
EmpowHER Tech
Empowering Women to Lead in Innovation
We’re proud to spotlight our sponsors as integral partners in empowering women and creating lasting connections.
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Attendees receive special offers & access from sponsors
What is EmpowHER Tech?
EmpowHER Tech is a visionary gathering highlighting not just women in tech, but how women are reshaping the future through tech.
Designed to spark bold conversations around breaking barriers, navigating career challenges, and leading with influence, this event brings together incredible technology professionals for authentic dialogue and growth.
As part of the EmpowHER Series, it champions intentional mentorship and empowers women to ask tough questions, build lasting connections, and step into leadership with confidence.
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EmpowHER Tech - CoEd Happy Hour
Join us for an exciting and empowering evening as lead up to our EmpowHER Tech Signature Event.
This CO-ED Happy Hour is the perfect opportunity to connect, network, and collaborate
What to Expect:
High-energy networking with top professionals
Exclusive insights into the upcoming EmpowHER TECH event
Great drinks, engaging conversations, and an inspiring atmosphere!
Don’t miss this chance to connect, engage, and lead.
Register Today!
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EmpowHER Tech Signature Event
EmpowHER Tech is a high-energy, high-value evening dedicated to helping women not only in tech. but how women are reshaping the future of technology in leadership.
Whether you're building a business, growing your career, launching a new venture, or simply trying to stand out in a crowded world, your presence is your power.
Join us for real conversations, practical tools, and inspiring stories from powerhouse leading women that speak boldly, attract confidently, and lead with authenticity.
Attendees will connect with rising professionals for high-impact discussions on career growth, firm leadership, and industry insights to elevate, connect, and empower women through mentorship, leadership insights, and strategic networking.
As part of the EmpowHER Series, this event embodies the mission of intentional mentorship, creating a space where women can ask the tough questions, build meaningful connections, and step confidently into leadership roles.
OUR SPEAKERS
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Aida Keehner, Founder & CEO of Atruent
With over 30 years of experience in the ever-evolving world of technology, Aida is a seasoned strategist who has helped businesses of every size – from startups to healthcare systems, manufacturers, and non-profits – harness the power of secure, efficient, and user-friendly technology solutions.
As the driving force behind Atruent, Aida has built more than a company. She has built a culture. Her leadership empowers her team to deliver world-class Managed Security Services, leveraging cutting-edge tools, industry best practices, and an unwavering commitment to client success.
Her impact extends beyond business. Aida is a passionate advocate for women in tech and an active supporter of non-profits, proving that true leadership is about lifting others as you rise. Recognized with numerous awards, including the SmartCEO Brava Award, 2023 Business of the Year from BWI Business Partnership, and a 2025 nomination for Tech CEO of the Year by the MD Tech Council, she continues to set the standard for innovation, excellence, and empowerment. -
Seema Alexander, Founder & CEO Distruptive AI
Seema Alexander is the Founder & CEO of Disruptive AI, an AI strategy, development and venture studio helping CEOs and founders rethink, reimagine and rewire their businesses to disrupt — not get disrupted. Or simply said, make business intelligent in an AI-era.
As former Fortune 500 executive turned growth advisor, she has guided hundreds of companies reposition to scale leading to 100M in top line revenue and now equips leaders to harness AI as their ultimate force multiplier.
Seema believes without laymen education on AI so many businesses are going to be disrupted.
So she is the host of The AI CEO Podcast, co-chair of DC Startup & Tech Week, launching an online l membership called "AI CEO School" , and the #1 business transformation conference for SMB called "AI BusinessCon" in April 2026 in DC.
Her keynote “Why AI Is Bigger Than the Internet” has inspired leaders worldwide, and she serves on the Future of Work Council for AI & Humanity with JFF Labs.
Her mission: empowering 1 million CEOs with the fluency, strategy, and confidence to lead boldly into the AI era.
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Angela Czajkowski, Managing Director Hartman Executive Advisors
Angela is a results-oriented leader with decades of experience in international logistics and supply chain operations and technology. Since joining the Hartman team in 2022, Angela’s clients have benefitted from her extensive industry knowledge and expertise in using technology to solve challenges ranging from operational inefficiencies to cyber threats. Leading a team of IT and cybersecurity experts, she works alongside supply chain, construction, and real estate executives to demystify IT concepts, align business and IT strategy, and create and execute technology roadmaps and data strategies to drive positive business outcomes.
Prior to Hartman,
Angela spent nearly 16 years in freight forwarding and Customs brokerage. As the Director of Supply Chain for the firm, Angela had leadership responsibility for global freight, network success, deploying innovation through supply chain technologies, and executing customer engagement strategies. She brings significant experience leading cross-functional teams and has supported publicly traded firms, mid-market companies, along with countless small firms and start-ups.
Angela and her husband live in Baltimore with their two sons. Outside of work, she loves to travel, enjoys musical theatre and jazz, and is a sports enthusiast.
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Juliana Buonanno, Founder & CEO TechSlice, LLC
Juliana Buonanno is an entrepreneur in the software and MedTech space. She is the CEO & Co-Founder of TechSlice, LLC, a company that focuses on accelerating medical technology (“MedTech”) startups and helping regulated-health products go from idea to market.
She competed in The Blox, a reality-show-style startup accelerator program, where she was selected out of thousands of applicants to join about 20 founders. She has said that experience reinforced the importance of storytelling, marketing, and prospect/customer engagement for a startup—not just building the product. Technical.ly
She serves as a mentor or advisor; for example, she is listed among experts at the Maryland Innovation Center (MIC), providing guidance especially for regulated products going from idea to market.

OUR SPONSORS
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Atruent
Atruent has more than 30 years
of experience providing IT Solutions
for different industries and companies
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Disruptive AI
An AI strategy, development and venture studio helping CEOs and founders rethink, reimagine and rewire their businesses to disrupt. To make business intelligent in an AI-era.
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Hartman Executive Advisors
Technology Leadership for
Unstoppable LeadersHartman Executive Advisors helps leaders like you develop, plan, and execute business and IT strategies that keep your organization on the frontlines of success.
LinkedIn: Angela
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Tech Slice
MedTech development solutions through the entire development cycle
TechSlice is helping brilliant minds execute on the innovations that make the difference with custom medtech software development.
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Nachman Executive Consulting
Partnership. Trust. Performance. Complimentary consultation to help solve your business goals.
LinkedIn: Sherry Nachman
Facebook: Nachman Consulting
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Shayna Hardy Photography
Boudoir, Personal Branding or Headshots – you deserve to know you are seen. Portraits to feel seen.
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Trademark Properties
Community. Vision. Value. Results. Full-service real estate solutions to unlock potential and drive property success.
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Integris
Exceptional IT. Elevated Outcomes
We're more than your IT partner. We're your competitive edge.
At Integris, we make technology a driving force for your business.
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WEBZ by Elise
Webz by Elise is a boutique web design and branding studio founded by Elise, a creative strategist with a passion for helping entrepreneurs show up boldly online. From concept to launch, she creates digital spaces that not only look good, but feel like you.
LinkedIn: Webz by Elise
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Nguyen Roche Sutton
We provide representation for Corporate, Litigation, Criminal, Personal Injury, and Family Law.
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Full Circle Boards
Food is special. It brings us together. We all gather around the food! We believe it should be nourishing – taste amazing – and look beautiful.
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Tall Small Productions
We curate the strategies you and your team need to boost your communication skills and coach you through the process in an interactive style.
LinkedIn: Connect with Rebecca
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Palisades of Towson
Luxury apartments that present a variety of exquisite features and amenities designed to enhance residents’ lifestyles.
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Towson Chamber of Commerce
Towson. The center of it all. Stay up to date on the latest happenings in the area.
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United Rentals
Equipment. Expertise. Reliability. Comprehensive rental solutions to power your projects and keep you moving forward.
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LinkedIn: Connect with us on LinkedIn
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Graced Productions
The goal is to capture beautiful in-between moments that make your story so special
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Instagram: Graced Productions
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Fogo de Chão
Tradition. Flavor. Experience. Authentic Brazilian steakhouse dining, crafted for celebration and connection.
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Flowers & Fancies
Light up any occasion with beautiful arrangements for everyone.
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Vault Payment Solutions
Security. Innovation. Partnership. Custom payment solutions designed to streamline operations, boost cash flow, and fuel business growth.
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Non-Profit Beneficiary
20% of all ticket proceeds from EmpowHER Tech Happy Hour * Signature Event will be donated to MNADV
The Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence partners with victim service providers, professional allies, and everyday citizens in order to reduce domestic violence in Maryland. Through our collective efforts, we believe we will one day create a world free of intimate partner and familial violence.
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Fall Into Wellness; A Journey of Resilience & Grace
Begin your day with clarity, connection, and renewal at EmpowHER: Fall Into Wellness, A Journey of Resilience and Grace.
This uplifting morning gathering, led by Sara Corckran, Resilience & Mindset Coach and author of Grit and Grace, is designed to help women embrace resilience and move through life’s changing seasons with confidence and ease.
Although this begins as a group gathering, it is, at its heart, a conversation with yourself. Each of us arrives carrying our own story, our own lens, and our own way of moving through the world. From that place, we begin.
Together, we will explore stories, tools, and gentle analogies that invite you to see yourself more clearly. Where does this lead? To a version of you that honors your past, your uniqueness, your strengths, and your needs.
Through grounding practices, meaningful conversation, and genuine connection, you will leave feeling lighter, more energized, and equipped with practical tools to meet the days ahead with courage and clarity.
Who is this for?
This gathering is open to anyone seeking clarity, deeper self-connection, or support as they move through life’s transitions.
What to expect:
Gentle grounding practices
Guided conversation and reflection
Supportive community connection
Practical tools you can carry forward
Come as you are and leave with a renewed sense of clarity and courage.
Reserve your spot today.
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EmpowHER Worthy Book Launch Fundraising Event
EmpowHER Worthy Book Launch Party
The Worthy Project is a movement and portrait experience that celebrates women who rarely take time for themselves. It invites them to pause, reflect, and write a letter of gratitude to the woman they see in the mirror… themselves.
Each participant’s story and portrait are woven into a powerful coffee table book, showcasing resilience, beauty, and worth. At its heart, the project is about reminding women that they are worthy of love, of success, of joy, and of honoring their own journeys.
Help Fundraise for local charities while creating custom artwork of you and being featured in the Worthy Coffee Table Book.
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