SCWCC Business Lunch

Program Topic: The Power of Mentorship: How to Find and Be a Mentor

Join us for our monthly Business Luncheon where we shed some light on specific topics and have opportunities to expand your network.

When it comes to career growth, mentor/mentee relationships are an often-overlooked superpower — those who are mentored are five times more likely to get promoted. The best relationships find a balance between being intentional and allowing relationships to develop organically. What makes a good mentor? You'll walk away from this talk with a better understanding of the qualities you'll want to find in a mentor and how you can determine if you're ready to become one. You'll learn about the duties and responsibilities of a mentor and get clear about what makes a great mentee.

Speaker

Tamra Ryan
Former CEO,Women's Bean Project

From 2003-2025 Tamra Ryan was the CEO of Women's Bean Project, a social enterprise providing transitional employment in its food manufacturing business to women attempting to break the cycle of chronic unemployment and poverty. She serves as the Coors Economic Mobility Fellow for Common Sense Institute Colorado.

Named as Most Influential CEO and Ten Most Influential Women in Business 2023, Tamra is a former partner and board member for Social Venture Partners-Denver and Social Enterprise Alliance. Congressman Mike Coffman (R-CO) recognized Tamra’s servant leadership and entered it into the Congressional Record of the 115th Congress, Second Session in May 2018. She was honored by the Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce as one of the Top 25 Most Powerful Women in Colorado, and in 2022 and 2023 as a Titan100 CEO and Social Entrepreneur of the year by the Colorado Institute for Social Impact. She was a presenter at TEDxMilehigh and is a highly sought-after speaker for topics such as compassionate leadership and social enterprise.

Tamra is the author of The Third Law, a book which highlights the societal obstacles and internal demons that must be overcome for marginalized women to change their lives. The Third Law has won eight awards for women/minorities in business and social activism. Tamra’s latest book is Followship: 16 Lessons to become a leader worth following.

Tamra received her undergraduate degree from University of Colorado Boulder and her Master of Arts and Sciences from Adelphi University. She lives in Denver, Colorado with her husband, two teenage children and two goldendoodles.