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Spring 2025 Annual Meeting Breakfast
Friday, June 13, 2025, 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM EDT
Category: Special Events

WID'S SPRING 2025 ANNUAL MEETING BREAKFAST

Sponsored by

 

 

Featuring guest speaker

     Charmane Higgins, Executive Director, Boston Trinity Connects

           "Leading from Where You Are: Influence Over Title"


In a world that often equates leadership with titles, this presentation reframes leadership as a matter of influence, not position. Whether you're a new team member, emerging professional, or leader aspiring for more influence, your ability to lead doesn’t depend on a title—it depends on your voice, your actions, and the impact you create.

Charmane will explore how influence shows up in everyday moments—through relationships, communication, and conviction—and how anyone, regardless of role or rank, can step into leadership from where they are. Attendees will leave with strategies to amplify their influence, navigate organizational dynamics, and lead with purpose and integrity—even without formal authority.

We look forward to spending our morning with you!

 
Friday, June 13

Breakfast and Networking, 8:30-9:30am
Program: 9:30-10:30am

Westin Copley Place 

 10 Huntington Avenue, Boston

Discounted valet parking available at the Westin Hotel - $30
   
Member Cost: $45 (before early member registration deadline of Friday, June 6, 2025)
Non-member and late member registrants (after June 6,  2025) - $65
Tables of 10 may be purchased for $500 
REGISTRATION CLOSES ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11
Space is Limited
 No refunds within 7 days of program


REGISTER


Charmane Higgins
With nearly 30 years of experience in the nonprofit sector, Charmane Higgins is a dynamic and visionary leader committed to equity, social justice, and transformative impact. Since 2019, she has served as the Executive Director of Trinity Boston Connects (TBC), succeeding its Founding Executive Director, Louise Burnham Packard. Under her leadership, TBC continues to expand its vital mission of healing and racial equity for Boston’s youth of color.

A proud BPS kid, Charmane's journey began in the Boston Public Schools system, culminating in her graduation from Boston Latin School. She went on to earn a B.A. in Classical Civilization from Wellesley College and a Master of Arts in Latin from the University of Texas—a testament to her lifelong love of learning and deep appreciation for history and culture.

Charmane’s career is rooted in workforce development, youth empowerment, and nonprofit leadership. She launched her professional journey as the Coordinator of Diversity Education at Southwestern University before returning home to Boston. There, she joined the Boston Private Industry Council, rising to the role of Assistant Director, Operations. She later became a driving force at STRIVE, a social justice nonprofit dedicated to supporting young adults in Boston, where she served as Deputy Executive Director (2005) and later Executive Director (2008–2017).

A trusted mentor and strategist, Charmane has been a consultant to numerous nonprofit organizations and spent 12 years as a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Nonprofit Practice (INP), where she mentored cohorts of emerging nonprofit leaders of color. She maintains a strong connection with Barry Dym, INP’s founder, and continues to champion leadership development in the sector.

Beyond her executive roles, Charmane has shaped nonprofit governance and advocacy through her board service and thought leadership. She is a Past Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Boston Latin School Alumni Association and has held leadership roles with the ACLU of Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network, and Next Level Social Impact. She has also shared her expertise as an adjunct faculty member at Boston College School of Social Work and Cambridge College.

Charmane’s unwavering dedication to social justice, nonprofit excellence, and community-driven impact continues to shape a more equitable Boston.