Business Summit - Empowering Confident Communication + Practical AI Integration for Business

Description

Business Summit
October 29th, 2026
East Hill Church
695 N Main Ave
Gresham, OR 97030
7:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Doors open at 7:15 am - Breakfast is included 

Empowering Confident Communication +  Practical AI Integration for Business
Where Strong Communication Meets Smart Technology

Unlock stronger communication, smarter decision‑making, and confident leadership at the Business Summit: Empowering Confident Communication + Implementing Practical AI for Business.

Join us for a morning designed to elevate your presence, strengthen collaboration, and explore practical AI tools that enhance workflow, create efficiencies, and support responsible innovation.

This year’s Chamber Business Summit brings together Rising Stars, Leaders, and Teams for a dynamic experience focused on elevating confidence and engaging communication. Attendees will learn how to empower personal and professional growth through effective communication that transforms presence, delivery, and authority with clarity and warmth.
 
The program also explores Practical AI Integration for Business, connecting vision and enablement with ethical and effective AI practices. Participants will discover how to strengthen decision‑making, drive responsible innovation, and implement tools that enhance workflows and empower leadership.

Through a blend of empowerment, teamwork, and innovation, this summit helps professionals rise, lead, and communicate with confidence while embracing the future of smart technology.

Presenters: 
Gigi Rosenberg, Author & Public Speaking Coach
Layne Lewis, President of Willowview Consulting, LLC.

Summit Intro Overview
This year’s Chamber Business Summit highlights two core drivers of modern business success: Empowering Confident Communication and Practical AI Integration for Business.

Our Empowering Confident Communication session focuses on clear, effective messaging that strengthens teamwork, customer engagement, and leadership impact.

Our Practical AI Integration session shows how businesses can use accessible AI tools to streamline operations, improve decision‑making, and simplify everyday work.

Together, these topics equip leaders with both the human and technological skills needed to thrive today.
 
Gigi Rosenberg Bio:
Gigi Rosenberg is a public speaking coach who helps executives, nonprofit leaders, and rising stars deliver unforgettable presentations. Her clients include Microsoft, Medical Teams International, the Seattle Symphony, and Becker Capital Management.

Her background spans both media and the stage: she’s been a guest commentator on Oregon Public Radio and a theater performer in New York City’s United Solo Theatre Festival. A published author in outlets such as Psychology Today and Publishers Weekly, she wrote The Artist’s Guide to Grant Writing, now in its sixteenth printing and previously she served as editor of the national business magazine Professional Artist.

Gigi knows exactly how to elevate public speaking presence, energize delivery and help you tell a gripping story.  Her specialty is helping leaders and subject matter experts present, lead panels, give speeches, and nail their elevator pitch both on Zoom and on a public stage. She’s been called a “metaphor maven,” “presentation whisperer,” and “anti-anxiety medicine” for public speakers. She’s known for turning fear into confidence and helping leaders deliver with authority, clarity, and warmth.

Layne Lewis Bio:

“Leadership is about setting a vision and enabling a team to do incredible things.” Layne Lewis

Layne Lewis, President of Willowview Consulting, LLC, is a visionary leader helping organizations adopt foundational, ethical, and effective AI practices. Her work empowers teams to understand and implement AI in ways that enhance operations, strengthen decision‑making, and support responsible innovation.

With roots in aerospace engineering and early career contributions to the International Space Station at NASA, Layne later advanced into management at Hewlett Packard before founding Willowview Consulting in 2003. Her blend of engineering rigor, business expertise, and forward‑thinking leadership has earned national recognition, including being named one of The Women Leaders Magazine’s Top 20 Most Inspiring Women Leaders.

Today, Layne’s focus on practical, principled AI integration reflects her commitment to equipping organizations with the tools and vision needed to thrive in a rapidly evolving technological landscape.