Leader Lunches
WCA Leader Lunches provide opportunities for members to connect with leading communications professionals. Held several times a year, these lunches are open to members only. They provide rare opportunities to meet in a small group setting to learn from women who have achieved outstanding accomplishments in their fields and made lasting contributions to their local community. Space is typically limited to 15 members and filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
See the WCA Events Calendar for the next scheduled Leader Lunch (there may not always be one listed on the calendar, but if you are a member, you will be notified by email about all Leader Lunches).
2024
Featured Guest: Sonal Shah, CEO, The Texas Tribune
2023
Featured Guest: Anne Hume Wilson, Former CEO, KMFA FM 89.5
2022
Featured Guest: Kerry Tate, Former President of Tate Austin & much more
2021
Featured Guest: Colette Pierce Burnette, Huston-Tillotson University
2020
Featured Guest: Julia Cuba Lewis, Executive Director and CEO of Girls Empowerment Network
2019
Featured Guest: The Honorable Vikki Goodwin, Texas House of Representatives
Featured Guests: Heather Ladage, Publisher; Colin Pope, Editor; and Erin Edgemon, Staff Writer, Austin Business Journal
2015
Featured Guest: Lara Zuehlke, Account Supervisor at Pierpont Communications
Featured Guest: Renée Peterson Trudeau, President of Career Strategists
2014
Featured Guest: Heather McKissick, VP of Human Resources at University Federal Credit Union
Featured Guest: M.P Mueller, President of Door Number 3
2013
Featured Guest: Patty Rowell, Director of Executive and Internal Communications at Dell
Featured Guest: Arden Ward, Managing Editor, CultureMap Austin
2012
Featured Guest: Emily Ramshaw, Editor, The Texas Tribune
Featured Guest: Lucia Athens, Chief Sustainability Officer, City of Austin
Featured Guest: Heidi Marquez Smith, Executive Director of the Texas Book Festival
2011
Featured Guest: Jane Williams, Publisher for the Austin American-Statesman and The Statesman Co.
Featured Guest: Elizabeth Christian President, Elizabeth Christian & Associates Public Relations, Inc.
Featured Guest: MP Mueller, President of Door Number 3 and the author of the New York Times blog, Branded
2010
Featured Guest: Katherine Jones, Principal and Founder, Milkshake Media
Featured Guest: Patsy Woods Martin, Founder and Executive Director, I Live Here, I Give Here
2009
Featured Guest: Tela Goodwin Mange, Chief of Media Relations, Texas Department of Public Safety
Featured Guest: Patti Smith, President & General Manager, KVUE TV
2008
Featured Guest: Melinda Garvey, Publisher & Co-Founder, Austin Woman Magazine
2007
Featured Guest: Teresa Henderson, Executive Vice President, Edelman Public Relations
Featured Guest: Ronne Rock, Director of Marketing, Buckner International