2013 Speakers

Barbara Bradley Baekgaard and Patricia R. Miller in 1982 co-founded Vera Bradley, which quickly grew into an internationally recognized organization. Vera Bradley designs, markets and manufacturers handbags, ...

Charlotte Beers has combined her business insight with an innate Southern charm to become highly successful in the competitive world of advertising and marketing.  Beers was named “The Most Powerful Woman in ...

Karen Dougherty Buchholz is vice president of administration for Comcast Corporation. She leads a variety of corporate functions, including corporate real estate, facilities, aviation, diversity, political affairs, ...

Hillary Rodham Clinton served as the 67th Secretary of State of the United States from January 21, 2009 until February 1, 2013, after nearly four decades in public service as an advocate, attorney, First Lady, and ...

Judge Glenda Hatchett is host and star, Judge Hatchett, former highest-ranking woman of color worldwide, Delta Air Lines and bestselling author. Hatchett completed a prestigious federal clerkship in the United ...

ARIANNA HUFFINGTON is the founder and CEO of Thrive, the founder of The Huffington Post, and the author of 15 books, including, most recently, Thrive and The Sleep Revolution. In 2005, she launched The Huffington ...

Sallie Krawcheck is a woman with a reputation for integrity, independence of thought, a sense of humor and an unrelenting focus on results. Krawcheck has often been referred to as one of the most successful and ...

Sonia Sanchez is a poet, mother, professor and national and international lecturer on black culture and literature, women’s liberation, peace and racial justice. She is an avid sponsor of Women’s International ...

Cheryl Strayed is the author of the critically acclaimed novel “Torch,” and memoir “Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail,” which was published in March of 2012 by Alfred A. Knopf and chosen by ...

Karen Tumulty is a national political correspondent for The Washington Post. She joined the Post in 2010 from TIME Magazine, where she had held the same title. During her more than 15 years at TIME, Tumulty wrote or ...

Miki Agrawal is a serial social entrepreneur. She is the founder of the acclaimed ...

Susan Aldridge brings 17 years of higher education leadership experience and has ...

Natalia Allen is a native New Yorker, who has had an eye for fashion ever since she ...

Denise McGregor Armbrister is senior vice president of Wells Fargo Corporation and ...

David Bach credits his Grandma Bach as the woman who taught him almost everything he ...

Barbara Shaiman is a noted educator, businesswoman and social entrepreneur. Shaiman ...

Emily Bennington specializes in two distinct forms of career transition: college ...

Lauren Berger is chief executive officer and founder of internqueen.com and author of ...

Renata Mutis Black is the chairwoman of Seven Bar Foundation, a ...

Cathie Black is well known publishing and media executive, best-selling author and ...

Jennifer Braunschweiger is the deputy editor of More magazine, where she covers news, ...

Rachael Chong is a social entrepreneur and a visionary leader. At the age of 24, ...

Pam Cyr is executive vice president and chief retail banking officer for beneficial ...

Trenesa Danuser has utilized her highly creative and strategic communications acumen ...

Frankie Darcell is an in-demand radio personality, author, producer and speaker, ...

Emily Denney serves as the leader of external affairs at AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals. ...

Merribeth Devine is SVP, regional wealth leader for the Mid Atlantic Region of TD ...

Vivian Diller, Ph.D., is a psychologist in private practice in New York. Prior to ...

Janine Driver is the founder, president and lead instructor for the Body Language ...

TIFFANY DUFU is chief leadership officer of Levo and launch team member to Lean ...

Nancy Dunleavy is CEO of Dunleavy & Associates, a woman-owned business founded in ...

Delia Ephron is a bestselling author, screenwriter and playwright.  Her most recent ...

Gloria Feldt is a bestselling author, keynote speaker, world changer and expert in ...

Stacey Ferguson is known online as Justice Fergie. She is an avid veteran blogger, ...

Cindy Gallop has a background in brand building, marketing and advertising. She ...

Jody Gastfriend is vice president of care management at Care.com, is a licensed ...

Emily Goulet is the lifestyle editor of Philadelphia magazine. She ...

Ishita Gupta is founder of Fear.less Magazine and Ishita Gupta Media. Called “Fast ...

Beth Hanssens is chief financial officer for the 24-hour preschool television ...

Eunice Heath is the global director for sustainability business engagement and ...

Nancy Hornback has appeared as a program host on QVC, the world’s leading ...

Deborah Jackson is the founder and CEO of Plum Alley, an e-commerce and crowdfunding ...

Whitney Johnson is the president and co-founder of Clayton Christensen’s investment ...

Charley Johnson is an entrepreneur and former Owner of a manufacturing company. ...

Dawn Jones worked in retail management for over 30 years, until she moved into ...

Nwenna Kai is a world-renowned and award-winning author, raw foods expert, adjunct ...

Aminah Keats is the director of naturopathic medicine at Cancer Treatment Centers of ...

Emily Leaman is Philadelphia Magazine's health and fitness editor. After spending ...

Kelly Mac is the award winning assistant program /music director for Clear Channel ...

Courtney Macavinta is co-founder and president of The Respect Institute.  The ...

Alba Martinez is a principal in Vanguard’s Retail Investor Group. Since May, 2010, ...

Glennon Doyle Melton is the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir, ...

Laura Munson is the author of the New York Times and international bestselling memoir ...

Vernā Myers, Esq., is principal of Vernā Myers Consulting Group, LLC (VMCG), and is ...

Lisa Johnson Nutter is president of Philadelphia Academies, Inc., a non-profit youth ...

Catherine O'Hara is the head of State Street's US-based Institutional investor ...

Dawn Powers is a member of State Street’s Futures and OTC clearing team based in ...

Reagen Price is a strategist, facilitator, organizer and steadfast social justice ...

Victoria Pynchon is the Co-founder of She Negotiates, a training workshop for women ...

Elizabeth Reeves is the senior vice president and chief human resources officer for ...

Karen Korellis Reuther is a creative and brand strategy consultant to private equity, ...

Amy Richards is the author of Manifesta, Grassroots and Opting In. She is the creator ...

Mel Robbins is a CNN and HLN legal and political contributor, one of the top female ...

Mally Roncal is the founder and president of Mally Beauty, a collection of over 1,000 ...

D’Arcy F. Rudnay serves as chief communications officer for Comcast Corporation. In ...

Marie Savard, M.D., is a recent ABC News Medical Contributor and one of the most ...

Halsey Meyer Schroeder is the Founder and CEO of Halsbrook.com. Halsbrook is a ...

Alexis Sclamberg is a writer, speaker and media personality. A former lawyer, ...

Julie Shifman is an inspirational, award-winning speaker, author and business ...

Bonnie St. John Despite having her right leg amputated at age five,  St. John became ...

Amanda Steinberg is the founder and CEO of DailyWorth.com, a community of women who ...

Debbie Sterling is a female engineer and founder of GoldieBlox, a toy company out to ...

Kristyn Stewart is a dynamic leader and with an extensive background in educational ...

Lori L. Sussman is Cisco’s Americas services sales chief of staff and senior ...

Michele Szkolnicki is an accomplished healthcare executive with more than 20 years’ ...

Manisha Thakor is the founder and CEO of MoneyZen Wealth Management. Known for ...

Sophie Uliano is the author of the New York Times best-selling “Gorgeously Green” ...

Judith M. von Seldeneck is Founder, Chairman and CEO of Diversified Search, ...

Meredith Walker began her television career with Nickelodeon’s “NICK NEWS.”  ...

Andrea Wikerd is senior manager, assurance services at Ernst & Young, LLP.  ...

Dr. Vonda Wright is an orthopedic surgeon and internationally recognized authority on ...

Amanda Bennett is an executive editor at Bloomberg News, directing special projects ...

Robin F. Bond, Esquire is founder and principal of the law firm Transition ...

Jessica Cohen started her career in advertising then became a highly sought after ...

Dr. Jacqueline Del Rosario has received keys to several cities, multimillions in ...

Jerome Katz leads Cisco’s service sales on a world-wide basis for the service ...

Kathy Kinney is best known for her iconic role as “Mimi” on the ABC hit TV series ...

CHARISSE R. LILLIE is fellow and vice president of community investment with Comcast ...

Monica Mehta is an investor, author and sought after expert on small business and ...

Lynley Noviello is the area services director for the enterprise east area at Cisco ...

Lynn D. Tinney is the director of strategy and planning at Cisco Systems in the ...

Jeanette Wilkerson Beard is currently the human resources regional sales business ...

Melinda F. Emerson is SmallBizLady, an author, speaker and small business coach whose ...

Norrinda Brown Hayat is lawyer by day and round-the-clock entrepreneur, who splits ...

Jenn Lee, known as coach Jenn Lee, is a national speaker, small business advisor, ...

Carrie Ruddell Maria is the owner of The Monster Minders, a wildly popular dog ...

Pauline Alaimo Rota is a vice president and small business relationship Manager with ...

Donna Walton has almost 15 years of wealth management experience, serving high net ...

Danelle Greenwood is a licensed pharmacist and pharmacy area manager for Wegmans Food ...

Kathy L Lampl, M.D., is senior director, clinical development for AstraZeneca. Prior ...

Betty Long is a registered nurse, who has been working in greater Philadelphia-area ...

Karen Marr MS, RD, LDN, CSO is a clinical oncology dietitian. She joined the team of ...

Judith Miller is a clinical psychologist who has specialized in the diagnosis and ...

Thomas J. Power, PhD, is director of the Center for Management of ADHD and chief ...

Paula Sunshine is vice president of consumer business sales and marketing at ...

Sister Renee Yann is senior vice president and chief mission integration officer for ...

LuAnn Cahn is an eight-time Emmy award-winning journalist with NBC10 News in ...

Dr. Mariana Chilton is a nationally recognized leader addressing child hunger in ...

Marian Conicella joined MetroCorp’s Philadelphia magazine in 1981, and today, ...

Happy Craven Fernandez, Ed.D. recently completed 13 years as president of Moore ...

Varsovia Fernandez joined the Greater Philadelphia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in ...

Laura Foster is president and CEO of Please Touch Museum®, the Children’s Museum ...

Tianna Gaines-Turner is one of the original members of Witnesses to Hunger. ...

Marsha Kelliher is the Dean of the Sigmund Weis School of Business at Susquehanna ...

Joanne Lang is the CEO of AboutOne, an online organizer that not only replaces the ...

Elizabeth Murphy is vice president, external affairs for PECO, where she oversees the ...

Siobhan Reardon became the seventh president and director of the Free Library in ...

YingYing Shang is teen advisor to the United Nations Foundation Campaign Girl Up, an ...

Revenue Commissioner Clarena I. W. Tolson is an experienced leader, having served ...

Tamara N. Varella is the founder and CEO of Manifest Business Consultants, a full ...

Kathleen D. Wilkinson is 86th chancellor of the 13,000-member Philadelphia Bar ...

Kathleen Wilkinson has been elected as chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar ...

Ahmeenah Young is president and CEO of the Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority, ...

Judy Freedman is a blogger, social media influencer and communications consultant. ...

Anna Kegler currently serves as deputy director for HollabackPHILLY. She enjoys ...

Rochelle Keyhan is the director of HollabackPHILLY, which she founded in April 2011. ...

Amy Larrimore is an award-winning technology and business strategist. Larrimore has ...

Kate Marlys is like most entrepreneurs, and likes to stay busy.  Besides owning her ...

Allison O’Kelly is the founder of Mom Corps and an award-winning entrepreneur.  ...

Allison Stadd is the editor of Uwishunu.com, the official tourism blog of ...

Kishwer Vikaas has been living in and around Philadelphia her entire life. Currently ...

Lisa Marie Walls is vice president, digital strategist for Tierney. She sits at the ...

Renee Chenault-Fattah joined NBC10 in 1991. As both an attorney and broadcast ...

Linda Cliatt-Wayman is the former principal of Strawberry Mansion High School in ...

Jacqueline London joined NBC10 in March of 2013. She was most recently with WKMG-TV ...

Stanford Thompson is a musician and educator who is passionate about using music ...