An intimate evening of RevelEleven women to connect, engage and share with special guest Karen Sherman. Dinner and beverages will be served, along with great conversation.

Karen Sherman is the Co-founder and CEO of Virunga Mountain Spirits, a premium craft distillery based in Rwanda, where she has worked for close to two decades. The business will employ and upskill Rwandans at every level of operations, with an emphasis on creating opportunities for women.

Throughout her 30-plus year career, Karen Sherman served in executive and leadership roles working to advance women around the world, in partnership with women on the frontlines, in offices and boardrooms. She has sat with leaders of all levels – heads of state, ambassadors, business and civic leaders – and speaks and writes passionately about the challenges and opportunities for women globally.

More about Sherman: Sherman is a successful author and began writing Brick by Brick -- Building Hope and Opportunity for Women Survivors Everywhere (Rowman & Littlefield, 2020) during the year she lived in Rwanda with her three sons to oversee the construction of a first-of-its-kind women’s opportunity center. She is also a sought-after speaker on global women’s issues and has been featured on BBC, CNBC Africa, Al Jazeera English, and Voice of America, and in numerous outlets including ABCNews.com, Council on Foreign Relations, Huffington Post, Africa.com and other public media. She served as Executive Producer of The Other Side of War: Women’s Stories of Survival and Hope, published by National Geographic.