Friday, November 7 @ 9:00AM ET

1200 U St NW, Washington, DC 20009

In a rapidly changing DC job market, the Capital Summit empowers career creatives to thrive. Through sessions on resilience, career reinvention, community building, creativity, and cultural awareness, Rising Leaders gain practical tools, expand their professional networks, and learn how to turn their unique perspectives into irreplaceable advantages. We hope you’ll join us!

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The Capital Summit wouldn’t be possible without the incredible support of:

Come for the sessions, build your network, and walk away with actionable tools to propel your career forward.

Discovering Strategic Opportunity Amid Transformative Change

  • Oral Muir

    Vice President of Partnerships, Experiences, and Distribution, Hilton

  • Borzou Azabdaftari

    Founder, NickelBronx

Interactive Workshop

Owning Your Genius: How to Silence Imposter Syndrome

Award-winning event strategist, community leader, author, speaker, founder & CEO

Deesha Dyer is a philanthropist, award-winning strategist and author, on-the-ground community organizer, and executive operations expert. Working her way up from a 31-year old community college student who served as a White House intern for President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, Deesha ended her government career as the White House social secretary, a highly-coveted senior position. She is currently the founder and president of social impact agency, Hook & Fasten where she coordinates transformational partnerships by utilizing a company’s funds, skills, resources or product to ignite sustainable change in communities. 

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RESONATE w/ Spotify

Hosted by: Kristin Jarrett

Join us for a surprise Spotify session, packed with energy, engaging insights, and plenty of fun. It’s an experience designed to energize, spark new ideas, and leave you buzzing with excitement!

Closing Keynote with Peter Chang

Peter Chang

A muralist and designer by trade, at the heart of Peter's work is a passion for supporting small businesses and building community. An entrepreneur from a young age, Peter worked in events production, entertainment booking, marketing and sales before creating No Kings Collective, a public art collaborative that worked with small businesses, governments, and corporations to create art forward experiences around the world, in 2009. In recent years, Peter has devoted more of his time to coalition building around causes passionate to him– supporting the artist economy and the AAPI community through his new ventures, Usan Usan and Studio Usan. Peter is the son of Korean immigrants and was born and raised in Montgomery County, MD.

Capital One Career Corner

The Capital One Brand Marketing team invites you to connect in the Capital One Career Corner at Creative Ladder’s Capital Summit.  Build on the inspiration of the day with one-on-one sessions with our creative marketing professionals. You’ll get practical feedback on your resume to help you make the moves that matter.  Check out the information below on how to sign up and set yourself up for success.

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