INVITED SUMMIT SPEAKERS
Women and Girls Africa Summit
Durban International Conference Center
June 9-12 2020, Durban, South Africa
(INVITED SPEAKERS LIST)
The women and girls summit fosters crucial dialogue that will lead to the development of
initiatives, programs and institutions that address the challenges of women and girls in
Africa. Please find a current list of invited wags 2020 speakers below. Stay tuned! We will
be adding to this list as new speakers are confirmed.
EMPOWERING WOMEN & GIRLS
IN AFRICA
The Women and Girls Summit (WAGS), which will take place at the international conference center, Durban, South Africa from June 9-12, 2020, aims to prepare women of today and tomorrow to take on key leadership roles in all areas and across all industries to ensure that Africa realizes its full potential. The summit will offer unique opportunities for participants to network with leaders and key influencers from across the world. It will provide a platform for dialogue, knowledge-sharing and mentoring and will serve as the birth place for initiatives and institutions that will address the many challenges of women and girls in Africa in alignment with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
AMINA MOHAMMED
DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL,
UNITED NATIONS
TREVOR NOAH
SOUTH AFRICAN COMEDIAN AND HOST
OF THE DAILY SHOW
ELLEN JOHNSON SIRLEAF
NOBEL PRIZE LAUREATE, FORMER
PRESIDENT OF LIBERIA
ELAINE WELTEROTH
AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST AND
FORMER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF TEEN
VOGUE
CLAUDIA GARCIA MORENO
FOUNDER, SEXUAL VIOLENCE
RESEARCH INITIATIVE, LEAD ON
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, WHO
YVONNE CHAKA CHAKA
SINGER SONGWRITER
RACHELLE AKUFFO
MODERATOR, ANCHOR, CHINA
GLOBAL TELEVISION NETWORK
ROBERTA BARBIERI
VICE PRESIDENT, GLOBAL
SUSTAINABILITY, PEPSICO
RUTH KAGIA
DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF, OFFICE OF
THE PRESIDENT OF KENYA
OLUTIMEHIN ADEGBEYE
GEORGIA ARNOLD, SENIOR VICE
PRESIDENT OF SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY, VIACOM
INTERNATIONAL MEDIA NETWORKS
BRITTANY PACKNET EDUCATOR AND
ACTIVIST
TOPEKA K. SAM
FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,
ENTREPRENUR AND ACTIVIST
TARANA BURKE
FOUNDER THE ‘ME TOO.’ MOVEMENT
JUNE BARRETT
DOMESTIC WORKER /ACTIVIST
JUDITH BROWNE DIANIS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ADVANCEMENT
PROJECT
MONICA SIMPSON
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
SISTERSONG
ANNE PRICE
AFRO FUTURIST AND PRESIDENT OF
INSIGHT
SHANNON TURNER
FOUNDER, HEAR ME CODE
WINNIE BYANYIMA
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OXFAM INTERNATIONAL
JOHN CARY
SENIOR PROGRAM OFFICER, THE
AUDACIOUS PROJECT AT TED
HENRIETTA H. FORE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
UNICEF
KEN FRAZIER
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OFFICER
MERCK & CO., INC.
KATE GILMORE UN DEPUTY HIGH
COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
DR. GITHINJI GITAHI
GROUP CEO
AMREF HEALTH AFRICA
KARL HOFMANN
PRESIDENT & CEO, PSI
REGINA HONU
CEO SORONKO SOLUTIONS
VIVIAN HUNT
MANAGING PARTNER, UK & IRELAND
MCKINSEY & COMPANY
ALAN JOPE, CEO
UNILEVER
DR. NATALIA KANEM
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
UNFPA
MUSOLA CATHRINE KASEKETI
FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
VILOLE IMAGES PRODUCTIONS
RAJ KUMAR
PRESIDENT & EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
DEVEX
ANU MADGAVKAR
PARTNER, MCKINSEY GLOBAL
INSTITUTE
PHUMZILE MLAMBO-NGCUKAEN
UNITED NATIONS UNDER-SECRETARY-
GENERAL
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UN WOMEN
DR. PRECIOUS MOLOI-MOTSEPE
CO-FOUNDER AND CEO, MOTSEPE
FOUNDATION
CO-CHAIR, MAVERICK COLLECTIVE, AN
INITIATIVE OF PSI
THE HONOURABLE MARYAM MONSEF
MINISTER OF INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT AND MINISTER FOR
WOMEN AND GENDER EQUALITY
GOVERNMENT OF CANADA
THENJIWE MTINTSO AMBASSADOR
SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT
DR. ALAA MURABIT
HIGH-LEVEL COMMISSIONER: HEALTH,
EMPLOYMENT & ECONOMIC GROWTH
FEMI OKE
CO-FOUNDER, MODERATE THE PANEL
SENIOR HOST, AL JAZEERA ENGLISH
ISHA SESAYY
FOUNDER, W.E CAN LEAD
FOUNDATION
FORMER CNN JOURNALIST
MOHAMED SIDIBAY
GLOBAL YOUTH ADVOCATE
GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR
EDUCATION
STEPHANIE SINCLAIR
FOUNDER, TOO YOUNG TO WED
PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING
PHOTOJOURNALIST
THEO SOWA, CEO AFRICAN WOMEN’S
DEVELOPMENT FUND
EMTITHAL MAHMOUD, SPOKEN-WORD
POET, GOODWILL AMBASSADOR,
UNHCR
ERICA ARMAH-BRA BULU TANDOH
DJ SWITCH (VIA VIDEO), GHANA
ELHADJ AS SY
SECRETARY GENERAL
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF RED
CROSS AND RED CRESCENT
SOCIETIES (IFRC)
NTOKOZO ZAKWE
ABIR LEMSEFFER
DIRECTOR GENERAL, MOROCCO
FOODEX, AND FOR THE INITIATIVE FOR
THE ADAPTATION OF AFRICAN
AGRICULTURE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
ALAMINE OUSMANE MEY
MINISTER OF ECONOMY, PLANNING,
AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
CAMEROON
ALBERT ZEUFACK, CHIEF ECONOMIST,
AFRICA REGION, WORLD BANK
AMANI ABOU-ZEID
COMMISSIONER FOR
INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENERGY,
AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION
ANNETTE DIXON, VICE PRESIDENT FOR
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, WORLD BANK
AÏCHATOU BOULAMA KANÉ
MINISTER OF PLANNING, NIGER
CAREN GROWN, SR. DIRECTOR,
GENDER, WORLD BANK GROUP
HAFEZ GHANEM
VICE PRESIDENT, AFRICA REGION,
WORLD BANK
HENRIETTA FORE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UNICEF
HIS MAJESTY KING LETSIE III, KING,
LESOTHO
ICHIRO HARA, DIRECTOR GENERAL,
SECRETARIAT OF THE B20 TOKYO
SUMMIT
JULIA GILLARD
BOARD CHAIR, GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP
FOR EDUCATION
JULIE GATHONI SUMIRA GICHURU
MODERATOR, ENTREPRENEUR AND
MEDIA PERSONALITY
LAURA TUCK
VP, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT,
WORLD BANK GROUP
LUCY HEINTZ
PARTNER, ACTIS
MAKHTAR DIOP
VICE PRESIDENT, INFRASTRUCTURE,
WORLD BANK GROUP
MARISA DREW
CEO, IMPACT ADVISORY AND FINANCE,
CREDIT SUISSE
MARYAM MONSEF
MINISTER OF INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT, CANADA
MATTHEW RYCROFT, CBE PERMANENT
SECRETARY, DFID
LEON WILSON, CHIEF OF DIGITAL
INNOVATION & CHIEF INFORMATION
OFFICER AT THE CLEVELAND
FOUNDATION.
DR. OLAJUMOKE YACOB-HALISO,
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL
SCIENCE BABCOCK UNIVERSITY IN
NIGERIA.
NANA APENEM DAGADU
ADVISOR, MONITORING &
EVALUATION/REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH,
SAVE THE CHILDREN US
NEVEN MIMICA, INTERNATIONAL
COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT,
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
OMOWALE DAVID-ASHIRU
DIRECTOR, ANDELA NIGERIA
PAULA INGABIRE, MINISTER OF ICT,
RWANDA
SAHAR NASR
MINISTER OF INVESTMENT &
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION,
EGYPT
SIGRID KAAG
MINISTER FOR FOREIGN TRADE AND
DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION,
NETHERLANDS
SREE RAMASWAMY
PARTNER, MCKINSEY GLOBAL
INSTITUTE
STACI WARDEN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
OF GLOBAL MARKETS DEVELOPMENT,
MILKEN INSTITUTE
STEPHANIE VON FRIEDEBURG
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER,
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
CORPORATION
WAWIRA NJIRU
FOUNDER, FOOD FOR EDUCATION
ZOUERA YOUSSOUFOU
CEO, DANGOTE FOUNDATION
PENNY ABEYWARDENA
COMMISSIONER FOR
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS,
MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR THE CITY OF
NEW YORK
UZO ADUBA
EMMY WINNING ACTRESS,
ADVOCATE, AND HEIFER
INTERNATIONAL AMBASSADOR TO
AFRICA
ZUBAIDA BAI
FOUNDER & CEO OF AYZH INC.
AND UBS GLOBAL VISIONARY
KATHY CALVIN
PRESIDENT & CEO, UNITED
NATIONS FOUNDATION
TEDROS ADHANOM
DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
NANETTE COCERO
REGIONAL PRESIDENT, EMERGING
MARKETS, PFIZER INNOVATIVE
HEALTH
NICOLE CUSHMAN
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
ANSWER, ADVISOR TO AMAZE
HENRIETTA FORE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UNICEF
LEYMAH GBOWEE
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LAUREATE,
FOUNDER OF THE LEYMAH
GBOWEE FOUNDATION AFRICA,
SDG ADVOCATE
FATIMA GOSS GRAVES
PRESIDENT & CEO, NATIONAL
WOMEN'S LAW CENTER
AMBER HEARD
ACTRESS, ACTIVIST, AND HUMAN
RIGHTS CHAMPION, UN HUMAN
ANDREW LEE
HEAD OF SUSTAINABLE AND
IMPACT INVESTING, UBS GLOBAL
WEALTH MANAGEMENT
ELISHA LONDON, FOUNDER & CEO,
UNITED FOR GLOBAL MENTAL
HEALTH
FELICITY MCVAY
CREATABLE PARTNERSHIPS
ULRIKA MODEER
ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR &
DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF
EXTERNAL RELATIONS &
ADVOCACY, UNDP
ERIKA BALBUENA
HEAD, IMPACT COMPUTING
AMAZON
DEENA SHAKIR, PARTNER
GOOGLE VENTURES
ANNE BLACK
PRESIDENT, GOLDMAN SACHS GIVES
GOLDMAN SACHS
ZURIEL ODUWOLE, FILMMAKER
& GIRL EDUCATION ADVOCATE
ANDY PHAROAH
VICE PRESIDENT, CORPORATE
AFFAIRS, MARS INCORPORATED
ENRICA PORCARI
CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER,
WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
JOANNE SMITH
FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR, GIRLS FOR GENDER
EQUITY
GITHINJI GITAHI
GLOBAL CEO AND DIRECTOR
GENERAL OF AMREF HEALTH AFRICA
GROUP
MICHAEL MAKANGA
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, EUROPEAN &
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES CLINICAL
TRIALS PARTNERSHIP
MIRIAM ORCUTT
COORDINATER, UCL-LANCET
COMMISSION FOR MIGRATION AND
HEALTH
VIKRAM PATEL
PERSHING SQUARE PROFESSOR OF
GLOBAL HEALTH, HARVARD MEDICAL
SCHOOL
PETER SANDS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THE GLOBAL
FUND TO FIGHT AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS
AND MALARIA, SWITZERLAND
SITAWA WAFULA
MENTAL HEALTH STRATEGIST,
WRITER, AND PUBLIC SPEAKER
JAYATHMA WICKRAMANAYAKE
UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-
GENERAL'S ENVOY ON YOUTH
CINNY KENNARD, EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR
ANNENBERG FOUNDATION
SHANNON SCHUYLER
PRINCIPAL & CHIEF PURPOSE OFFICER
PWC
DALILA WILSON-SCOTT
PRESIDENT, FOUNDATION
COMCAST NBCUNIVERSAL
LATA REDDY
CHAIR & PRESIDENT, PRUDENTIAL
FOUNDATION; SVP, DIVERSITY,
INCLUSION & IMPACT
PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL
MIKE MASSERMAN
HEAD OF SOCIAL IMPACT
LYFT
EDUARDO CETLIN
PRESIDENT, AMGEN FOUNDATION
AMGEN
JON CAMPBELL
EVP, CORPORATE PHILANTHROPY &
COMMUNITY RELATIONS; PRESIDENT,
WELLS FARGO FOUNDATION
WELLS FARGO
MEENA HARRIS
HEAD, STRATEGY & LEADERSHIP
UBER
PATRICK G. AWUAH, JR.
FOUNDER & PRESIDENT OF ASHESI
UNIVERSITY, GHANA
STEVE DAVIS
PRESIDENT AND CEO, PATH
SARAH HENDRIKS
DIRECTOR, GENDER EQUALITY, BILL
AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION
TIFANY BOYLES
DIRECTOR OF GLOBAL
PHILANTHROPY, STREET BUSINESS
SCHOOL
SUSI COLLINS
SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER,
DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, & BELONGING,
NORDSTROM
KATHLEN COLSON
CO-FOUNDER, THE BOMA PROJECT
MICHAEL DESPINES
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SNOW
LEOPARD TRUST
SUSAN DIN
PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS AND
OPERATIONS MANAGER, TENT
PARTNERSHIP FOR REFUGEES
GABRIELLE FITZGERALD
FOUNDER & CEO, PANORAMA
YAWA HANSEN-QUAO
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, EMERGING
PUBLIC LEADERS
MARGARET HENRY
DIRECTOR OF SUSTAINABLE
AGRICULTURE, PEPSICO
ANDREA JONES
PROGRAM ASSOCIATE,
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS, CONRAD
N. HILTON FOUNDATION
LIZ KELLISON
GENDER LEAD, FINANCIAL SERVICES
FOR THE POOR, BILL & MELINDA
GATES FOUNDATION
JANE MESECK
SENIOR DIRECTOR, TECH FOR SOCIAL
IMPACT, MICROSOFT PHILANTHROPIES
DENA MORRIS
PRESIDENT & CEO, WASHINGTON
GLOBAL HEALTH ALLIANCE
HEIDI NAKAMURA
GLOBAL HEALTH DIRECTOR, ADARA
DEVELOPMENT
WENDY KOPP
CEO AND CO-FOUNDER OF TEACH
FOR ALL
EBELE OKOBI
PUBLIC POLICY DIRECTOR FOR
AFRICA, FACEBOOK
HOLLY GORDON
CHIEF IMPACT OFFICER,
PARTICIPANT MEDIA
NATE HURST
CHIEF SUSTAINABILITY & SOCIAL
IMPACT OFFICER, HP
JAHA DUKUREH
FOUNDER, SAFE HANDS FOR
GIRLS
CAROLINE ROAN
VICE PRESIDENT, CORPORATE
RESPONSIBILITY, PFIZER
MEG O'BRIEN
MANAGING DIRECTOR, GLOBAL
CANCER TREATMENT, AMERICAN
CANCER SOCIETY
LISHA MCCORMICK
COO, LAST MILE HEALTH
AGNES BINAGWAHO
VICE CHANCELLOR, UNIVERSITY
OF GLOBAL HEALTH EQUITY
NEELIMA GROVER
CEO/FOUNDER, THE QED GROUP
PAM FOSTER
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER,
CO-IMPACT
NATHANIEL RAYMOND
DIRECTOR, SIGNAL PROGRAM ON
HUMAN SECURITY AND
TECHNOLOGY AT HARVARD
HUMANITARIAN INITIATIVE
GITHINJI GITAHI
GROUP CHIEF EXECUTIVE
OFFICER, AMREF HEALTH AFRICA
AMEL KARBOUL
CEO, EDUCATION OUTCOMES
FUND FOR AFRICA AND THE
MIDDLE EAST
ERIC READING
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT,
CHEMONICS
KANIKA BAHL
CEO, EVIDENCE ACTION
JUDE NWOKIKE
SENIOR DIRECTOR, PROMOTING
THE QUALITY OF MEDICINES
PROGRAM, USP
JOHN HEWKO
GENERAL SECRETARY OF ROTARY
INTERNATIONAL AND THE ROTARY
FOUNDATION
GARGEE GHOSH
DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT
POLICY AND FINANCE, GATES
FOUNDATION
PAUL WEISENFELD
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT,
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
RTI
NEAL MYRICK
GLOBAL HEAD OF TABLEAU
FOUNDATION
ANJALI KOCHAR
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, KAILASH
SATYARTHI CHILDREN'S
FOUNDATION US
NAVEEN RAO
LEAD, MSD FOR MOTHERS
MARY ELLEN ISKENDERIAN
PRESIDENT AND CEO, WOMEN'S
WORLD BANKING
DANIELA TERMINEL
CEO, GLOBAL HEALTH CORPS
(GHC)
RAVI GURUMURTHY
CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER,
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE
COMMITTEE
GRANT GORDON
DIRECTOR OF INNOVATION
STRATEGY, INTERNATIONAL
RESCUE COMMITTEE
DEENA BUFORD
GLOBAL MEDICAL DIRECTOR,
EXXONMOBIL
TAYLOR QUINN
EMERGING MARKETS DIRECTOR,
JUST
BRIAN DUNLAP
HEAD OF TECHNOLOGY
INVESTING, THE RISE FUND
DAVID MILESTONE
ACTING DIRECTOR, USAID BUREAU
FOR GLOBAL HEALTH'S CENTER
FOR INNOVATION AND IMPACT (CII)
C.D. GLIN
PRESIDENT & CEO, U.S. AFRICAN
DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
DOUG STROPES
DEPUTY DIVISION DIRECTOR,
HUMANITARIAN POLICY AND
GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT (HPGE)
DIVISION, USAID
TODD WARNER
MANAGING DIRECTOR, ELIQUIS
HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL
MARKETIN, PFIZER INNOVATIVE
HEALTH
KAROL BOUDREAUX
WOMEN'S LAND RIGHTS
DIRECTOR, LANDESA
JEREMY HALE
SENIOR MANAGER FOR GLOBAL
DEVELOPMENT, DIGITALGLOBE
ARIANA FOWLER
IMPACT ANALYST, CONSENSYS
SOCIAL IMPACT
KARL HOFMANN
PRESIDENT AND CEO, PSI
(POPULATION SERVICES
INTERNATIONAL)
SARAH ANTHONY
DOCUMENTARY FILM PRODUCER
A U D R E Y G E L M A N
CO-FOUNDER & CHIEF EXECUTIVE
OFFICER
THE WING
H A L I M A A D E N
MODEL & ACTIVIST
S H A N - L Y N M A
CO-FOUNDER & CHIEF EXECUTIVE
OFFICER
ZOLA
J U L I E R I C E
CO-FOUNDER, SOULCYCLE &
PARTNER, WEWORK
N I N A S H A W
FOUNDING PARTNER
DEL SHAW MOONVES TANAKA
FINKELSTEIN & LEZCANO
A R L A N H A M I L T O N
FOUNDER & MANAGING PARTNER
BACKSTAGE CAPITAL
G I T A N J A L I R A O
INVENTOR
AKAYA WINDWOOD
PRESIDENT, ROCKWOOD LEADERSHIP
INSTITUTE
TARA-NICHOLLE NELSON
AUTHOR OF THE TRANSFORMATIONAL
CONSUMER
FOUNDER & CEO OF SOULTOUR
FATIMA GOSS GRAVES
PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE
NATIONAL WOMEN’S LAW CENTER
SALLIE KRAWCHECK
CEO AND CO-FOUNDER OF ELLEVEST
SYMONE D. SANDERS
STRATEGIST AND POLITICAL
COMMENTATOR
PATRISSE CULLORS
ARTIST AND CO-FOUNDER OF BLACK
LIVES MATTER
TINA TCHEN
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR
THE OBAMA WHITE HOUSE COUNCIL
ON WOMEN AND GIRLS
KELLY MARIE TRAN
ACTRESS AND PHILANTHROPIST
SURINA KHAN
CEO OF THE WOMEN’S FOUNDATION
OF CALIFORNIA
NATHALIE MOLINA NIÑO
CEO OF BRAVA INVESTMENTS
RAMLA SAHID
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PANA
DARA BALDWIN
SENIOR PUBLIC POLICY ANALYST,
NATIONAL DISABILITY RIGHTS
NETWORK
BEVERLY BOND
FOUNDER AND CEO OF BLACK GIRLS
ROCK!
CHRISTAL JACKSON
FOUNDER OF MOSAIC GENIUS
AMANDA LITMAN
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF RUN FOR
SOMETHING
JORDAN REEVES
CO-FOUNDER/INNOVATOR
KARA NORTMAN
PARTNER, UPFRONT VENTURES
MELISSA HANNA
COFOUNDER AND CEO OF MAHMEE
ARLAN HAMILTON
FOUNDER AND MANAGING PARTNER
OF BACKSTAGE CAPITAL
LINDSEY TAYLOR WOOD
CO-FOUNDER & CEO THE HELM
VENUS EVANS-WINTERS
PROFESSOR AND PSYCHOTHERAPIST
JUDITH MCKENNA
PRESIDENT AND CEO, WALMART
INTERNATIONAL
WALMART INC.
MARY IGNATIUS
PARENT VOICES CA STATEWIDE
ORGANIZER
RUBÍ MARTÍNEZ
COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGIST
TERESA BRIGGS
VICE CHAIR AND WEST REGION
MANAGING PARTNER
DELOITTE
MICHELE BUCK
PRESIDENT AND CEO
THE HERSHEY COMPANY
LEANNE CARET
PRESIDENT AND CEO, DEFENSE,
SPACE AND SECURITY; EXECUTIVE
VICE PRESIDENT
THE BOEING CO.
AMY CHANG
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF THE
COLLABORATION TECHNOLOGY
GROUP
CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.
MAYA CHORENGEL
PARTNER, THE RISE FUND
TPG
TERRI COOPER
CHIEF INCLUSION OFFICER
DELOITTE
THASUNDA DUCKETT
CEO, CONSUMER BANKING
JP MORGAN CHASE
KAREN DUNN
PARTNER
BOIES SCHILLER FLEXNER LLP
NINA EASTON
CHAIR, MPW INTERNATIONAL AND
CO-CHAIR, GLOBAL FORUM
FORTUNE
TINA EDMUNDSON
GLOBAL BRAND OFFICER
MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
AICHA EVANS
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF
STRATEGY OFFICER
INTEL CORPORATION
CATERINA FAKE
FOUNDER AND CEO, FINDERY.COM;
GENERAL PARTNER
YES VC
JENNIFER FONSTAD
CO-FOUNDER AND MANAGING
PARTNER
ASPECT VENTURES
BETH FORD, PRESIDENT AND CEO
LAND O'LAKES, INC.
JANET FOUTTY
CHAIRMAN AND CEO
DELOITTE
ERIKA FRY
SENIOR WRITER
FORTUNE
MAËLLE GAVET
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
COMPASS
MARGO GEORGIADIS
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
ANCESTRY.COM INC.
SUSIE GHARIB
ANCHOR AND SENIOR SPECIAL
CORRESPONDENT
FORTUNE
MANDY GINSBERG
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
MATCH GROUP
THERESIA GOUW
FOUNDING PARTNER
ASPECT VENTURES
TRICIA GRIFFITH
PRESIDENT AND CEO
THE PROGRESSIVE CORPORATION
BONNIE GWIN
VICE CHAIRMAN AND CO-MANAGING
PARTNER, GLOBAL CEO & BOARD OF
DIRECTORS PRACTICE HEIDRICK &
STRUGGLES
ANITA HILL
PROFESSOR OF LAW, PUBLIC POLICY
AND WOMEN'S STUDIES
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY
MELLODY HOBSON
PESIDENT, ARIEL INVESTMENTS
MARTINA HUND-MEJEAN
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
MASTERCARD INC.
BELINDA JOHNSON
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
AIRBNB
TERRI KALLSEN
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT,
INVESTOR SERVICES
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.
ROBBIE KAPLAN
FOUNDING PARTNER
KAPLAN HECKER & FINK LLP
MICHAL KATZ, MANAGING DIRECTOR
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS
JANE LAUDER
GLOBAL BRAND PRESIDENT,
CLINIQUE
THE ESTÉE LAUDER COMPANIES INC.
MARNE LEVINE
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
STEPHANIE LINNARTZ,GLOBAL CHIEF
COMMERCIAL OFFICER
MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
KAREN LYNCH
PRESIDENT, AETNA BUSINESS UNIT;
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
CVS HEALTH
MARY MACK
SENIOR EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT,
COMMUNITY BANKING AND
CONSUMER LENDING
WELLS FARGO & CO.
JAMIE MILLER
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND CFO
GE
LORI ESPOSITO MURRAY
ADJUNCT SENIOR FELLOW
COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
LATA REDDY
CHAIR AND PRESIDENT, THE
PRUDENTIAL FOUNDATION; SENIOR
VICE PRESIDENT, DIVERSITY,
INCLUSION AND IMPACT
PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL
SANDRINE ROSEBERG
MANAGING PARTNER, CEO & BOARD
PRACTICE, UK LONDON
HEIDRICK & STRUGGLES
PAT RUSSO
CHAIRMAN
HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE
PAULA SCHNEIDER
PRESIDENT AND CEO
SUSAN G. KOMEN
PATTIE SELLERS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, FORTUNE
MPW SUMMITS AND LIVE CONTENT
MARIA SHARAPOVA
TENNIS CHAMPION AND
ENTREPRENEUR
RACHEL SHECHTMAN
CEO AND FOUNDER
STORY
CLARA SHIH
FOUNDER AND CEO
HEARSAY SYSTEMS
ELLYN HOOK
CHIEF LEADERSHIP AND HUMAN
RESOURCES OFFICER
ACCENTURE
PATTI SHUGART
MANAGING DIRECTOR AND GLOBAL
HEAD, CORPORATE BANKING &
GLOBAL CREDIT
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS
SUSAN SIEGEL
CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER, GE,
AND CEO, BUSINESS INNOVATIONS
GE
DAVID SOLOMON
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC.
JULIE SWEET
GROUP CHIEF EXECUTIVE, NORTH
AMERICA
ACCENTURE
JENNIFER TEJADA
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER,
PAGERDUTY; MEMBER OF THE
BOARD
THE ESTÉE LAUDER COMPANIES
KARIN TIMPONE
GLOBAL MARKETING OFFICER
MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
APRIL UNDERWOO,D CHIEF PRODUCT
OFFICER
SLACK
BRIDGET VAN KRALINGEN
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, GLOBAL
INDUSTRIES, PLATFORMS AND
BLOCKCHAIN
IBM
WHITNEY WOLFE HERD
FOUNDER AND CEO
BUMBLE
CLAIRE ZILLMAN
EDITOR, FORTUNE; CO-CHAIR, MPW
INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT LONDON
FORTUNE
BONITA BANDUCCI
LECTURER, GENDER AND
ENGINEERING, SANTA CLARA
U/INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN'S
LEADERSHIP
WINDY BORMAN
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER | DIRECTOR |
FILMMAKER, GREEN MILE PICTURES
KAREN CORNWELL
SENIOR INNOVATION STRATEGIST,
GENDER INTELLIGENCE GROUP
SARA DEWITT
VICE PRESIDENT, PBS KIDS DIGITAL,
PBS
AMY FOLEY
VICE PRESIDENT, PRODUCT
INNOVATION & DELIVERY, JOHNSON &
JOHNSON HEALTH & WELLNESS
SOLUTIONS
GABRIELLE HILDEBRAND
PRINCIPAL, WILD AND BRILLIANT
DR. BHEKINKOSI MOYO DIRECTOR
AFRICA CENTRE ON PHILANTHROPY
AND SOCIAL INVESTMENT UNIVERSITY
OF WITWATERSRAND
CAROLINE HUBBARD
CORPORATE STRATEGIST, LINKEDIN
GLENDA GRAY
PRESIDENT, SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL
RESEARCH COUNCIL
GEETA RAO GUPTA
SENIOR FELLOW, UNITED NATIONS
FOUNDATION
LILLI KEINAENEN
FOUNDER, CHANGEMAKER CREATIVE
AHALYA KETHEES
FOUNDER, LEAD WITH BRILLIANCE
NEERU KHOSLA
CO-FOUNDER AND CHAIR, CK-12
FOUNDATION
MORGAN LAI
INVESTOR, FOUNDER CAPITAL
BILL LAMOND
HUMAN POTENTIAL 2.0
RENESSA BOLEY LAYNE
FOUNDER, PERFECT WORK ACADEMY
MICHELE BARRY
SENIOR ASSOCIATE DEAN, STANFORD
GLOBAL HEALTH
AMI BHATT
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE
(HEMATOLOGY) AND OF GENETICS,
DIRECTOR OF GLOBAL ONCOLOGY,
STANFORD GLOBAL HEALTH
AGNES BINAGWAHO
VICE CHANCELLOR, UNIVERSITY OF
GLOBAL HEALTH EQUITY
MELISSA JONES BRIGGS
LECTURER, GRADUATE SCHOOL OF
BUSINESS, STANFORD
H A L I M A A D E N , MODEL &
ACTIVIST
J U L I E R I C E
CO-FOUNDER, SOULCYCLE &
PARTNER, WEWORK
DR. ALEESHA TAYLOR IS THE
FOUNDER AND PRINCIPAL OF HERALD
ADVISORS
GARY DARMSTADT, ASSOCIATE
DEAN FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD
HEALTH, STANFORD UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
ROOPA DHATT
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CO-
FOUNDER, WOMEN IN GLOBAL HEALTH
VERONICA MAGAR
DIRECTOR FOR GENDER, EQUITY &
HUMAN RIGHTS, WHO
APARNA MEHROTRA
SENIOR ADVISOR, UN WOMEN
AFAF MELEIS
DEAN OF NURSING EMERITUS,
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
JOIA MUKHERJEE
CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER,
PARTNERS IN HEALTH
LOYCE PACE
PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR, GLOBAL HEALTH COUNCIL
PETER PIOT
DIRECTOR OF THE LONDON SCHOOL
OF HYGIENE & TROPICAL MEDICINE
MAMPHELA RAMPHELE
ACTIVIST, POLITICIAN,
PHYSICIAN
PAM SCOTT
FOUNDER,
THE CURIOUS COMPANY
HANNAH VALANTINE
CHIEF OFFICER, SCIENTIFIC
WORKFORCE DIVERSITY, NIH
MOIYATTU BANYA-KEISTER IS THE
FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF GIRLS
EMPOWERMENT SIERRA LEONE
FELICITAS (FLANNY) CHIGANZE CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OFFICER AT SRHR AFRICA
TRUST
SEAN JACOBS IS AN ASSOCIATE
PROFESSOR OF INTERNATIONAL
AFFAIRS AT THE NEW SCHOOL IN NEW
YORK CITY.
DR. BABALWA MAGOQWANA IS A
SENIOR LECTURER IN THE
SOCIOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGY AND
HISTORY DEPARTMENT AT NELSON
MANDELA METROPOLITAN
UNIVERSITY.
ELAINE MARTYN VICE PRESIDENT AND
MANAGING DIRECTOR FOR THE
PRIVATE DONOR GROUP AT FIDELITY
CHARITABLE
BONGIWE MLANGENI CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE SOCIAL
JUSTICE INITIATIVE (SJI)