IN-PERSON | Central Exchange Member Showcase

What better reason to gather together, than to celebrate and support each other!
Beloved seasoned members and others new, let's eat delicious food and learn about each other, too!

Join other CX members, partners and guests on October 4th from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm for a special Member Showcase, as we feature CX members in this social and informative program! New and experienced members and partners will have the opportunity to meet and connect with one another, eat lunch, and hear from four CX members about their passions and work.

 Attend this program if you want to...

• be in community with fellow women,
• learn more about your membership,
• learn about a new topic, resource or organization that can serve you and vice versa,
• and walk away feeling inspired by your conversations!

 Shawna Allen-Echols is the Director of Network Management at United Healthcare where she has been employed 13 years. She currently manages a team of seven, contracting hospitals, physicians, and ancillary providers into the United Healthcare network for the entire State of Kansas and the NW area of Missouri.

She is married and will be celebrating her 10 year wedding anniversary in November. She is a mom of one to Carolena Echols (8) and the love of her life. Shawna and her husband are foster parents and were blessed to adopt Carolena four years ago. In her spare time she is also Executive Director of Marlene's Kaleidoscope which is a nonprofit organization that supports Lupus Warriors and provides awareness to this autoimmune disease to those in our area. She is so grateful for CX as it has allowed her to meet and network with so many wonderful people. 


Rachel Ibok's passion for the nonprofit sector can be traced back to assisting with her father's nonprofit, Lanell Cares International Mission, as a child. She is a graduate of William Jewell College, where she earned a B.A. in Nonprofit Leadership and became a Certified Nonprofit Professional. In 2019, Rachel earned a Certification in Volunteer Administration.  She became an Advanced Certified Nonprofit Professional in 2023.

An AmeriCorps alum, Rachel takes pride in inspiring people to positively impact their community. She serves as the Community Partnerships Manager at City Year Kansas City, where she provides opportunities for 18?25-year-olds to contribute to the fight for education equity while investing in their own futures.
 

She is a lifelong learner who loves to share knowledge. As an accomplished speaker, she has spoken at the Volunteer Management Institute and appeared on panels and podcasts on topics ranging from risk management to food equity. 

In her free time, Rachel loves to read anything except romance and thrillers. She writes poetry and is working on her first novel.


Lauren Schieffer's passion is helping organizations build their next generation of leaders. Whether it?s training, keynotes or longer-term consulting partnerships, she uses Nine Essentials of Significant Leadership? to help transform the way managers think, make decisions & act toward the people they lead. Organizations bring Lauren in because she brings a fresh new perspective, and a street-smart approach to what works and what doesn?t, helping speed transformation in three critical areas: knowledge, skills and relationships. As a result, your people will be more focused on what matters every day. They?ll lead with compassion and integrity, and they?ll create and model standards of excellence that others will aspire to and follow ? all centered behind a common goal and vision. That?s what SIGNIFICANT leadership is.

As the daughter of a career Air Force officer, Lauren Schieffer grew up being uprooted and relocated every couple of years. This imbued her with a profound independence and ability to adapt to changing circumstances. The lessons she learned from ?The Colonel? have helped her make smart decisions and overcome adversity with humility and a sense of humor. Lauren is a Certified Speaking Professional through the NSA and The Global Speakers Federation. Able to relate to and energize everyone from the custodial staff to C-Level executives, Lauren is a master storyteller, delivering insightful, inspirational and relevant content that empowers people to absorb and act upon what they?ve heard ? and she does so in an entertaining manner with a dry sense of humor that keeps them chuckling while they?re learning. Her enthusiasm is infectious and her passion unmistakable. Anyone can be successful. You want your people to be significant.