A Recipe for Success: Finding Your Passion at Any Age Webinar Recording

Recorded Wednesday, March 18, 2026

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What was covered

In celebration of International Women’s Month in March, EP Wealth held a live virtual conversation with nationally recognized entrepreneur, television personality, and cookbook author Vera Stewart.

From launching a cottage catering business to building a nationally recognized culinary brand, Vera’s 40+ year journey proves that passion evolves — and it’s never too late to build something meaningful.

Key Topics:

What agile event programs are and why they're essential

Strategies and tools for building agile event marketing

How to scale agile event programs without losing brand integrity or valuable data

Steps you can take right now to introduce agile event marketing into your business

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What You’ll Learn

In celebration of International Women’s Month in March, EP Wealth held a live virtual conversation with nationally recognized entrepreneur, television personality, and cookbook author Vera Stewart.

From launching a cottage catering business to building a nationally recognized culinary brand, Vera’s 40+ year journey proves that passion evolves — and it’s never too late to build something meaningful.

Key Topics

In this inspiring discussion, Vera shares lessons on:

• Turning passion into purpose
• Building something that lasts
• Staying resilient through change
• Aligning vision with thoughtful planning

Together, we explore how courage, clarity, and intention can shape your next chapter.

Presented By

Adam Phillips,

CFA, CAIA, CFP^®

Managing Director of Investments

Adam is the Managing Director of Investments at EP Wealth Advisors® where he oversees the firm's investment strategies and chairs the firm’s Investment Committee. As the voice of the firm’s investment strategy, Adam frequently provides market commentary across the media and in client communication pieces.

Prior to joining EP Wealth Advisors^® in 2014, Adam served as a Senior Portfolio Manager at City National Rochdale in Beverly Hills, where he specialized in research and portfolio construction while overseeing nearly $700 million on behalf of high-net-worth individuals, foundations, and trusts.

Adam holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Southern California (USC), and earned his Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA). In addition, Adam holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) and Certified Financial Planner (CFP^®) designations. Adam lives in Palos Verdes with his wife and two children, Hunter and Madison.

Meet the Speaker

Vera Stewart

Entrepreneur, Cookbook Author, Host of The VeryVera Show
Founder of the VeryVera brand and a celebrated leader in the food and hospitality industry

In Conversation With

Shari Greco-Reiches

Regional Director,
Leader, Investing in Women Initiative

Your Hosts

Jake Hernandez

Chief Creative Officer

Openform

Jake Hernandez is senior director of product marketing at Openform, where his goal is to help people unlock the power of in-person events.

Leo Di Salvo

Sr. Technology Consultant

Openform

Leo Di Salvo is the Senior Technology Consultant at Openform, where his goal is to help people unlock the power of in-person events.

Run of show

12:00PM

Webinar Begins

Opening remarks from your hosts

12:15PM

5-Tips

5 Tips for Creating Virtual Events

12:45PM

Closing

Final remarks from your hosts

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Resource List

01

A Guide to Agile Event Programs that Can Survive Anything

Explore why the most dynamic leaders are building strategies for agile event marketing with a focus on scaling in-person and virtual events that are fast, flexible, and hyper-effective at driving meaningful connections.

Download

02

Crisis Mode: Ideas for Managing Events in Challenging Situations

Learn strategies, experiences and lessons learned from top event marketing leaders who have walked through the fire more than once and lived to talk about it.

Register

03

How to Build a Rock Solid Agile Events Program

The old way of doing event marketing—a large, inflexible investment in a small number of tentpole events—doesn't fit into a business world that demands adaptability and speed.

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