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Women in Leadership | Kelley Cole
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You're invited to the monthly Women in Leadership speaker event at our CRST International Graduate Center on Thursday, November 6 where we will host Kelley Cole, owner of Gia’s Italian Kitchen.
This event will take place in-person at our CRST International Graduate Center, located at 1650 Matterhorn Dr. NE, Cedar Rapids. Arrive at 11:30 AM for socializing. The presentation begins at noon with time for questions and networking to follow. See you there!
Women in Leadership is a monthly discussion and networking event series, featuring women leaders sharing their experiences in education, nursing, business, and leadership. Anyone can attend and enjoy meeting local professionals as they recant their leadership stories.
You know how families don’t eat together like they used to? In decades past, families and friends lived in the same communities and same cities. Families had dinner together on Sundays and maintained relationships & communities to support each other. Today, we are all over the country, and have lost touch with our loved ones, and those who support us.
Having grown up in the kitchen with a large Italian family, Kelley Cole, owner of Gia’s Italian Kitchen, brings expertise, authentic recipes, and the love of connecting friends and family together through food. She offers interactive cooking instruction for private group dinners (in-person and virtually), as well as personalized coaching in the kitchen, and employer teambuilding events.
Kelley brings friends and family together through interactive Italian cooking experiences. You select a custom menu, many of which are from her family in Tuscany, and you cook together. Picture a zoom cooking experience with your family and friends across the country. Engage your parents, siblings, children and grandchildren. Reunite with high school or college friends or even your neighbors in a fun, learning environment!
Kelley also supports her community by doing volunteer cooking classes at the Hope Lodge in Coralville and the Marion Library, as well as sitting on the Board of Directors at Orchestra Iowa in Cedar Rapids. This is all served with a generous helping of amore and ten percent of the profits are donated to Feed Iowa First and Feeding America!
Kelley has two children at Iowa State University and an Aussie-doodle named Enzo. Her husband, Peter, is a chemical engineer at Archer Daniels Midland (ADM). Kelley is also a fitness instructor at the YMCA and Top Shape Gym, teaching Body Pump, Body Flow and RPM cycling.
During the day, Kelley is a Finance Manager at Transamerica Corporation, where she specializes in International Management Reporting. She is a charismatic leader with a commitment to success and a focus on delivering value. Prior to Transamerica, Kelley served as the VP of Finance for Communications Engineering Company (CEC), the CFO for Orchestra Iowa, and Board President & Treasurer of the board at Cedar Valley Montessori for seven years and during the flood of 2008.
