Felicia Shanken is an award-winning entrepreneur, international speaker, and Women’s Empowerment & Digital Futures Strategist. She is the Founder and CEO of Philadelphia Women’s Network Connection (PWNC), PWNC Digital Futures, and PWNC Foundation, Inc., an organization dedicated to empowering professional women, corporate, and solo entrepreneurs through leadership, entrepreneurship, and economic empowerment. A former medical professional turned entrepreneur, Felicia brings lived experience, strategic insight, and authenticity to conversations on leadership, innovation, and legacy-building. She is a Goldman Sachs One Million Black Women: Black in Business alumna and has been recognized by MSN/Microsoft, USA Today, Top 100 Magazine Innovators & Entrepreneurs 2025, VIP Global Magazine, International Brainz Magazine, Alignable, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and many more.
Presentations
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Too many women wait for validation, approval, funding, confidence, or the “right” moment before fully stepping into their leadership and potential. This session challenges that pattern and offers a new framework: purpose over permission.
Drawing from lived experience as a later-in-life entrepreneur, former medical professional, and founder of a women-focused organization, Felicia Shanken explores how women build real power, sustainable profit, and lasting legacy without waiting to be chosen or invited. This talk connects leadership, entrepreneurship, and the digital future through a human, accessible lens, showing how clarity of purpose, strategic decision-making, and community create momentum.
Attendees will learn how to shift from being underestimated to owning their authority, how to build businesses and careers that align with values and vision, and how to think beyond short-term success toward long-term impact.
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