Taraji P. Henson and Bevy Smith have something in common. They each know what it seems like to fight their approach to the highest.

With that, the entertainment industry staples are helping to amplify Black women making strides as sales professionals and breaking barriers on a regular basis. Sistas In Sales (SIS), a company serving women of color within the sales sector will host its fifth Annual Summit on Thursday, September twenty first – twenty third 2022 and have keynotes by each Henson and Smith.

“Microsoft is worked up to sponsor and partner with SIS to bring Ms. Henson’s keynote to the Summit. We also need to congratulate SIS on celebrating its 5-year anniversary!” Rashida Hodge, VP, Customer Success, Data & AI.

The Oscar-nominated actress has established herself as a savvy business woman, having launched her production company, TPH Entertainment, and haircare line, TPH by Taraji.

Smith also joins Henson as a keynote. Before pivoting into entertainment and fashion commentating, the creator, host of Sirius XM’s “Bevelations,” and up to date TED speaker built her profession as a pacesetter in fashion promoting. Based on a press release, Smith will take the stage on day two of the three-day summit, and Henson will culminate the event on day three.

ESSENCE’s very own Chief Revenue Officer Pauline Malcolm-Thornton can be joining the roundup of featured speakers to weigh in on the importance of amplifying diverse networks in sales, entrepreneurship, and marketing.

The conference was created to acknowledge, have a good time and connect Black women in sales and business because the group is basically underrepresented in each the company and entrepreneurial sectors. Despite them being the fastest-growing group to launch recent businesses, they’re the least funded.

Moreover, McKinsey & Company and LeanIn.org, identified the Black women are underrepresented in corporate leadership, with SVP roles only increasing from 23 percent to twenty-eight percent between 2015 and 2020. BIPOC women only made up 3 percent, while white women stood at 19 percent.

Sistas in Sales aim to shift that chasm.

This yr, they’ve partnered with with Google, Walmart Connect, Amazon, Microsoft, Workday Salesforce, TikTok, Dataminr, Unilever, Videoamp, Paloalto, Spotify, Oracle, Chili Piper, Twilio, Skaled, Braze, Salesloft, Motive, DocuSign, Pandora, Samsara, Postal.io, and Liveperson.

Tickets may be purchased at https://www.sistasinsales.com/.