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Embrace: Uniting Our Community
The AMA Leadership Summit is a unique opportunity to reunite and engage with fellow Professional Chapter Leaders to develop your leadership skills, strengthen your chapter and build relationships.
Our theme, Embrace, will focus on uniting our community. You’ll get the tools and inspiration to embrace everything it takes to be an impactful volunteer leader—inclusivity, authenticity, teamwork, empathy, self-care and boundaries.
We’re excited to help you find your network, your power and your voice while embracing what it means to be an inclusive AMA community.
One Community. Two Ways to Embrace.
In-Person
Exclusive face-to-face learning and networking events to build relationships with other chapter leaders. COVID-19 vaccines required.
$519
Online
Exclusive virtual programming, select live-streamed sessions from Chicago and a variety of networking events to build relationships with other chapter leaders.
$149
Want to register a group?
Receive a 10% discount on group registrations of 3+ attendees. The group can be a mixture of in-person and online registrations.
Please do not include complimentary registrations (typically used for the chapter president and president-elect) in your group registration.
Vaccines Required
We know the value of connecting in person, and we’re committed to making it a safe environment for all attendees. We will follow CDC, State of Illinois and City of Chicago guidelines to ensure a safe conference. To join us in Chicago, you will be asked to confirm you have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and provide proof of vaccination onsite. AMA also encourages you to wear a mask in the event space. If you are unable to join us in person for any reason, we encourage you to participate in the virtual portion of LS, as we strive to provide an engaging and impactful experience both virtually and in person.
New This Year: Pre-Learning Now for Impactful Learning at LS22
Follow a step-by-step learning guide on your own time so we can maximize our time together for hands-on workshops to build your chapter success plan. Begin the pre-learning.
Moments to Embrace
Interactive Learning
Real-time workshops to build your chapter plans.
Celebrate Volunteers
Recognize chapter excellence, the volunteer of the year and more.
Community Gathering
Network in-person and digitally.
Conference Co-Chairs
Amber McKenna
Professional Chapters Council
AMA PDX
Vanessa Torres
Professional Chapters Council
AMA San Antonio
AMA Event Policies
Day 1 | Friday, April 22 (All Times Central)
Registration Opens
Embrace the Morning! (optional)
Group wellness opportunities will be available to help you get pumped for the day.
Networking & Pre-Game for LS22 (optional)
Visit one of the inclusive spaces, set your schedule and sign-up for a group dinner!
Networking & Pre-Game for LS22 (optional)
Lunch Buffet
Official Welcome & Opening Keynote: Hustle with Purpose
Do you have an idea that you want to see come to life, but you can’t seem to get it off the ground? Are you struggling because you don’t feel like you have enough time or money? Do you feel like you don’t even know where to start? Many amazing things never happen because the people who can and should be making them happen feel too overwhelmed to start. If you feel like the obstacles between you and what you want to accomplish are insurmountable, this session was created for you. Deanna Singh, author of Purposeful Hustle, will share some very simple techniques you can use to transform your seemingly elusive dream into your fulfilling reality.
Deanna Singh
Chief Change Agent and Founder, Flying Elephant
Official Welcome & Opening Keynote: Hustle with Purpose
Live from Chicago! Experience the opening keynote and official welcome via live stream.
Do you have an idea that you want to see come to life, but you can’t seem to get it off the ground? Are you struggling because you don’t feel like you have enough time or money? Do you feel like you don’t even know where to start? Many amazing things never happen because the people who can and should be making them happen feel too overwhelmed to start. If you feel like the obstacles between you and what you want to accomplish are insurmountable, this session was created for you. Deanna Singh, author of Purposeful Hustle, will share some very simple techniques you can use to transform your seemingly elusive dream into your fulfilling reality.
Deanna Singh
Chief Change Agent and Founder, Flying Elephant
Networking & Bio Break
Breakout Sessions #1: Board-in-a-Box (Part I)
Learn the Board-in-a-Box principles in these engaging hands-on breakout sessions.
- Leadership
- Programming
- Communications
- Finance
- Membership
Breakout Sessions #1: Board-in-a-Box (Part I)
Learn the Board-in-a-Box principles in these engaging hands-on breakout sessions.
- Leadership
- Programming
- Communications
- Finance
- Membership
Networking Break & Afternoon Snack
Breakout Sessions #2: Role-Focused
Explore your role with folks who ‘do what you do’ during this interactive group session.
- Presidents
- President-Elects
- Programming
- Communications and Secretary
- Membership, Collegiate and Mentorship
- Finance and Sponsorships
- DEI
- National Volunteers
Breakout Sessions #2: Role-Focused
Explore your role with folks who ‘do what you do’ during this interactive group session.
- Presidents
- President-Elects
- Programming
- Communications and Secretary
- Membership, Collegiate and Mentorship
- Finance and Sponsorships
Networking & Bio Break
Skill-Building Workshops
Check out these fun, engaging sessions to help boost one of your personal skills.
Exclusive Virtual-Only Experience: 15 Minutes of Purpose
Are you struggling to find time to work on your big dreams? Are your days being eaten away by non-essential tasks? Are you in control of your schedule, or is someone or something else in the driver’s seat? Most importantly, are you ready for a change? This session uncovers the secrets to overcoming these challenges. Deanna Singh, author of Purposeful Hustle, will show you how a small NO-STRESS tweak can help you make major changes to your life’s trajectory.
Deanna Singh
Chief Change Agent and Founder, Flying Elephant
Break & Costume Change!
“Dress to impress” in formal attire for the first annual Leadership Summit Awards Gala & Dinner. This celebration is an occasion to dust off your suits, gowns, cocktail dresses – but most importantly, you do you! Look good AND feel good.
Cash Bar Opens
Attendees will be provided two drink tickets.
1st Annual Awards Gala & Dinner
Celebrate the 2021 CEA Award Winners & hear from this year’s Volunteer of the Year!
Dessert Bar & After Party
Day 2 | Saturday, April 23 (All Times Central)
Embrace the Morning! (optional)
Group wellness opportunities will be available to help you get pumped for the day.
Breakfast Buffet
Support Center Update
Hear directly from AMA’s Senior Leadership Team during this open forum and Q&A session.
Networking & Bio Break
Breakout Sessions #3: Leadership Academy
Take your leadership skills to the next level with these deep-dive sessions on leadership.
- Emotional Intelligence
- Creating Safe Spaces
- DEI 101 for Beginners
- Moving Words into Action: Taking DEI to the Next Level
- How to be a Better Communicator
Networking & Bio Break
Breakout Sessions #4: Board-in-a-Box (Part II)
Learn the Board-in-a-Box principles in these engaging hands-on breakout sessions.
- Special Events & Mixers
- Awards Programs
- Technology
- Sponsorship
- Community Outreach
Welcome & Day 1 Recap
Lunch Buffet
Exclusive One-on-One with Support Center
Virtual attendees will get an exclusive update from the AMA Support Center during this open forum and Q&A session.
Luncheon & Keynote Presentation: Getting Things Done In A World That Doesn’t Want You To
You’re someone who has moves to make and something to give. You may not be looking to change the world but you’re ready to change your moment. The trouble is that you can’t seem to get to the one thing that’s most important because you’re busy, tired, don’t know where to start or you doubt if you even have it in you. Don’t worry, you’re not alone. There is a way through. The problem isn’t you; the problem is the problem. This talk will lay down the foundation to take you from “Here’s what I want to do” to “Here’s what I did” (and have the mindset to do it all over again).
Bassam Tarazi
Author, Strategist, and Head of Marketing at 71 & Change Inc.
Keynote Presentation: Getting Things Done In A World That Doesn’t Want You To
You’re someone who has moves to make and something to give. You may not be looking to change the world but you’re ready to change your moment. The trouble is that you can’t seem to get to the one thing that’s most important because you’re busy, tired, don’t know where to start or you doubt if you even have it in you. Don’t worry, you’re not alone. There is a way through. The problem isn’t you; the problem is the problem. This talk will lay down the foundation to take you from “Here’s what I want to do” to “Here’s what I did” (and have the mindset to do it all over again).
Bassam Tarazi
Author, Strategist, and Head of Marketing at 71 & Change Inc.
Networking & Bio Break
LOUD Tables
Mix and mingle with fellow attendees and discuss hot topics during three rounds of LOUD tables.
Virtual LOUD Tables
Mix and mingle with fellow attendees and discuss hot topics during two rounds of virtual LOUD tables.
Exclusive Virtual Experience: The Intersection of Art, Culture and Marketing
In this conversation with artist Sam Kirk, we’ll discuss how her art, which focuses on culture and identity politics, is commissioned for marketing campaigns. We’ll explore the negotiation between business and art, how an artist remains authentic to their mission and how marketing professionals should engage with artists for campaigns.
Sam Kirk
Artist | Creative Director
Networking Break & Afternoon Snack
Closing Remarks & Key Takeaway Breakouts
The key takeaway breakouts will run until 5:00 p.m. CT. This concludes 2022 AMA Leadership Summit for virtual attendees!
Embrace Opportunities
Take part in a service opportunity, contribute to a community art project or explore ASL for beginners.
Comfort Break
Embrace Group Dinners* or Dinner on Your Own (optional)
*The planning committee will provide a list of locations for special group dinners at restaurants across Chicago’s various cultural communities. Limited space; sign-up will be required.
Day 3 | Sunday, April 24 (All Times Central)
Breakfast Buffet
Closing Ceremony & Closing Keynote: Your Authentic YOU
Jerrie Johnson and her family grew up very poor and even homeless on multiple occasions. Although life was not easy living in poverty, surviving abuse and trauma, not feeling a sense of belonging, Jerrie still knew that she wanted more out of life, that her purpose would transcend her circumstances. The hardships she experienced as a child and her ability to identify blindspots in the ecosystem of how we live is what initiated her advocacy for food accessibility and wellness in underserved neighborhoods, being a helper and a healer to those wanting to break generational curses, and ultimately making her the master manifester that she is today.
Leave this keynote feeling empowered and clear but also curious about how what we have consumed affected who we have become and the tools to bring us back to our most authentic self.
Jerrie Johnson
@thejerriejohnson | Actress, Poet and Arts Activist
Final Thoughts & Key Takeaways
This group session will allow you to meet with your peers and set intentions for the upcoming term.
Bassam Tarazi
Author, Strategist, and Head of Marketing at 71 & Change Inc.Bassam Tarazi is a schooled mechanical/nuclear engineer whose career has spanned the worlds of mortgage banking, construction management, consulting, public speaking and marketing. A seasoned entrepreneur, his latest venture is Ready. Set. Finish. where he helps businesses and individuals do what they set out to do. This is buttressed next to his day job as Head of Marketing at 71 & Change (Inc Magazine’s Best Places To Work, Fastest Growing Companies in 2020 and 2021) where they lead companies through a myriad of organizational changes.
He’s the author of: The Accountability Effect, In 5 Years You’ll Be Wrong, and Borders, Bandits And Baby Wipes. He or his work has been featured in Backpacker, Forbes, Young Entrepreneur, GOOD and many other outlets. A wanderer at heart, he’s also traveled to 73 countries and all 7 continents, having had such absurd experiences such as getting to Everest Base Camp and the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro, driving from London to Mongolia in a 42 HP car, living on an Alaskan glacier for 8 days, surviving a run-in with Fidel Castro, and being hunted by a pig-tailed macaque in the jungles of Borneo (Long stories. We’ll need some Scotch for those.)
When he’s not doing things that might make a good story one day, he’s probably reading, getting heartbroken by his beloved Arsenal Football Club, or enjoying time with his wife in Portland, OR.
Jerrie Johnson
@thejerriejohnson | Actress, Poet and Arts ActivistJerrie Johnson (She/They) is currently on a new Amazon Prime series called Harlem alongside Grace Byers, Meagan Good, Shoniqua Shandai, Whoopi Goldberg and Jasmine Guy. Outside of her onscreen performance, she has written and produced her solo show called “The Crooked Room” about a queer Black Woman trying to heal in America. Jerrie also is an advocate for fresh food accessibility in underserved neighborhoods, a spiritual advisor, motivational speaker and wellness advocate. She is currently working on opening Healing pods in underserved communities In Philadelphia to help balance out the current Violence spike and bring peace to the ‘hood.
Deanna Singh
Chief Change Agent and Founder, Flying ElephantDeanna Singh wants to live in a world where marginalized communities have power. As an expert social entrepreneur, she is obsessed with making the world a better place, and she will build or break systems to create positive change. While tackling complex social challenges, Deanna gives audiences the tools and courage to imagine, activate and impact the world as agents of change. Deanna is described as a trailblazer and dynamic speaker at the forefront of social change. She is an award-winning author, educator, business leader, podcaster and social justice champion!
Singh earned her Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies from Fordham University, a Juris Doctorate from Georgetown University and a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She has been recognized by the Milwaukee Business Journal as one of the community’s most influential 40 Under 40 Leaders, the State of Wisconsin as a Women Who Inspires, and by Forbes as an African American Woman Everyone Should Know.
Sam Kirk
Artist | Creative DirectorSam Kirk is a multidisciplinary artist who explores culture and identity politics through her creations. Her artwork focuses on various intersections that encompass a call to celebrate differences and enact change. Her paintings include vivid, powerful images of women, members of the LGBTQIA community and those who have been historically excluded.
Throughout her childhood, her family’s frequent moves to various Chicago neighborhoods sparked her fascination with the nuances of the human experience. During these moments, she found herself discovering the cultures of the city and sorting through her own identity as a bi-racial, queer woman. Like her life, Kirk’s artwork has been an ongoing narrative about how life’s experiences impact our identity. Her vibrant color palette, intricate line-work and layered backgrounds highlight cultural communities via multi-toned figures recalled from her travels throughout the world. Additionally, Kirk’s public murals often address social issues, as she intentionally uses the public space to spark dialogue around topics of equality and visibility for women, communities of color and the LGBTQIA community.
She has been recognized for her public art career, which focuses on highlighting women, underrepresented communities and the LGBTQIA community. She is the first woman and American to participate in the Annual CASAMOUJA Street Art Festival in Casablanca, Morocco. A commission by World Business Chicago and the City of Casablanca, Kirk created the “Sister Cities” mural to celebrate 35 years of programming between Chicago and Casablanca. Her first short film animation, “Color of Tomorrow”, a collaboration with writer and director Michelle M. Collins, received a 2020 Davey Award, 2021 Telly Award, and 2021 Communicator Award. She is the recipient of the 2020 Human First Award and a 2021 LGBTQ Honoree from the State of Illinois for her work with the LGBTQ Community.
She has been featured in O Magazine, Forbes, and she was recently listed as one of the top 50 Artists of 2020 in Chicago by New City Magazine. Her collaborations include global brands and non-profit organizations such as Harper Collins Publishers, Xfinity/Comcast, Vans, World Business Chicago, National Domestic Workers Alliance and WBEZ.
Conference Location
Westin O’Hare
6100 North River Road
Rosemont, IL 60018
Phone: (847) 698-6000
Room Rates
$155.00 single/double occupancy per night
(excluding taxes and applicable fees which are currently 14%, but are subject to change)
Please reserve your overnight accommodations early as there are a limited number of AMA special rates available.
Or call Reservations at (888) 627-8517 and reference AMA 2022 Leadership Summit.
The reservation cut-off date is April 6, 2022.
Conference Attire
Your wardrobe for the AMA Leadership Summit is business casual, with an emphasis on comfort. Conference rooms tend to be chilly and warm up as rooms fill, so consider a light sweater or jacket to layer with.
Friday Evening | Awards Dinner & Gala
“Dress to impress” in formal attire! This celebration is an occasion to dust off your suits, gowns, cocktail dresses – but most importantly, you do you! Look good AND feel good.
Saturday Evening
This is your night to enjoy the town! Many attendees may choose to take a trip downtown to enjoy Chicago’s fine dining and nightlife, so look to have fun and dress accordingly.
Area Attractions, Events and Tourism
Visit Choose Chicago for destination information.
Transportation
The Hotel offers complimentary shuttle service to and from Chicago O’Hare Airport.
Looking to go downtown? Please visit Chicago Transit Authority for more information.
ADA
The AMA is committed to providing equal access to our meetings for all attendees. If you are an attendee with a disability and require program accommodations, please contact the AMA Support Center at (800) AMA-1150. A member of our staff will ensure that appropriate access arrangements are made. If you have specific disability-related needs for your hotel sleeping room, please be sure to communicate those directly to the hotel when you make your reservation. In an effort to provide the highest quality of service to all attendees, we require that details of all access requests be communicated to our office at least 14 days in advance of the beginning of the meeting.
Thank You to Our Annual Awards Gala & Dinner Sponsor:
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New This Year! Pre-Learning
Follow a step-by-step learning guide on your own time so we can maximize our time together for hands-on workshops to build your chapter success plan.
Access the pre-learning by clicking here. Then log in using your AMA account.