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The annual Elizabethton – Carter County Chamber of Commerce BOSS Lady Women’s Leadership Conference sponsored by Carter County Bank will take place at 8 a.m. Friday at Milligan University in the McCormick Dining Center

Building our Strengths for Success is geared toward women in leadership but is open for men to attend.

Special speakers will include:
– Katie Kennedy, Human Resources Manager for Bank of Tennessee and Carter County Bank.
– Shannon Castillo, Affiliate Broker with Mitch Cox.
– Lee Harrison, Vice President for Marketing and Enrollment Management at Milligan University.
– Shellie Whitfield, Executive Director of the Wetumpka, Alabama Chamber of Commerce. Whitfield spearheaded the campaign to bring HGTV’s hit series “Hometown Takeover” to Wetumpka.

Whitfield moved to the South about five years ago from Colorado. “The fact of the matter is I chose Wetumpka for many of the same reasons that HGTV did,” said Whitfield. “Wetumpka was the site for the number one show on TV last year – Hometown Takeover. I got to be a part of all of that. I got to be a part of the production team, they redid the Big Fish House, and they helped Wetumpka’s revitalization process. It has been absolutely amazing and I cannot wait to share the story with those attending.”

She and her husband, Wade, own the iconic Big Fish House where Tim Burton filmed “Big Fish” 16 years ago.

“It has been a journey getting to the south and finding my way, being a part of a team here that love this place, and wanted to see our community come back to life. The things that I realize the most is we are in charge of that. We can make the decisions to create a new future not only for ourselves but for our entire community.”