KNOWLEDGE
IS POWER
Join us for a Women’s Economic Empowerment + real estate panel event at Los Angeles’ historic-cultural landmark Women’s Twentieth Century Club of Eagle Rock.
Women’s History Month
Thursday, March 19th from 6-8pm
5105 Hermosa Avenue, Los Angeles
Thanks to our sponsors, there is no cost to join. All are welcome!
Meet the Speakers
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Karin Liljegren, FAIA
Founder + Principal, Omgivning
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Anna Malaika Tubbs
2x New York Times Bestselling Author
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Chris Morris
Where Women Made History, National Trust for Historic Preservation
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Jorgi Paul
Founder, Lady of Record
Karin Liljegren, FAIA
Founder + Principal, Omgivning
Karin has dedicated her career to community building, sustainability, and advocacy by embracing adaptive reuse as a powerful means to revitalize our cities. For over 24 years, Karin has focused on adaptive reuse projects and advocates for policy reform to make the repurposing of older buildings more financially viable and cornerstones of their communities. Karin founded the architecture and interior design firm Omgivning in 2009.
Today, she and her staff have touched over 700 buildings, drawing on a rich existing landscape to create programmatically and technically complex hotels, multifamily housing, restaurants, bars, creative offices, and theaters, often with custom furniture to match. Karin is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and active with the AIA Los Angeles Chapter. Through Urban Land Institute, she serves on the National Redevelopment and Reuse Council and the Los Angeles Innovation and Housing Councils. Karin also sits on the board of the Los Angeles Conservancy and chairs the Advocacy Committee and is involved with advocacy organizations such as the Central City Association as an adaptive reuse leader.
In addition to her architectural endeavors, she is an emerging Developer and starting other entrepreneurial enterprises such as a culture + industry based co-working company called söm co-space.
Anna Malaika Tubbs
2x New York Times Bestselling Author
Anna is a 2x New York Times bestselling author and one of the youngest academics — and women — in history to hit the New York Times nonfiction list — not just once, but twice. Achieving back-to-back bestsellers by the age of 33 is a nearly unheard-of distinction that cements her as a leading multidisciplinary expert on race, gender, and equity.
With a Ph.D. in Sociology and a Masters in Multidisciplinary Gender Studies from the University of Cambridge, in addition to a Bachelors in Medical Anthropology from Stanford University, Anna translates her academic knowledge into stories that are clear and engaging. Her first book, The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of MLK Jr, Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation, came out in 2021, and her second book, Erased: What American Patriarchy Has Hidden From Us, came out in May of 2025.
Her cultural impact extends across both print and broadcast media; she has been featured on The View, CBS This Morning, and Good Morning America, and her articles have been published by TIME Magazine, New York Magazine, Newsweek, and The Guardian. Anna’s storytelling also takes form in her talks, including her TED Talk that has been viewed 2 million times, as well as the scripted and unscripted screen projects she has in development. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their three kids.
Chris Morris
Where Women Made History,
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Chris is passionate about helping individuals, organizations, and communities use every tool available to protect the places most important to them. A skilled preservation professional and advocate with over 25 years of experience, her work is wide-ranging and intentionally inclusive of the people and places that are essential to our complex national story.
As Senior Director of Preservation Programs and leader of Where Women Made History, Chris is committed to tackling the inequities in how women’s histories have been recognized across the preservation movement. Toward this end, she has developed several new initiatives and partnerships to support all women’s histories and give primacy to women professionals. This includes partnering with Women’s Leadership Initiative of RAMSA (Robert A.M. Stern Architects) to bring hundreds of thousands of dollars in pro bono design assistance to sites of women’s achievement; establishing a new grant program introducing K-5 students to the lives and work of women as an integral part of public interpretation at historic sites; and creating the Los Angeles Women’s Landmarks project with the Los Angeles Conservancy to transform a broken landmarking process that consistently overlooks women as history-makers.
In her role as director of the LA office Chris also helps to direct the National Trust’s many programs, grant opportunities, legal and technical assistance to places in need across the LA area, the West coast, and beyond.
Jorgi Paul (Host & Moderator)
Founder, Lady of Record
Jorgi is building & servicing a community of women owning real estate. Before launching Lady of Record in New York, she began her career at Omnicom’s OMD where she led $50 million in media strategies for Fortune Global 500 & leading brands. Realizing her passion for client relationships, financial analysis and marketing could extend into something with more tangibility, she shifted her career and became a commercial real estate investment broker, participating in $1 billion in property sales across 100+ transactions.
After working on a top team at a global firm for many years representing institutional clients across Class-A multifamily, retail, industrial, office & urban development land properties, as well as earning CCIM Rookie of the Year, Jorgi decided to leave & create her own brand, Lady of Record, to address a gap within the industry.
Now, as an impact-focused real estate agent, Jorgi advises clients to buy, sell and lease premium residential + commercial properties throughout Los Angeles. Together with her clients, Lady of Record is redefining the profile of real estate owners to include women, closing the Gender Wealth Gap.
Jorgi is motivated to create a space where women make financial decisions, control their own resources & shine their lights, unapologetically.
Historic Cultural Monument No. 537
In 1903, a group of women in Eagle Rock met at each other’s homes. They were inspired to create a club for self-improvement, public service & the mutual support of ambitions that reached far beyond their immediate households, as the women’s club movement marked the entry of women into public life.
Planning began in 1904 & by 1915 they had raised capital, purchased land & built their own clubhouse. These women were a force in the community. They led the petition for women’s right to vote to the California legislature & for Occidental to accept women.
The clubhouse was declared a Los Angeles Cultural Monument in 1991 & placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. Now, with the support of its membership & a $1.5M grant from the State of California, the clubhouse - known as “the grand old lady” - is being reimagined as it enters its next chapter of impact.
Learn more at womenscluber.org
Thank You to Our Sponsors
Founded in 2008, Mata Construction is a minority-owned, multi-generational commercial contractor based in Los Angeles. Their team delivers high-quality projects across diverse sectors through a hands-on approach while fostering diversity with an equal gender ratio in project management and a multi-generational workforce. Through active mentorship and strong industry relationships, they continue to grow while shaping spaces that strengthen communities and support the next generation of builders.
Hayley Dickson, CFP, is a financial advisor redefining wealth management as a vehicle for personal freedom and social impact. As CEO and Founder of Rippl Wealth Management, she works to shift industry practices by creating comprehensive financial solutions that broaden access to sophisticated planning while helping clients build secure, abundant lives aligned with their values.
Rippl is a modern, values-driven wealth management firm built for people who are rewriting their family’s financial story. Founded by Hayley, a former entertainment executive turned financial life designer, Rippl was created to bring disciplined, integrated planning to clients operating in increasingly complex markets. While many firms remain transactional or product-driven, Rippl prioritizes structured guidance and long-term strategic alignment.
Through Rippl, Hayley serves people who are “firsts” in their families: first seven‑figure earners, first to build significant wealth, first gen college/wealth builders. Hayley and team focus on diverse markets: women, LGBTQ+, and people of color, delivering comprehensive financial planning designed to expand access to sophisticated strategies. Her approach addresses the distinct considerations these clients encounter, from navigating wealth-building decisions to shaping thoughtful legacy plans.
Alpha Structural is Southern California’s trusted leader in foundation repair, seismic retrofitting, and structural inspections for residential and commercial properties. With over 30 years of experience, our team works closely with real estate professionals and homeowners to provide reliable evaluations, clear reports, and effective solutions that help keep transactions moving smoothly and protect long-term property value. From foundation inspections during escrow to structural repairs and retrofits, Alpha Structural delivers the expertise and integrity that agents, buyers, sellers, and homeowners depend on.
See you there!