2019 Speakers
2019 speakers will be announced below as they’re confirmed. Proposal submission for 2019 is closed. If you’re interested in learning more about speaking, please see HERE.
OPENING NIGHT SPEAKERS
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Keynotes
Elizabeth Gilbert
ELIZABETH GILBERT is the author of Eat Pray Love. Exploding onto the scene in 2006, the best-seller famously chronicled the year Gilbert spent ... Read Full Bio
Carla Harris
CARLA HARRIS is vice chairman and managing director at Morgan Stanley, where she also serves as a senior client adviser. Previously, she headed... Read Full Bio
Tracee Ellis Ross
TRACEE ELLIS ROSS is an award-winning actress, producer, director, and activist, best known for her Golden Globe-winning role as Dr. Rainbow Jo... Read Full Bio
Amanda Southworth
AMANDA SOUTHWORTH is a seventeen-year-old iOS developer, designer, and a mental health and human rights activist. She is creator of AnxietyHelp... Read Full BioBreakout Session Speakers
Emilie Aries
EMILIE ARIES is a speaker, podcast host, author, and the founder and CEO of Bossed Up, an award-winning personal and professional development ... Read Full Bio
Jennifer Brown
JENNIFER BROWN is an award-winning entrepreneur, dynamic speaker and diversity and inclusion expert. She is the founder, president and CEO of ... Read Full Bio
Michael Chamberlain
MICHAEL CHAMBERLAIN is vice president of strategic partnerships with Catalyst. He is a key member of Catalyst’s leadership team responsible ... Read Full Bio
Jean Chatzky
JEAN CHATZKY launched HerMoney Media and HerMoney.com in 2018 to provide women with information about money they can a... Read Full Bio
Julia Cheek
JULIA CHEEK is the CEO and founder of EverlyWell, the digital health company poised to disrupt the twenty five billion dollar diagnostics indu... Read Full Bio
Lida Citroën
LIDA CITROËN is an award-winning international reputation management and personal branding expert who designs and enhances the ... Read Full Bio
Amy Gallo
AMY E. GALLO is an expert in conflict, communication, and workplace dynamics. She is the author of the HBR Guide to Dealing with Conflict, a ho... Read Full Bio
Linda Glass
LINDA GLASS is founder and CEO of Glass Talent. She is an executive coach and Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator. Glass loves working with ... Read Full Bio
Fran Hauser
FRAN HAUSER is a celebrated media executive, startup investor, best-selling author and expert in women's leadership. She's held senior position... Read Full Bio
Dr. Tiffany Jana
DR. TIFFANY JANA(They/Them/Their) is the founder of TMI Consulting Inc., a diversity and inclusion management consulting firm founded... Read Full Bio
W. Brad Johnson
W. BRAD JOHNSON, PhD, is professor of psychology in the Department of Leadership, Ethics, and Law at the United States Naval Academy, and a fa... Read Full Bio
Charmaine McClarie
CHARMAINE McCLARIE is a C-suite adviser, keynote speaker, executive coach, and executive presence authority who helps leaders have their b... Read Full Bio
Laura Okmin
LAURA OKMIN is the founder of GALVANIZE, an organization that conducts seminars around the country, teaching participants to build their own f... Read Full Bio
Mary Laura Philpott
MARY LAURA PHILPOTT is the author of I Miss You When I Blink, a memoir in essays. Her writing appears in publications including The New York Ti... Read Full Bio
Amber Rae
AMBER RAE has been called a “real-life Wonder Woman.” She is a writer, visual artist, and speaker who encourages emotional wellness and per... Read Full Bio
Sam Rapoport
SAM RAPOPORT is senior director of football development with the National Football League. Rapoport spearheads programming to retain, devel... Read Full Bio
Veronica Rueckert
VERONICA RUECKERT is the author of Outspoken: Why women's voices get silenced and how to set them free, and a Peabody Award-winning communic... Read Full Bio
Valerie Smith
VALERIE SMITH is a distinguished scholar of African American literature and the fifteenth president of Swarthmore College. Smith’s significan... Read Full Bio
Yai Vargas
YAI VARGAS is a leading multicultural marketing expert with a niche in building marketing strategies and community engagement programs. She spe... Read Full Bio
Cy Wakeman
CY WAKEMAN is president and founder of Reality-Based Leadership. She is a drama researcher, global thought-leader, and New York Times best-sell... Read Full BioTech Roundtables