2022 Agenda

 
CAREER HUB

• Sign up to have your resume reviewed
• Sign up to meet with a career coach
• Meet with recruiters

LIFESTYLE & LEARNING HUB

Explore on-demand “Learning Burst” mini sessions on career advancement, leadership, job strategies, and more including:

• From Resignation to Retention: Building a Culture of Inclusion, Trust and Empowerment (with Lauren D’Innocenzo, PhD)
• Growing Older, Better and Louder (with Wendi Aarons)
• How Sponsors Can Help Grow, Reskill and Jumpstart your Career (with DeShane Hambrick)
• How to Harness the Strength of Introverts (with Daniela Mardarovici)
• Lessons Learned from a Career Pivot (with Lisette Martinez)
• Navigating Organizational Power & Politics (with Flannery Stevens)
• Negotiation Tips for Success (with Joyce E. A. Russell, PhD)
• Strategies to Address Gender-Related Microaggressions (with Seina Lee, PharmD and Ana Raposo)
• Succeeding Professionally When You’re in the Minority (with Nkem Okafor)
• Timeless Tips for Job Seeking and Interviewing (with Mayra Bergman)

CONFERENCE BOOKSTORE

• Explore the Conference bookstore
• Check out custom book readings by Conference authors
• Purchase Conference authors’ books with — FREE shipping

WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY HUB

• Support women-owned businesses
• Learn about women-owned organizations in your community

CISCO NETWORKING LOUNGE

• Chat with Conference attendees in the forum chats and on the Conference social media channels
• Participate in Small Group Networking discussions led by leadership expert Charmaine McClarie
  • No registration required
  • Session starts at 9:00 am ET

Master of Ceremonies: Celeste Headlee, Host, Women Amplified podcast, award-winning Journalist & Author, Speaking of Race

Laysha Ward, EVP, Chief External Engagement Officer, Target
D-Nice, Creator, Club Quarantine, Rapper, Producer & Photographer

Kizzmekia Corbett, Lead Scientist in COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine Development, TIME Hero of the Year & Advocate for Diversity in STEM
in Conversation with Audie Cornish, Anchor & Correspondent, CNN

Jacqui Guichelaar, SVP CIO, Cisco & CA Conference for Women Board Member

What does courageous leadership look like in today’s workplace? Join this session for insights into what it takes to build these skills, so you and your team are ready to face any business challenge. Frances Haugen will share her story and strategies on how to incorporate this mindset into the workplace.

Speaker:  Frances Haugen, Facebook Whistleblower and Advocate for Accountability & Transparency in Social Media

Moderator:  Ellen McGirt, Founder, Sweet Equity Media, Fortune Editor, raceAhead & co-host, Fortune’s Leadership Next podcast

Host:  Miranda Hooker, Partner, Troutman Pepper

Executive Spotlight:  Doreen Burse, SVP, Worldwide Sales, United Airlines

All organizations have work that no one wants to do. This won’t change. What needs to change is the disproportionate number of women who are relied on to do this kind of “non-promotable” work. This imbalance leaves women overcommitted and underutilized for the work they were actually hired to do. In this session, renowned professor and negotiation expert Linda Babcock, who a decade ago changed the negotiating landscape with her book, Ask for It, will walk you through the small, yet significant, changes you can make to your own workload so that you possess the decision-making skills to decide the work you say yes to She will also share how you can help your organization reassess how they assign and reward work to level the playing field for women.

Speaker:  Linda Babcock, New York Times best-selling Author, The No Club & expert on negotiation

Host:  Jennifer Thomas, Director, Marketing, Schizophrenia, Johnson & Johnson

Why are some people more able than others to find success, happiness, and deep purpose in the second half of life – and how can you be one of them? In this session, Harvard professor Arthur Brooks will share insights into how to effectively plan for life transitions by embracing new strengths, understandings, and habits.

Speaker:  Arthur Brooks, Podcast Host, Columnist, Atlantic & Author, From Strength to Strength

Executive Spotlight:  Mary Campbell, President, vCommerce Ventures, Qurate Retail Group

Great leaders have always known that appreciating their employees helps retain top talent and inspire excellent performance. But, in the past two years, what is being required of leaders is much more than recognition. In this new world of work, leaders are being asked to truly understand their employees’ individual needs, mitigate burnout, make sure team members have equal access to opportunities, and create psychologically safe environments.  Join this session to learn these critical new leadership skills that are hard to measure, but will be important for retaining your team.

Speaker:  Stacy Brown-Philpot, former CEO, TaskRabbit; Board Member, HP & Nordstrom

Moderator:  Rachana Bhide, Leadership Psychologist, Broadcaster & Founder, The Corner of the Court Project

Host:  Mary Mawritz, PhD, Associate Professor, Management, Drexel LeBow College of Business

Executive Spotlight:  Heidi Manna, SVP & Chief Human Resources Officer, Jazz Pharmaceuticals

Healthy, constructive conflicts are an essential part of producing good work; yet many people don’t have the skills to disagree in a professional, productive way, especially in a hybrid setting. Add difficult co-workers into the mix, and these conflicts can escalate, distracting us and compromising our ability to make sound decisions. Dealing with conflict and navigating negative relationships can cause our creativity, productivity, and engagement to suffer. So, how can you manage these conflicts and tough conversations so they don’t affect your work? Amy Gallo has identified eight types of difficult coworkers and has developed proven strategies for dealing constructively with each one. She will share principles and the practical advice you need to navigate your toughest conversations and get back to doing good work – and building your interpersonal resilience in the process.

Speaker:  Amy Gallo, Author, Workplace Expert, HBR Podcast Host & Author, Getting Along

Host:  Joyce Russell, Helen & William O’Toole Dean, Villanova School of Business

Have you ever avoided a workplace conversation for fear of offending or creating tension on your team? As our country has become increasingly divisive, many conversations have become more difficult to navigate and as a result, work and family relationships, friendships and even Thanksgiving dinners have been ruined. But, Monica Guzman believes that by asking the right questions, we can regain lost connections with friends, family and colleagues across all political divides. In this session, she will share what questions to ask to overcome uncertainty so we can connect, understand, and learn from people whose worldviews are different from ours. You will learn the tools and insights to see people from where they are coming from by:

• Asking what you really want to know (even if you’re afraid to)
• Growing smarter from even the most tense interactions, and
• Crossing boundaries and finding common ground—with anyone.

Speaker:  Mónica Guzmán, Author, I Never Thought of It That Way

Moderator:  Jay Newton-Small, Journalist, Cofounder, Memory Well & Author, Broad Influence: How Women Are Changing the Way America Works

Host:  Suzanne Quigley, Director, Corporate Responsibility, Qurate Retail Group & PA CFW Board Member

Executive Spotlight:  Funmi Williamson, SVP & Chief Customer Officer, PECO

Master of Ceremonies: Celeste Headlee, Host, Women Amplified podcast, award-winning Journalist & Author, Speaking of Race

Leslie Stiles, board president, PA Conference for Women

Marlee Matlin, Academy Award-winning Actress and Advocate for Disability Rights

Kate Owen, SVP and Head of Global Development Operations, Bristol Myers Squibb

Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Peace Prize-winner & Cofounder, Malala Fund
in Conversation with Lisa Ling, Host & Executive Producer, CNN original series, This is Life with Lisa Ling

When we become leaders, the title and position of power should give us the opportunity to create change. But, women and people of color are often expected to fit into an existing culture, rather than evolve it. So how do we create a culture of success for all? Join this session to recognize important unspoken truths about the workplace and replace these messages with concrete steps you can take within our organizations to ensure they are genuinely inclusive to all.

Speaker:  Deepa Purushothaman, Cofounder, nFormation & Author, The First, The Few, The Only

Moderator:  Celeste Headlee, Host, Women Amplified podcast, award-winning Journalist & Author, We Need to Talk, Do Nothing and Speaking of Race

Host:  Catherine Owen, SVP & General Manager, US Commercialization, Bristol Myers Squibb and PA CFW Board Member

Executive Spotlight:  Katy Miller, U.S. Franchise Head, Lung Cancer, AstraZeneca

Psychologist Amy Cuddy, whose world-renown TED talk has been watched by 62M+ people and subsequent book, Presence, was translated into 32 languages, has studied the techniques that make us feel more in control, which is important to our overall well-being. In this talk, she will share how to rebuild our personal power. From how body-mind feedback plays a role in our willingness to accept new challenges to what you can do virtually vs in-person to communicate more effectively, join this talk to learn how to recover the most confident version of yourself.

Speaker:  Amy Cuddy, Social Psychologist, award-winning Harvard Lecturer & best-selling Author

Host:  Carla Wright-Jukes, Director People & Communities, Cisco

Executive Spotlight:  Crystal Ashby, EVP & Chief People Officer, Independence Blue Cross

Many of us feel like imposters in the workplace. Organizations are trying to address this, but it is easier in theory than in practice and making significant strides is challenging if we continue to try to fix women instead of the systems that perpetuate self-doubt. Austin Channing Brown, author of the bestselling memoir I’m Still Here will help you answer questions, such as:

• Is my performance lacking, or is the system not set up for my success?
• If my career progression or salary negotiations have stalled, can I improve? Or do I need to move on?
• How can I as a leader create an environment where imposter syndrome doesn’t exist?

This session will explore strategies to reframe these feelings so that you can get back on your track to success.

Speaker:  Austin Channing Brown, New York Times bestselling Author, I’m Still Here & Media Producer

Moderator:  Ruchika Tulshyan, Founder, Candour; Author, Inclusion on Purpose & HBR article “Stop Telling Women They Have Imposter Syndrome”

Host:  Lorina Marshall-Blake, President, Independence Blue Cross Foundation & PA CFW Board Member

Executive Spotlight:  Sona Venkat, VP, Engineering and Head, Cloud Product & Customer Success, Comcast NBCUniversal

• Mix & Mingle with the PA Conference for Women Board (pre-registration required)
• Small Group Networking with Charmaine McClarie (no registration required)