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LEADERSHIP

Dolly Chugh, award-winning author, behavioral scientist and management professor. She speaks on leadership, empathy and compassion.

Sally Helgesen, author, How Women Rise: Break the 12 Habits Holding You Back from Your Next Raise, Promotion or Job. Cited in Forbes as the world’s premier expert on women’s leadership.

Archana Gilravi, SVP of partnerships at the Sheryl Sandberg and Dave Goldberg Foundation. She offers tangible leadership advice for women.

Jodi Glickman, leadership strategist, CEO, founder and author, Great on the Job. Speaks on interpersonal skills and workplace communication.

Jeffery Tobias Halter, gender strategist focused on allyship.

Minda Harts, bestselling author and workplace consultant. Her soon-to-be released book is Talk to Me Nice: The Seven Trust Languages for a Better Workplace. She speaks on leadership, trust and self-advocacy.

Brad Johnson, professor of psychology, U.S. Naval Academy, faculty associate, Johns Hopkins University and co-author, Athena Rising OR his co-author, David Smith, co-author, Athena Rising and associate professor of sociology, Department of National Security Affairs, United States Naval War College. Both are excellent speakers on allyship.

Erica Keswin, author, Bring Your Human to Work and creator, The Spaghetti Project. She speaks on connecting teams, increasing engagement, and creating a more human workplace.

Charlene Li, expert, digital transformation & leadership and New York Times best-selling author. She speaks on digital transformation and disruptive leadership.

Sam Rapoport, senior director of football development, NFL. She shares her leadership story with tangible examples for breaking barriers, influencing others, and amplifying your voice. (FIRESIDE CHAT ONLY).

Carolina Caro, CEO and Founder of Conscious Leadership Partners. Specializes in developing conscious leaders that create inclusive and engaging workplaces. She does this by heightening their awareness to uncover blind spots and unlearn generational conditioning that detract from their leadership potential.

Helen Kupp, Co-founder of Future Forum, a Future of Work research consortium launched by Slack. Helen focuses on how to unlock the power of flexible work to benefit the worker and the organization to drive workplace transformation.

Michelle King, author, The Fix: Overcome the Invisible Barriers That Are Holding Women Back at Work and How Work Works: The Subtle Science of Getting Ahead Without Losing Yourself. She speaks on organizational culture and equality.

Mary Murphy is a professor of psychological and brain sciences at Indiana University. Author of Cultures of Growth, Mary demonstrates how you can change the environment and help your teams become more innovative, more collaborative, more willing to take risks, and more able to benefit from diverse perspectives.

Dr. Liane Davey Organizational Psychologist, “Teamwork Doctor,” and NYT best-selling Author The Good Fight: Use Productive Conflict To Get Your Team and Organization Back on Track. Liane focuses on leadership, conflict, communication and teamwork.

Sheela Subramanian explores how embracing change beyond our comfort zones can drive personal and organizational growth, fostering innovation in leadership and the future of work.

WELLBEING & SELF-CARE

Dr. Modupe Akinola is an associate professor of management at Columbia Business School. Dr. Akinola examines how organizational environments- characterized by deadlines, multi-tasking, and other attributes such as having low status- can engender stress, and how this stress can have spill-over effects on performance.

Jeffrey Benton, founder & CEO, Paragon Performance & Dr. Sandra Solano, Stress Management Expert, Paragon Performance Evolution. Helps leaders and organizations transform stress to coherence so they can evolve to their highest potential.

Jeffrey Benton, founder & CEO, Paragon Performance & Erin Toppenberg, Paragon Master Trainer, Paragon Performance Evolution. Helps leaders and organizations transform stress to coherence so they can evolve to their highest potential.

Dr. Charmain F. Jackman, psychologist who speaks on developing cross-cultural competence and social-emotional learning.

Eve Rodsky, Creative Leadership expert and New York Times best-selling Author, Find Your Unicorn Space. Speaks on balancing workload at home.

Israa Nasir, Founder, Wellguide; Author: Toxic Productivity: Reclaim Your Time and Emotional Energy in a World That Always Demands More. Israa helps you recognize the emotional patterns that drive toxic productivity habits and cultivate a healthier perspective on achievement. She provides tools to untangle yourself from the web of toxic productivity and embark on a transformative journey to reclaim your time, energy, and joy.

Gloria Chan Packer speaks on how company culture, wellness, and meaningful connections impact job satisfaction, offering strategies for leaders and individuals to create more engaging, productive, and fulfilling work experiences.

Dr. Pooja Lakshmin redefines self-care as setting essential boundaries, guiding leaders to prevent burnout, foster resilience, and create healthier, more balanced workplaces.

CAREER SKILLS, PROGRESSION & PIVOTS

Jenny Blake, author, Pivot. She offers tools and insights for growing your existing strengths and identifying new skills to grow your career. Her new book is Free Time: Lose the Busywork, Love Your Business.

Kimberly Brown is a career and leadership expert whose mission is to help women and people of color navigate the workplace, make more money, and become industry leaders. Her focus is creating actionable strategies that enable professionals to do more, be more, and achieve more.

Rachel Cossar, founder and lead facilitator for Choreography for Business. She speaks on communication and body-language.

Stacey Delo, author, Your Turn: Careers, Kids & Comebacks. She speaks about making work work for you, return to work, working parents.

Fran Hauser, author, The Myth of the Nice Girl. She coaches women on how to be assertive and strong leaders, while remaining kind. Her new book is Embrace the Work, Love Your Career.

Laura Huang, author, Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage. She speaks on identifying and maximizing your skills.

Tania Katan, CEO of Creative Trespassing. She speaks about maximizing your creative skills to grow your career.

Sara Laschever, author, Women Don’t Ask. She speaks on negotiation.

Alexandra Levit, former nationally syndicated Wall Street Journal columnist and best-selling author. She shares how organizations and their employees can prepare for the future of the workplace.

Lauren McGoodwin, founder, Career Contessa, and author, Power Moves. She speaks on career advancement within an organization.

Meg Myers Morgan, PhD, Author & Executive Coach. She speaks on negotiation strategies that leverage your skills and strengths.

Linda Raynier, career and purpose coach. She provides tangible advice for attendees on negotiating, pivoting careers and growing your career.

Wendy Smith, author, Both/And Thinking. She helps professionals and teams effectively respond to contradictory, yet interdependent demands.

Liz Tran, Founder, Reset & Author, The Karma of Success: Spiritual Strategies to Free Your Inner Genius. She speaks on how intuition can be a powerful tool to spark breakthrough ideas, innovative problem-solving and help you make wise and powerful decisions.

Erica Williams Simon, author, You Deserve the Truth. She speaks on building a career centered on purpose.

Kristin Wong, regularly writes about personal finance, career, and human behavior for The New York Times and is the author of Get Money. She speaks on negotiation skills and personal finance.

Dethra Giles, CEO, ExecuPrep. From how to optimize resources to cultivating a robust professional network and harnessing its power to open doors to new opportunities, Dethra will equip you with practical strategies and actionable insights to accelerate your career progression from a place of personal power and strategic decision making, placing you firmly in the driver’s seat of your career and personal brand.

Cyndie Spiegel helps you harness authenticity as your greatest asset, offering practical strategies to clarify your values, strengthen workplace relationships, and confidently advance your career.

Robyn L. Garrett explores how workplace culture, well-being, and flexibility impact career growth, offering strategies for leaders and professionals to enhance engagement, productivity, and long-term success.

COMMUNICATION & CONNECTION

Amber Cabral, Founder, Cabral Co, Inclusion Strategist & Author, Say More About That. She speaks on advocacy, allyship and effective language that make speaking up a lot easier.

Naeemah Elias, award-winning actress, communications and presence expert and founder, Elias Presence. She speaks on executive presence, having influence and impact, leadership, and communications.

Dr. Marisa Franco (frang-ko), Psychologist, Professor & New York Times best-selling Author, Platonic. She speaks on the science of connection and why belonging makes individuals and communities more resilient.

Cate Luzio, founder and CEO of Luminary. She speaks on career growth and networking.

Charmaine McClarie, author and C-suite adviser, attendees love her strategic advice about how to communicate your value and grow your career.

Susan McPherson, serial connector, founder and CEO, McPherson Strategies. She speake on purpose-driven leadership and connection.

Laura Okmin, Emmy award-winning sports reporter and founder, GALvanize. She speaks on developing a strong network and mentorship.

Deepa Purushothaman, author, The First, The Few, The Only: How Women of Color Can Redefine Power in Corporate America. She speaks on belonging in the workplace.

Hillary Wicht, Executive Leadership Coach & Human Systems Expert. She speaks on the art and science of influential communication & strategies to establish trust, have your voice heard, and your ideas respected.