2018 Speakers

SAMANTHA BARRY is the editor-in-chief of Glamour. She oversees content development, production and consumer experiences for Glamour's digital, social, video and print platforms. She joined Glamour from CNN ...

AMAL CLOONEY is a British human rights lawyer practicing at Doughty Street Chambers in London, where she specializes in international law and human rights. She is also a Visiting Professor at Columbia Law School, ...

ELLEN McGIRT is a senior editor at FORTUNE, where she established the race and culture beat in 2016. In addition to long-form magazine features, she writes raceAhead, a daily column on race and inclusion in ...

AMANDA SOUTHWORTH is a sixteen year old iOS developer, and a mental health and human rights activist. She is creator of AnxietyHelper, which is a mental health guidebook that provides tools, resources, and info on ...

SERENA WILLIAMS exemplifies courage, beauty, power, and style, and has overcome insurmountable odds to win a record-breaking 23 career Grand Slams singles titles, and 14 Grand Slam double titles. Her remarkable ...

MAYSOON ZAYID is an actress, comedian, writer, and disability advocate. She is a graduate of, and a guest comedian in residence at, Arizona State University. Zayid is the co-founder and co-executive producer of the ...

MARY ABBAJAY is the president of Careerstone Group, LLC, a full service ...

MORGAN BERMAN is the founder of MilkCrate, a B-Corp certified company that helps ...

VALERIE BIBERAJ is the executive director of the kate spade new york Foundation. In ...

LAUREN SMITH BRODY is the author of The Fifth Trimester: The Working Mom’s Guide ...

CARRIE BUCCI designs and develops people-centric programs to help companies ...

KATHY CAPRINO, MA, is an international career, executive and leadership coach, ...

KAILEI CARR is the CEO of The Asbury Group, which specializes in image, presence, ...

COURTNEY CARVER changed her life by simplifying it after a devastating diagnosis in ...

MICHAEL CHAMBERLAIN is vice president of events with Catalyst, and Men Advocating ...

SHOMA CHATTERJEE heads the leadership development and coaching practice at ghSMART, ...

LORENZO CLARIDY is currently the head of inclusion and diversity in the US at ...

ANDREA CONRAD is the director of brand and communications with zulily. Since joining ...

ALEXA CURTIS is a young adult influencer and CEO of Life Unfiltered with Alexa, the ...

PATRICE D’ERAMO is vice president, Americas field marketing organization for Cisco. ...

KJ DELL’ANTONIA edited the Motherlode column for the New York Times for five ...

BERNADETTE DORSEY is a managing director with more than twenty years of experience ...

MICHELLE DUGUID is a professor at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of ...

CINDY ECKERT’s work today in The Pink Ceiling/Pinkubator continues to break ...

KAREN ETZKORN is the chief information officer of Qurate Retail GroupSM, leading ...

ANDE FRAZIER CFP®, CLU, ChFC, RICP, BFA™, LUTCF, CLTC began working in the ...

CAROL FULP is president and CEO of The Partnership, Inc., New England’s ...

AMY GALLO is a workplace expert who writes and speaks about gender, interpersonal ...

LISA GELOBTER is co-founder and CEO of tEQuitable. With twenty give years in the ...

DAVID L. GONZALES is the head of global diversity and inclusion at Bristol-Myers ...

ALISON GREEN writes the popular Ask a Manager blog, where she answers ...

AMY HAMILTON is vice president, support services for PECO Energy Company, where ...

MARTIE HASELTON, Ph.D. is the world’s leading researcher on sexuality and the ...

FRAN HAUSER is a long-time media executive, startup investor and author of The Myth ...

SALLY HELGESEN, cited in Forbes as the world’s premier expert on women’s ...

CHARREAH K. JACKSON is the author of Boss Bride: The Powerful Woman's Playbook for ...

GAYLE JENNINGS-O’BYRNE is founder and CEO of iNTENT Manifesto. After more than ...

CATHERINE KAPUTA is a brand strategist, speaker, author, and founder of SelfBrand, a ...

DANIELLE KAYEMBE is a female futurist and serial entrepreneur who works on projects ...

ZANIYA LEWIS is a junior at The George Washington University, majoring in political ...

NAOMI MULGRAVE is vice president of strategic solutions within the individual ...

NATHALIE MOLINA NIÑO is a serial entrepreneur, a super connector and an investor, ...

STEPHANIE L. PINDYCK-COSTANTINO is a partner with Pepper Hamilton LLP, resident ...

COLLEEN PRITCHETT is a  global business director of DuPont Electronics & ...

AMBER RAE has been called "the Brené Brown of wonder” by Mind Body Green, and a ...

SELENA REZVANI teaches women at all levels to negotiate like a boss. She also ...

HEATHER F. RUSSELL, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical pediatric psychologist at Shriners ...

JOYCE E. A. RUSSELL, PhD, is The Helen and William O’Toole Dean of the Villanova ...

DANI RYLAN is the founder and commissioner of the National Women's Hockey League. ...

WENDY SACHS is a master of the career pivot. She is the author of Fearless and ...

HANA SCHANK is a writer, design researcher and technologist. Her most recent book ...

APRIL SCHNEIDER has worked in or around consumer banking products for the past ...

JENNIFER A. SHOCKLEY is senior vice president, director of marketing and creative ...

VALERIE SMITH is a distinguished scholar of African American literature, and the 15th ...

GRACE E. SPEIGHTS is a partner with Morgan Lewis. She handles high profile and high ...

SALLY SUSMAN is executive vice president, corporate affairs for Pfizer, the world's ...

SARAH SWAMMY is a senior vice president and COO for the portfolio solutions ...

KETTY TRIVEDI is vice president of strategic marketing at Prudential’s workplace ...

CY WAKEMAN is president and founder of Reality-Based Leadership, global ...

ELIZABETH WALLACE is the author of The Ambition Decisions: What Women Know About ...

LAYSHA WARD is an accomplished C-suite executive with thirty years of ...

CLAIRE WASSERMAN is a community builder, and an advocate for women in the workplace. ...

ELIZABETH WELLINGTON is a native New Yorker and graduate of New York University.  ...

DR. JEN WELTER became the first female to coach in the NFL when she joined the ...

DENISE ALLEN WILLIAMS currently leads global competitive intelligence, corporate ...

KRISTIN WONG regularly writes about personal finance, career, and human behavior ...

GWEN WUNDERLICH is CEO and partner of Wunderlich Kaplan Communications, and creator ...

ELIZABETH DAVENPORT, Ph.D., is a scientific leader in the cell and gene therapy ...

BETH DOLINAR is an Emmy-award winning producer, writer and voice over talent at WQED ...

LAURIE MYERS has the honor of serving as the global health literacy director for ...

JEANMARIE PERRONE, MD is director of the Division of Medical Toxicology and a ...

CATHERINE PRICE is an author and science journalist whose articles and essays have ...

KAREN ETZKORN is the chief information officer of Qurate Retail GroupSM, leading ...

JOHANNA MERCIER is president and head of U.S. commercial at Bristol-Myers Squibb, a ...

NAOMI MULGRAVE is vice president of strategic solutions within the individual ...

LAYSHA WARD is an accomplished C-suite executive with thirty years of ...

GOVERNOR TOM WOLF is a leader consistently taking on the status quo and trying to ...

SHAKIRA M. BROWN is an award-winning PR and branding expert, and CEO of SMB Strategic ...

TELEICIA J.R. DAMBREVILLE serves as Director, Employment Litigation Counsel for ...

GALIA GICHON is an independent personal financial expert with more than twenty years ...

BARBARA LAURENZI is senior vice president, business banking sales manager with PNC ...

YASMINE MUSTAFA is a social entrepreneur who is fueled by a passion to leverage ...

PAM PRIOR is the dynamic opposite of every green-eyeshade accountant you’ve ever ...

RACHEL BLOCK is a customer success manager at Microsoft, where she empowers her ...

DANA DOBSON is an award-winning public relations expert, TEDx speaker coach and ...

CHRISTA HAYBURN is a former Philadelphia Police Officer, a prominent public speaking ...

BIANCA J. JACKSON is a LinkedIn strategist who helps job seekers and entrepreneurs ...

MARSHA PEARSON has more than thirty five years of business and entrepreneurial ...

SHAMEKA S.L. SAWYER is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, and the founder ...

TARA SIEGEL has worked in the digital marketing sector for more than ten years and ...

LISA DELUCA is director of undergraduate career services at Drexel University’s ...

BRITTANY JEAN-BAPTISTE is a manager, customer experience and assurance for Comcast ...

TAMARA LASHCHYK is the author of Lose the Gum – A Career Guide for Women on Wall ...

DR. KARIMAH S. BELL LYNUM is an associate director, clinical project scientist in ...

LORI MICELI is the assistant director of graduate student services at Drexel ...

GAIL ONORATO is a seasoned apparel industry executive with a performance history of ...

TISHA VINCENT is a product manager at Independence Blue Cross. In this role, she ...

COLLEEN KIRK YURKANIN is a senior innovation specialist at Vanguard’s Innovation ...