{"id":2381,"date":"2023-02-10T17:51:33","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T17:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/?page_id=2381"},"modified":"2023-02-10T18:52:24","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T18:52:24","slug":"emmy-smith","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/speakers\/emmy-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Emmy Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-2381\" data-postid=\"2381\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-2381 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-desktop-padding=\"3%,3%\" data-css_id=\"hjr8707\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row fullwidth_row_container tb_hjr8707 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_ij9u707 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_6lz1742   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h6><strong>Women in OR\/MS Networking Breakfast<\/strong><\/h6>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_ssr8970 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_0054971 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_66s9495   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><a href=\"https:\/\/connect.informs.org\/worms\/home\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2298 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/INFORMS_WORMS_Logo-300x79.png\" alt=\"INFORMS Women in ORMS\" width=\"300\" height=\"79\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/INFORMS_WORMS_Logo-300x79.png 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/INFORMS_WORMS_Logo-1024x269.png 1024w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/INFORMS_WORMS_Logo-768x202.png 768w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/INFORMS_WORMS_Logo-1536x404.png 1536w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2023\/files\/2023\/02\/INFORMS_WORMS_Logo.png 1734w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>\u00a0 \u00a0From Doing to Leading\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Join us on Tuesday, from 7-8am for breakfast, networking, and knowledge sharing. 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Throughout our careers we transition from project to project, role to role, and individual contributor to leader (and maybe back again). These transitions aren't always seamless, and we're often weighed down with things we can't let go of, for whatever reason. 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