Join us at 5:00 p.m. for networking and cocktails prior to dinner and our speaker.

5:00 p.m. Arrival and Networking

6:15 p.m. Dinner and Speaker, The Unexpected Leader with Jacqueline M, Baker

7:15 p.m. Wrap up and continued networking

About our speaker:

Jacqueline M. Baker has a commitment to inspiring people like you and organizations just like yours to take meaningful action. From podcast producer and author to founder and speaker, Jacqueline occupies spaces to help you embrace your inner leader, confidently advance to your next level, and Just Start™ the things you want to do. Jacqueline founded Scarlet Communications, a global leadership consultancy, in 2012. With thousands of students, Fortune 500s, and community organizations across the globe, Jacqueline makes a meaningful impact with a modern, relatable, and digestible approach to leadership content creation and delivery. She evangelizes that leadership isn’t just a skill or concept reserved only for those in executive roles, but that we all have the power to lead in our own unique ways across both social and professional settings. Her first book, Leader by Mistake: Becoming a Leader One Mistake at a Time, shows how you too can find your inner leader by learning from your mistakes and homing in on the skills you already possess, to lead confidently. Her newest book, The Unexpected Leader: Discovering the Leader Within You, delivers an incisive and actionable discussion of how to refine, define, and elevate leadership by absorbing lessons from other leaders and actualizing the leader within.

Prior to launching Scarlet, Jacqueline spent nearly a decade serving in corporate leadership roles supporting companies like AT&T, Chrysler, Ford Motor Company, and AAA of Michigan. Her most recent corporate role as VP of Startup Programming at AARP Innovation Labs provided a unique opportunity to discover disruptive startups across the globe and identify ways to collaborate with one of the nation’s largest nonprofits. She also aided in the leadership development of these startup organizations.

Jacqueline also supports leadership opportunities in the corporate governance space as she serves as an independent corporate board member at Plastipak Packaging on the Functional Leadership Development Committee.

Jacqueline holds two degrees from Wayne State University, a Bachelor of Arts in public relations and a master’s of education in instructional technology with specializations in interactive technologies and performance improvement. She is a graduate of the Protocol School of Washington, with a focus on international etiquette and protocol, and holds a Six Sigma Green Belt certification in process improvement, which she uses to help clients develop systems and processes that will allow them to reach their strategic planning and leadership development goals.

Jacqueline also hosts the podcast, Just Start™: From Ideas to Action. Every chance she gets, she is an avid dinner party host and loves to convene meaningful groups of people for great conversation, idea sharing, and accountability, paired with delicious cuisine and wine.

Because of Jacqueline’s work in the leadership and modern etiquette space, she has been recognized by several fine publications and organizations, including Essence Magazine, Medium, Ambassador Magazine, McDonald’s and Michigan Chronicle/Michigan FrontPage and on NBC, Detroit Public TV, CBS and Metro Parent Magazine