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Wake Up YP! ft. Madelyn Ridgeway

October 15, 2026 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM (CDT)

Description

Kick off your day with Wake-Up YP, a Cedar Valley Young Professionals (CVYP) event designed to energize, inspire, and connect young professionals in the Cedar Valley. This October, join us as we welcome Madelyn Ridgeway! Enjoy some coffee and start your morning on a positive note! This event is free to attend for CVYP Members ONLY. Don't miss this opportunity to learn, connect, and grow!

Madelyn Ridgeway is an Alabama native who has dedicated her career to creating opportunities and professional excellence in her community. Since 2023, she has served as Executive Director of 24/7 BLAC, where she helps the most vulnerable Cedar Valley residents build generational wealth through entrepreneurship and homeownership.

Madelyn also leads Madelyn Ridgeway Consulting, where she helps professionals craft authentic personal brands using her proprietary framework, The 1-Point Advantage—a strategic approach that identifies and amplifies each person's unique differentiator.

In 2022, Madelyn and her husband, Shaffer, founded Embracing Exploration, a nonprofit that exposes youth and their families to transformative experiences beyond their everyday environments. Through their flagship Future Prep Academy and HBCU Tour, they equip local students with the skills, confidence, and exposure needed to launch and thrive beyond high school.

Before her current roles, Madelyn served as Diversity Director at CBE Companies and Coordinator of Experiential and Service Learning for Waterloo Schools, where she launched the innovative LifeLabs program. She holds a BS in Nutrition and Hospitality Management and an MS in Family & Consumer Sciences from Alabama A&M University.

Madelyn and Shaffer are proud parents to three sons: Solomon (16), Max (15), and Coby (11).

If you are not yet a CVYP Member - you can sign up here: Cedar Valley Young Professionals

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Guests are welcome to attend one event before becoming a member. 

Photo/Video Release: By attending this event, you consent to photography and video recording by Grow Cedar Valley staff or contractors for use on our website, social media, and other marketing materials.

Time

Registration and networking begin at 7:30 with speaker starting promptly at 8.

Location

Waterloo Public Library

This will take place before the library opens. Please enter through the employee entrance/delivery door and the event will take place in the first floor meeting room.

Pricing

This event is free to attend for CVYP Members ONLY. Don't miss this opportunity to learn, connect, and grow!

If you are not yet a CVYP Member - you can sign up here: Cedar Valley Young Professionals

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Contact Information

Grow Cedar Valley
Name: Kelsie Kunkle
Phone: (319) 232-1156
Email: kelsie@growcedarvalley.com
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