2020 Speakers

ELIZABETH ACEVEDO is a New York Times bestselling author of The Poet X, With the Fire on High, and Clap When You Land. Her critically-acclaimed debut novel, The Poet X, won the 2018 National Book Award for Young ...

MELINDA GATES is a philanthropist, businesswoman, and global advocate for women and girls. As co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, she shapes and approves the foundation’s strategies, reviews ...

CELESTE HEADLEE is an award-winning journalist, professional speaker and author of We Need To Talk: How To Have Conversations That Matter, and Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and ...

ISSA RAE is a producer, actress, and writer. With her own unique flare and infectious sense of humor, Rae first garnered attention for her award-winning web series and the accompanying New York Times best-seller, ...

ELLEN BENNETT is the founder and CEO of Hedley & Bennett, a Los Angeles based ...

TREY BOYNTON is the global lead for inclusion strategy & alignment at Cisco where ...

GINA CHAVEZ is a multi-ethnic, queer, Catholic, Austin native, and ...

MELANIE FOLEY is the executive vice president and the chief talent & enterprise ...

PAT MITCHELL is a lifelong advocate for women and girls. At every step of her career, ...

CARLA PIÑEYRO SUBLETT is an adventurous leader who applies her passions for ...

LAYSHA WARD is an accomplished C-suite executive with thirty years of leadership ...

VALORIE BURTON is a national bestselling author, international speaker and life ...

TAMRA CHANDLER is a nationally recognized thought leader, author, and speaker. ...

JAMES CLEAR is a personal development virtual keynote speaker and the author of the ...

WADE DAVIS is a feminist, educator and former NFL player, and an advisor on gender, ...

MICHELLE KIM is an entrepreneur and diversity, equity, and inclusion thought leader ...

NATALY KOGAN is the creator of the Happier Method™ and an entrepreneur, speaker, ...

ALICIA MENENDEZ is an anchor on MSNBC. She is also the author of The Likeability ...

PRIYA PARKER is helping us take a deeper look at how anyone can create collective ...

AMBER RAE is an author, artist, and global voice for emotional wellness and personal ...

RESHMA SAUJANI is the founder and CEO of Girls Who Code, the international nonprofit ...

BRENDA BRINSON is general manager, talent management for Phillips 66, a diversified ...

KATY CRIST welcomes the challenges that come with excelling in the ever-changing ...

BOBBI DANGERFIELD retired from Dell Technologies in February 2019 as SVP of global ...

STACY ERB is the director of community education initiatives for Apple. With over ...

JANE GASDASKA assumed the role of change management lead for Phillips 66’s business ...

AMANDA HODGES is senior vice president of North America Marketing and the Global ...

TIFFANY S REINER, CPCU, CIC, CRM. With more than twenty years of commercial insurance ...

CHINA WIDENER serves as Deloitte’s US consulting technology sector leader and a DEI ...

ESTHER ALEXANDER has been in the semiconductor industry over 20 years with roles ...

DEILASHEUN BOTTS is the director of complex care management for UnitedHealthcare ...

COLETTE PIERCE BURNETTE, Ed.D, is the president and chief executive officer of ...

TANIA COLON is the director of vendor oversight and strategy of ...

TANIA F. DIXON is the manager of employee engagement of ...

JULIE GARCIA has worked at UnitedHealthcare since 2005, serving in a variety of ...

JILLIAN HAMBLIN is the chief operating officer of UnitedHealthcare Community & ...

ELIZABETH T. HETRICK, JD, CTFA is the senior vice president and director of wealth ...

CRYSTAL JOHNSON is the director of medical clinical operations for Dual ...

LORENA KAPLEN is a registered dietitian, culinary enthusiast, and self‑taught chef ...

LEE PRYZBYLA CFP®, CEPA, is the vice president and financial advisor at Broadway ...

JUMELIE MILLER serves as health services director of the Star+Plus managed Medicaid ...

JANA MORRIS is currently the executive director of UnitedHealthcare Community & ...

TABITHA PARKER has been part of Silicon Labs for over 16 years in the Applications ...

CAJSA WEIBRING is a data privacy officer at Planview where she serves as an internal ...