Get in the Game! Fearless Women. Fierce Daughters.

A dinner feast and panel on cultivating fearless within ourselves and especially our daughters. By Let's Talk Womxn with partners Girls in the Game, WBEZ, Chicago Sun-Times, Havard Club of Chicago, The Chicago Network. Feast on a five cuisines, five course dinner with premium Italian wines. Curated by Sanctuary & Let's Talk Womxn. This supper club dinner is sponsored by United Airlines.

Join our bold panel of women as they explore the importance of cultivating fearlessness —how they’ve navigated their careers, overcome challenges, and embraced bold choices in work and in life. This dynamic conversation will especially focus on how we can cultivate confidence, resilience, and ambition in our next generation of women—our fierce daughters. In a world where the stakes are high and opportunities are won by those who step up, women must get in the game, take risks, and own their power.

Tickets are all inclusive $120 for the conversation, five course five cuisines dinner, premium Italian wines, tax and gratuity. We especially encourage daughters to attend (tickets $60 for under 18).

: Chief Content Officer, WBEZ/Sun Times

: AIA Gold Medalist; FAIA (Fellow of the American Institute of Architects)

: Chief HR Officer Wintrust, Board Gig

: Founder, Sanctuary & Let's Talk Womxn

Sanctuary (): Comfort Fare

Frontera Grill (): Mexican

Soul & Smoke (): BBQ

Molly's Cupcakes (): Dessert

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Let’s Talk Womxn empowers womxn Food and Beverage entrepreneurs to thrive by fostering collaboration, amplifying voices, and driving economic impact. Through a collective network, LTW inspires innovation, builds strong partnerships, and champions womxn-owned businesses to create a more equitable and prosperous future.

Started with 15 restaurateurs in Chicago in 2020, LTW has grown to 900+ women F&B entrepreneurs in 15 cities in the US and Toronto, Canada, with three additional city offshoots. Many more US and international cities are in the LTW waitlist and pipeline.

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Rohini Dey, PhD—founder of Vermilion and Let’s Talk Womxn (LTW), former McKinsey and World Bank economist—is transforming her acclaimed restaurant Vermilion into Sanctuary, a bold, women-centric restaurant and cocktail den with unfettered conversations. This vibrant space will showcase comfort fare across cuisines and innovative programming with partners, featuring dishes and drinks by LTW women restaurateurs & entrepreneurs. Follow Sanctuary happenings @sanctuary_2025.

Over its 21-year run in Chicago and 10 years in NYC, Vermilion earned widespread acclaim, including Best Restaurants from Travel & Leisure, Town & Country, Esquire, USA Today, Bon Appétit, and 3 Stars the Chicago Tribune.

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