2014 Speakers
Special Guest Speakers
Murdo Gordon
Murdo Gordon has been with Bristol-Myers Squibb for 25 years. He spent the first 15 years of his career in Canada where he held positions of increasing responsibility in sales and marketing. Gordon moved ...
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Main Stage Speakers
Jill Abramson
Jill Abramson is a journalist who spent the last 17 years in the most senior ...
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Candy Chang
Candy Chang is the creator of the Before I Die project, which started when she ...
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Diane Keaton
Diane Keaton is the New York Times best-selling author of “Then Again,” which was ...
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Jane Pauley
Jane Pauley served as cohost of “Today” from 1976 to 1989, anchored “Dateline ...
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Robin Roberts
Robin Roberts is co-anchor of ABC’s “Good Morning America.” Under her ...
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Breakout Session Speakers
Pamela M. Cyr
Pamela M. Cyr is executive vice president and chief retail banking officer for ...
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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 an author, consultant and expert on why women burn out at work. Her ...
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Maria Allison
Maria Allison is a senior at Drexel LeBow (graduating in December 2014). She is ...
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Susan L. Anderson
Susan L. Anderson has been a board member and the treasurer of the Pennsylvania ...
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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 and Life at Smith College, an ...
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Dr. Laura Bessen
Dr. Laura Bessen is currently head of U.S. medical at Bristol-Myers Squibb, ...
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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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Sunni Brown
Sunni Brown is “infodoodler-in-chief” of a creative consultancy that uses applied ...
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Donna De Carolis
Donna De Carolis is the founding dean of Drexel’s Close School of Entrepreneurship, ...
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Kay Ford
Kay Ford is senior director of M.B.A. career services at Drexel University’s LeBow ...
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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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Kenya Haupt
Kenya Haupt is the National people director in corporate responsibility for ...
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Jane Hyun
Jane Hyun is an internationally renowned executive coach and global leadership ...
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Susan McGann
Susan McGann RN, BSN, MBA, MBB, is CEO of Pivotal Solutions, LLC. McGann is focused ...
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Sharon Meers
Sharon Meers is the co-author of “Getting to 50/50,” now out in paperback. ...
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Christina Minardi
Christina Minardi started her career in the food industry at an early age. Raised in ...
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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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Sheri Mullen
Sheri Mullen is vice president, immunology and rare disease business unit, US ...
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Elizabeth A. Murphy
Elizabeth A. Murphy is vice president, external affairs at PECO. Murphy oversees the ...
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Kendall O’Brien
Kendall O’Brien is vice president, corporate finance for Johnson & Johnson. She ...
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Nancy Phelan
Nancy Phelan is currently head, customer engagement center, worldwide commercial ...
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Andrea Ramsey
Andrea Ramsey is part of EY’s Americas Inclusiveness Center of Excellence. She ...
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Stephanie R. Raymond
Stephanie R. Raymond is vice president, transmission and substations for PPL Electric ...
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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 sixteen books, including the classic New York Times ...
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Heseung Song, Ed.D.
Heseung Song, Ed.D. founded Mighty Engine, an award-winning marketing firm, in 2000. ...
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Abigail Trafford
Abigail Trafford is an author, journalist and public speaker whose work focuses on ...
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Alexa von Tobel
Alexa von Tobel, CFP® is the founder and CEO of LearnVest.com, and the New York ...
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Kate White
Kate White is an internationally known expert on leadership and success and a New ...
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Expert Exchange
Kelli Kirwin
Kelli Kirwin is senior manager, Americas smart services for Cisco System, Inc. Kirwin ...
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Joanna Barsh
Joanna Barsh is the director emeritus of the Leadership Development Program at ...
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Barbara Berlin
Barbara Berlin is director in PwC's Center for Board Governance. She is active in ...
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Karen M. Dale
Karen M. Dale is the executive director for AmeriHealth District of Columbia, one of ...
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Jeanne Martin
Jeanne Martin oversees Cisco’s Services inclusion and diversity strategy, focusing ...
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Sophia Nelson
Sophia A. Nelson is an award winning author and journalist, with an emerging global ...
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Patrick Tam
Patrick K. Tam leads corporate planning at Cisco. This encompasses driving three year ...
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Michelle Witherspoon
Michelle Witherspoon is senior manager, inclusion and collaboration business ...
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Health & Wellness Pavilion Speakers
Charles J. Deery
Charles J. Deery is the executive sous chef for Cancer Treatment Centers of America ...
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Nhu Huynh
Nhu Huynh, RD, LDN, CNSC, CSO, is director of nutrition at CTCA’s Eastern Regional ...
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Chris Jordan
Chris Jordan is the director of exercise physiology at the Human Performance ...
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Karen Sudders
Karen Sudders is a Clinical Oncology Dietitian for CTCA Eastern Regional Medical ...
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Local Leader
Nila Betof
Nila Betof has extensive experience coaching executives in the C-Suite through ...
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Sara Canuso
Sara Canuso is president of Woman That Influence. Canuso is a certified seminar ...
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Jessica Craft
Jessica Craft is the founder of Rock to the Future, a non-profit organization that ...
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Joetta Clark Diggs
Joetta Clark Diggs is an Olympic athlete who has made an indelible impact in sports ...
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Helen Gym
Helen Gym is a community and education leader whose work across different ...
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Lauren Katz Smith
Lauren Katz Smith is a documentary filmmaker and an attorney. She serves as general ...
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Social Media Roundtable
Nichole Armstrong
Nichole Armstrong is the social media specialist for Alex’s Lemonade Stand ...
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Ashley Boynes-Shuck
Ashley Boynes-Shuck is a well-known author, blogger, health coach, public speaker, ...
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Jumoke Dada
Jumoke K. Dada is CEO of Signature RED, and a social entrepreneur and technology ...
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Laureen Ellison
Laureen Ellison is a product marketing leader for eBay Enterprise, which is ...
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Annie Heckenberger
Annie Heckenberger is vice president, community trailblazer at the ...
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Karen Huller
Karen Huller is author of the upcoming book “Laser-sharp Career Focus: ...
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Stephanie Humphrey
Stephanie Humphrey is a tech-life expert who merges her passion for lifestyle media ...
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Erica Nardello
Erica Nardello is social media supervisor at LevLane. In this capacity, she leads ...
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Kate O’Neil
Kate O’Neil is account director and social media strategist for Tierney. She began ...
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Angela Pitter
Angela Pitter is principal and owner at LiveWire Collaborative, partnering with ...
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Julie Meyers Pron
Julie Meyers Pron is the president of JMP Media and a founding partner of Splash ...
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LisaBeth Weber
LisaBeth Weber is the force behind creativebizhub.com, where business and creativity ...
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Karen Yankovich
Karen Yankovich is a social media brand strategist, business consultant and speaker, ...
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Small Business Roundtable
Trina Larsen Andras
Trina Larsen Andras is a professor of marketing and academic director of Drexel ...
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Lynn Bardowski
Lynn Bardowski was awarded one of the “Top 100 Small Business Influencers” and ...
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Lauren Maillian Bias
Lauren Maillian Bias is a serial entrepreneur, named by Essence magazine to the ...
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Kerstin Lindquist
Kerstin Lindquist joined QVC as a program host in 2011. Her passion for health and ...
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Tom Misson
Tom Misson manages the U.S. small business segment for MasterCard Worldwide. He is ...
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Geri Swift
Geri Swift is the founding president of the Women’s Business Development Center. ...
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Susan Tabor-Kleiman
Susan Tabor-Kleiman, J.D., is an expert in persuasive communication. Owner of Your ...
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