Vanessa Rotoni, President | Shasta Moreno, Vice President | Kassie McDuff, Treasurer | Michele Blake, Secretary | Spencer Gossel, Treasurer-Elect

Welcome!

Women’s Network of Rapid City (WNRC) is a growing and vibrant community of women who support and encourage each other in our businesses. We promote professional and personal growth and development for our members.

In addition to our monthly luncheon, we offer members-only networking events and activities. 

WNRC also sets aside scholarship money for members who are continuing their career-related education. Women’s Network $250 Scholarships are awarded once a year. Current members seeking financial assistance for professional related conventions, trainings, seminars, etc. can request a scholarship application from one of our board members. 

Upcoming event:

October 9, 2024 | 11:45AM to 1:00PM

Fork Real Community Cafe

Members are invited to our monthly luncheon the second Wednesday of every month. 

Guests are welcome to attend up to two meetings as non-members. Want to become a member? Fill out an application online, or talk to a board member at our monthly luncheon. 

Fork Real Community Cafe has a fabulous menu, including a soup and salad bar.

No need to RSVP. Simply arrive with a smile! 

Join our email list for a reminder each month. 

September

Speakers

Taya Eisenbraun

Shivani Patel | Aflac

Shivani was born and raised in Rapid City. She went to college in Spearfish and graduated in 2017. She works as an Independent Agent representing Aflac here in the Black Hills. Shivani loves working to help those around her, she’s a very people oriented person! …

Greta Work | Unify Home Lending

Greta is a loan officer at a local mortgage company Unify Home Lending. She is from Lithuania originally, but she calls Black Hills her home since 2017. It was 2016 summer when Greta came to Rapid City for the first time, and she planned to stay here and work for one season….

The Networker 

My New British Boyfriend

He said, “How can I help?” and I fell in love. It was the accent that did it. Plus, I was at a vulnerable point in my life—or at least, in my day. I’d been confused, lost in iPhone settings, punching option after option when I saw one that said, “British male.” I’m...

Finally a Barbie that Looks Like Me

Barbie dolls have been inspiring young girls for generations but I never had one. My dolls could never live up to Barbie’s perfect good looks, her globetrotting and her amazing career success. It’s really no wonder they made a movie about her. She’s had 250 careers,...

Smartphone; Dumb Deeds

You see that woman digging through her purse like a starving dog digging for a bone? I’ll bet you anything she’s in the throes of that particular kind of anxiety attack one has when one realizes her smartphone has gone missing. I’m very responsible with my phone, so I’ve never experienced it myself. But I know the symptoms when I see them….

Smartphone; Dumb Deeds

You see that woman digging through her purse like a starving dog digging for a bone? I’ll bet you anything she’s in the throes of that particular kind of anxiety attack one has when one realizes her smartphone has gone missing. I’m very responsible with my phone, so I’ve never experienced it myself. But I know the symptoms when I see them….

Breathe… Breathe… Swear!

I go into my bedroom and close the door. I meditate almost daily in my effort to become a wiser, calmer and gentler person and the closed door is a signal to my family.