![Dallas Fort Worth Event Photographer: three women sitting on chairs around a table on stage during the Forte Foundation's MBA Women's Leadership Conference in Dallas, Texas. All three women are wearing a professional business attire and are having a discussion.](https://i0.wp.com/melissaspurrier.com/wp-content/uploads/dallas-fort-worth-event-photographer-10.jpg?fit=1080%2C720&ssl=1)
Dallas Conference Photographer & Professional Business Women
One of my passions in life is continuing to help push equality for women: both in general and in the workplace. So when the opportunity arose for me to become a Dallas conference photographer for the Forte Foundation, I was thrilled to help document their three day conference at the base of Reunion Tower.
The Forte Foundation’s whole focus is to create a world with “More Women Leading,” and as the owner of two photography businesses, their message deeply resonates with me. I know we have a long ways to go in finding true equality in this world, but I’m grateful that a conference like this can even occur. I highly doubt that that would’ve been the case even a few generations ago!
The conference took place over the course of a weekend, and I was there for every minute of it. Women from all over the world traveled to Dallas to attend lectures, ask questions from panels of business experts, and talk with dozens of corporations in a massive trade show. I was running around constantly (with Nick and a wagon-full of gear in tow!) documenting as much of it as possible.
Over the three days, I was inspired by seeing so many women passionately pursuing the next level of their professional lives (and in turn trying to plant a foundation for future generations), which kept me motivated and energized to the very end.
I look forward to working with more groups and foundations focused on bettering the world for everyone – not just the status quo.
Are you part of a foundation or business with an upcoming event in need of a Dallas conference photographer? I’d love to help document it, so feel free to reach out to me here!
![Diptych of details from the Forte Foundation's MBA Women's Leadership Conference in Dallas, Texas. The left image shows a display of books entitled "the REMIX" by Lindsey Pollak on a table with a blue tablecloth. The image on the right shows themed mini hand sanitizers marked with Forte logo and text reading"#MORE WOMEN LEADING."](https://i0.wp.com/melissaspurrier.com/wp-content/uploads/dallas-fort-worth-event-photographer-13.jpg?resize=1024%2C763&ssl=1)
![Four women smiling and posing together during the Forte Foundation's MBA Women's Leadership Conference in Dallas, Texas. All four women are dressed in varying types of professional business attire and have on name tags with the Forte logo.](https://i0.wp.com/melissaspurrier.com/wp-content/uploads/dallas-fort-worth-conference-photographer-5.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1)
![Triptych of different women smiling and interacting with fellow colleagues in a large ballroom during the Forte Foundation's MBA Women's Leadership Conference in Dallas, Texas. All three women are wearing professional business attire with Forte branded name tags and lanyards. Other groups of women can be seen acting similarly in the background.](https://i0.wp.com/melissaspurrier.com/wp-content/uploads/dallas-event-photographer-16.jpg?resize=1019%2C1024&ssl=1)
![A photo of the CEO speaking on stage at a podium during the Forte Foundation's MBA Women's Leadership Conference in Dallas, Texas. She's wearing a colorful, paisley dress with a leather belt and is holding a remote for her presentation. Motivational Forte branding can be seen behind her.](https://i0.wp.com/melissaspurrier.com/wp-content/uploads/dallas-conference-photographer-5.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1)
![Three women smiling and posing together during the Forte Foundation's MBA Women's Leadership Conference in Dallas, Texas. All three women are dressed in varying types of professional business attire and have on Forte branded lanyards with name tags.](https://i0.wp.com/melissaspurrier.com/wp-content/uploads/dfw-event-photographer-13.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1)
![A triptych of the same woman speaking to an audience during the Forte Foundation's MBA Women's Leadership Conference in Dallas, Texas. She's wearing a cream suit with a light purple blouse, glasses, and a gold necklace. The top two images show her speaking to the audience on stage at a podium while the bottom image shows her coming down to a table of women in the crowd to interact with them.](https://i0.wp.com/melissaspurrier.com/wp-content/uploads/dfw-conference-photographer-4.jpg?resize=1019%2C1024&ssl=1)
![A detail shot of swag on a table at the Forte Foundation's MBA Women's Leadership Conference in Dallas, Texas. A spinning display of tags are shown that help identify an individual's pronouns (either "they/them," "she/her, or "he/him" are available). Forte branded buttons and lanyards can be seen in the foreground and background.](https://i0.wp.com/melissaspurrier.com/wp-content/uploads/dallas-fort-worth-event-photographer-12.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&ssl=1)
![A diptych women asking or listening to questions during the Forte Foundation's MBA Women's Leadership Conference in Dallas, Texas. The image on the left shows a women standing at her table with a microphone and addressing the speaker on stage. The image on the right shows a woman smiling and listening intently to the speaker.](https://i0.wp.com/melissaspurrier.com/wp-content/uploads/dallas-fort-worth-conference-photographer-4.jpg?resize=1024%2C339&ssl=1)
![Three women smiling and posing together during the Forte Foundation's MBA Women's Leadership Conference in Dallas, Texas. All three women are dressed in varying types of professional business attire and have on Forte branded name tags.](https://i0.wp.com/melissaspurrier.com/wp-content/uploads/dallas-event-photographer-15.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1)
![A polyptych of women speaking to an audience or to the speakers on stage during the Forte Foundation's MBA Women's Leadership Conference in Dallas, Texas. The top two images show two different women speaking to the audience on stage from a podium. The bottom left image shows a woman in the audience standing at her table with a microphone addressing those on stage. The image in the bottom right shows one of the women from the top two images sitting on a couch on stage and speaking to the audience.](https://i0.wp.com/melissaspurrier.com/wp-content/uploads/dallas-conference-photographer-4.jpg?resize=1024%2C815&ssl=1)
![A portrait of the CEO during the Forte Foundation's MBA Women's Leadership Conference in Dallas, Texas. She's wearing a colorful, paisley dress and is smiling with crossed arms.](https://i0.wp.com/melissaspurrier.com/wp-content/uploads/dfw-event-photographer-12.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1)
![Four women smiling and posing together during the Forte Foundation's MBA Women's Leadership Conference in Dallas, Texas. All four women are dressed in varying types of professional business attire.](https://i0.wp.com/melissaspurrier.com/wp-content/uploads/dfw-conference-photographer-3.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1)
![Four women sitting around a table on stage and having a discussion during the Forte Foundation's MBA Women's Leadership Conference in Dallas, Texas. All four women are wearing professional business attire and are book-ended by tall banners endorsing Forte and their message.](https://i0.wp.com/melissaspurrier.com/wp-content/uploads/dallas-fort-worth-event-photographer-11.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1)
![A woman smiling and speaking on stage from a podium during the Forte Foundation's MBA Women's Leadership Conference in Dallas, Texas. She's wearing a intricate, floral, red and white dress and a Forte name tag.](https://i0.wp.com/melissaspurrier.com/wp-content/uploads/dallas-fort-worth-conference-photographer-3.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1)
![A woman addressing the audience from the stage during the Forte Foundation's MBA Women's Leadership Conference in Dallas, Texas. She's wearing a black top, black pants, and a red jacket with glasses. A podium and chairs can be seen on either side of her.](https://i0.wp.com/melissaspurrier.com/wp-content/uploads/dallas-event-photographer-14.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1)
![A wide shot of a ballroom filled with women and a speaker on stage during the Forte Foundation's MBA Women's Leadership Conference in Dallas, Texas. All the women are sitting at round ballroom tables while the speaker is also being projected onto two large screens on either side of the stage.](https://i0.wp.com/melissaspurrier.com/wp-content/uploads/dallas-conference-photographer-3.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1)
![Three women sitting on chairs around a table on stage during the Forte Foundation's MBA Women's Leadership Conference in Dallas, Texas. All three women are wearing a professional business attire and are having a discussion.](https://i0.wp.com/melissaspurrier.com/wp-content/uploads/dfw-event-photographer-11.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1)
![A diptych of three women sitting on chairs around a table on stage during the Forte Foundation's MBA Women's Leadership Conference in Dallas, Texas. All three women are wearing a professional business attire and are having a discussion in both images.](https://i0.wp.com/melissaspurrier.com/wp-content/uploads/dfw-conference-photographer-2.jpg?resize=1024%2C339&ssl=1)
![Three women sitting on chairs around a table on stage during the Forte Foundation's MBA Women's Leadership Conference in Dallas, Texas. All three women are wearing a professional business attire and are having a discussion.](https://i0.wp.com/melissaspurrier.com/wp-content/uploads/dallas-fort-worth-event-photographer-10.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1)
![Eleven women posing in front of a inspiration wall during the Forte Foundation's MBA Women's Leadership Conference in Dallas, Texas. Ten of the women are wearing matching polos and black pants while the woman in the middle is wearing professional business attire. The wall behind them reads "Forte 20 Years" and is covered in leaves with motivations written by the conference attendees.](https://i0.wp.com/melissaspurrier.com/wp-content/uploads/dallas-fort-worth-conference-photographer-2.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1)
![Three women posing in front of a inspiration wall during the Forte Foundation's MBA Women's Leadership Conference in Dallas, Texas. All three women are wearing professional business attire and Forte branded lanyards. The wall behind them reads "Forte 20 Years" and is covered in leaves with motivations written by the conference attendees.](https://i0.wp.com/melissaspurrier.com/wp-content/uploads/dallas-event-photographer-13.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1)
![Detail shot of motivational posters at the Forte Foundation's MBA Women's Leadership Conference in Dallas, Texas. All of them are Forte branded and feature head shots of women with words like "passions," "influence," and "determined" written on them.](https://i0.wp.com/melissaspurrier.com/wp-content/uploads/dallas-conference-photographer-2.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1)
![A detail shot of a welcome sign at the Forte Foundation's MBA Women's Leadership Conference in Dallas, Texas. The sign also contains a hashtag reading "#MBALC23" and Forte branding along the bottom. Women can be seen interacting in the background.](https://i0.wp.com/melissaspurrier.com/wp-content/uploads/dfw-event-photographer-10.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&ssl=1)
![Three women smiling and interacting during the Forte Foundation's MBA Women's Leadership Conference in Dallas, Texas. All three women are wearing professional business attire and Forte branded lanyards.](https://i0.wp.com/melissaspurrier.com/wp-content/uploads/dfw-conference-photographer-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1)
![Two women talking during the Forte Foundation's MBA Women's Leadership Conference in Dallas, Texas. Both women are wearing professional business attire and Forte branded lanyards. The woman facing the camera is also wearing a hijab.](https://i0.wp.com/melissaspurrier.com/wp-content/uploads/dallas-fort-worth-event-photographer-9.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1)
![Wide shot of the large trade show that occurred on the last day of the Forte Foundation's MBA Women's Leadership Conference in Dallas, Texas. Rows of tables run by different businesses line the large hall while hundreds of professional women move from one business to the next.](https://i0.wp.com/melissaspurrier.com/wp-content/uploads/dallas-fort-worth-conference-photographer-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1)
![A "polyptych" of women interacting with businesses during the trade show at the Forte Foundation's MBA Women's Leadership Conference in Dallas, Texas. All four images show women in professional business attire and Forte branded lanyards all smiling and talking.](https://i0.wp.com/melissaspurrier.com/wp-content/uploads/dallas-event-photographer-12.jpg?resize=1024%2C686&ssl=1)
![A triptych of three different groups of women posing for a group picture during the Forte Foundation's MBA Women's Leadership Conference in Dallas, Texas. The top two images show women wearing matching, branded shirts while the bottom image shows a group of women wearing shirts representing their respective universities.](https://i0.wp.com/melissaspurrier.com/wp-content/uploads/dallas-conference-photographer-1.jpg?resize=1019%2C1024&ssl=1)
![A wide shot of a ballroom during the Forte Foundation's MBA Women's Leadership Conference in Dallas, Texas. The foreground shows many circular ballroom tables with hundreds of women in professional business attire. The background shows a large stage with four women holding a discussion for the audience. Their image is being projected up on two large screens on either side of the stage.](https://i0.wp.com/melissaspurrier.com/wp-content/uploads/dfw-event-photographer-9.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1)
![A woman smiling and talking on stage during a panel at the Forte Foundation's MBA Women's Leadership Conference in Dallas, Texas. This woman is wearing a red and black dress with a red jacket and glasses.](https://i0.wp.com/melissaspurrier.com/wp-content/uploads/dallas-fort-worth-event-photographer-8.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1)
![Four women sitting in chairs on stage and holding a panel for an audience during the Forte Foundation's MBA Women's Leadership Conference in Dallas, Texas. They are backed by a large Forte branded background while the heads of many women can be seen out of focus in the lower foreground.](https://i0.wp.com/melissaspurrier.com/wp-content/uploads/dallas-event-photographer-11.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1)
![A woman talking on stage from a podium during the Forte Foundation's MBA Women's Leadership Conference in Dallas, Texas. She's wearing a branded polo representing her university.](https://i0.wp.com/melissaspurrier.com/wp-content/uploads/dfw-conference-photographer.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1)
![A group of women smiling and posing for a group shot during the Forte Foundation's MBA Women's Leadership Conference in Dallas, Texas. Most of the women are wearing grey shirts with a large logo of their university while the woman in the middle is wearing a navy polo with a small logo of their university.](https://i0.wp.com/melissaspurrier.com/wp-content/uploads/dallas-fort-worth-conference-photographer.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&ssl=1)
![A woman holding an award and posing with three other women during the Forte Foundation's MBA Women's Leadership Conference in Dallas, Texas. All three women are wearing professional business attire while the woman with the award is wearing a navy polo with a logo of her university.](https://i0.wp.com/melissaspurrier.com/wp-content/uploads/dallas-conference-photographer.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&ssl=1)