Advancing Women's Leadership Forum

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor will be the keynote speaker for the Oct. 23 Advancing Women?s Leadership forum at University of the Pacific?s Alex G. Spanos Center. Actress, model, snowboarder and 2014 Paralympic bronze medalist Amy Purdy and Stockton native and Pacific alumna Connie Rishwain, who announced in April that she was stepping down as president of UGG and Fashion and Lifestyle Brands after 20 years with the company, are scheduled as the two other speakers for the event. The forum on Advancing Women?s Leadership brings together diverse and esteemed thought leaders from the local and national stages to inspire participants, especially young women, to make a lasting, positive and powerful impact in the communities where they live and work. Tickets will be available in late August.