2013 Speakers

Susan Cain is the author of the award-winning, New York Times best-seller, “Quiet,” and the record-smashing TED talk on the power of introverts. “Quiet” has sparked a national conversation about introverts, ...

Linda Cliatt-Wayman is the principal of Strawberry Mansion High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After 20 years as a classroom teacher, Wayman decided to become a coach for new teachers, and then principal in ...

Leymah Gbowee is the 2011 Nobel Peace Laureate. She is a Liberian peace activist, trained social worker and women’s rights advocate. She is founder and president of the Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa, head of the ...

DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN is a world-renowned presidential historian, public speaker and Pulitzer Prize winning, New York Times number one bestselling author. Her seventh book, Leadership in Turbulent Times, was ...

Blake Mycoskie is the founder and chief shoe giver of TOMS, and the person behind the idea of One for One, which has turned into a global movement. Since it began in 2006, TOMS has given more than ten million pairs ...

Robin Roberts is co-anchor of ABC’s “Good Morning America.” Under her leadership, the broadcast won three consecutive Emmy Awards for Outstanding Morning Program. In her role, she has conducted interviews with ...

Kerry Washington is a versatile and fearless actress who continues to shine on both the big screen and small. A native of The Bronx, Washington has received a high acclaim for her work on stage, on television and on ...

Maureen Alphonse-Charles is vice president of executive acquisition for City Year. In ...

Brenda Becker brings an outstanding track record of success to Boston Scientific with ...

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

Blythe D Berents is vice president, financial solutions advisor for Merrill Edge®. ...

Cathie Black is a well-known media executive, New York Times bestselling author and ...

Renata Mutis Black has established herself as a true philanthropist and humanitarian ...

Eileen Howard Boone is the senior vice president of corporate philanthropy and social ...

Jane Bowman is the vice president of marketing and sales development for Boston Globe ...

Ruth Bramson is CEO of Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts. Prior to joining Girl ...

Victoria A. Budson is the founding executive director of the Women and Public Policy ...

Heather Campion was appointed CEO of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation in March ...

Nuria Canete is the staff executive to the senior vice president and chief financial ...

Dennis Colling has served as vice president for human resources for Partners ...

Lisa Costantino is chief financial officer at EMD Serono, Inc. where her ...

Allene M. Diaz is senior vice president of managed markets at EMD Serono, Inc.. Diaz ...

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

Antonia Saint Dunbar is co-founder and COO of THINX. Having grown up in a family of ...

Karen Finerman is the CEO of Metropolitan Capital Advisors, a New York based hedge ...

Erica Ariel Fox is a highly sought after advisor in organizational effectiveness and ...

Oz Garcia, Ph.D. is recognized as the world's leading authority on healthy aging. Dr. ...

Holly Gordon is executive director of Girl Rising: Educate Girls, Change the World, a ...

Sylvia Ann Hewlett is an economist and the founding president and CEO of the Center ...

Bridget Hindle is a senior vice president and the director of corporate learning, ...

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

Lara Jones is head of U.S. diversity and inclusion for Sanofi US, which includes ...

Denise Kaigler is the senior vice president of corporate affairs and communications ...

Julia Kirby is editor at large at Harvard Business Review, a role that allows her to ...

Vina Leite is senior director, human resources for the EMC Solutions Group. With 2010 ...

Nicki Maher is the woman behind Alex and Ani’s powerful Charity by Design division. ...

Melissa Malamut is hub health editor for Boston magazine. Malamut draws on her ...

Kristi Mitchem is a senior managing director of State Street Global advisors and head ...

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

Betsy Nabel, M.D. has served as president of Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s ...

Ann Pardo is director of life management at Canyon Ranch. Pardo is a certified coach ...

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

Alison A. Quirk is an executive vice president at State Street Corporation and is ...

Marcy L. Reed is president of National Grid in Massachusetts.  She is responsible ...

Nancy Richardson is the vice-president, digital and brand strategy at lululemon ...

Amy Richards is the author of "Manifest," "Grassroots" and "Opting In." She is the ...

Mike Scannell is senior vice present, global head of talent acquisition and head of ...

Stephanie L. Schierholz is the manager of social media for Raytheon. Schierholz has ...

Shivani Siroya is the founder and CEO of InVenture, a mobile technology startup ...

Kristen Standish has over 15 years of experience in sales management in emerging ...

Abigail Trafford is an author, journalist and public speaker who focuses on the new ...

Kimberly Steimle Vaughan is the chief marketing officer and chief people officer at ...

Cheryl D. Vines is the vice president of national replication for The Family Center, ...

Laura Vail Wooster is vice president and head of marketing and communications for ...

Randi Zuckerberg served as the marketing director for Facebook for six years, where ...

Kelly Lane has an extensive background in organizational and executive development.  ...

Jill Larsen leads Cisco’s global staffing, University relations and inclusion and ...

Anne McClure is an EMC distinguished engineer and head of EMC's global Oracle ...

Bryan R. Piller is the director of commercial East services for Cisco in the Americas ...

Lisa Pintner is director of field excellence for Cisco’s WW services sales and ...

Monica Singh is an experienced corporate attorney with large international law firm ...

Laura Slatkin is the founder and CEO of NEST Fragrances, a luxury lifestyle beauty ...

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

Robyn Carter is the executive director of Room to Grow in Boston. She has dedicated ...

Catherine D’Amato is president and CEO of The Greater Boston Food Bank. She runs ...

Joanne Dunn is the executive director for the North American Indian Center of Boston. ...

Vivien Li is president of The Boston Harbor Association (TBHA), a non-profit public ...

Jo McChesney is an entrepreneur with more than 18 years of experience in consumer ...

Dr. Myechia Minter-Jordan is the president and CEO of The Dimock Center, a community ...

Beverly Morgan-Welch is the executive director of the Museum of African American ...

Dr. Esther Pearson is a Native American raised within the Native American and African ...

Elizabeth Carr became the first baby born through in-vitro fertilization in the ...

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

Dana Lynch is founder of Aplify! and a marketing strategist. After working for 13 ...

Cindy Meltzer is a digital marketing consultant with extensive experience creating ...

Liz O’Donnell is general manager at Double Forte.  She heads the East Coast ...

Jessica Severson has been blogging since 2001 in a wide variety of formats--an ...

Lena L. West is the leading expert on how women entrepreneurs can monetize social ...

Lisa Kalner Williams is the founder of Sierra Tierra Marketing. Since 2009, shes ...

Karen Yankovich is the CEO of Dimare Group, a company specializing in online ...

Sue B. Zimmerman has been a serial entrepreneur since she was 13 years old. She has ...

Wendy Carruthers is senior vice president of human resources for Boston Scientific ...

Erin Champlin is the vice president of global business services (GBS) at EMC ...

Hannah Grove is executive vice president and chief marketing officer of State Street ...

Marian L. Heard is the president and chief executive officer of Oxen Hill Partners, a ...

Emily Lynch is an artist and songwriter from South Carolina who is making a name for ...

RENEE CONNOLLY is the chief diversity, equity & inclusion officer and head of ...

JESSICA CRIMMINS is the senior vice president of corporate communications for ...

GLORIA CORDES LARSON is a respected lawyer, public policy expert, Boston business ...