Palmetto Women's Manufacturing Forum

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This event celebrates opportunities and careers for women in manufacturing. The Palmetto Women's Manufacturing forum includes candid conversations, features dynamic speakers, and fosters new connections. This forum is perfect for engaging your company's next generation of leaders, employees who deserve special recognition, students, educators, and community partners.

Honoring 2024 SCMA Woman of the Year Award Recipient

Lindsay E. Leonard

Senior Director

Government Operations

The Boeing Company

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Registration

Standard Price$75

Presenting Sponsor

10 complimentary registrations
Reserved table at lunch
Company Logo on event material

Standard Price$5,000

Welcome Gift

5 registrations
Logo on event materials
Company-branded gift placed at each lunch setting

Standard Price$2,000

Table Sponsor

10 registration
Logo on event materials
Reserved lunch table

Standard Price$1,200

Sustaining Sponsor

10 registrations
Logo on event materials

Standard Price$2,000

Agenda

May 17, 2024

Main Schedule

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Registration for those participating in the tour

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Nephron Tours (optional)

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Registration for those not participating in the tour

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Panel Discussion

Inspirational Female Leaders in Manufacturing Share Tips for Success in Life & in the Plant

Stacey Chapman

Melanie Sabella

Amy Tinsley

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Luncheon with Keynote Speaker and Presentation of 2024 SCMA Woman of the Year

Lou Kennedy

Lindsay Leonard

Speakers

Stacey Chapman

Vice President of Manufacturing - Textiles at Milliken & Company

Lou Kennedy

President & CEO of Nephron Pharmaceuticals Corporation

Lindsay Leonard

Senior Director, Government Operations of The Boeing Company

Melanie Sabella

VP of Technical Services at Coca-Cola Consolidated

Amy Tinsley

Stacey serves as the manufacturing leader over the Textile Division’s knitting, dyeing, and finishing technologies, including the US Polartec manufacturing teams. She is the Corporate Safety Liaison for Division Safety Initiatives, a member of the Division’s Cyber Security Council, Artificial Intelligence, and Digitization teams. Stacey is currently a member of the inaugural class of the South Carolina Manufacturing Alliance Leadership Program in partnership with the Darla School of Business at the University of South Carolina.

Stacey began her career at Milliken in 2000 as a Process Improvement Engineer at the Avalon Plant. She then served as Process Improvement Manager at the Pendleton Plant. In 2012, Stacey was promoted to Pendleton Plant Manager, where she served for seven years. In 2019, Stacey was promoted to Manufacturing Manager for the yarn and knitting technologies. Over the past three years, Stacey has served as Manufacturing Director and Senior Director over multiple Textile Division locations.

Stacey joined the organization as a summer intern and then full time as a graduate from Clemson University, where she obtained her bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering. Stacey continues to serve on the Professional Advisory Board for Chemical Engineering at her alma mater.

Lindsay E. Leonard is Senior Director for Government Operations for Boeing South Carolina and a member of the BSC leadership. Named to her position in June 2014, Lindsay has been a leader in building the site culture and operations and is directly responsible for external stakeholder engagement in South Carolina. She leads a team responsible for public affairs, public policy, corporate social responsibility, and community outreach.

Prior to joining Boeing, Lindsay was an Associate at the law firm of White & Case LLP, in New York, where she served in both the firm’s Competition & Commercial Litigation Group. She previously served as a law clerk to the Honorable David C. Norton, U.S. District Court, in Charleston. Lindsay also served in the U.S. Senate for two US Senators.

Lindsay holds a bachelor’s degree in Communications from the University of North Carolina, and a Juris Doctor degree from the Fordham University School of Law. She currently serves on the following boards: Economic Leadership Council of the Charleston Regional Development Alliance, SC State Chamber of Commerce Executive Committee and Chair of the Manufacturing Committee, Clemson Industry Advisory Board, SustainSC, and Meeting Street Schools. She is also a Riley Institute Diversity Fellow and a Sustainability Leadership Initiative Fellow, both through Furman University.

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