Women’s Business Collaborative (WBC) would like to invite you to our upcoming Rethinking and Accelerating Diversity and Women’s Leadership in Business event which takes place Wednesday, May 11 from 11:00am-2:30 ET. This half-day summit showcases predominant women and men leaders in the WBC movement. The goal of the event is to showcase the trends, transformations, and innovations that ensure women can and will lead in business.
The summit is organized into three tracks: Diverse Corporate Leadership, Driving Corporate Purpose and Helping Women Entrepreneurs Soar. We are expecting an audience of 500+, and gauging from feedback from last year’s summit, the learning, insights, and connections that occurred were phenomenal and catalyzing.
11:00am – 11:15am ET
WELCOME with Sharon Reynolds
Sharon Reynolds
President & CEO
DevMar Products and the DevMar Family of Companies
WBC Board Member
Edie Fraser
CEO
Women Business Collaborative
OPENING KEYNOTE with Edie Fraser
Helping Women Entrepreneurs Soar
Developing Innovative Ways to Support Women Entrepreneurs
11:20am – 12:05pm ET
Patricia Glaser Shea
Partner
Shea Advisory Services
Betty Hines
Founder & CEO Women Elevating Women (W.E.W.
Laura K. Taylor
Sr. Vice President
Strategic Financial Services and WBE Engagement, Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC)
Natalie Buford-Young
President
Springboard Enterprises
Bringing Financial Opportunities to Black Women Entrepreneurs
12:15pm – 1:00pm ET
Nicole Cober Esq.
Founder
The BOW Collective
S. Kathryn Allen Esq.
Co President Answer Title
DeLisa Guerrier
Managing Partner
Guerrier Development
Jill Johnson
Co-Founder
CEO Institute for Entreprenurial Leadership
Opening Doors to Capital for Women Entrepreneurs
1:10pm – 1:55pm ET
Alex Lebenthal
Senior Advisor
Houlihan Lokey
Judith Goldkrand
Senior Vice President Wells Fargo Bank
WBC Board Member
Kathryn Swintek
Managing Partner
Golden Seeds
Rosina Samadina
CEO
Oculogica
Rethinking and Driving Corporate Purpose
Innovating Gender Equity in Companies of Purpose
11:20am – 12:05pm ET
Johanna Zeilstra
CEO
Genderfair
WBC Board Member
Maria Colacacurcio
CEO
Syndio
Susan Neely
President & CEO
American Council of Life Insurers
Nidhi Sinha
Director
Public Relations
Global Director
Public Sector and Government Communications Boston Consulting Group
Innovations in Driving DE&I
12:15am – 1:00pm ET
Subha Barry
CEO
Seramount
Jo Linda Johnson
VP Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DIB) Strategy & Equity
Capital One
Khalil Smith
VP Diversity Equity and Inclusion
Akamai Technologies
Corporate Health and Well-being for Women
1:10pm – 1:55pm ET
Deb Clary
Thought Leader in Human Performance
Humana Inc
Zeta Smith
CEO
North America, Sodexo
Taya Scott
Chief Innovation Officer in the office of Impact and Innovation at the Morehouse School of Medicine
Connie McGee
Vice President of Health Tech
Dell
Accelerating Women in Corporate Leadership
Latinas Leading from the Pipeline to the Board Room
11:20am – 12:05pm ET
Ana Dutra
CEO
Mandala Global
WBC Board Member
Robert E. Bard
President and CEO of LATINA Style Inc.
Cid Wilson
President & CEO
Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR)
Anne Alonzo
Independent Board Director Potlatch Deltic
Non-Traditional Pathways to the C-Suite
12:15pm -1:00pm ET
Dara Klein
Managing Director Kaplan Partners
Kimber Maderazzo
Chairman of the Board for C200
Jennifer McCollum
CEO
Linkage
Ivy Kusinga
Chief Culture Officer
Chubb
Women Climbing into Tech Executive Roles
1:10pm – 1:55pm ET
Lakshmi Eleswarpu
SVP, Global Chief Information Officer
Sanofi
Kristi Lamar
Strategy Leadership Team and the US Leader for Women in Technology
Deloitte
Johanna Jones
CEO
President
ITSMF
Evelyn Anderson
Distinguished Engineer and Innovator IBM
2:00pm – 2:30pm ET
Accelerating Change from Andi Simon, Felicity Hassan and Brittany Cole
Reviewing the highlights of the day, insights from each of the three themes, and actionable initiatives you can apply in your own business, corporate roles, or boards.
Andi Simon Ph.D.
CEO
Simon Associates Management Consultants
Felicity Hassan
Talent Advisor
Core Innovation Capital
WBC Board Member
Brittany Cole
CEO
Career Thrivers