Opening Remarks

Marisa Rivera-Albert, President of Mpowerment Works and former President of the National Hispana Leadership Institute

Marisa will tell set the tone for the conference and bring everyone together on the high-energy themes of self-empowerment and the importance of peer-to-peer networks. She will engage the audience by asking them to think about the “tool box” that they need to lead.

Concrete Tools for Thriving as a Woman Leader

Barbara Annis, recognized leader on gender intelligence.

John Gray, expert on gender and author of “Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus”

Barbara and John will engage in a dynamic conversation with the audience about the concrete tools that the women can use improve their leadership effectiveness.

The Female Leadership Advantage

Sally Helgesen, Leadership expert and author of “The Female Advantage,” “The Web of Inclusion”, and “Thriving in 24/7”

She focuses on the key strength of women leaders: their high value on authenticity and a comfort of integrating public and private self.

• Suzanne George, a Principal of Albright Stonebridge Group.
• Julissa Marenco, President of ZGS Communications Station Group
• Jackie Norris, Former Senior Advisor to the Corporation for National Service, and Former Chief of Staff for Michelle Obama
• Tynesia Boyea Robinson, the Executive Director of Year Up
• Reshma Saujani, Community Activist

This panel of leadership practitioners will react to the previous two presentations by providing concrete examples from their own experience. The panel will explore times when these strategies have been successful as well as times when the conventional wisdom has been wrong and they’ve had to use other methods in order to be successful.

The networking lunch will offer additional opportunities for small groups at each table to engage the expert discussion leaders, Fellows and other peer leaders in conversation about their challenges

Featured Conversation on Thriving as a Woman Leader
Featuring Cokie Roberts, NPR and ABC News