02/06/2026
VIA Connects 2026 Conference Speakers Reveal!
Meet the speakers of our First Breakout Session from 10:15-11:00am:
• Cece Patterson: Cecelia Patterson is a wife, mother, and passionate architect of healthy communities. When thriving cultures don’t exist, she builds them—using three essential ingredients: vision, strategy, and emotional intelligence. Her work empowers women to create spaces, relationships, and communities rooted in purpose, balance, and intentional leadership.
• Claire Bell and Mary May: Claire Mary joins Expand Family Health after five years as an intensive care nurse at our local hospital to help empower patients to take control of their health. Claire Bell is a certified nurse practitioner at Expand Family Health who has been providing exceptional nursing care for over 10 years.
• Prachi Patel: Prachi grew up seeing beauty defined for her—by culture, by family, by social media, and by an industry that often didn’t look like her. As a South Asian woman, beauty was tradition and expectation at the same time: long hair, flawless skin, being “presentable,” but never too bold. Prachi's goal is to create spaces where women, especially women of color, feel seen, confident, and worthy. Beauty isn’t superficial—it’s personal, cultural, and deeply transformative.
• Terrica Skaggs: Terrica is a dynamic entrepreneur, speaker, and mentor with over 20 years of experience building successful businesses and empowering others to do the same. As the founder of multiple companies and an international speaker, she’s taught thousands of creatives, coaches, and women-led businesses how to show up boldly, price their worth, and build legacies — not just livelihoods.
Join them:
Saturday March 7th, 9:30am to 4:00pm
Where? Stembler Theater, College of Coastal GA, Entrance on Altama Avenue
Early Bird Tickets: $40/Lunch Included
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