Join our event in Dallas on Saturday, September 13, 2025 to discover your path during an incredible day of inspiring speakers and meaningful connections.
LOCATION: Crowne Plaza Downtown Dallas
1015 Elm Street, Dallas, TX, 75202
TIME: 9am – 4:30pm
Garden Salad
Pasta Salad
Roast Lemon Pepper Chicken
Roast Beef in Espagnole
Red skinned roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Rustic Vegetables
Fresh baked Rolls & Butter
Chocolate Cake & Cheesecake display
Coffee, Tea and Ice Tea
Hadley McClellan Schafer is a keynote speaker, author of Break at the Bend, and founder of the Brave Movement and Holistic Meeting Strategies. After 22 years leading major global events, an unexpected career pivot launched her mission: helping individuals and organizations transform disruption into their greatest breakthroughs.
Creator of the B.E.N.D. Method (Begin, Engage, Navigate, Develop), Hadley equips audiences to lead bravely through change and uncertainty. She speaks on resilience, leadership, and personal reinvention — inspiring others to bend bravely, lead boldly, and build the breakthroughs waiting on the other side of life’s bends.
One Woman is the collective power of women working together toward the greater good of all. Our goal is to support, encourage and empower women to be all that they dream to be.
By attending a One Woman FEARLESS Summit, your ticket purchase changes the lives of women and girls around the world by helping them break the cycle of poverty for themselves, their families and their communities by empowering them to have access to education, start their own business, or to learn the skills to gain meaningful employment.
You can support our work to empower women and girls each month through our One Woman Memberships.
We know that One Woman Can Make a Difference, but Together We Can ROCK THE WORLD!
Sharla Brown is a Canadian social entrepreneur, philanthropist and humanitarian who has been passionate about entrepreneurship, leadership and social issues her entire life. In the last 10 years Sharla has received 13 business and social impact awards, including the international WEF Iconic Women in Social Enterprise Award in 2016, the 2019 Ruby Award from Soroptimist International, a nomination for the 2017 Ontario Premier’s Award, 2019 Philanthropist by the Toronto Waterfront Women’s Awards, and has been invited to meet OPRAH!
For more than 28 years, through her entrepreneurial endeavours, Sharla has supported numerous community organizations. As the president of her event management company Keynote Events, she has created and executed more than 200 events and contributed more than 2 million dollars to various community and international charities.
Sharla mentors, teaches and inspires other women to embrace their leadership potential and entrepreneurial spirit. She empowers those around her to use their gifts to create a purpose-driven life doing what they love because she believes that each person’s gifts are like pebbles they can toss into the water, creating ripples that positively impact the world around them.
In 2015, Sharla travelled to Ecuador, and a world-changing ripple effect began through her creation of One Woman and One Girl.
These global social enterprises are on a mission to help women and girls around the globe live their dreams and reach their full potential through education, skills development and entrepreneurship.
Sharla has created over 200 One Woman Fearless events in the USA, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. Her vision has ignited a ripple that has turned into an international wave of empowerment for millions of women and girls around the globe.
