FORGED - Fostering Opportunities, Resilience, Growth, Empowerment and Development
Fridays | 9:00 AM PT | 11:00 AM CT | 12:00 PM ET

The FORGED Leadership Community for Women is a dedicated space where women come together to connect, reflect, and grow through bold conversations, shared experiences, and mutual support. Open to women at all stages of leadership, FORGED provides a safe, curated environment that fosters authenticity, amplifies voices, and sparks peer-driven insights.

Together, we navigate the evolving tech landscape, explore impactful leadership strategies, and build lasting connections rooted in trust, resilience, and shared growth.

Each session is designed to empower women through a unique peer to peer consultancy model, inviting members to share real-world challenges and, if desired, receive thoughtful feedback from a supportive community.

At FORGED, we lead with our hearts, uplifting one another through challenges and celebrating the triumphs of women. We are redefining what it means to lead in today’s world: stronger, wiser, and united in purpose.


*Honoring FORGED Co-Creator:
The late Dr. Kathleen Hartman Shiverdecker has served in senior organizational leadership positions for 25 years in various educational and human resource roles in both public and private contexts. Kathleen and the teams she has had the privilege of supporting have designed equity-focused data utilization, recruitment, interview, selection, and performance management systems that have led to the identification of hundreds of highly qualified and diverse candidates in multi-faceted roles.

Kathleen served as a cohort facilitator for aspiring leaders at Denver University in the Morgridge College of Education’s Ritchie Executive Leaders for Successful Schools program for 10 years. Kathleen was a trained Fierce Conversations facilitator, Grief Recovery Method facilitator, and a professional photographer. She completed her doctoral degree in 2021 at Northcentral University in the field of Organizational Design. Kathleen earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Secondary Education, English, and French at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, and a Master of Arts in Educational Leadership at the University of Phoenix in Colorado Springs, Colorado.