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Lady Bosses

Inforum Michigan

Lady Bosses Affinity Group

Entrepreneur Impact Success Panel - Virtual -

Featuring an Entrepreneur Magazine 100 Women of Impact Winner and Partnr Haus Owners

Get ready for some top-shelf inspiration when you join us virtually on Wednesday, November 3 at 10:30 - noon, for Inforum Michigan's monthly Lady Bosses meeting where we get to hear from founders of two successful companies. The panel will start at 10:35 a.m. and Zoom networking among attendees will begin at 11:35 a.m.

Ruth Agbaji, founder, CEO and nerd-In-chief of Code Wiz, was featured in Entrepreneur's Top 100 Women of Impact announced in October. The native of Nigeria will share how coding changed her life. Ruth's story will inspire you to reach your goals and live your dream!

Becky Peters and Kelli DeLaRosa, co-owners, Partnr Haus, a commercial interior design firm and coworking den where the Lady Bosses gather when we meet in person. If you thought COVID hurt their business, think again! This duo has been "killing it" as they redesign spaces to be safe and help companies as they downsize or grow. They've added new lines of business, including used office furniture, commercial flooring, and work-from-home office furniture. You'll also learn how this team gives back to the community.

Lady Bosses co-chair Carol Ward will moderate the panel. She'll be joined by co-chairs Joscelyn Davis and Michelle Cantor.

About the Panelists:

Ruth Agbaji

Founder, CEO, Nerd-In-Chief

Code Wiz

Ruth has a true passion for helping kids unlock their inner genius. Through an interactive and project-driven approach, Code Wiz, a franchise system, offers kids a wide variety of technology to express their creativity.

Agbaji’s love for coding started when she taught herself to code while growing up in Nigeria. Loving this newly found “superpower," she proceeded to get a master's in computer science from Tufts University and worked as a software engineer for tech giants like Microsoft and Kronos.

Desiring to make a direct impact on the next generation and having a need for flexibility, in 2017 Agbaji quit her day job to open Code Wiz. Her vision was to have a center where kids of all abilities could come to learn about problem-solving through coding and pour their imagination into personalized projects. She now is poised to grow more rapidly as a standalone brand of Tutor Doctor, a global franchise leader in tutoring education.

Agbaji was recently named as a top 100 Woman of Impact by Entrepreneur Magazine joining a prestigious group that includes Eva Longoria and is a recipient of the SBA Woman-Owned Business of the Year award for Massachusetts.

Becky Peters and Kelli DeLaRosa

Founders, Partners, and Owners

Partnr Haus Interiors + Coworking Den, Birmingham

Becky and Kelli met through 25 years of experience in the contract interiors industry. Their decades of experience allowed them to notice flaws in the industry- customer service and client relationships. Partnr Haus is built around just that and brings together commercial interior designs and options to Michigan and beyond.

Partnr Haus' expertise is in creating motivating workspaces. The Den is coworking space perfect for nomads, startups, freelancers, and businesses in need of additional employee space. It also offers customers a chance to experience an agile work environment during their interiors’ planning process. It is a certified WBENC, Women's Business Enterprise.

The purpose of the Lady Bosses is to provide educational programming (speakers, workshops), support, inspiration, accountability to and from other Inforum business owners or prospective owners. While much of the Inforum membership is in the corporate world, Lady Bosses Affinity Group is designed to meet the unique needs of business owners. It can also become a catalyst to encourage women to start or purchase their own businesses. The group also can provide and gain synergy from Inforum’s inGAGE strategy. 

First Wednesday of the month, 10:30 a.m. – noon

The link to the meeting will be sent to you 24 hours in advance.

View Attendee List

Group Leadership

Carol C. Ward, (248) 590-7190, cward@frannet.com

Michelle Cantor, (248) 705-9008, michelle@volarconsulting.com

Joscelyn A. Davis, (248) 860-8858, joscelyn@jadestrategies.com