The Women of PCA go to Washington

After a successful networking event at the PCA24 trade show, the Women of PCA held its second event, the Women of PCA Policy Summit, at the nation’s capitol. Here’s a recap of this year’s big event.

After a successful networking and happy hour event for Women of PCA at the 2024 trade show, it was time to plan our next get together and I felt it was important to have that take place in Washington, D.C.—a great city and the home of the PCA. I wanted people to experience our Capitol just like I have in the past, and also to understand how important it is to advocate for the industry.

So, we announced the Women of PCA Policy Conference set for early June. I arrived in D.C. both excited and a little nervous, hoping that people would enjoy the event we had planned for them. We began the day by having a networking lunch and then gathered together to make our way to the Capitol on foot. It was incredibly powerful to see people from all over the U.S. walking together, all here for the same reason, to come together around our shared love for the cigar industry and to get an inside look at our Capitol. 

The excitement in the air was palpable. We had women and men from New York, New Jersey, Florida, Texas, Kentucky and even California. Congressman Dan Meuser of Pennsylvania, co-chair of the Cigar Caucus, and his staffers were all set to be our guides for this private tour. If you have not been to the Capitol, I highly recommend it. The history there is truly remarkable. Our tour started at the Old Supreme Court Chamber. Right outside the Chamber are columns which are adorned with tobacco leaves on the top said to represent the wealth of the nation. Tobacco leaves in the Capitol? Yes, it’s true. .

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