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2022 Speakers

Below are the speakers we welcomed to our 2022 virtual Conference. Sign up for our newsletter to hear from our speakers year-round and be the first to learn about our 2023 speaker lineup!

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

Celeste Headlee

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

Host | Creating Workplaces that Work for Everyone ...
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Cynthia Pham Stark

Panelist | Creating Workplaces that Work for Everyone ...
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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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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

Introduction| VP, Business Technology, Indeed and California Conference for Women ...
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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

Panelist | Creating Workplaces that Work for Everyone ...
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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

Executive Mentor | That’s a Good Question: Navigating the Tech Workplace ...
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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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