2025 Accelerate! Conference | Attendee Orientation: Getting the Most from Your Conference Experience

NOV. 9 1:30PM - 2:30PM WEDGEWOOD BALLROOM

Attendee Orientation: Getting the Most from Your Conference Experience

Whether you鈥檝e never attended the Accelerate! Conference & Expo or if you鈥檙e a regular attendee, you don鈥檛 want to miss this pre-conference session to help you navigate the conference and gain the most value from your conference experience.

Jennifer Hedrick, CAE, President and CEO of the 午夜视频, will welcome the group and give context around WIT鈥檚 mission 鈥� which drives the content and experience of the conference.

During this session, you鈥檒l also:

Hear how to best map out the educational sessions and activities that are most relevant to you and your career
Learn critical details about the Women In 午夜视频 Expo, the Truck & Technology Tour, Interactive Roundtable Discussions that provide peer networking
Understand what to expect during all the receptions each evening of the conference so you can show up ready to have fun and enjoy the experience
Gain access to the resources available to you as you navigate the session hour by hour 鈥� including how to effectively leverage the conference app

Jennifer Hedrick, CAE

President and CEO
Women In 午夜视频

Jennifer Hedrick, CAE, is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the 午夜视频 (WIT). Her responsibilities are to work closely with WIT鈥檚 board of directors and staff to oversee initiatives that support WIT鈥檚 mission to encourage the employment of women in the trucking industry, promote their accomplishments and minimize obstacles faced by them.

Hedrick has 17 years of association leadership experience and is an accredited executive by the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE). For five years she led the National Industrial Transportation League (NIT League) focusing on issues across highway, rail and ocean freight transportation. In that role, she advocated on behalf of members to create efficiencies throughout the commercial freight transportation network.

In addition, she previously served as Vice President, Association Solutions, for MCI USA, where she served as Executive Director and Strategy Manager for several associations, providing full-scale management of operations, staff teams, and outside contractors. In these capacities, she also served as spokesperson for associations on Capitol Hill, before federal regulators, in trade and national press, and at conferences and other engagements.
Hedrick holds a Master of Arts degree from Virginia Tech and a Bachelor of Science degree from Bridgewater College.