BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P1H REFRESH-INTERVAL:P1H CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:Central Daylight Time END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:Central Standard Time END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260909T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260909T130000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:EWTG Mini Course | September 9\, 2026 | Executive Presence Part II: Women Leaders and the Invisible Barriers to Executive Leadership DESCRIPTION:Executive Presence Part II: Women Leaders and the Invisible Barriers to Executive LeadershipTausi Suedi\, MPH\, is a Senior Policy Advisor with the Texas Health and Human Services Office of Inspector GeneralJoin us on Wednesday\, September 9\, 2026\, 12:00pm 1:00pm (Central) for this free event. At the 2025 EWTG Annual Conference and a previous mini-course\, Chan McDermott gave a presentation on Executive Presence (EP) and the three pillars of EP: (1) Gravitas: Confidence\, Credibility\, Decisiveness\; (2) Communication: Brevity\, Clarity\, Tone\; and (3) Appearance: How you look\, most importantly how you show up. In this session\, Tausi Suedi\, a Senior Policy Advisor with the Texas Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General\, will provide historical\, cultural\, societal\, individual\, and workplace "invisible barriers" holding back women leaders from reaching their full leadership potential. She will conclude with individual and organizational recommendations to break these invisible barriers.Speaker BiographyTausi Suedi\, MPH\, is a Senior Policy Advisor with the Texas Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General. She is currently pursuing a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) degree at George Washington University\, serves as an Associate Teaching Professor of Global Health at Towson University\, and volunteers in the Intensive Care Unit at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center. With more than 15 years of experience in global public health\, Tausi has supported and led programs focused on reproductive\, maternal\, newborn\, child\, adolescent\, and community health. She has worked in Afghanistan\, Uganda\, Tanzania\, South Africa\, Kenya\, and has led programs in Somalia and Rwanda. Throughout her career\, she has been committed to advancing individual and population health through collaborative partnerships\, evidence-based programs and policies\, and efforts that elevate the social and economic status of women and girls. Staying true to her professional mission while prioritizing her family\, Tausi transitioned to domestic public health in 2019. That transition deepened her understanding of the barriers women and girls continue to face\, particularly in underserved communities. Through her own experiences\, she also recognized the barriers that many professional women encounter as they work to develop executive presence and advance into leadership roles. Drawing on her experiences in international and domestic public health\, policy\, and leadership\, Tausi invites audiences to rethink women's leadership through multiple lenses\, especially those we do not often recognize or intentionally use. Her presentation explores the invisible barriers that can impede women's leadership growth and executive presence while offering practical strategies for individuals to strengthen their executive presence and for organizations to create environments and meaningful leadership pathways where women across sectors and backgrounds have the opportunity to lead\, grow\, and thrive.Registration DetailsFREE for EWTG Members and Non-Members. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Executive Presence Part II: Women Leaders and the Invisible Barriers to Executive Leadership

Tausi Suedi\, MPH\, is a Senior Policy Advisor with the Texas Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General

Join us on Wednesday\, September 9\, 2026\, 12:00pm &ndash\; 1:00pm (Central) for this free event. At the 2025 EWTG Annual Conference and a previous mini-course\, Chan McDermott gave a presentation on Executive Presence (EP) and the three pillars of EP: (1) Gravitas: Confidence\, Credibility\, Decisiveness\; (2) Communication: Brevity\, Clarity\, Tone\; and (3) Appearance: How you look\, most importantly how you show up. In this session\, Tausi Suedi\, a Senior Policy Advisor with the Texas Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General\, will provide historical\, cultural\, societal\, individual\, and workplace &ldquo\;invisible barriers&rdquo\; holding back women leaders from reaching their full leadership potential. She will conclude with individual and organizational recommendations to break these invisible barriers.

Speaker Biography

Tausi Suedi\, MPH\, is a Senior Policy Advisor with the Texas Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General. She is currently pursuing a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) degree at George Washington University\, serves as an Associate Teaching Professor of Global Health at Towson University\, and volunteers in the Intensive Care Unit at Baylor Scott &\; White Medical Center. With more than 15 years of experience in global public health\, Tausi has supported and led programs focused on reproductive\, maternal\, newborn\, child\, adolescent\, and community health. She has worked in Afghanistan\, Uganda\, Tanzania\, South Africa\, Kenya\, and has led programs in Somalia and Rwanda. Throughout her career\, she has been committed to advancing individual and population health through collaborative partnerships\, evidence-based programs and policies\, and efforts that elevate the social and economic status of women and girls. Staying true to her professional mission while prioritizing her family\, Tausi transitioned to domestic public health in 2019. That transition deepened her understanding of the barriers women and girls continue to face\, particularly in underserved communities. Through her own experiences\, she also recognized the barriers that many professional women encounter as they work to develop executive presence and advance into leadership roles. Drawing on her experiences in international and domestic public health\, policy\, and leadership\, Tausi invites audiences to rethink women&rsquo\;s leadership through multiple lenses\, especially those we do not often recognize or intentionally use. Her presentation explores the invisible barriers that can impede women&rsquo\;s leadership growth and executive presence while offering practical strategies for individuals to strengthen their executive presence and for organizations to create environments and meaningful leadership pathways where women across sectors and backgrounds have the opportunity to lead\, grow\, and thrive.

Registration Details

FREE for EWTG Members and Non-Members.

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