Fund for Women of the Southern Tier's 12th Annual Fundraising Dinner - Inspire 2026
Fund for Women of the Southern Tier's 12th Annual Fundraising Dinner - Inspire 2026
Featuring a keynote presentation by Tracy Chamberlain Higginbotham, Founder and President, Women TIES, LLC; Entrepreneur, Writer, Sports Adventurer, Advocate for Women in Business, Sports, and Equality
Tracy Chamberlain Higginbotham is the Founder and President of Women TIES, LLC (Women Together Inspiring Entrepreneurial Success), an organization devoted to promoting, publicizing, and uniting women entrepreneurs to advance their economic power and close the pay gap. A serial entrepreneur who launched her first company, Five Star Events, in 1995, Tracy has spent three decades creating networks that help women do business with—and for—one another. She expanded Women TIES to include a Women’s Athletic Network and Women’s Rights Equality Division, and now documents her quest to try every sport once, inspiring women to claim space in business, sports, and life.
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This event is a wonderful way to come together, network, see old friends, make new ones, and celebrate what we can accomplish together - and raise money to empower girls and women!
The event will, again, be held at the Corning Museum of Glass on Thursday, June 11, 2026. The evening begins with networking and a cash bar at 5 p.m., with a silent auction open for bids and grab bags available for purchase. The evening continues with dinner, followed by our keynote address, and then closes with dessert.