2019 Speakers

JAMES CLEAR is a personal development keynote speaker and New York Times best-selling author of Atomic Habits. His entertaining talks teach audiences about small habits, decision-making, and continuous ...

AVA DuVERNAY is an Academy Award nominee, and winner of the Emmy, the BAFTA and the Peabody. She is a writer, director, producer and film distributor. Her directorial work includes the Oscar-winning historical drama ...

ELIZABETH GILBERT is the author of Eat Pray Love. Exploding onto the scene in 2006, the best-seller famously chronicled the year Gilbert spent traveling the world after a shattering divorce. Translated into more ...

CELESTE HEADLEE is a journalist, professional speaker, and author of the books We Need To Talk, Do Nothing, and Speaking of Race. Her TEDx Talk, 10 Ways to Have a Better ...

JESMYN WARD is a MacArthur Genius, and two-time National Book Award winner. She has been called “the new Toni Morrison” (American Booksellers Association). In 2017, she became the first woman and first person of ...

DANIELLE WEISBERG and CARLY ZAKIN are co-founders and co-CEOs of theSkimm, a membership company dedicated to helping millennial women live smarter. The two former news producers launched theSkimm from their couch in ...

SIMIDELE ADEAGBO is an Olympian, advocate and marketing expert, best known for ...

MARCI ALBOHER is a vice president at Encore.org. She is one of the nation’s leading ...

TIFFANY ALICHE, also known as “The Budgetnista,” is quickly becoming America’s ...

JUNE M. ARCHER is a C-suite executive and visionary growth driver, navigating the ...

EMILIE ARIES is a speaker, podcast host, author, and the founder and CEO of Bossed ...

ALISON BEARD is a senior editor at Harvard Business Review, overseeing the ...

KELLEY BISKUPIAK is co-founder/owner of Prepare to Launch, LLC, a ...

SARAH BLOOMQUIST is an anchor and reporter for Action News. She joined the Action ...

MAYA BOWIE is vice president of culinary buying for QxH where she leads the QVC and ...

TREY BOYNTON is the senior manager for solution design and development of global ...

SABRINA BROOKS is the senior manager of marketing and the energy efficiency ...

JENNIFER BROWN is an award-winning entrepreneur, dynamic speaker and diversity and ...

LISA BRUBAKER is EVP and the chief technology officer of WSFS Financial Corporation. ...

JEAN CHATZKY launched HerMoney Media and HerMoney.com in 2018 to ...

KAREN CHONG is an innovator in compelling storytelling as a way to engage audiences ...

LIDA CITROËN is an award-winning international reputation management ...

CONDYLIA COURTNEY is the global product manager in DuPont water solution’s ion ...

LAUREN D’INNOCENZO is an assistant professor of organizational behavior ...

SUSAN RIETANO DAVEY is co-founder/owner of Prepare to Launch, LLC, a ...

STACEY DELO is the CEO of Après with a passion for making work for women. She spent ...

ELENA FAVILLI is the co-founder and CEO of Rebel Girls, the cultural media ...

CAROLINE FEENEY is CEO of individual solutions for Prudential Financial, ...

NICOLE GOLD has more than two decades of diverse experience in the health insurance ...

ANNE GRADY is not your typical motivational speaker. She is a best-selling author, ...

MARY BETH HARLER, MD  is head of innovative medicines development with ...

MINDA HARTS is a well-connected, sought after speaker and thought-leader, frequently ...

JESSICA HERRIN is an author, CEO and founder of Stella & Dot. She is a serial ...

LISA HUNT-LEWIS is a managing director for State Street Global Services.  She ...

ANGELINA ISAAC is the senior diversity and inclusion workforce initiatives partner at ...

NAOMI JACOBS is the director of social strategy and business development ...

JENNEDY JOHNSON is an assistant general counsel at PECO Energy Company.  In this ...

SHREYA KANGOVI, MD, MS, is the founding executive director of the Penn Center for ...

NATALY KOGAN is the creator of the Happier Method™ and an entrepreneur, speaker, ...

MARIAM KOOHDARY is a member of the US leadership team and the legal senior management ...

CARA KRIKORY is the engagement lead for GSK’s pharmaceuticals US research and ...

P. THAO LE is a partner in the corporate and securities group of the commercial ...

KIM LEAR is a writer and researcher focused on generational patterns and demographic ...

DR. MICHELLE LOWRY is the TD Bank professor of finance and the academic director of ...

DANIELA MARDAROVICI co-leads the firm’s US Multisector Fixed Income efforts for ...

MAXIE McCOY is a writer and speaker obsessed with giving women the tools they need to ...

AISHAH MILLER joined the Wells Fargo Regional Foundation and CDC in November ...

ROMY NEWMAN is on a mission to improve the workplace for women by creating greater ...

MICHELLE NUNN is president and CEO of CARE USA. Last year, CARE worked in ninety ...

LAURA OKMIN is the founder of GALVANIZE, an organization that conducts seminars ...

DANIELA OSIO is a pioneering woman, challenging the way DuPont and other fortune ...

MARY LAURA PHILPOTT is the author of I Miss You When I Blink, a nationally ...

QUINETTA ROBERSON, Ph.D. is the Fred J. Springer Endowed Chair in Business ...

VERONICA RUECKERT is the author of Outspoken: Why women's voices get silenced and ...

RESHMA SAUJANI is the founder and CEO of Girls Who Code, the international nonprofit ...

HEATHER J. SCHER is vice president of field development for The Penn Mutual Life ...

LAURA SICOLA is a leadership communication and influence coach, trainer, speaker and ...

ERICA WILLIAMS SIMON is an award-winning narrative strategist, author, creative, and ...

DR. TANIA SMALL is vice president oncology global medical at GSK, where she oversees ...

DAVID G. SMITH, PhD, is the coauthor of Athena Rising: How and Why Men Should Mentor ...

TRACY STOVER is managing director and head of card and comprehensive payables global ...

JESSICA TURNER is executive vice president, product and innovation, North America at ...

ASHLEY TYRNER is the founder and CEO of Farmbox Direct. She went from receiving ...

JESSICA VANSCAVISH is vice president of voluntary products at Prudential Group ...

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

FAWN WEAVER is co-founder of Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey, serving as CEO and chief ...

DANIELLE WEISBERG and CARLY ZAKIN are co-founders and co-CEOs of theSkimm, a ...

DALILA WILSON-SCOTT serves as SVP of community impact for Comcast Corporation, and as ...

DR. DaCARLA M. ALBRIGHT is an associate professor of clinical obstetrics and ...

DANA FARENGO CLARK, MS, LCGC has been a practicing cancer genetic counselor for over ...

KIERSTEN COMBS is vice president, US cardiovascular and metabolic disease (US ...

MEGAN DUELKS is the Americas lead in the Employee Health Innovation Center of ...

CORINNA FRANKLIN, M.D. is a board-certified pediatric orthopaedic surgeon at Shriners ...

MARIA LEONARD OLSEN is a biracial woman whose parents were forbidden by law to marry ...

DANIELLE COHN and her team help startups access the internal and external ...

BRENDAN CONLIN is chief programs officer for Congreso de Latinos Unidos. In this ...

CAROLINA DiGIORGIA is president and CEO of Congreso de Latinos Unidos. Born in ...

YAI VARGAS is a leading multicultural marketing expert with a niche in building ...

MAYOR JIM KENNEY is a lifelong city resident of Philadelphia. In 1990 Philadelphians ...

ESTER BANQUE is a senior vice president and head intercontinental commercial with ...

JAYNE BROWN  joined QVC in 1998 as part of the apparel buying team, bringing ...

LISA BRUBAKER is EVP and the chief technology officer of WSFS Financial Corporation. ...

TAMALA EDWARDS is the coanchor of Action News Morning, on 6abc WPVI-TV. Before coming ...

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

DANA BAND is CEO of the Dana Band Group, is a dynamic entrepreneur and leading ...

ALLY NATHANIEL is a number one best-selling author, speaker, and mentor. She sold ...

JENNIFER LYNN ROBINSON, esq is the CEO of Purposeful Networking. Her services ...

MARINA STAMOS is an Emmy-nominated former news-television producer who has put ...

FALECIA STUCKEY has been working in Information Technology for over twenty-five ...

ASHLEY LAUREN BASLA is the founder and editor-in-chief of Sugarpeel LLC, and the ...

LaKISHA GREENWADE (better known as coach L), is an international brand strategist, ...

ANDI J. LE is an IT executive with over twenty years of experience.  She is ...

DANELSY MEDRANO has twelve years of experience in digital marketing, and serves as ...

EMILY MORGAN is an entrepreneur with an innate heart for supporting others.  Her ...

KIM-THAO NGUYEN has over a decade of experience creating digital products in the ...

ASHLEY OWENS is the first and only networking concierge that puts you in the right ...

ALYA SHERMAN is an accomplished marketing professional with a proven track record of ...