2022 Speakers
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Keynotes Program
Mary J. Blige
MARY J. BLIGE is a Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, Oscar-nominated actress, producer and philanthropist. She is a figure of inspiration, transformation and empowerment making her one of the defining voices ...
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Dr. Brené Brown
Keynote Speaker | Researcher & Storyteller ...
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Andra Day
ANDRA DAY is a GRAMMY® Award-nominated singer/songwriter, activist, and actress, who has been bearing her heart on the world’s stage for years. She was initially best known for her 2016 GRAMMY®- nominated ...
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Dolores Huerta
DOLORES HUERTA is a civil rights activist and community organizer. She has worked for labor rights and social justice for over 50 years. In 1962, she and Cesar Chavez founded the United Farm Workers union. She ...
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Eva Longoria
EVA LONGORIA is an actress, director, producer, entrepreneur and activist. Having worked consistently in Hollywood for over 20 years, she has cemented herself as an industry staple known for her work both in front ...
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Ellen McGirt
ELLEN McGIRT is a senior editor at FORTUNE, where she established the race and culture beat in 2016. In addition to long-form magazine features, she writes raceAhead, a daily column on race and inclusion in ...
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Aminatou Sow
AMINATOU SOW is the co-host of Call Your Girlfriend, a podcast that tackles the intricacies of feminism, pop culture and the latest in politics every single week. She is a frequent public speaker, appearing at ...
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Special Guest Speakers
Emcee, Celeste Headlee
CELESTE HEADLEE is an award-winning Journalist and Author of We Need To Talk: How To ...
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Jennifer Meade
JENNIFER MEADE is President of Breast and Skeletal Health Solutions at Hologic, Inc. ...
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Jyoti Mehra
JYOTI MEHRA is Executive Vice President of Human Resources at Gilead Sciences. Mehra ...
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Rami Rahim
RAMI RAHIM is chief executive officer of Juniper Networks and a member of the ...
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Aruna Ravichandran
ARUNA RAVICHANDRAN is CMO/VP of Webex Collaboration Marketing at Cisco. Ravichandran ...
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Cynthia Stark
CYNTHIA STARK is a technology leader with over 20 years of experience transforming ...
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Laysha Ward
LAYSHA WARD is an accomplished C-suite executive with thirty years of leadership ...
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Speakers
Mallika Chopra
MALLIKA CHOPRA is a mom, media entrepreneur, author and public speaker. She is the ...
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Dorie Clark
DORIE CLARK helps individuals and companies get their best ideas heard in a crowded, ...
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Amy C. Edmondson
AMY C. EDMONDSON is the Novartis Professor of leadership and management at the ...
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Zakiya Dalila Harris
ZAKIYA DALILA HARRIS is the author of the instant bestseller The Other Black Girl, ...
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Payal Kadakia
PAYAL KADAKIA is the founder of revolutionary fitness and wellness platform, ...
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Jenn Lim
JENN LIM is the CEO of Delivering Happiness (DH), co-founded by Tony Hsieh (the late ...
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Amanda Ripley
AMANDA RIPLEY is a New York Times best-selling author and an investigative journalist ...
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Erica Williams Simon
ERICA WILLIAMS SIMON is an award-winning narrative strategist, author, creative and ...
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Dr. Wendy Suzuki
DR. WENDY SUZUKI is a Professor of Neural Science and Psychology in the Center for ...
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Molly Tschang
MOLLY TSCHANG is the founder and CEO of Abella Consulting. She helps senior ...
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Session Hosts
Deniqua Crichlow
DENIQUA CRICHLOW is a Senior Director of HR for Cisco’s Mass scale Infrastructure ...
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Abby Evans
ABBY EVANS is the Sr. Director of Talent Management at Niantic Labs, a leading AR ...
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Laurie Evans
LAURIE EVANS is the Director of Recruiting, Core at Google. Evans joined Google in ...
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Sarajeni Hammond
SARAJENI HAMMOND is Executive Director of Human Resources at Bayer. As HR business ...
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Tiffany Martin-Ogilvie
TIFFANY MARTIN-OGILVIE is an experienced Senior Learning and Development leader at ...
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Leslie Moore
LESLIE MOORE brings more than 20 years of experience with consumer and technology ...
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Marcia Rothschild
MARCIA ROTHSCHILD is the head of Latin America and the Caribbean and is responsible ...
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Rachel Scott
RACHEL SCOTT is Vice President, Order to Cash at Cohesity. Scott often wears multiple ...
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Executive Spotlights
Mary Bui-Pham
MARY BUI-PHAM is Vice President, Strategy & Operations at Indeed. She is ...
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Betsy Davis
BETSY DAVIS leads the Seller, Marketing, and Data Experiences (SMDE) in Dell Digital, ...
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Janet Dorling
JANET DORLING is a dynamic leader with more than 20 years of experience in science ...
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Heike Krupka
HEIKE KRUPKA is a BioPharma strategist and program leader with 20 years of ...
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Le Louis
LE LOUIS is a Chief Engineer at Raytheon Intelligence & Space, a business of ...
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Gayathri Menon
GAYATHRI MENON is senior director, engineering at Hologic. Menon started her career ...
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Katharine Pullis
KATHARINE PULLIS is an Airbus Captain for Alaska Airlines. Pullis, a native Hawaiian ...
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Ashla Singh
ASHLA SINGH is an International Product Manager at Roche Diagnostics and the ...
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Learning Burst & Break Speakers
Curran Brugger
CURRAN BRUGGER leads the Talent, Development & Inclusion organization at Gilead ...
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Sally Kay
SALLY KAY is a Public Policy and External Affairs professional based in San ...
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Sujata Kosalge
SUJATA KOSALGE is vice president of engineering for the Core Data organization at ...
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Natashia Laurant
NATASHIA LAURANT is a Human Resources Business Partner and Senior Director at ...
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Celine Martin
CELINE MARTIN is company group chairman, Ethicon Digital Surgery. In this role, ...
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Meagan Pi
MEAGAN PI joined Google in 2003 as an engineer for Enterprise Search and led an ...
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Chetana Rao, Ph.D
CHETANA RAO, Ph.D. is the head of site strategy and operations for Bristol Myers ...
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Rashmi Sawarkar
RASHMI SAWARKAR is a Software Engineering Manager at Roche. She is responsible for ...
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Jessamyn Stanley
JESSAMYN STANLEY is an internationally acclaimed voice in wellness, highly sought ...
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Roxana Strohmenger
ROXANA STROHMENGER, CCXP is a VP of CX Strategy at UKG. She brings 15+ years of ...
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