A summit designed to create space and fuel your career, leadership, and wellbeing.
Friday, October 16, 2026
8am - 5pm at Hula Lakeside
Meet Extraordinary Women. Create Real Connections. Expand Your Leadership & Career.
Join us for a full-day, in-person summit designed to support your career, leadership, and wellbeing. Together, in one intentional summit.
You’ll join an inspiring community of ambitious women and supportive allies for powerful conversations, practical insight, and meaningful connection that goes far beyond surface-level networking. Through sessions spanning executive leadership, entrepreneurship, career navigation, and personal growth, we explore what it truly means to rise in your work and life, without sacrificing yourself in the process.
The Women Rising Summit isn’t just another conference. It’s an intentional space to pause, recalibrate, gain fresh perspective, and return to your life with renewed clarity, confidence, and inspiration.
Career Growth
Strengthen confidence, increase your visibility, and gain practical tools to navigate growth, opportunity, and change in today’s evolving workplace.
Leadership
Leadership begins within. Strengthen your presence, refine your communication, and lead with intention so you can guide and inspire others with steadiness and trust.
Wellbeing
Wellbeing isn’t a luxury, it’s essential. Cultivate sustainable energy, engage in supportive practices, and explore boundaries that allow you to lead and live well.
Meet
Your Hosts
Co-Founders of Women Rising
Beth Kruger
Founder of Wanderful Vintage Travel
Beth Kruger is an entrepreneur, retreat leader, and women’s wellness educator whose work has been devoted to supporting women for more than 20 years. She helps women navigate seasons of change with greater confidence, connection, and self-trust through experiences rooted in movement, community, and meaningful transformation.
Beth began her career teaching prenatal and postnatal yoga in Manhattan in 2005 and went on to build a body of work centered on women’s wellbeing across every stage of life. Her background includes teaching yoga and mindfulness, supporting women through pregnancy, postpartum, fertility, miscarriage, and menopause, and creating community-centered spaces where women can feel deeply supported through life’s transitions.
After returning to Vermont in 2012 with her daughters, Beth opened a boutique fitness studio in Burlington dedicated to women’s wellness. Originally known as Prenatal Method Studio and later renamed Women’s Room, the space became a gathering place where women could move, learn, heal, and connect.
Beth is also the founder of Wanderful Vintage Travel, a small-group travel company creating curated international experiences for women 50+. Her work reflects a love of beauty, story, and connection, and is grounded in creating gatherings that are thoughtful, restorative, and deeply memorable.
Beth also serves as the Vermont Chapter Lead of The NoW, a global community supporting women in living more intentional, purpose-driven lives designed for greater happiness, fulfillment, and impact.
Founder of The NoW
Sarah O’Brien Hammond
Sarah is a career strategist and leadership coach who helps people create sustainable success without sacrificing themselves, their relationships, or the things they love. Her work supports individuals in designing careers and leadership paths aligned with their values, strengths, and vision for a fulfilling life — while having fun. Fun is essential.
Before returning to her home state of Vermont, Sarah spent 26 years in New York City advising senior executives across industries. She partnered with leaders navigating complex organizational challenges, growth, and transition — helping them build strong teams, identify key talent, and lead through both professional and personal change. Known for her ability to see both the strategic and human side of leadership, she became a trusted sounding board to executives striving to achieve both business success and personal fulfillment.
Today, Sarah brings that experience to her work as the founder of The Rise, a 12-month leadership program for women, and The Local Leader Circle, a gathering that brings local leaders together for thoughtful conversation, connection, and support around the unique challenges of leadership.
Sarah is also the Founder and Chief Community Officer of The NoW, a global community helping women live intentional, purpose-driven lives designed for greater happiness, fulfillment, and impact.
The 2026 Experience
8am - 5pm • Friday, October 16, 2026
A powerful lineup of speakers, facilitators, and immersive experiences is being thoughtfully curated. More will be revealed soon.
Thank You To Our Partners
Venue:
Hula Lakeside
Sessions for Women Rising 2026 will be at Hula Lakeside.
Our activations, experiences, key notes, panels and breakout rooms will be spread across campus.
Register for
Available only to first 40 early adopters
For the women who move early, the ones who sense the momentum of something meaningful and want to be part of it from the beginning.
The Founders Pass offers the most supported entry into the Women Rising experience. It includes preferred seating, early access moments with the hosts, and thoughtful extras designed to make the day feel more intentional and connected.
The Founders Pass includes everything in the Summit Pass in addition to:
Front-section seating for all main stage sessions and breakout sessions
Priority check-in so you can settle in with ease
Headshot Activation fast-pass (priority booking slot)
30-minute pre-summit virtual kickoff with the co-hosts to connect and set intentions
Post-summit integration call to help translate insights into real momentum
Access to the Afterparty
Your full-day Women Rising Summit experience designed to support career growth, leadership, wellbeing, and meaningful connection.
The Summit Pass gives you complete access to conversations, insights, and community moments that make the day powerful. From inspiring keynotes and interactive learning sessions to breakout activations and curated connection experiences, the day is designed to support reflection, growth, and momentum.
As speakers and experiences are announced, the program will continue to evolve and expand. The intention is to create a day that feels dynamic, energizing, and full of meaningful surprises!
Includes
Coffee, tea, and water throughout the day
Light breakfast bites to start the morning
Lunch
Full-day access to the opening panel, featured learning sessions, breakout activations, and closing keynote
Guided connection moments and curated community experiences
Movement resets and wellbeing integrations woven throughout the program
Your choice of 2 Breakout Sessions: Career Growth • Leadership • Wellbeing
Access to Headshot Activation (limited availability – first come, first served)
Add-On
The most elevated way to experience Women Rising.
Includes
Reserved VIP seating in Reef
Priority check-in so you can settle in with ease
Access to a private VIP lounge area throughout the day
Lunch pre-order for a seamless midday experience
Snacks available throughout the day in the VIP area
One free drink ticket for the Afterparty
Complimentary Pre-Summit Movement Class
Where To Stay
Hotel Vermont
Located in downtown Burlington near the shores of Lake Champlain, Hotel Vermont gives you space to be yourself. They’re available to help you explore like a local, relax, and find all of Burlington’s charm.
Nestled in the heart of Williston, Vermont, Towneplace offers the perfect blend of comfort and convenience. Minutes from Downtown Burlington, enjoy easy access to local attractions and amenities in one of the state’s fastest growing town and retail hub.
TownePlace Suites by Marriott Williston
FAQs
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The day blends thoughtful conversations, expert insights, interactive experiences, and meaningful connection with other women who care about leadership, entrepreneurship, personal evolution, and building lives that feel aligned and sustainable.
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Women Rising is an in-person event taking place at Hula Lakeside in Burlington, Vermont.
Detailed location information will be shared with registered attendees prior to the event. -
Women Rising is an in-person gathering.
We believe the magic of this experience happens when women are in the same room sharing ideas, stories, and meaningful conversation.
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There is a visitor parking lot located at 125 Lakeside Avenue, with over 750 spaces. Hula uses an app called Park Mobile. There are signs throughout the parking lot that have a QR code to scan and pay when you arrive, but if it is easier you can also pay for parking ahead of time at this link. Additionally, there is handicapped parking available right outside the main entrance to Hula at 50 Lakeside Avenue.
Guests will want to arrive 5-10 minutes early, as there is a short walk from the lot to the building’s entrance. Guests should enter through the door marked 50 South and check in at the front desk.
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Women Rising is designed for thoughtful, ambitious women, and their allies, across industries.
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Sessions, conversations and experiences will explore leadership, career growth, and wellbeing.
The intention is to create conversations that support both your professional growth and your personal wellbeing.
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Yes. Connection is a central part of the Women Rising experience.
Throughout the day there will be intentional opportunities for conversation, reflection, and meeting other women who share similar values, ambitions, and curiosity about growth.
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You can join the Women Rising mailing list or follow along on Instagram @womenrising.live for speaker announcements, event updates, and future gatherings.
Together, Beth & Sarah have served 500+ women
Follow along for updates! @womenrising.live
