2015 Speakers

LAUREN SCHADT BAKER currently serves as the First Lady of Massachusetts alongside her husband Governor Charlie Baker. Baker grew up in Westport, Connecticut and Kenilworth, Illinois. Following business school, Baker ...

RENEE CONNOLLY is the chief diversity, equity & inclusion officer and head of innovation HR engagement & inclusion at Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, where she drives the strategic advancement and cultural ...

JILL LARSEN is vice president of talent acquisition, people planning and services HR at Cisco. Over the last two years, she has transformed Cisco’s talent acquisition team and aligned them to Cisco’s vision by ...

MICHAEL MAHONEY is president and chief executive officer of Boston Scientific Corporation and a member of the company’s board of directors. Mahoney oversees global development, marketing and sales of the ...

ERIN McSWEENEY leads EMC's global human resources practice, setting the people strategy to ensure that world-class talent drives EMC's success. With revenues of $24.4 billion in 2014 and more than 68,000 people ...

J.C. MONAHAN is co-anchor of WCVB's “NewsCenter 5 at 5:00,” as well as co-anchor of Channel 5's award-winning nightly news magazine "Chronicle" alongside co-anchor Anthony Everett.  Monahan joined the ...

LISA WALSH is the regional controller at EMD Serono, Inc. where her responsibilities include the oversight and strategic direction-setting of the financial framework within the US organization. In addition, she is ...

MARTIN J. WALSH is a lifelong advocate for working people, and a proud product of the City of Boston. He was sworn in as the City’s 54th mayor on January 6, 2014. Mayor Walsh’s vision is of a thriving, healthy ...

KAREN HOLMES WARD is WCVB's director of public affairs and community services as well as host and executive producer of “CityLine,” the station's award-winning weekly magazine program, which addresses the ...

SOPHIA AMORUSO is the founder and executive chairman of Nasty Gal, the ...

CANDY CHANG is an artist, designer and urban planner who makes cities more ...

TIM GUNN is the Emmy-winning co-host and mentor for Lifetime’s ”Project ...

EMILY NUSSBAUM is the television critic at The New Yorker. Previously, she was the ...

SHONDA RHIMES is the prolific writer, executive producer and creator of the hit ABC ...

ANTOINETTE ANTONIO is co-anchor of WCVB’s EyeOpener newscasts with co-anchors Randy ...

CATHERINE AVGIRIS is executive vice president and chief financial officer for Comcast ...

MARQUESHA BABERS has served as an ambassador for the film “Girl Rising,” for ...

GLORIA MAYFIELD BANKSis an internationally renowned motivational success strategist ...

MITHU BHARGAVA is vice president, Americas presales for EMC Corporation. Her ...

SHREE BOSE was the grand prize winner of the inaugural Google Global Science Fair for ...

ERIN BROOKS is Suffolk Construction’s vice president of community and employee ...

TRACY ACCARDI joined Hologic, as the vice president of research and development for ...

BETH CARLSON is vice president of global talent development for Raytheon Company. She ...

BOBBI DANGERFIELD leads global sales operations (GSO) at Dell.  In her role, ...

PAULA DAVIS-LAACK, JD, MAPP, is a former practicing lawyer, an ...

AMANDA ELEUTERI joined Sankaty Advisors in 2012 having previously joined Bain Capital ...

MONICA ELLIOTT is the regional CFO for North American EMD group companies and ...

Amanda Fakhreddine is a former reporter turned social media marketing innovator Top ...

SALLY D. FASSLER is a managing director, chief financial officer and risk and ...

MAIA GERMAIN is a senior vice president in State Street’s Corporate citizenship ...

DYAN M. GOODWIN joined Bank of America in 2002 as a senior vice president in the ...

STEVE GROSS M.S.W., is the founder and chief playmaker of the Life is Good Kids ...

BETH GROUS is the chief people officer at TripAdvisor. She is responsible for leading ...

KEMAL HARRIS has been obsessed with fashion since age four when she began drawing ...

IVETTE HELAL is vice president of human resources for the laboratory equipment ...

JULIE HOLLAND, M.D. is a fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine and was an ...

INGRID JACOBS is business diversity lead for Raytheon Corporate Functions. Raytheon ...

STEPHANIE KAPLAN LEWIS co-founded Her Campus in 2009 as an undergrad at Harvard ...

ML KRAKAUER is the executive vice president of business development for global ...

SHERMIN KRUSE is an equity partner at the law firm of Barack Ferrazzano, the author ...

LISA KUENG is co-author of the New York Times best-selling book “Picture Your ...

LORETTA LAROCHE has been a stress management consultant for over 30 years. Her ...

MELODY E. LEE is the director of brand and reputation strategy at Global ...

ALIZA LICHT is a fashion communications executive and former Twitter phenom, DKNY PR ...

NADIA LOPEZ is an educator pioneering a path of inspired leadership. As the founding ...

DYLLAN McGEE is a two-time Emmy-award winning executive producer and founder of McGee ...

KELLY McKENNA is global head for State Street’s Center for Applied Research, for ...

MARY BETH MOYNIHAN is senior vice president of corporate strategy and marketing at ...

BETSY MYERS is founding director of Bentley University’s Center for Women and ...

KRISTIN OWENS is head of renal marketing and patient reimbursement for Sanofi. She ...

JACQUELINE HORNOR PLUMEZ is an award-winning psychologist. Her 500 colleagues in the ...

LINDSAY TIA REILLY is CEO of Lindsay Tia, a unique handbag line with a purpose.  For ...

GREGG RENFREW launched Beautycounter in 2013. Renfrew and Beautycounter are focused ...

ROBIN HAUSER REYNOLDS is the director and producer of cause-based documentary films ...

GWEN ROBINSON is the managing director of corporate social responsibility and ...

ANITA SANTOS is currently serving as vice president of marketing for Tyco Security ...

KATHRIN SCHOENBORN-SOBOLEWSKI is vice president of global clinical operations at ...

ERIN SCHRODE is a green girl and ecopreneur. As the “face of the new green ...

NZINGA SHAW is currently the chief diversity and inclusion officer of the Atlanta ...

LAUREN SHEA is director of product development and end user experience for ...

TRYNKA SHINEMAN is the executive vice president at Cimpress and president of the ...

CARSON TATE is a productivity consultant and the founder of Working Simply, Inc. She ...

LYNN D. TINNEY is the vice president of Americas channels at Riverbed Technology. ...

JEANNE TROGAN is executive director, global events marketing for Dell.  In this role ...

KAM UNNINAYAR is the vice president finance of the laboratory products and services ...

BARB VLACICH is vice president for presales operations with Kronos Incorporated. In ...

CHANTEL WATERBURY is founder and CEO of Chloe + Isabel. She is a life-long ...

CONNIE WEAVER is executive vice president and chief marketing officer at ...

AIMEE ALEXANDER is executive communications manager with Cisco Systems. With over 15 ...

ISIS ANCHALEE is an incredibly passionate autodidact and platform engineer at ...

FREDRIK AXSATER, CFA is head of global defined contribution for State Street Global ...

COLLEEN BOSELLI is a business coach who focuses on empowering and inspiring ...

JACQUELINE M. BOUCHIE is an internal ETF sales associate for State Street Global ...

MICHELLE CHIANTERA is senior director, Americas partner and U.S. commercial marketing ...

LILLIAN CHIN is a seasoned finance professional with 30 years of progressively ...

LISA CONSIDINE is an experienced human resources Leader with a strong passion and ...

MICHELLE DAUPHINAIS is vice president of national accounts for John Hancock. With ...

BROOKE DOBYNS is the chief of staff and director of strategy and planning for the ...

SEAN FULLERTON, CFA® is a senior research analyst at the Center for Applied Research ...

GREG GALE is the director of diversity and inclusion at Liberty Mutual Insurance.  A ...

CHINA GORMAN is a successful global business executive in the competitive human ...

JERI’ANN HILLER, Ph.D. is a leader in front end innovation in medical device ...

JESSICA JACKLEY is an entrepreneur focused on financial inclusion, the sharing ...

DR. TODD B. KASHDAN is a world recognized authority on well-being, strengths, social ...

KELLI KIRWIN  is an award-winning and well-respected executive, currently serving as ...

KIM KRAMER is a financial professional with a distinguished career spanning over many ...

SHARLYN LAUBY is the author of HR Bartender and president of ITM Group Inc., a South ...

JOSH LEVS is an investigative journalist and father of three who has long covered the ...

JOYCE O’DONNELL MARONEY is the senior director of customer experience and services ...

SUSAN MEISINGER is a columnist, speaker and consultant on executive management ...

STACIE POWELL is a member of the exclusive Global Graduate Rotational Program through ...

MARTHA ROOK is the director of the stem cell bioprocessing group in EMD Millipore’s ...

MEGHAN SCANLON joined Boston Scientific in 2014 as the vice president of global ...

CLAUDIA SCHULZ is manager of financial planning and analysis with Boston Scientific ...

CANDACE L. SUTCLIFFE is senior vice president and chief compliance officer for the ...

JENNIFER TIERNEY is vice president of sales and distribution for John Hancock ...

LAURA VAIL WOOSTER is vice president and head of insurance marketing for John ...

BRIE WILLIAMS is VP and head of practice management with State Street Global ...

DAVE WRIGHT is the sales leader for Cisco’s global customer success Americas ...

JODY ADAMS is a James Beard award winning chef and visionary behind two of ...

MEGAN A. COSTELLO is the executive director of the office of women’s advancement ...

JEANNE DASARO is the founder of the Wonder Women of Boston network.  In this role, ...

TONI ELKA is the executive director and founder of Future Chefs.  She has a rich and ...

PATRICIA C. FRY is the principal of Plymouth South High School. She has been selected ...

KARA HUTCHINSON is the director of strategic marketing for the Boston Celtics. ...

LIZ MORNINGSTAR is the CEO of the Boston Public Market Association, the developer and ...

PATRICIA A. PARCELLIN is chief executive officer of Girl Scouts of Eastern ...

CATHERINE PETERSON is the executive director of ArtsBoston, a nonprofit arts service ...

MONICA SINGH is an accomplished and driven corporate attorney.  She currently ...

ONEEKA WILLIAMS is on a mission to educate, empower and enrich the lives of ...

KATE BACHMAN is an award-winning public relations professional with years of agency ...

NICOLE BLADES has been putting her imagined worlds on paper since third grade as this ...

CASEY CAREY-BROWN is an LGBTQ parent blogger, editor and writer living in Jamaica ...

JULIANA CASALE is the content marketing manager at Nanigans, a SaaS platform for ...

STACY DeBROFF is founder and CEO of Influence Central, best-selling author, attorney ...

Jeanne Demers is the co-author and illustrator of “FLAWD: How To Stop Hating On ...

ELAINA FEATHERSTONE oversees Her Campus's national PR and social media strategy, as ...

LAUREN LEADER-CHIVÉE is the founder and CEO of All In Together, a non-profit, ...

MICHELLE MILLER GROVES is a doctoral student in interdisciplinary leadership at ...

EMILY-ANNE RIGAL is the founder and director of anti-bullying organization ...

DIANA VERTUS is the founder and CEO of Exquisite Design Concepts, a boutique full ...

LAUREN SCHADT BAKER currently serves as the First Lady of Massachusetts alongside her ...

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

JILL LARSEN is vice president of talent acquisition, people planning and services HR ...

MICHAEL MAHONEY is president and chief executive officer of Boston Scientific ...

ERIN McSWEENEY leads EMC's global human resources practice, setting the people ...

J.C. MONAHAN is co-anchor of WCVB's “NewsCenter 5 at 5:00,” as well as co-anchor ...

LISA WALSH is the regional controller at EMD Serono, Inc. where her responsibilities ...

MARTIN J. WALSH is a lifelong advocate for working people, and a proud product of the ...

KAREN HOLMES WARD is WCVB's director of public affairs and community services as well ...

KATE BEEDERS is an internationally known business coach, specializing in helping ...

LAUREN BETTENCOURT is brand communications manager for the global brand relations ...

ANITA BREARTON is founder and CEO of CabinetM, a discovery platform that helps ...

LISA GREEN is a lawyer and legal analyst. After earning her law degree at New York ...

RANDY KAMEN, Ed.D. is a psychologist and educator. She pioneered new territory in ...

KIM MILES is the founder of Miles in Heels Productions. She is a successful ...

LISA MURRAY is a communications and media relations strategist with over 20 years of ...

SABINA NAWAZ is CEO and founder of Nawaz Consulting. She is a renowned leadership ...

KIRSTYN PEARL is the founder and CEO of Seacoast Sweets, a rapidly ...

SHERYL SCHULTZ is the founder and president of CabinetM. She is an expert in startup ...

LAURIE MILLER VOKE is the president and founder of the Female Fan Association. She is ...