Lisa Sun, founder and CEO of Gravitas, will be the keynote speaker at The Packaging & Processing Women’s Leadership Network (PPWLN) Breakfast on November 5, 2024, at PACK EXPO International in Chicago, according to the event organizers.
The breakfast will be held from 7:30 to 9:00 a.m. during the expo that runs from November 3–6, 2024, at McCormick Place in Chicago. Gravitas is a retail brand and lifestyle company.
PPWLN fosters growth, knowledge sharing, and networking opportunities for women in the packaging and processing industry.
The breakfast will provide attendees with an opportunity to hear Sun’s entrepreneurial insights, experiences, and lessons.
Following the breakfast, student attendees will have the unique opportunity to participate in guided tours led by PPWLN industry leaders.
“Sun will seamlessly blend stories from her personal journey with data and experience-driven insights from her 11 years at McKinsey & Company into how she founded Gravitas in 2012,” according to a media release from PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, and producer of the PACK EXPO portfolio of trade shows.
“Its origin dates to her first professional review, at which time she was told that she ‘comes across as young and overly enthusiastic at times,’ that she ‘lacked gravitas,’ and ‘should go buy a new dress, big jewelry, and great shoes.’
“With those words in mind, an understanding of the transformative power of clothing, and a determination to create a game-changing company, Sun filed for a global patent to build shapewear directly into dresses. She launched Gravitas as a company with a mission to catalyze confidence.”
For more information and to register, visit pmmi.org/ppwln.