On Thursday, November 19, the Intrepid Museum will host its annual Unstoppable Women fundraising event aboard the historic aircraft carrier Intrepid. Bringing together trailblazing women entrepreneurs from across industries, the evening will celebrate vision, perseverance and leadership. This year’s program will feature a panel of women business leaders discussing how they built their companies, navigated challenges and forged their own paths to success.
Meet the panelists
- Carly Berlin, founder and CEO of Weldun, drew on her experience after a preventive mastectomy to build a fashion marketplace for people navigating changing physical needs.
- LeAnn Darland, co-founder and co-CEO of TALEA Beer Co., launched the company with Tara Hankinson to welcome people who had been overlooked by the craft beer industry. TALEA has since grown from one Williamsburg taproom to multiple locations, a production brewery and statewide distribution.
- Lisa Price, founder and president of Carol’s Daughter, started making beauty products in her Brooklyn kitchen and launched the business in 1993. She continues to lead the brand more than three decades later.
- Nicole Wagner, Ph.D., president and CEO of LambdaVision, leads a team developing a protein-based artificial retina for people who have lost their sight to retinal degenerative diseases. The company is exploring how manufacturing in microgravity aboard the International Space Station could advance the technology.
Courtney Spritzer, co-founder of Entreprenista, will moderate a conversation about how the panelists got started, what they learned while growing their businesses and what they want the next generation of founders to know.
“Entrepreneurship taught me that your story is your strongest asset.”
— Lisa Price, founder and president of Carol’s Daughter
Honoring Jennifer N. Pritzker
The Museum will present retired Army Lt. Col. Jennifer N. Pritzker with the Alexis Marion Unstoppable Woman Leadership Award. Pritzker served 27 years in the U.S. Army, U.S. Army Reserve and Illinois Army National Guard. She founded TAWANI Enterprises in 1994 and established the Pritzker Military Museum & Library in 2003, reflecting her longstanding commitment to military history, education and preservation.
Join us aboard Intrepid
The evening begins with a networking cocktail reception at 6 p.m., followed by a seated dinner and panel discussion at 7 p.m. Proceeds support the Museum’s educational programs, which reach 100,000 students in New York City and beyond through hands-on STEM learning.
Individual tickets and table packages are available, with discounted options for young professionals under 45.
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