Former First Lady Michelle Obama will be in town Wednesday to close out the Annual Leadership Development Conference of the Dallas-based Women's Foodservice Forum.

The three-day meeting at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas began Sunday and ends Wednesday.

Using the theme "break through, " the event also included remarks from Gretchen Carlson, the former Fox News anchor who sued former CEO Roger Ailes for sexual harassment.

Obama, who served as first lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017, will have a conversation with Hattie Hill, president and CEO of the forum, which aims to advance women in the food industry. That portion of the conference is not open to the media.

Also at the conference, organizers plan to talk about creating a measurable "gender equity index" to "create and track advancements toward gender equity in the workplace."

As a first lady, Obama championed numerous causes, including attempts to reduce childhood obesity and to help adolescent girls around the world go to school.

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