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            • Women in Business | Strategic Communications

              Women in Business | Strategic Communications

              Strategic Communications
               
              In today's socially conscious business landscape, the ability to authentically connect your work to the communities it serves is no longer optional — it's essential. Join 30-year communications and community engagement strategist Wynona Redmond, President of Wyn-Win Communications, as she shares proven strategies for building meaningful, mutually beneficial relationships between corporations and the communities they serve. Drawing from landmark initiatives spanning healthcare, civic engagement, and social responsibility, This session will equip women executives with actionable frameworks for developing community partnerships that drive business results while creating lasting positive impact. Leave empowered with the tools, insights, and network connections to become the community engagement champion your organization needs — and the leader your community deserves.
               
              Meet our Presenter: Wynona Redmond 

              Wynona Redmond is a pioneering communications and community engagement strategist with 30 years of experience connecting corporations to communities, and President of Wyn-Win Communications, an M/WBE-certified consulting agency she founded in 2012 that provides strategic communications, community engagement, and corporate social responsibility counsel to corporate, retail, healthcare, and faith-based clients. Under her leadership, Wyn-Win has achieved landmark milestones, including engaging 87 community organizations across Illinois to launch Affordable Care Act marketplace health insurance enrollment in minority communities, mobilizing underrepresented communities of color for the U.S. Census, and raising awareness of organ and tissue donation in urban Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana. Prior to founding Wyn-Win, Wynona served as a senior public affairs and community engagement executive for a variety of large-scale enterprises. A respected civic leader, she has served on the boards of the Greater Chicago Food Depository, the Network of Executive Women, and the Illinois Retail Merchants Association, is past president of the National Black Public Relations Society, and served as a senior advisor on the board of the Public Relations Society of America. Her outstanding contributions have been recognized with numerous honors, including the National Association of Black Journalists' 2018 Patricia L. Tobin Media Professional Award, Target Market News PR Executive of the Year, Chicago Defender Women of Excellence, and many more.

               
               

              Judy Seals / Founder & Nurse Practitioner, Synergy Integrative Health & Wellness
              Jocelyn Calles / Co-Owner, Impact Health Sharing


              Where is it?

              Sunrise of River Forest (formerly The Sheridan) is graciously hosting us! 
              Sunrise is a premiere active senior and memory care community.
              Complimentary parking is available when you enter on Chicago Avenue.


              What To Expect...

              Please come as you are.  Coffee, tea and light refreshments will be served. 

              9:00-9:15 - network, socialize, gather refreshments, and find your seat. 
              9:15-10:30 - program



              If you need to arrive a few minutes late or leave a few minutes early, please still join us! We get it, we all have things to do. 

               

              Want more information on Women In Business?

              Contact Melissa Mallinson at mmallinson@oprfchamber.org to learn more about the OPRF Chamber Women in Business Affinity Group.



               

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              Date and Time

              Friday May 8, 2026
              9:00 AM - 10:30 AM CDT

              Location

              Sunrise of River Forest
              800 N. Harlem, River Forest
              Parking is available in the rear.

              Fees/Admission

              Free for members
              $20 for non-members

              Contact Information

              Melissa Mallinson
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