BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.0.5//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2394@newportbeach.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250812T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250812T133000 DTSTAMP:20250811T214729Z URL:https://www.newportbeach.com/events/august-inspire-women-in-business-v oice-with-vision-high-tea-with-purpose-at-the-pacific-club/ SUMMARY:August INSPIRE: Women in Business -Voice with Vision: High Tea with Purpose at the Pacific Club DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\nTHIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT.\nP LEASE CALL 949-729-4400 FOR POSSIBLE SEATING.\n[/vc_column_text][vc_custom _heading text="``We are successful not despite what we’ve been through\, but because of it...``" font_container="tag:h1|font_size:40|text_align:ce nter" google_fonts="font_family:Yellowtail%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regu lar%3A400%3Anormal" css_animation="fadeIn"][vc_single_image image="629623" img_size="full" alignment="center" onclick="img_link_large" img_link_targ et="_blank"][vc_separator style="shadow" border_width="2"][vc_row_inner][v c_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_column_text]\nTUESDAY\, August 12\, 2025\n1 1:30 am - 1:30 pm\nCheck in at 11:15 AM\n\n\nThe Pacific Club\n4110 MacArt hur Blvd. in Newport Beach\n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n• Free Dr awing Ticket upon entry\n• Free Self Parking with validation\n• Tea Pa rty Attire &\; Fascinators highly recommended (optional)\n[/vc_column_t ext][vc_column_text]\nSponsored by\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc _column_inner width="1/2"][vc_column_text]\nChamber Members\nAdmission: $9 0\nVendor Table: $190\n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator style="shadow" borde r_width="2"][vc_column_text]\nPotential Members\nAdmission: $100\nVendor T able: $200\n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator style="shadow" border_width="2" ][vc_column_text]\nVendor Table includes:\nTicket to the event\n6’ table to promote/display your business\nPriceless time to network with other li ke-minded individuals\n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator style="shadow" borde r_width="2"][vc_column_text]\nPre-Registration Required. Walk-in’s or Ch amber Bucks not accepted.\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inn er][vc_separator style="shadow" border_width="2"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_ row disable_element="yes"][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text="Make your re servation to receive an eMail with information on how to join the webinar. " font_container="tag:p|font_size:18|text_align:center" use_theme_fonts="y es"][vc_custom_heading text="RESERVATIONS REQUIRED" font_container="tag:p| font_size:18|text_align:center" use_theme_fonts="yes"][/vc_column][/vc_row ][vc_row][vc_column][gravityform id="338" title="false" description="false " ajax="false"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\nJ ennifer will speak about her journey from living on Newport Beach oceanfro nt to the Tropic Motel as a child\, and how the experiences fueled and inf ormed her role as both a partner at a large law firm and the CEO of Projec t Hope Alliance.\n \;\n\nJennifer Friend\, J.D.\nChief Executive Offic er\, Project Hope Alliance\n\nJennifer Friend\, J.D. is Chief Executive Of ficer of Project Hope Alliance (PHA)\, which works to end the cycle of you th homelessness using a long-term\, site-based model of providing whole-pe rson trauma-informed care for youth experiencing homelessness in Orange Co unty.\n\nWhen Friend became CEO after serving on the board for many years\ , PHA supported one school and 65 kids. Under her leadership\, the organiz ation has grown over 450% and now serves students throughout Orange County across three school districts\, having built a nationally recognized mode l for ending homelessness\, and achieving a high school graduation rate mo re than 30% above the national average. Friend’s personal experience as a child experiencing homelessness in Orange County which inspired the Broa dway play Nomad Motel\,  fuels her deep-rooted passion and commitment to children and youth experiencing homelessness\, while her ability to cast v ision\, think strategically\, and lead and direct broader systems change u niquely qualify her to serve as Project Hope Alliance’s CEO.\n\nPrior to joining PHA\, Friend was a partner at a large law firm practicing civil l itigation and transaction law. Friend holds a J.D. from Whittier Law Schoo l\, a B.A. in Criminology\, Law\, and Society from UCI and is a graduate o f “Strategic Perspectives in Non-Profit Management” from Harvard Busin ess School.\n\nShe currently serves in community roles including trustee o f the UCI Foundation\, appointed member of the University of California Fi at Lux Alliance\, member of the Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute Advisory Board\, and a Distinguished Fellow at the UCI Center for Psychol ogy and the Law to name a few. Named CA State Senator Dave Min’s 2024 Wo man of Distinction\, Costa Mesa’s 2023 Woman of the Year\, Orange County Business Journal’s 2023 Innovator of the Year\, a 2023 OC Visionary by the Los Angeles Times\, and in 2023 among the 125 Most Influential Game Ch angers in Orange County by The Orange County Register (and in the 100 Most Influential in 2019)\, and a Kick Ass Woman in 2022 by Orange Coast Magaz ine.  Jennifer lives in Costa Mesa with her fellow Anteater husband Rob S mith and their two children\, Parker and Beck.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column ][/vc_row] ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.newportbeach.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2025/07/InSpire.August2025.PacificClub.HighTea-300.jpg CATEGORIES:Chamber Events,Featured LOCATION:Pacific Club\, 4100 MacArthur Blvd.\, Newport Beach\, CA\, 92660\, United States GEO:33.663327;-117.862482 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=4100 MacArthur Blvd.\, Newp ort Beach\, CA\, 92660\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Pacific Club:geo:33.663327,-117.862482 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR