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To enhance the potential for graduates and alumni to advance in their professional journeys. Create awareness of the capabilities they need to navigate through their careers, and empower them through training, coaching, and mentorship. Encourage them to “build the muscle” needed through active engagement and leadership in social impact and community programs. Ultimately, create a network effect in which successful alumni can, in turn, lift others.

The Business of Caregiving

March 6–7, 2026

CORE 3rd Floor, ҹɫÊÓƵ, East Bay (CSUEB)

Forum Overview

The Women in Leadership (WIL) Forum 2026 explores “The Business of Care”, positioning caregiving not only as a social necessity but as a dynamic and growing economic sector driving innovation, entrepreneurship, workforce development, and inclusive leadership. From childcare to eldercare to disability-centered services, caregiving shapes labor markets, financial systems, technology design, and community well-being. This two-day forum convenes students, founders, financial experts, researchers, and community leaders to examine how innovation, equity, and impact intersect across the caregiving ecosystem.

The goal: elevate caregiving as a strategic leadership and business issue while fostering collaboration across sectors and generations.

WIL Forum Agenda at a glance

March 6

Student Showcase for Demo Lab and Data Summit on Caregiving

March 7

Insights and Innovations

Keynotes

• Deka Dike - CSUEB Alumna, Founder of Omatochi
• Vanessa Valerio - Co-Founder, CareIndeed

Speakers

Financial Resilience Across the Care Continuum

• Leona Tang, Co-Founder of Finanli: Care Across the Lifespan: Financial
  Planning for Care Across the Ages
• Maureen Goode, Founder Goode Cents: When the Child Becomes the
  Parent: Navigating Elder Care and Financial Management

Networking Lunch (Round tables by topic)

WIL Data Summit

Demo Lab

 
Careers - Networking hour

 
Closing Reflections & Next Steps

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