2014 Speakers
Keynotes
Tamara Mellon
Tamara Mellon is the founder of TAMARA MELLON brand and former chief executive officer and chief creative officer of Jimmy Choo. Mellon cultivated her skills early, working as accessories editor at Brittish Vogue ...
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Diana Nyad
Diana Nyad successfully fulfilled her lifelong dream of completing the 110-mile swim from Cuba to Florida on September 2, 2013. This feat marked her fifth and final attempt, and took place when Nyad was 64 years ...
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Soledad O’Brien
Soledad O'Brien is an award-winning journalist, documentarian, news anchor and producer. O’Brien was the originator of “Black in America” and “Latino in America.” In June 2013 she launched Starfish Media ...
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Shiza Shahid
Shiza Shahid is the CEO and co-founder of the Malala Fund, the organization representing the young Pakistani activist who was shot by the Taliban for her campaign for girls’ education. Shahid is an entrepreneur ...
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Debbie Sterling
Debbie Sterling is the founder and CEO of GoldieBlox, an award-winning toy company on a mission to "disrupt the pink aisle" with interactive construction toys and stories for girls. Sterling is an engineer, ...
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Sheryl WuDunn
Sheryl WuDunn was the first Asian-American reporter to win a Pulitzer Prize, is a business executive, lecturer and best-selling author. With her husband Nicholas Kristof she co-authored four books: “A Path ...
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Breakout Session Speakers
Cynthia Ackrill, M.D.
Cynthia Ackrill, M.D. is a leader in the field of leveraging stress for optimal ...
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Katrina Alcorn
KATRINA ALCORN is general manager of design at IBM, responsible for leading one of ...
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Patty Chang Anker
Patty Chang Anker is the author of the memoir “Some Nerve: Lessons Learned While ...
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Jessica Bacal
Jessica Bacal directs the Wurtele Center for Work & Life at Smith College, an ...
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Kelly Ballard
Kelly Ballard is the executive director of Bazaarvoice Foundation, a 501(c)3 entity ...
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Jenny Bowen
Jenny Bowen is an advocate for the world’s forgotten children. She is the founder ...
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Kathy Brabson
Kathy Brabson’s career is truly one of inspiration. From her first step into the ...
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Sunni Brown
Sunni Brown is “infodoodler-in-chief” of a creative consultancy that uses applied ...
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Kimberly Bryant
Kimberly Bryant is the founder and executive director of Black Girls CODE, a ...
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Sara Canaday
Sara Canaday is a leadership expert, branding strategist, speaker and author. Canaday ...
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Brenda Dennis
Brenda Dennis is currently senior director of Worldwide sales strategy and ...
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Mandy Ginsberg
Mandy Ginsberg is the CEO of The Princeton Review and Tutor.com, two leading ...
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Dr. Lawana Gladney
Dr. Lawana Gladney is an emotional wellness expert, speaker, trainer, author and CEO ...
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Cindy G. Goldsberry
Cindy G. Goldsberry has 30 years of business experience, specifically in developing ...
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Megan Grassell
Megan Grassell is founder of of YellowBerry. As a high school student at the age of ...
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John Gray
John Gray is the leading relationship expert in the world and best-selling author of ...
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Amy Heirman
Amy Heirman is the managing director of talent management for United Airlines. In ...
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Jane Hyun
Jane Hyun is an internationally renowned executive coach and global leadership ...
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Lila Igram
Lila Igram put together a bootstrapping, volunteer team that together donated over ...
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Alexis Jones
Alexis Jones is an internationally recognized speaker, media personality, activist ...
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Debbie Jones
Debbie Jones is the owner and creative force behind French Laundry Home. She based an ...
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Cathy Kangas
Cathy Kangas is a legendary beauty expert and fiercely passionate entrepreneur, and ...
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Pam LeBlanc
PAM LeBLANC writes about adventure, travel and fitness at the Austin ...
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Tiffanie McDonald
Tiffanie McDonald serves as AVP of diversity management at USAA. The diversity ...
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Renee Mitchell
Renee Mitchell is vice president, global distribution sales for Freescale ...
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Tara Sophia Mohr
Tara Sophia Mohr is the founder of the global Playing Big leadership program for ...
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Karen Rapp
Karen Rapp is vice president and chief information officer at Freescale ...
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Cindy Ratzlaff
Cindy Ratzlaff was named to the Forbes’ “20 Best Branded Women on Twitter” list ...
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Cynthia Rubio
Cynthia Rubio is co-founder and president of Radiant RFID, an Inc. 5000 technology ...
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Michele Ruiz
Michele Ruiz is a bi-lingual entrepreneur and public speaker whose passions are ...
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Ritu Sharma
Ritu Sharma is co-founder and president of Women Thrive Worldwide, and a leading ...
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Gail Sheehy
Gail Sheehy is the author of 16 books, including the classic New York Times ...
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Vandana Singh
Vandana Singh is the executive director for the global customer experience and ...
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Abigail Trafford
Abigail Trafford is an author, journalist and public speaker whose work focuses on ...
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Louis van Amstel
Louis van Amstel is a “Dancing with the Stars” choreographer and three-time World ...
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Leticia Watts
Leticia Watts is Americas region LSC finance manager, lubricants at Shell. She is ...
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Kate White
Kate White is an internationally known expert on leadership and success and a New ...
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Joan C. Williams
Joan C. Williams has played a central role in reshaping the debates over women’s ...
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Norine Yukon
NORINE YUKON is the former CEO of UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Texas and ...
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Kerri Zane
Kerri Zane is a single mom lifestyle expert, co-parenting authority, speaker, Emmy ...
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Expert Exchange
Deborah Carter
Deborah Carter possesses a personal and professional drive to help others succeed and ...
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Hope M. Galley
Hope M. Galley is a sales and emerging partner executive at Cisco Systems, ...
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Kathy Kinney
Kathy Kinney is best known for her iconic role as “Mimi” on the ABC hit TV series ...
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Heather Lawley
Heather Lawley is a senior strategist, global inclusion and diversity, with an ...
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Lisa McLin
Lisa McLin is the senior director of sales strategy at Rackspace Hosting, the #1 ...
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Kim Tryce
Kim Tryce is manager of operations for the Product Integration Engineering team at ...
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Steve Yager
Steve Yager is vice president, Americas region in technical services for Cisco. He is ...
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Local Leader
Becky Arreaga
Becky Arreaga is agency president of Mercury Mambo. Along with her business partners ...
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Leslie Beasley
Leslie Beasley is the co-founder of Open Arms, a social enterprise committed to ...
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Carol McGarah
Carol McGarah has worked as a governmental affairs consultant in Austin, Texas since ...
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Gayle Reaume
Gayle Reaume is founder and CEO of Moolah U. An innovative and energetic leader, ...
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Social Media Roundtable
Emily Bell
Emily Bell is founder and president of After Interactive. With over 15 years of ...
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Cathy Benavides
Cathy Benavides is a native Austinite, and writes a plus size style blog called ...
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Sandra Fernandez
Sandra Fernandez is a communications professional with more than 15 years of ...
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Elizabeth Jurewicz
Elizabeth Jurewicz joined Rackspace hosting in November of 2011 as an enterprise ...
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Veronica Morales
Veronica Morales is the founder and CEO of The Social Being: Meetings & Media ...
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Amanda Quraishi
Amanda Quraishi is a blogger, interfaith activist and technology professional living ...
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Jen Smith
Jen Smith is the go-to source for smart Facebook marketing. Equal parts tech geek and ...
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Carly Uson
Carly Uson has combined her natural love of lifestyle, fashion and beauty with a ...
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Corinne Weisgerber, Ph.D.
Corinne Weisgerber, Ph.D. is a social media professor and Internet researcher at St. ...
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Virginia Woodruff
Virginia Woodruff founded the witty website Great Moments in Parenting. Since ...
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Nazli Yuzak
Nazli Yuzak is a results-producing digital marketing leader with over 10 years of ...
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Special Guest Speakers
Gayle Morris
Gayle Morris, vice president at Cisco Systems, is responsible for running the ...
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Karen Quintos
KAREN QUINTOS is Dell’s chief customer officer, where she leads a global ...
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Small Business Roundtable
Fayruz Benyousef
Fayruz Benyousef is a philanthropy expert and nonprofit management advisor. Her ...
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Michelle Breyer
Michelle Breyer is a co-founder and president of TextureMedia Inc., a 16-year-old ...
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Alison Brushaber
Alison Brushaber is the chief product officer and one of the founding partners of ...
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Jeanne Corrigan
Jeanne Corrigan is a strategist, focused on the women’s market. She is part ...
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Holly Hanna
Holly Reisem Hanna is a publisher, social media manager and work at home mom. Her ...
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Laura LeMond
Laura LeMond is the founder of Mosaic Weighted Blankets. She was born prematurely ...
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Jan Ryan
Jan Ryan is a serial entrepreneur and tech executive. She is a partner at Austin’s ...
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