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Keynotes
James Clear
JAMES CLEAR is a personal development keynote speaker and New York Times best-selling author of Atomic Habits. His enter... Read Full Bio
Elizabeth Gilbert
ELIZABETH GILBERT is the author of Eat Pray Love. Exploding onto the scene in 2006, the best-seller famously chronicled the year Gilbe... Read Full Bio
Celeste Headlee
CELESTE HEADLEE is a communication and human nature expert, and an award-winning journalist. She is a professional speaker, and also the author... Read Full Bio
Jesmyn Ward
JESMYN WARD is a MacArthur Genius, and two-time National Book Award winner. She has been called “the new Toni Morrison” (American Bookselle... Read Full Bio
Carly Zakin & Danielle Weisberg
CARLY ZAKIN AND DANIELLE WEISBERG are co-founders and co-CEOs of theSkimm, a membership company ded... Read Full BioSpecial Guest Speakers
Jayne Brown
JAYNE BROWN joined QVC in 1998 as part of the apparel buying team, bringing over twenty years of experience with multiple national retail... Read Full Bio
Tamala Edwards
TAMALA EDWARDS joined 6abc in January 2005. She is the weekday co-anchor of Action News Mornings from 4:30 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. and a reg... Read Full Bio
Mayor Jim Kenney
MAYOR JIM KENNEY is a lifelong Philadelphia resident. In 1990 Philadelphians elected him to serve as a City Councilman At-Large. Over the next ... Read Full Bio
Susan Sweeney
SUSAN SWEENEY is president and head of U.S. commercial at Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS). She has national oversight and financial responsibi... Read Full Bio
Cecily Tynan
CECILY TYNAN is the Action News weeknight meteorologist. She joined 6abc as the weekend weather anchor and a general assignment report... Read Full Bio
Laysha Ward
LAYSHA WARD is executive vice president and chief external engagement officer for Target, and a member of the company’s executive leadership ... Read Full BioBreakout Session Speakers
Simidele Adeagbo
SIMIDELE ADEAGBO is an Olympian, advocate and marketing expert, best known for becoming the first African and Black woman to compete in Olympic... Read Full Bio
Marci Alboher
MARCI ALBOHER is a vice president at Encore.org. She is one of the nation’s leading authorities on career issues and workplace trends. A form... Read Full Bio
Tiffany Aliche
TIFFANY ALICHE, also known as “The Budgetnista,” is quickly becoming America’s favorite personal financial educator. The Budgetnista is t... Read Full Bio
June M. Archer
JUNE M. ARCHER is a C-suite executive and visionary growth driver, navigating the complexities in consumer products and retail. Known as the ... Read Full Bio
Emilie Aries
EMILIE ARIES is a speaker, podcast host, author, and the founder and CEO of Bossed Up, an award-winning personal and professional development ... Read Full Bio
Alison Beard
ALISON BEARD is a senior editor at Harvard Business Review, overseeing the Experience section of the magazine and much of its leade... Read Full Bio
Dena Blizzard
DENA BLIZZARD is One Funny Mother, known as the “Target mom” for her viral videos including Back to School Rant, which h... Read Full Bio
Sarah Bloomquist
SARAH BLOOMQUIST is an anchor and reporter for Action News. She joined the Action News team in August 2002. Since then, she's covered many majo... Read Full Bio
Maya Bowie
MAYA BOWIE was named vice president of integrated culinary buying for QxH in October 2018. In this role, she leads the culinary buying team wit... Read Full Bio
Trey Boynton
TREY BOYNTON is the senior manager for solution design and development of global strategy and enterprise solutions in the office of inclus... Read Full Bio
Jennifer Brown
JENNIFER BROWN is an award-winning entrepreneur, dynamic speaker and diversity and inclusion expert. She is the founder, president and CEO of ... Read Full Bio
Lisa Brubaker
LISA BRUBAKER is EVP and the chief technology officer of WSFS Financial Corporation. She joined WSFS in 1986. As the head of the operations and... Read Full Bio
Jean Chatzky
JEAN CHATZKY launched HerMoney Media and HerMoney.com in 2018 to provide women with information about money they can a... Read Full Bio
Karen Chong
KAREN CHONG is an innovator in compelling storytelling as a way to engage audiences while championing the mission of brands. In her role as the... Read Full Bio
Lida Citroën
LIDA CITROËN is an award-winning international reputation management and personal branding expert who designs and enhances the ... Read Full Bio
Nicole Cohen
NICOLE COHEN is a managing director at Accenture, focused on the life sciences industry. Over her twenty years of consulting experien... Read Full Bio
Condylia Courtney
CONDYLIA COURTNEY is the global product manager in DuPont water solution’s ion exchange resin business. She bucked conventional wisdom that s... Read Full Bio
Lauren D’Innocenzo
LAUREN D’INNOCENZO is an assistant professor of organizational behavior at Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business. Her res... Read Full Bio
Stacey Delo
STACEY DELO is the ceo of Après with a passion for making work for women. She spent 8 years as a journalist with the Wall Street Journal Digit... Read Full Bio
Jennifer Duff
JENNIFER DUFF is a managing director with Accenture. She is responsible for a portfolio of business process services work at her primary biopha... Read Full Bio
Elena Favilli
ELENA FAVILLI is the co-founder and CEO of Rebel Girls, the cultural media engine working to empower girls and women all over the world. S... Read Full Bio
Caroline Feeney
CAROLINE FEENEY is CEO of individual solutions for Prudential Financial, Inc. Individual solutions provides financial advice and develops,... Read Full Bio
Deborah Gilboa, MD
DEBORAH GILBOA, MD is an internationally respected parenting and youth development expert. She is the founder of AskDoctorG.com. Popularly know... Read Full Bio
Nicole Gold
NICOLE GOLD has more than two decades of diverse experience in the health insurance industry. Since joining Independence Blue Cross in 2000, sh... Read Full Bio
Anne Grady
ANNE GRADY is not your typical motivational speaker. She is a best-selling author, two-time TEDx speaker, trainer, survivor, optimist, inspirer... Read Full Bio
Mary Beth Harler
MARY BETH HARLER, MD is head of innovative medicines development with Bristol-Myers Squibb. She previously held the position of head of i... Read Full Bio
Minda Hart
MINDA HART is a well-connected, sought after speaker and thought-leader, frequently speaking on topics of advancing women of color, leadership,... Read Full Bio
Jessica Herrin
JESSICA HERRIN is an author, CEO and founder of Stella & Dot. She is a serial entrepreneur who previously co-founded WeddingChannel.com, th... Read Full Bio
Angelina Isaac
ANGELINA ISAAC is the senior diversity and inclusion workforce initiatives partner at Independence Blue Cross. In this role she is responsible ... Read Full Bio
Naomi Jacobs
NAOMI JACOBS is the director of social strategy and business development for Qurate Retail Group, the world’s leading video commerc... Read Full Bio
Tiffany Jana
TIFFANY JANA (They/Them/Their) is the founder of TMI Consulting Inc., a diversity and inclusion management consulting firm founded i... Read Full Bio
Jennedy Johnson
JENNEDY JOHNSON is an assistant general counsel at PECO Energy Company. In this role she advises senior management in all areas of regula... Read Full Bio
Shreya Kangovi, MD, MS
SHREYA KANGOVI, MD, MS, is the founding executive director of the Penn Center for Community Health Workers, and an associate professor at the U... Read Full Bio
Reshema Kemps-Polanco
RESHMA KEMPS-POLANCO currently serves as vice president, sales and marketing, solid tumors with Janssen Oncology at Johnson and Johnson. Prior ... Read Full Bio
Nataly Kogan
NATALY KOGAN is the creator of the Happier Method™ and an entrepreneur, speaker, and author. Her mission is to help millions of people improv... Read Full Bio
Mariam Koohdary
MARIAM KOOHDARY is a member of the US leadership team and the legal senior management team with AstraZeneca. In this role, she is responsible f... Read Full Bio
Cara Krikory
CARA KRIKORY is the engagement lead for GSK’s pharmaceuticals US research and development hub, located in Collegeville, PA. Here, she has cre... Read Full Bio
P. Thao Le
P. THAO LE is a partner in the corporate and securities group of the commercial department of Pepper Hamilton LLP, resident in the firm’s Phi... Read Full Bio
Kim Lear
KIM LEAR is a writer and researcher focused on generational patterns and demographic shifts. As the founder and content director of Inlay Insi... Read Full Bio
Shawane Lee
SHAWANE LEE is an assistant general counsel in the regulatory group for Fortune 100 Exelon Corporation, PECO Energy Company. She began he... Read Full Bio
Dr. Michelle Lowry
DR. MICHELLE LOWRY is the TD Bank professor of finance and the academic director of the Gupta Governance Institute at Drexel University’s LeB... Read Full Bio
Daniela Mardarovici
DANIELA MARDAROVICI is co-head of multisector and core plus fixed income with Macquarie Investment Management. Prior to this role, s... Read Full Bio
Charmaine McClarie
CHARMAINE McCLARIE is an author, C-suite adviser, keynote speaker, executive coach, and executive presence authority who helps leaders hav... Read Full Bio
Maxie McCoy
MAXIE McCOY is a writer and speaker obsessed with giving women the tools they need to believe in themselves. Committed to the global rise of wo... Read Full Bio
Aishah Miller
AISHAH MILLER joined the Wells Fargo Regional Foundation and CDC in November 2018. She provides oversight and management of the foundatio... Read Full Bio
Loraine Ballard Morrill
LORAINE BALLARD MORRILL is news director and community affairs director for the six iHeartMedia radio stations in Philadelphia. On Breakthrough... Read Full Bio
Romy Newman
ROMY NEWMAN is on a mission to improve the workplace for women by creating greater transparency. She is the co-founder and president of Fairygo... Read Full Bio
Michelle Nunn
MICHELLE NUNN is president and CEO of CARE USA. Last year, CARE worked in ninety three countries and directly reached sixty three million peopl... Read Full Bio
Laura Okmin
LAURA OKMIN is the founder of GALVANIZE, an organization that conducts seminars around the country, teaching participants to build their own f... Read Full Bio
Daniela Osio
DANIELA OSIO is a pioneering woman, challenging the way DuPont and other fortune 100 companies are addressing risk, with the goal to take ... Read Full Bio
Mary Laura Philpott
MARY LAURA PHILPOTT is the author of I Miss You When I Blink, a memoir in essays. Her writing appears in publications including The New York Ti... Read Full Bio
Lindsey Pollak
LINDSEY POLLAK is a New York Times best-selling author, keynote speaker, and one of the world’s leading experts on Millennials and t... Read Full Bio
Susan Davey Rietano
SUSAN DAVEY RIETANO is co-founder and owner of Prepare to Launch, LLC, which provides guidance to women on their journeys back to work after op... Read Full Bio
Quinetta Roberson
QUINETTA ROBERSON, Ph.D. is the Fred J. Springer Endowed Chair in Business Leadership at the Villanova School of Business. Previously, she was... Read Full Bio
Veronica Rueckert
VERONICA RUECKERT is the author of Outspoken: Why women's voices get silenced and how to set them free, and a Peabody Award-winning communica... Read Full Bio
Reshma Saujani
RESHMA SAUJANI is the founder and CEO of Girls Who Code, the international nonprofit organization working to close the gender gap in technology... Read Full Bio
Heather Scher
HEATHER J. SCHER is vice president of field development for The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company. In her current role, she leads the strategi... Read Full Bio
Erica Williams Simon
ERICA WILLIAMS SIMON is a social critic, author, host and CEO of Sage House, a company that creates spaces and content to surface wisdom a... Read Full Bio
Dr. Tania Small
DR. TANIA SMALL is vice president oncology global medical at GSK, where she oversees all aspects of medical affairs for oncology. She joined GS... Read Full Bio
David G. Smith
DAVID G. SMITH, PhD, is the coauthor of Athena Rising: How and Why Men Should Mentor Women and associate professor of sociology in the... Read Full Bio
Jessica Turner
JESSICA TURNER is executive vice president, product and innovation, North America at Mastercard. In her role, she leads strategy, design, devel... Read Full Bio
Ashley Tyrner
ASHLEY TYRNER is the founder and CEO of Farmbox Direct. She went from receiving food stamps to CEO of a national brand that aims to eradic... Read Full Bio
Jessica Vanscavish
JESSICA VANSCAVISH is vice president of voluntary products at Prudential Group Insurance, a business unit of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: ... Read Full BioLaysha Ward
LAYSHA WARD is executive vice president and chief external engagement officer for Target, and a member of the company’s executive leadership ... Read Full Bio
Celeste Warren
CELESTE WARREN is vice president of Merck’s Global Diversity and Inclusion Center of Excellence. In this role, she is responsible for working... Read Full Bio
Fawn Weaver
FAWN WEAVER is co-founder of Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey, serving as CEO and chief historian. She is a TED speaker and a USA Today&nbs... Read Full BioCarly Zakin & Danielle Weisberg
CARLY ZAKIN AND DANIELLE WEISBERG are co-founders and co-CEOs of theSkimm, a membership company ded... Read Full BioHealth & Wellness Pavilion Speakers
Dr. DaCarla M. Albright
DR. DaCARLA M. ALBRIGHT is an associate professor of clinical obstetrics and gynecology, and the assistant dean for diversity and inclusio... Read Full Bio
Dana Farengo Clark
DANA FARENGO CLARK, MS, LCGC has been a practicing cancer genetic counselor for over eighteen years. After graduating fr... Read Full Bio
Kiersten Combs
KIERSTEN COMBS is vice president, US cardiovascular and metabolic disease (US CVMD) with AstraZeneca US. In this role, she leads the overa... Read Full Bio
Megan Duelks
MEGAN DUELKS is the Americas lead in the Employee Health Innovation Center of Excellence, at Johnson & Johnson (J&J). In this... Read Full Bio
Corinna Franklin
CORINNA FRANKLIN, M.D. is a board-certified pediatric orthopaedic surgeon at Shriners Hospital for Children in Philadelphia. She graduated from... Read Full BioExhibit Hall Speakers
Yai Vargas
YAI VARGAS is a leading multicultural marketing expert with a niche in building marketing strategies and community engagement programs. She spe... Read Full BioSmall Business Roundtable
Dana Band
DANA BAND is CEO of the Dana Band Group, is a dynamic entrepreneur and leading expert on presentation skills. She’s trained thousands of cli... Read Full Bio
Ally Nathaniel
ALLY NATHANIEL is a number one best-selling author, speaker, and mentor. She sold over 40,000 copies of her first book and topped Amazon for s... Read Full Bio
Jennifer Lynn Robinson
JENNIFER LYNN ROBINSON, esq is the CEO of Purposeful Networking. Her services include consulting, keynotes and workshops for individuals, law... Read Full Bio
Marina Stamos
MARINA STAMOS is an Emmy-nominated former news-television producer who has put hundreds of people on television in front of millions. She is a... Read Full Bio
Falecia Stuckey
FALECIA STUCKEY has been working in Information Technology for over twenty-five years. Her areas of expertise are business management, manageme... Read Full BioTech Roundtables
Ashley Lauren Basla
ASHLEY LAUREN BASLA is the founder and editor-in-chief of Sugarpeel LLC, and the independent publication, Deliberately Considerate. Sugarpeel... Read Full Bio
LaKisha Greenwade
LaKISHA GREENWADE (better known as coach L), is an international brand strategist, and wearable tech eco system founder. She promotes and dev... Read Full Bio
Andi J. Le
ANDI J. LE is an IT executive with over twenty years of experience. She is currently the IT director for digital innovation and solu... Read Full Bio
Danelsy Medrano
DANELSY MEDRANO has twelve years of experience in digital marketing, and serves as the director of marketing at Feldman Shepherd. Previously, ... Read Full Bio
Emily Morgan
EMILY MORGAN is an entrepreneur with an innate heart for supporting others. Her mission is to help reshape the culture of the traditional wo... Read Full Bio
Kim-Thao Nguyen
KIM-THAO NGUYEN has over a decade of experience creating digital products in the public, private, and health sectors. As the user experience d... Read Full Bio
Ashley Owens
ASHLEY OWENS is the first and only networking concierge that puts you in the right situation or gets you out of the wrong one. The most success... Read Full Bio