2021 SME Women in Business®

Our two day virtual Women in Business event offered women in our community the opportunity to connect, grow, lead and celebrate.

MARCH 2, 2021

DAY 1 – LEADERSHIP & DEVELOPMENT

Sessions by Leena Rinne, Vice President of Consulting with FranklinCovey.

2:00PM Building Trust through Personal Credibility

3:00PM Creating a Culture of High Trust Behaviors

4:00PM Virtual Networking Hour

MARCH 4, 2021
DAY 2 – WOMEN OF EXCELLENCE AWARDS & KEYNOTE SPEAKER, ERIN BROCKOVICH

6:00PM Women of Excellence Awards

7:00PM Keynote Speaker: Erin Brockovich

 SPONSORS:

Gold level:  First PREMIER Bank/PREMIER Bankcard, MIDCO, Sanford Health, Wellmark of South Dakota   

Silver Level:   Avera, Gunderson’s, Grand Falls Casino & Golf Resort, LaurieBelle’s, Vance Thompson Vision/Kalon Medical Spa

Media & Production  Sponsors:  KELOLAND Media Group, Midwest Communications Radio Group of Sioux Falls, Pinnacle Productions 

Women of Excellence Sponsor:  Principal Financial Group 

ERIN BROCKOVICH

Say the name Erin Brockovich and you think, strong, tough and stubborn. Erin is all that and definitely more. She is a modern-day “David” who loves a good brawl with today’s “Goliaths”. She thrives on being the voice for those who don’t know how to yell. She is a rebel. She is a fighter. She is a mother. She is a woman. She is you and me.

It’s been over 15 years since Julia Roberts starred in the Oscar-winning tour de force, Erin Brockovich. The film turned an unknown legal researcher into a 20th-century icon by showcasing how her dogged persistence was the impelling force behind the largest medical settlement lawsuit in history. Since then, Erin hasn’t been resting on her laurels…she continues to fight hard and win big!

As President of Brockovich Research & Consulting, she is currently involved in numerous environmental projects worldwide. She has requests for her help in ground water contamination complaints in every state of the US, Australia, and other international hot spots. She is currently working on cases in California, Texas, Florida, Michigan, Illinois, and Missouri. She is a true American hero whose icon status and “stick-to-it-iveness” only fuels her determination to expose injustice and lend her voice to those who do not have one.