Women United's 10th Anniversary Power of the Purse presented by Key4Women

While we wish we could gather together to celebrate this milestone occasion, we are pleased to recreate the coveted networking experience virtually. 

Password for all networking sessions:  POP21

Lucinda Cross is an entrepreneur, motivational superstar and bestselling author who tells it like it is. If you want inspiration, authenticity, and straight talk with business and personal development leaders, then Lucinda Cross is your go-to. She is a Certified Business Coach, and TV Lifestyle Expert, Lucinda Cross is the CEO of two personal and professional development companies, Activate Worldwide LLC. and Activate Your Life.org brands, which include The Big ASK, WE Nation, and Activate Your Life Leadership training.

She is a former corporate executive and leadership empowerment trainer for Fortune 500 companies including NIKE, Prudential Securities, DELTA Air Line, and ESSENCE Magazine. The Department of Justice calls on Lucinda to co-convene women’s initiatives, gather local women leaders, strategically plan the mobilization of women, and provide insight on women’s empowerment, reentry, and development. Lucinda launched a community service initiative known as WE Nation, to serve at-risk youth and women that have grown to a network of over 100k. She is an award-winning influencer who has received the Life Time Achievement Award from former President Barack Obama, 40 under 40 Award from Westchester County, 25 Influential Black Women, and many more.

Saskia Laroo (1959) was hailed by American public and press at large as “Lady Miles of Europe”. She is one of the few women trumpet stylists and a delight on the music scene for almost four decades.

Born July 31, 1959 in Amsterdam, it began for her on trumpet at age 8, never dreaming herself becoming a professional musician.

That all changed when Saskia, turned 18, after briefly majoring in Mathematics at University of Amsterdam switched her focus to a career in music. She worked extensively in various groups from this point, primarily on upright bass, though eventually, on both bass and trumpet. Saskia Laroo combines today’s music by uncontrived romps into new styles, eagerly limned as “nu jazz” or “swingin’ body-music”–a vivacious blend of hip-hop, jazz, salsa, funk reggae, and world, that a select few others would dare venture.

Her artistry and her groove ring vibrantly and free on her eight CD albums, a LP and a DVD, journeying us through all the music she has absorbed, played with heart and soul.

By Ausra Listaviciute, adapted by Remco Takken, translated by Warren Byrd