Jackie Arroyo Roby THETA (Denver) ENTREPRENEUR AND SPEAKER
Jackie Arroyo Roby is familiar with the phrase “to sink or swim.” It has popped up throughout her career at different points in it. The New York native secured herself a position in hospitality sales shortly after graduating from the University of Denver. Her boss quit a week before she started, leaving Jackie to fend for herself – to either sink or swim. The latter, which is always harder than the former, was the route Jackie took. It led her to a promotion, which led to a job relocation to Boston and ultimately a lucrative, twodecade-long career in travel and hospitality sales. The fast-paced nature of her work and representing luxury and international brands was all-consuming, which was fine by Jackie. For her, the lack of female leaders around the executive table at all her places of work wasn’t okay. “So many brilliant women deserve to be at those tables. In the rare chance [women] are given a
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