Looking to return to work after caregiving? Feeling a little nervous? Don't be. We encourage you to come prepared with a list of questions for this hands-on free 45 minutes workshop with Tami Forman, Executive Director at Path Forward. This non-profit organization is on a mission to give professionals a jump start back to their careers after caregiving. Come learn more about their 'returnships' program.
Diversity Reboot Summit
The Path Forward: Returnships after Caregiving
Meet The Speaker
Tami Forman is the chief executive of Path Forward, a nonprofit organization that creates mid-career internship programs to ease the transition back to work for women (and men) after taking a break for raising children or other caregiving responsibilities. Path Forward has worked with more than 80 employers, including Amazon, Netflix, Walmart, Apple, Comcast NBC Universal, Verizon, and SAP, to launch, implement and expand these programs. Before founding Path Forward, Tami spent a decade as a tech marketing executive with data solutions provider, Return Path. Before that she worked in book publishing at Simon & Schuster and Houghton Mifflin and held senior-level editorial positions at iVillage and News Corporation. She is a frequent speaker on issues related to women’s participation in the workforce, having presented at the Grace Hopper Celebration, DisruptHR, Tech Inclusion, and the Conference Board’s Women’s Leadership Conference. She writes a career column for Forbes, is a Fairygodboss VIP, and was named by Flexjobs as one of the top 20 career experts for working moms. She lives in New York City with her husband and two kids, aged 11 and 13.