Photos – The ADVANCE Leadership Program for Women in Utilities, Phoenix 2026

October 7, 2026 by Gus Calabrese Leave a Comment

Phoenix, AZ. On September 30–October 1, Southwest Gas hosted the ADVANCE Leadership Program for Women in Utilities, produced by Conferences Connect and UtilityEvents.com. Two days with women leaders and emerging leaders from across the utility sector. Workshops, peer conversations, and a room built to move careers forward.

Thank you to Southwest Gas for opening the doors, and to every woman who showed up ready to do the work. Up to 12 CEUs. A playbook to take home. A tribe to stay connected to.

Scroll the gallery. Tag yourself if you were in the room.

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Starting his professional career as a Petroleum Engineer seems odd for a guy who now plans events, however. the similarities make perfect sense to Gus. Capacity, flow, logistics and attention to the details are major components of both Petroleum and event management. Gus’ event background includes some of Philadelphia’s most recognized events, The Reindeer Romp (3,000 participants), The World’s Largest Bar Crawl (15,000 participants), Xtoberfest (7,500 participants) on average over 50,000 tickets are sold to events produced by Gus. Since early 2011 Gus has been involved with logistics for Conferences Connect. In November of 2014 Gus left the Philadelphia event scene and took on a bigger roll of strategic planning and marketing for Conference Connects. Gus looks forward to the challenge of creating engaging conferences in multiple markets.

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