Join us for a presentation on navigating change with product manager, strategist, and entrepreneur Stephanie Cheng.

Over the past two decades, Stephanie has developed resilient internal frameworks for getting unstuck. Whether in a job, a relationship, or a set of habits, her approach demands honest self-inquiry, the tenacity to confront rejection, and a willingness to leap into the unknown. These elements come together to create a field of possibility—opening new paths for reinvention, creative expansion, and movement out of the mire.

This approach is akin to the artist’s journey—a practice of overcoming resistance, stepping into the unknown, and becoming comfortable with uncertainty. To pivot is to create—to treat change as an artistic act. It is about choosing, over and over again, to follow our nose and embrace the always unfolding nature of our careers, passions, and lives.

By actively following her intuition, Stephanie has built a dynamic and globe-trotting career—from Dreamworks to Netflix, founding a video game company to presidential campaigns, an MBA at MIT to a culinary fellowship in Spain. Each pivot has shaped, refined, and tested her theory of professional growth and creative exploration—the value of pivoting. Today Stephanie teaches this theory to business students at UC Berkeley.

This evening, Stephanie will share the frameworks that have guided her through reinvention—offering stories of risk, resilience, and growth. Each example will illuminate how we can embrace change as a creative act, dream with wild abandon, and move with intention through our own unfolding.