2013 Speakers

Bob Beaudine is president and CEO of Eastman & Beaudine, the nation’s leading executive search firm in professional sports and entertainment. The Wall Street Journal named Eastman & Beaudine the “top ...

Addie Broyles is a writer based in Austin, Texas. As a columnist for the Austin American-Statesman, she covers everything from cookbooks and recipes, to farmers markets, trends and food businesses in the Wednesday ...

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 ...

Sallie Krawcheck is a woman with a reputation for integrity, independence of thought, a sense of humor and an unrelenting focus on results. Krawcheck has often been referred to as one of the most successful and ...

Jenny Lawson is an award-winning blogger and is author of the New York Times #1 best-selling memoir “Let's Pretend This Never Happened.”  She's known for her irreverent writing style and hilarious views on ...

Vernā Myers, Esq., principal of Vernā Myers Consulting Group, LLC (VMCG), is a nationally recognized expert on diversity and inclusion within law firms, law departments and law schools. Myers is a dynamic speaker ...

According to Rachael Ray, she grew surrounded by food. “My first vivid memory is watching my mom in a restaurant kitchen. She was flipping something with a spatula. I tried to copy her and ended up grilling my ...

Esmeralda Santiago was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She came to the United States at thirteen, the eldest in a family that would eventually include eleven children. In 1977, she and her husband, Frank Cantor, ...

WENDI AARONS is an award-winning humor writer whose work has appeared in The New ...

Miki Agrawal is a serial social entrepreneur. She is the founder of the acclaimed ...

Michelle Baden is managing director, corporate and government affairs for United ...

Jessica Baker leads the development of The Respect Institute’s programming and ...

Sera Bonds is the founder of Circle of Health International (COHI), a U.S.-based NGO ...

Erin Cargile is an Emmy nominated reporter who anchors the weekend morning show on ...

Natalie Madeira Cofield currently serves as the president and CEO of the Capital City ...

Trenesa Stanford Danuser has utilized her highly creative and strategic ...

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

Debbie Dunnam is senior vice president of Americas services at Cisco Systems.   She ...

Susie Ellwood is publisher for the Austin American-Statesman. Ellwood began her media ...

Delia Ephron is a bestselling author, screenwriter and playwright.  Her book, ...

Mauria Finley is the founder and CEO of Citrus Lane, an innovative social e-commerce ...

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

Shirley C. Franklin is former Mayor of Atlanta. She is currently the Barbara Jordan ...

Porter Gale is an internationally known public speaker and entrepreneur with more ...

Holly Gordon is executive director of 10x10. She sets the strategy and leads the ...

Laura Huffman is the state director of The Nature Conservancy in Texas and heads a ...

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

Emma Johnson is a fulltime freelance business writer and creator of ...

Johnita Jones is the Texas Conference for Women board president and the Pipeline Risk ...

Kelly Livers has been with Schwab for almost 22 years, and is one of 10 regional ...

ShaChelle Devlin Manning is the director of innovation and enterprise integration for ...

Dr. Sherri Reuland became a business owner fresh out of orthodontic school when she ...

Karen Reuther is a multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural design leader whose experience ...

Jessica Shortall has led a global career in social entrepreneurship built on ...

Eileen Silvergleid is a 20-year veteran of C-level sales and account management. ...

Manisha Thakor is the founder and CEO of MoneyZen Wealth Management. Known for ...

Tracy Yelencsics is director of global brand in corporate marketing and ...

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

Dr. Laurence Altshuler is a board-certified internist at Cancer Treatment Centers of ...

Tracy Carmen-Jones is a leadership coach to high potential and C-suite leaders, ...

Sandy Hoffman is chief diversity officer for Cisco. In this capacity, Hoffman is ...

Sridevi Koneru Rao is the business development director for the Cisco Services ...

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

Amy Vickers has worked as the executive director of the Mothers’ Milk Bank of North ...

Vernetta R. Freeney is an award winning blogger and Editor in Chief of ...

Lisa Hickey is marketing director at C3 Presents, the third largest concert promoter ...

Bryn Harrington currently serves as the Austin community manager for Google+ Local, a ...

Brittany Highland is the editor of the Austinot, the top-ranked blog about the city ...

Nettie Reynolds is a laughter yoga teacher and marketing/branding consultant. She is ...