conversations, meaningful connections, and new relationships

Whether you’re a long-time WeNetworkNow member or joining us for the first time, you are welcome here. This is more than a networking event. It’s a celebration of culture, community, and the season of new beginnings.
This event is proudly sponsored by Minneapolis City of Lakes Rotary Club, a community of leaders committed to service above self.
