LUBBOCK, Texas (PRESS RELEASE) – The following is a press release from the Lubbock Women’s Club:
The Lubbock Women’s Club Historical Foundation and the Welborn-Payne Endowment will welcome talented designer, loving mother, passionate philanthropist, and dedicated entrepreneur, Kendra Scott, to speak for the Fall Speaker Series. Scott will speak at the Frazier Alumni Pavilion on the Texas Tech University campus at 2680 Drive of Champions on Sunday, October 10th at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are available to the public on Thursday, August 12th, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. These are sold on a first come, first served basis at the Lubbock Women’s Club, 2020 Broadway.
A creative mind with a penchant for natural gemstones, Kendra designed her first jewelry collection for just $ 500 in 2002. Determined to keep growing and maintaining her company’s vision, Kendra waited over 10 years to accept outside investments. Since then, it has brought the company to a billion dollar valuation with over 100 stores across the country and a thriving e-commerce and wholesale business.
Inspired by the advice she received in the early days of her business, Kendra actively seeks opportunities to mentor and support other entrepreneurs, especially female executives. Starting in September 2019, she is proud to breathe new life into this passion through a program at the University of Texas at Austin: The Kendra Scott Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute. Uniquely positioned to address the challenges women often face in business, this program aims to build a pipeline of courageous, creative female leaders who will change the world – in business and beyond .
Sue St. Clair, President of the Lubbock Women’s Club said, “We are very excited to see Kendra Scott in Lubbock. If you want to be inspired by a new generation of women leaders, join us for a fun evening with the Lubbock Women’s Club. “
With family and fashion as two core pillars of her business, Kendra focuses on her other core pillar of philanthropy in everything she does. Since 2010, the company has returned over $ 40 million to local, national, and international causes. In 2018 alone, the company donated over $ 5 million in monetary donations, nearly $ 10 million in in-kind donations, over 2,000 hours of volunteer hours to philanthropic organizations, and partnerships with more than 8,000 philanthropic organizations across the country.
The women’s club was founded in 1945 to promote, maintain and support the common good and the social welfare of the people of the Lubbock community and to bring about civic and social improvements. The Lubbock Women’s Club Historical Foundation was established to preserve, protect and promote the historical and architectural character of the building on Broadway in 2020 and was organized for charitable and educational purposes. In 1979 the building was declared a Historic Landmark by the City of Lubbock.
In 2006, after her death, Ernestine Payne Welborn established a foundation that provides funding to attract renowned speakers to membership and community. Speakers who were part of the Welborn-Payne Endowment Community Speaker Series include Barbara Pierce Bush (2021), Texas Country Reporter Bob Phillips (2017), Chef Stephan Pyles (2016), Hoda Kotb (2015), former Dallas Cowboys player Daryl Johnston (2015), Zach Thomas, former Texas Tech All-American and Miami Dolphins football player (2014), Jenna Bush Hager (2014), Joan Lunden (2013), Captain Chesley Sullenberger (2013), Heloise (2012), former First Lady Barbara Bush (2011), William Shawcross, official biographer of the Queen Mother (2010), former US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales (2009), David Gaschen, star of Broadway’s Phantom of the Opera (2009) and Carmen bin Laden, former sister-mother-in-law by Osama bin Laden (2007).
(Lubbock Women’s Club press release)
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