IGIA Women's Network
IGIA Women's NetworkThe IGIA Women’s Network offers high-quality professional development, opportunities to lead and a strong network of support to advance women in the food industry.
2025 Details Coming Soon! Past 2024 Events:
Quarter 1: Health and Wellness for 2024 | February 22 Thursday, February 22, 8-9am IGIA Office, 2540 106th St #102, Urbandale, IA 50322 Start your year off on the right foot by learning how to manage stress as well as understanding the environmental, physical, developmental, behavioral, emotional and spiritual influences on your personal wellness. Speaker: Erica Ziel | Prioritizing you doesn’t mean spending hours getting a massage or your nails done, it doesn’t even mean spending an hour each day doing a kick-butt workout. Because side note, your kick-butt workouts might actually be raising your stress level, contributing to your fatigue, and be preventing weight loss. Making YOU a priority really is about simplifying life and learning how to live in alignment with what’s truly important to you! Learn from Erica how to start your 2024 out right and how to boost your immunity during winter. Quarter 2: Annual Half-Day Conference | June 18
Tuesday, June 18, 9:30am-2pm Location: Johnson Brothers of Iowa, 6600 Merle Hay Rd, Johnston, IA 50131 9:30 am-10:00 am Check-In and Networking 10:00 am-11:00 am Roundtable Networking Activity 11:00 pm-12:00 pm Creating Decorations for the Ronald McDonald House 12:00 pm-12:30 pm Lunch Break 12:30 pm-1:00 pm IGIA Women's Network Committee Panel 1:00 pm-2:00 pm Christina Moffatt Speaker Christina Moffatt: Christina is a passionate business professional with a track record of developing strategic initiatives that positively impact businesses, communities, and people. She has exceptional experience in developing client services that support the diverse needs of small to midsize businesses and proven track record of how big businesses work to serve small business clients. She is a tireless promoter and advocate of programs and initiatives that drive organizational growth, leadership development, and positive workplace cultures of diversity and inclusion. She is a respected and trusted business partner and consultant to executive leaders and business owners. A graduate of DMACC, Iowa State University and University of Toledo CBA Program, Christina did not only own and operate her small business she also served as the Regional Director of the Mid Iowa Small Business Development Center, Director of Small Business Resources for the Greater Des Moines Partnership, Business Development Officer for Purpose Bank and currently serves as a Customer Growth Strategist for Small to Midsize Business in the financial industry for a Fortune 500 company. She also devotes her time and talents to many local boards. Christina has won several awards for her business including appearing on Food Network's Cupcake Wars. Community Service: Creating Door and Window Decorations for the Ronald McDonald House of Central Iowa About Ronald McDonald House: At the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Iowa, we offer a place to call home at little to no cost, so that families can stay together. At our two House locations, one inside MercyOne Children's Hospital and one near Blank Children's Hospital families are only steps away from their critically ill children. Believing that every family deserves access to healthcare, RMHC Central Iowa creates, finds, and supports programs that directly improve the health and well-being of children and their families. Guiding us in our mission are our core values. Quarter 3: Women in the Industry Panel September 24, 2024 9-10am IGIA Office, 2540 106th St #102, Urbandale, IA 50322 A panel of women in the grocery industry will give tips on work-life balance, why mentorship is so important, what they wish they knew along the way and more. Panelists: Amy Robinson, Sr Director of Sales, Frito-Lay North Central Region: Amy is a mother to two teenage boys, wife of 22 years and has had a career in sales for the last 28 years. Her career started in retail as an Art Gallery Manager, transitioned to selling jewelry to department stores and was then lured to the CPG world to sell automotive fluid for STP which transitioned into working for Clorox through and acquisition where she met her future husband. PepsiCo has been her home away from home for the last 23 years where she has had the opportunity to work in all facets of sales in escalating roles of responsibility: sales execution, customer ownership, strategy and sales leadership across all of PepsiCo’s amazing brands and go to market systems within Retail and Foodservice. She is currently leading the Customer Sales Team for the North Central Region of Frito Lay. Carrie Stojack, VP Strategic Insights & Culinary: Carrie Stojack has over 25 years’ executive experience leading brand insights, strategic planning, innovation pipeline and competitive intelligence teams. Prior to joining Casey’s, Carrie led Strategic Insight functions at Dine Brands and Taco Bell. She was also Managing Partner at Hall & Partners, a global brand strategy and research agency, serving many fortune 500 clients such as Microsoft, McDonald’s, and General Motors. Carrie joined Casey’s in 2020. Over the past four years, Carrie has built a formal Brand & Strategic Insights function, enabling Casey’s strategic objective to become more guest centric utilizing deeper guest insights to drive business decisions. In 2023 Carrie took on an expanded role, leading the culinary team with a focus on food innovation, culinary optimization and pipelin About the Women's Network
Established in March 2014, the Iowa Grocery Industry Association Women’s Network represents women affiliated with the food industry. The organization is a valuable resource for industry professionals, providing educational events, mentor relationships, leadership skills, networking opportunities and community involvement. Our Mission The IGIA Women’s Network offers high-quality professional development, opportunities to lead and a strong network of support to advance women in the food industry. Objectives
The IGIA Women’s Network partners with IGIA member companies to host a variety of events throughout the year. Events such as motivational speaker presentations, half-day training sessions, networking opportunities, leadership activities and community involvement projects are complimentary or kept low-cost for members.
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