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 president and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post Media Group, a nationally syndicated columnist, and author of thirteen books. In May 2005, she launched The Huffington Post, a news and ...

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 ...