2025 PFA Annual Convention Schedule

**This is a tentative schedule and subject to change

 Thursday, September 4


Friday, September 5

  • 8am: Breakfast Buffet
  • 9am: Keynote | Optimizing Organizational Structure: Aligning Board and Staff Structures with Katie Magoon from People Solutions Center
  • 9:30am-3pm: Exhibit Hall Set Up
  • 10am: Educational Breakout Sessions
      1. Laddering Volunteers with Karyn Nishimura Sneath from Synergos AMC
      2. Theta Tau's Approach to Health & Safety with Theta Tau Executive Director, Jim Gaffney
  • 11am: Keynote | AI & U: Learn AI from a Regular Guy!, with Chris Bunting from Norfolk Waterside Marriott
  • 12pm: Lunch & Awards
    • Celebrating:
      • Johnny W. Porter, Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity, Career Achievement Award
      • Phi Sigma Pi's The Executive Leadership Program, Outstanding Professional Program Award
      • Delta Sigma Pi, IMPACT Award
  • 1:30pm: Roundtable Discussions
      1. Exclusively for Chief Executives
      2. Chapter Operations/Front Line Focused

 

Saturday, September 6

      1. Campus Trends with Mary Scott
      2. Moving Your Organization Forward Through Effective Board Governance with ASCA Executive Director, Tess Barker and Christina Parle from CP Education & Consulting.
  • 12pm: Lunch & Awards
    • Celebrating:
      • Dr. Elissa Weeden, Phi Sigma Pi, RIT, Faculty Advisor Award of Excellence
      • Kelsea Kiene, Pi Sigma Epsilon Outstanding Volunteer of the Year
  • 1:30pm: Educational Breakout Session
    1. The Liability Lie (and other things we say to scare members) with Bobbi Larsen from Holmes Murphy
  • 2:30pm: Educational Breakout Session
      1. Employer Related Hiring Feedback with Stuart Mease
      2. Belonging in Every Event Detail with Christina Parle