The annual Midwest Leadership Summit has been hosted by Central Exchange since 2003.  For over 40 years, Central Exchange has worked to support women and believes that all women should have the opportunity to reach their full potential. When ambitious women receive more opportunity for growth, it ultimately benefits everyone – employers, colleagues, family and the community – and leads to a more equal world.

The Midwest Leadership Summit is for anyone looking to grow personally or professionally – regardless of your job title.  We have attendees from a wide-variety of industries and stages in their careers.  Since Central Exchange is a women-focused organization, we’re frequently asked if other genders can attend.  THE ANSWER IS YES! Everyone is welcome for this inclusive event full of leadership development, growth and inspiration.

Throughout the day you will sharpen your leadership skill set with tactical, practical and strategic ideas from the best leaders during our keynote and breakout sessions.

In-Person and Virtual tickets cost the same, however they are different whether you are a CX Member or Non-Member:

Individual In-Person Tickets // CX Members: $225 | Non-Members: $325

Individual Virtual Tickets // CX Members: $225 | Non-Members: $325

For early bird pricing and to purchase tickets visit the ticket registration page.

As a non-profit we know the Summit is a valuable development event for your teams, so we do offer a $50 Nonprofit Discount off of the Regular Ticket Price for virtual and in-person tickets. Please email our Signature Event Manager, Kerry Gentry Hartnett, to receive the discount code to use when purchasing tickets.

We have 6 different sponsorship levels available, and other various ways you can help CX bring this event to life. With your commitment to business excellence, organizational diversity, and the professional development of women in your workforce, we invite your company to be a part of this incredible day.

Discover more on our sponsorship page with more detail on how you can become a sponsor of the 2025 Midwest Leadership Summit. Please note that in order to maximize your exposure in marketing materials, we ask that you become a sponsor prior to March 25.

The deadline to purchase individual in-person tickets is Monday, April 7, and individual virtual tickets is two days before the event on Sunday, April 20.

If you are purchasing a table with 10 guests, we ask that you purchase the table no later than Tuesday, April 1 so we can still add the name of your company to all day-of event materials as a sponsor.

All individual and group ticket purchases include (1) Post-Summit Learnshop on May 6.  You will be emailed a link and code to register for the Learnshop.  Recordings of the Learnshop will be available after the individual program happens, however if you’re able, we do suggest you attend on the scheduled date for the best experience.

All of the keynote and breakout sessions will be recorded.  Those recordings will be made available on a Vimeo Showcase within 2 weeks following the Midwest Leadership Summit.  All in-person and virtual attendees will have access to the recordings and will receive an email notifying them when the recordings are available.  All recordings will be viewable until April 21, 2026.

Unfortunately, ticket fees for in-person and virtual attendees are non-refundable.  The bright side is if you registered for an in-person ticket and are no longer able to attend in-person, we can easily change your ticket to virtual so you can view everything live.  Plus, all ticket holders will have access to the recordings and all digital content following the event.