After 20 years, network of executive women is now nextup.We began at a meeting in New York of a group of provocative women and male allies. They knew women needed more support to get their seat at the table. Today, nextup spans industries without borders and stretches across the us and beyond, our impact growing with each year. Through it all, our members our community have shown unending commitment to our mission of advancing all women.We would not be here without the group of brave individuals who helped found new back in 2001 who saw a need for women in the corporate world to have a network of learning and support (continued on schedule o) that would bolster their careers and transform workplaces.Our name May have changed, but our mission remains the same. We have seen progress, but there is still much more work to do. As the world continues to change, our solutions and benefits have adapted to promote allyship, better support the needs of women of color and the lgbtqia+ community, and transform corporate cultures. We are committed to diversifying our community across gender identity, ethnicity, age, and industry to ensure that everyone feels they belong with nextup.From corporate headquarters to field offices, from storefronts to your own kitchen table, nextup is here for women wherever they are, whatever their career goals May be. We see a future where women can achieve whatever they set their mind to, free from bias, free from the inequities that might have once held them back.Nextup is here for you, for your now and for what comes next in your career. Prepare for your next great challenge with leadership development, support from a network of peers, and non-profit board experience. Nextup is here for businesses, because we know the most successful of organizations tackle the now by anticipating what happens next. We'LL give you the tools you need to create positive change from within to impact tomorrow's leaders.We will continue through shecession, the great resignation, and whatever challenges come after. We will help fuel the 'shecovery.'Whatever 2022, May bring, nextup is stepping into a fresh, new chapter and when we meet any challenges we face hand in hand with each other, we know that our goal of gender equity in business will come to pass that much sooner.