Most professionals not only underestimate the power of critical relationships like mentorship, sponsorship, and networks, but they do not fully understand how such relationships work and how to utilize them. This interactive, high-energy course offers important insights, including the role of these relationships in becoming a more diverse and inclusive leader and employee. Through powerful exercises, discussion, and cogent recommendations, participants leave ready to serve as effective mentors, mentees, sponsors, proteges, and more.

How to Leverage Professional Mentorship, Sponsorship, and Networks,

The Power of Relationships

Trish serves as Senior Director in the Center for Women and Business at Bentley University, where she develops and delivers programs and workshops for a wide variety of organizations on issues impacting diversity, equity, inclusion (DE&I) and intersectionality in the workplace. She researches and writes curated reports on a range of critical DE&I issues. Some of the topics she researches and speaks about include How to Lead Through an Intersectional Lens, How to Leverage Professional Mentorship, Sponsorship, and Networks, How to Be an Effective Workplace Ally, and for women, How to Overcome Workplace Hidden Barriers and the Confidence Gap.

Trish is a member of Bentley’s Diversity Council and Co-Chair of the Boston Steering Committee for 2020 Women on Boards, the national campaign to increase the number of women on US corporate boards. As a passionate advocate for inclusion and the men as allies movement, Trish spearheaded formation of Bentley’s undergraduate Men of Alliance group.

Previously, Trish served as vice president of Ogilvy & Mather Public Relations and senior vice president of FleishmanHillard Public Relations. She holds a B.S. in business from The University of Delaware.

The Power of Relationships

How to Leverage Professional Mentorship, Sponsorship, and Networks,

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