Carroll County Womens Conference – A Day of Envisionment!

Carroll County
Women's
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2025

Engage! The Power of Us
Friday, October 17, 2025

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Women's
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2024

A Day to "Empower" Women
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About The Event

Carroll County Women’s Conference
Engage! The Power of Us
Friday, October 17, 2025

Join us for the Women’s Conference held on the campus of Carroll Community College in Westminster, Maryland where passionate speakers will lead sessions ranging on a variety of topics throughout the day.

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Key Note Speaker

Amy Schmidt Key Note - Speaking Life Into People & Building Them Up from the Inside Out

Dr. Anderson is deeply committed to empowering individuals and fostering personal growth. As the Director of Student Care and Integrity at Carroll Community College and an adjunct professor, she leads initiatives that foster ethical choices and wellbeing.

For two decades, Dr. Anderson has inspired college women through Strong Sister, Silly Sister, Inc., a not-for-profit organization she founded to help them embrace their full potential. As a motivational speaker, she captivates audiences with her message of empowerment and upliftment, speaking life into people and building them up from the inside out.

Her dedication extends to serving on various boards and committees, promoting justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion. Recognized as one of Maryland’s Leading Women under 40, Dr. Anderson’s academic achievements and community service reflect her commitment to making a positive impact.

Join Dr. Anderson at the conference to be inspired and empowered to become your best self.

Visit Dr. DaVida L. Anderson’s Website

Gloria Marcott Soul Punch: Reclaim Your Inner Power

Gloria Marcott is on a passionate mission to uplift, empower, and train a global community of #1millionwomen. With a remarkable background that combines over two decades of Women’s Self-Defense training expertise and an illustrious 18-year career in Law Enforcement, Gloria is a force for change.

She is the CEO of Soul Punch Self-Defense and the creator of the #1millionwomen trained movement which she established to radically redefine the safety equation for women and girls.

Gloria brings an interactive, engaging, and powerful presentation style to her inside out approach to women’s safety. She will equip you with tools, knowledge, and confidence and her promise to you is that you will leave commanding more of your power and safety.

She has collaborated with both corporate and private clients, graced the stage as a keynote speaker for countless groups, and garnered recognition from major media outlets such as Fox News, ABC, NBC, CBS, and local media. Her insights have been featured in prestigious publications like In Style, Glamour, and Elite Daily, while her captivating interviews have enriched many podcasts.

Ericka Sallee Moving Beyond Fear

Ericka Sallee is an experienced and highly sought-after coach, speaker, and self-help author who specializes in assisting women and organizations break through the barriers that hold them back from achieving success. With her personal coaching and professional-development programs, Ericka provides her clients with the strategies they need to identify and overcome the obstacles that are preventing them from living purposeful and fulfilled lives.

She has served as moderator, expert panelist and workshop facilitator for three consecutive years for the Women’s Leadership Forum hosted by Maryland Public Television (MPT) and served as co-host for MPT’s on-air pledge drives. Ericka has also served as virtual emcee for the Pittsburg-based Professional Women’s Network (PWN) annual women’s conference. As a guest on multiple podcasts, delivering various keynote addresses and managing her diverse client base, she uses her voice to create transformation.

Ericka firmly believes in the importance of mental, physical, and spiritual well-being when it comes to achieving your full potential. As a result, she incorporates self-care and wellness into her coaching services, providing a holistic approach to personal growth and development. Ericka’s education, history in the corporate environment, and life experiences have all contributed to her ability to develop the tools and methods she shares with her clients. As a divorcée, she understands the unique challenges that women face and has added this knowledge to her tool kit to better help women seek and enjoy their best lives.

Dr. DaVida L. Anderson Key Note - Speaking Life Into People & Building Them Up from the Inside Out

Join Dr. Anderson at the conference to be inspired and empowered to become your best self.

Visit Dr. DaVida L. Anderson’s Website

Amanda Campbell, CFP®, CFP®, AAMS®, AIF®

Health & Weath 360

Driven by the core belief that women have a valuable seat at the wealth management table, Amanda has made it her life’s mission to ensure that every woman understands her wealth in a real and meaningful way. As a Certified Financial Planner™ and Certified Divorce Financial Analyst®, she specializes in helping clients navigate the divorce process and is passionate about guiding couples, divorcees, and widows to their own financial empowerment.

Since joining the financial services industry in 2010, Amanda has quickly become a rising star, earning recognition on InvestmentNews’ 40 Under 40 list and AdvisorHub’s Advisors to Watch list. Alongside her sister, Amanda is the co-author of “The Health & Wealth Sisters 360° Action Plan: Total Self-Care for the Modern Woman’s Fiscal, Physical, and Emotional Well-Being.” Through her writing and life’s work, she hopes to inspire women everywhere to prioritize their health and wealth so they can show up better for themselves and those they love.

Michelle Riley

Health & Wealth 360

As a self proclaimed trainer for the modern woman, Michelle is the owner and founder of Fierce and Fit, which is her women’s online training and nutrition coaching platform. Michelle’s mission is to change the narrative on what being optimally healthy really means. She understands how women are constantly running around helping others whether it be with their family, their colleagues, clients, and friends while leaving themselves and the status of their physical and mental health on the back burner. She’s here to remind and motivate modern women why prioritizing their health routines is the most selfless act they can do to take care of themselves and others. As the “Health Sister” alongside her sister, Amanda, “The Wealth Sister” they have written and co-authored “The Health & Wealth Sisters 360° Action Plan: Total Self-Care for the Modern Woman’s Fiscal, Physical, and Emotional Well-Being.” in an effort to show women the importance of harmonizing these two very important aspects of life to bring the highest quality of life.

She specializes in helping professional women whether they are prenatal, postpartum, and/or ready to reach their maximum potential while creating long lasting and sustainable mindful habits in everyday life via fitness, nutrition, and self care.

Dr. Lori Schwartz Reichl Making Key Changes: Mentorship & Motivation Unlocked

Dr. Lori Schwartz Reichl is the visionary thought leader of Making Key Changes. Her career began in music education where she learned the importance of a key change — a shift in music’s tonal center, used to inject energy or produce significance. Since transitioning out of a public school classroom, Lori has uniquely created a global classroom for her work. She guides organizations, teams, and individuals to create and maintain a shared vision by making key changes in their communities, companies, and careers to unlock their greatest potential in collaboration with those they love, serve, and lead.

Lori served as a proud public school teacher from 2001 through 2015 where she successfully led music programs for schools in rural and suburban areas, schools labeled Title I, and a school assigned to “corrective action.” In Pennsylvania, Lori received the Superintendent’s “Excellence in Teaching Award” from the Daniel Boone School District. In Maryland, Lori and her students received an Honorary Resolution from the Howard County Council, and she was a finalist for both the Howard County Parents for School Music “Educator of the Year Award” and the Howard County Public School System’s “Teacher of the Year Award.”

As a sought-after motivational speaker and consultant, Lori has presented hundreds of keynotes and sessions. She is the host of the weekly podcast, Making Key Changes, and the creator of its newsletter where she poses questions for reflection and offers actionable key changes to implement in our living and working situations. Lori is the author of nearly 100 articles and a graduate instructor for two courses designed on her writings for Vandercook College of Music (Chicago) and The University of the Arts (Philadelphia).

After being held back in first grade, transferring universities, switching majors, retaking the educator certification test due to a non-passing score, and being passed over for professional positions, Lori has experienced setbacks in learning and leading. These struggles have empowered Lori to make key changes to envision her life, refine her habits, focus her passion, and serve her purpose. Lori lives in Marriottsville, Maryland (Carroll County) with her husband and two active children.

Kelly Frager Conflict, Candor & Trust

As owner of Kelly Frager Professional Development & Training, Kelly partners with organizations to help them optimize the power of their people through training and consulting. Her collaborative relationship with her clients, customization of her message for professional realness & relevancy, and genuine, dynamic delivery style are the distinguishing aspects of her business. Kelly has spent her entire professional career in the human resources, training and professional development fields. Her clients and employers have ranged from the hospitality industry to professional services firms, with mortgage banking and homebuilding in the mix as well. Over the years and across the industries, she has learned that nearly ALL people want to feel good about where they work and possess a desire to contribute and grow as professionals. This insight has been the motivator for her work. Kelly loves her family, serving in her various communities and her alma mater, Penn State. In the early morning hours, she also loves her Peloton bike.

Tina Miller

Envision Kindness Workshop Sponsored by Kindness Worldwide, Inc.

On a mission to inspire people to be kind to themselves and others, Tina is co-founder, CEO, and Chief Positivity Officer of the Infinite Love Project, and Executive Director of the nonprofit Action For Kindness.

During her many trips around the sun Tina has gathered other labels like yoga instructor, entrepreneur, philanthropist, rotarian, author, speaker, wife, mom, and many more. She is a grateful inhabitant of our big blue marble and continues to spend her life making the time rhyme.

Kelly Frager Conflict, Candor & Trust

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Making a Difference

Through the 2024 Empower Carroll County Women’s Conference, women and businesses of Carroll County graciously donated to the following scholarships:

$12,500 scholarship check to Carroll Community College Foundation

$12,500 scholarship check to McDaniel College

Making a Difference

Through the 2023 Enlighten Carroll County Women’s Conference, women and businesses of Carroll County graciously donated to the following scholarships:

$10,000 scholarship check to Carroll Community College Foundation

Making a Difference

Through the 2022 Enlighten Carroll County Women’s Conference, women and businesses of Carroll County graciously donated to the following scholarships:

$10,000 scholarship check to Carroll Community College Foundation

$10,000 scholarship check to McDaniel College

$2,300 scholarship to Leadership Carroll’s next class