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In today’s rapidly evolving and often demanding landscape, navigating your career can feel complex—but with the right support and resources, meaningful progress is not only possible, it’s within reach. Please join us as EWF Ascending Leaders Forum committee members, Ashley Dean, Heather Graham, and Tosin Oguntunde as they share their insights and strategies for women in the cybersecurity, risk, and privacy industries. In this session, they will discuss how to identify and create both internal and external support mechanisms that will help you thrive professionally. Whether it’s building networks, accessing mentorship, or leveraging career resources, discover how to empower yourself and stay engaged in shaping your path to success.

Join us for an EWF Forum CONNECT Networking Series event — featuring the Ascending Leaders Forum. This is an opportunity to connect and network with other EWF Connect members who hold a mid-level leadership role within cybersecurity, risk management, compliance, audit, or privacy. Networking events offer the opportunity to build professional relationships, exchange ideas, and collaborate on solutions. The event will use a crowdsourced format, featuring topics generated by attendee input and feedback.

Come ready to meet and interact with your peers in small breakout discussions. We encourage everyone to enable their cameras for the event.

The Ascending Leaders Forum is an empowering community for mid-level women leaders to share expertise, build trusting relationships, and support each other’s personal and professional success within their organization and the industry.

About the Ascending Leaders Forum

The EWF Ascending Leaders Forum offers women leaders in cybersecurity, risk management, compliance, audit, and privacy an empowering space to grow personally and professionally, tackle challenges in real-time, and explore future trends in the industry. Through webinars, in-person and virtual networking events, peer-to-peer activities, and online groups and resources, mid-level women leaders have the opportunity to learn, evolve, and collaborate with one another.

If you are interested in joining the Ascending Leaders Forum, please complete the interest form on our website.