Explore the trends that have changed how people work and think and how best to bring out the best in your teams.
Event Details
Join us for the 2025 Leadership Summit kickoff session, where we will explore the evolving concept of effective leadership and the emerging trends shaping team dynamics. As workplaces and leadership models continue to transform at an unprecedented pace, this session will set the stage for developing the mindset and strategies needed to address today's business challenges and unlock individual and team potential to drive long-term success. Expect valuable insights into the evolving role of leaders and gain actionable strategies that empower you to lead with confidence and impact in this new era.
Speaker Profiles
Alyssa Rapp (Speaker)
CEO of Empower Aesthetics, Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship, and Author of Leadership & Life Hacks: Insights from a Mom, Wife, Entrepreneur & Executive
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Alyssa Rapp is the Chief Executive Officer Empower Aesthetics, a portfolio company of Shore Capital Partners, a platform for which she has served on the board of directors since inception. Previously, Ms. Rapp served as the Chief Executive Officer and Director of Healthwell Acquisition Corp. I, a $250MM special purpose acquisition corporation that IPO'd on the NASDAQ in August 2021. Prior to Healthwell, Ms. Rapp served as Chief Executive Officer of Surgical Solutions from 2018-2021, a B2B healthcare services business providing non-clinical surgical services to hospitals, owned by Chicago-based private equity firm, Sterling Partners. There, Ms. Rapp led a successful turnaround of the enterprise, driving 21% sales growth with 90% customer retention. Ms. Rapp has also served as an independent director of Together Women's Health, a portfolio company of Shore Capital Partners, since October 2020, and Health Data Movers, a healthcare technology company. From 2005-2015, Ms. Rapp served as the founder & CEO of Bottlenotes, Inc., a leading interactive media company. From 2015-2017, Ms. Rapp served as the Managing Partner of A JR Ventures, a strategic advisory firm for family offices and private equity firms on digital, e-commerce and go to market strategies. Ms. Rapp served as a lecturer-in-management at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business from 2014-2022 and has served as an Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago's Booth Business School since 2019. Ms. Rapp earned a B.A. in Political Science and the History of Art from Yale University in 2000 and an M.B.A. from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business in 2005. She is the author of Amazon Bestseller, Leadership and Life Hacks: Insights from a Mom, Wife, Entrepreneur & Executive (ForbesBooks, October 2019).
When not immersed in business and civic life, Alyssa loves to Peloton, do yoga, ski fast, and try as hard as possible to decipher a slider from a curve ball from her husband, 1990 MLB World Series champion and current partner at X10 Capital, Hal Morris. Alyssa and Hal are the proud parents of Audrey Margaret Morris and Henriette Daniella Morris.