Morning Brew

Coffee, No Agenda - A Suite Escape Member Event

We love a great speaker. But we’ve also learned that sometimes the best part of a Suite Escape event is the person you happen to sit next to.

So this fall, we’re making more room for that.

Coffee, No Agenda is our new monthly event exclusively for Suite Escape members, a morning gathering designed around conversation, connection and getting to know the women around you a little better.

No speaker. No presentation. No formal networking. Just good coffee and interesting women actually talking to each other.

Come reconnect with someone you already know, finally talk to that person you’ve seen at a dozen events, or meet someone completely new. Talk about work, life, what you’re reading, what you’re thinking about, what’s next, or whatever comes up over coffee.

Because as much as we love walking away from an event with a great idea, sometimes what fills your cup is simply good company and a really good conversation.

Come as you are. Grab a coffee. Pull up a chair.

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Less Juggling, More Done! How AI Can Make Your Day Easier

Sep 16

Digital Presentations

Less Juggling, More Done! How AI Can Make Your Day Easier

Digital Presentations

Thursday, August 19, 2026 | 11:00 AM CST/12 PM EST | Via Zoom

We spend countless hours trying to manage our time. But in today's attention economy, the real challenge isn't finding more hours in the day, it's deciding what deserves our attention.

Every notification, headline, text, and social media feed is competing for it. That's no accident. Many of today's apps are intentionally designed to keep us engaged because our attention fuels their business. The good news? We have more control than we realize.

Join Digital Wellness Educator Bethany Betzler, founder of Hinoki Travels, as she helps us better understand the impact technology has on our lives and how we can use it more intentionally because what we pay attention to is ultimately what we experience most.

Together, we'll explore:

Why our attention is one of our most valuable resources.
How technology can enrich our lives without running them.
Simple, practical habits to help you become more present and intentional every day.

This isn't about deleting apps or giving up your phone. It's about choosing where to invest your attention so there's more room for meaningful conversations, creative thinking, stronger relationships, and the moments that matter most.

Whether you're a busy professional, a parent juggling all the things, or simply craving a little more calm in your everyday life, you'll leave with fresh perspective and practical ideas you can put into practice immediately.

Come as you are. Leave inspired.

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Digital Presentations

“Shoot Your Shot” - A Conversation on Growth, Originality, and What Comes Next

Sep 24

Lunch Series

“Shoot Your Shot” - A Conversation on Growth, Originality, and What Comes Next

Lunch Series

Big careers, and big lives, are rarely built in one defining moment. More often, they’re built through a thousand smaller ones: taking the chance, speaking up, staying curious, choosing growth over comfort and occasionally just shooting your shot.

Join us for a Suite Escape Lunch Series with Jessica Qaasim, Head of Industry at Google Marketing, for a conversation about the choices, experiences and ideas that have shaped both her life and her career.

Jessica’s story began on the South Side of Chicago and has taken her around the world and to the forefront of one of the most transformative industries of our time. Along the way, she has developed her own philosophy around momentum, getting one percent better each day, moving with agility and influence, making time for original thinking, and recognizing that the tiny decisions we make along the way often become the big story.

We’ll talk about the personal side of her journey, too: finding belonging, navigating change, taking risks, building confidence and figuring out what growth looks like when your life and career don’t necessarily follow a straight line.

And then we’ll turn to something Jessica is thinking deeply about right now: how we grow and create in the age of AI.

AI is giving us extraordinary new ways to work faster, create more and scale ideas. But Jessica makes a compelling case that as AI becomes ubiquitous, originality becomes even more valuable. Technology can help us produce more, but creativity, judgment, curiosity and a point of view are what make any of it matter.

So how do we take advantage of everything AI can do without handing over the very things that make our work, and our lives, interesting?

It’s a conversation about momentum, creativity, technology, taking chances and staying distinctly human in a world moving very quickly.

And perhaps a little inspiration to shoot your own shot.

Come as you are. Leave inspired.

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Lunch Series

The Messy Middle: When Life Doesn’t Go as Planned

Oct 14

Digital Presentations

The Messy Middle: When Life Doesn’t Go as Planned

Digital Presentations

Wednesday October 14, 2026 | 11:00 AM CST/ 12 PM EST | Via Zoom

Nobody’s life follows the outline. Join Zibby Owens, bestselling author, award-winning podcaster, publisher, and bookstore owner, for a funny, candid conversation about her new book, Between Chapters: How I Started Over, Took Some Chances, and Found the Plot.

Ten years ago, Zibby was an Upper East Side stay-at-home mother of four with a lifelong love of books and writing. Then she started a podcast. One conversation led to another, one idea opened the door to the next, and over time she built an entirely new life around something she had loved all along: stories.

But this is not simply a story about building a career. It is about the plot twists that come with divorce, friendship, loss, love, motherhood, reinvention, and the strange, messy middle where most of us are simply figuring it out as we go.

Together, we will talk about what happens when the old version of life no longer quite fits, but the next one has not fully revealed itself. We will explore following your curiosity, taking chances before you know where they will lead, and paying attention to what has always lit you up.

And, of course, we will talk about books: the ones that shape us, carry us through hard seasons, and sometimes help us imagine what might come next.

Because you do not always need to know how the story ends. Sometimes you just need to be willing to turn the page.

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Digital Presentations

Oct 22

Morning Brew

Coffee, No Agenda

Morning Brew

Coffee, No Agenda - A Suite Escape Member Event

We love a great speaker. But we’ve also learned that sometimes the best part of a Suite Escape event is the person you happen to sit next to.

So this fall, we’re making more room for that.

Coffee, No Agenda is our new monthly event exclusively for Suite Escape members, a morning gathering designed around conversation, connection and getting to know the women around you a little better.

No speaker. No presentation. No formal networking. Just good coffee and interesting women actually talking to each other.

Come reconnect with someone you already know, finally talk to that person you’ve seen at a dozen events, or meet someone completely new. Talk about work, life, what you’re reading, what you’re thinking about, what’s next, or whatever comes up over coffee.

Because as much as we love walking away from an event with a great idea, sometimes what fills your cup is simply good company and a really good conversation.

Come as you are. Grab a coffee. Pull up a chair.

‍Join Us

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Morning Brew

Nov 5

Lunch Series

The Hindenburg: The Famous Zeppelin Crash of 1937 and a World on the Brink of WWII

Lunch Series

Most of us know the image: a massive airship engulfed in flames over a field in New Jersey. But what was the Hindenburg, and why did its destruction become one of the defining images of the 20th century?

Join us for lunch with acclaimed historian and author Catherine Grace Katz as she takes us inside her fascinating new book, Shadow Before the Flame: The Hindenburg Disaster and the Prelude to War.

On May 6, 1937, the Hindenburg arrived in Lakehurst, New Jersey, after crossing the Atlantic from Germany. Thirty-four seconds later, the largest aircraft ever to take flight was gone. But Catherine’s meticulously researched account reveals a much bigger story: a technological marvel that promised to transform international travel, a rising Nazi regime that recognized its propaganda power, and a world moving ever closer to war.

We’ll also go behind the history. Catherine, a Winnetka native, studied history at Harvard and Cambridge before earning her JD from Harvard Law School. Her acclaimed first book, The Daughters of Yalta, established her talent for finding the human stories inside major historical events. How does a historian find a story worth chasing? Where does the research begin, and how do years of archival discoveries become a book you can’t put down?

Come for a famous moment you thought you knew and discover the extraordinary story surrounding it.

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Lunch Series

Nov 13

Morning Brew

Coffee, No Agenda

Morning Brew

Coffee, No Agenda - A Suite Escape Member Event

We love a great speaker. But we’ve also learned that sometimes the best part of a Suite Escape event is the person you happen to sit next to.

So this fall, we’re making more room for that.

Coffee, No Agenda is our new monthly event exclusively for Suite Escape members, a morning gathering designed around conversation, connection and getting to know the women around you a little better.

No speaker. No presentation. No formal networking. Just good coffee and interesting women actually talking to each other.

Come reconnect with someone you already know, finally talk to that person you’ve seen at a dozen events, or meet someone completely new. Talk about work, life, what you’re reading, what you’re thinking about, what’s next, or whatever comes up over coffee.

Because as much as we love walking away from an event with a great idea, sometimes what fills your cup is simply good company and a really good conversation.

Come as you are. Grab a coffee. Pull up a chair.

‍Join Us

Read more →

Morning Brew

Dec 4

Morning Brew

Coffee, No Agenda

Morning Brew

Coffee, No Agenda - A Suite Escape Member Event

We love a great speaker. But we’ve also learned that sometimes the best part of a Suite Escape event is the person you happen to sit next to.

So, we’re making more room for that.

Coffee, No Agenda is our monthly event exclusively for Suite Escape members, a morning gathering designed around conversation, connection and getting to know the women around you a little better.

No speaker. No presentation. No formal networking. Just good coffee and interesting women actually talking to each other.

Come reconnect with someone you already know, finally talk to that person you’ve seen at a dozen events, or meet someone completely new. Talk about work, life, what you’re reading, what you’re thinking about, what’s next, or whatever comes up over coffee.

Because as much as we love walking away from an event with a great idea, sometimes what fills your cup is simply good company and a really good conversation.

Come as you are. Grab a coffee. Pull up a chair.

‍Join Us

Read more →

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