Women's Conferences
Lead On Conference for Women 2015
- Hillary Clinton - United States Secretary of State, Obama Administration; Former First Lady
- Jill Abramson - Former Executive Editor, New York Times Co.
- Brene Brown - Professor at the University of Houston; Bestselling Author of "Daring Greatly;" Expert on Authenticity, Courage and Vulnerability
- Candy Chang - TED Senior Fellow & Urban Space Artist and Designer
- Ann Barlow - Partner and president of Peppercomm’s West Coast offices
- Ana Corrales - Senior vice president of product operations at Cisco Systems
- Renée James - President Intel Corp.
- Marlene Williamson - Chief executive officer of Watermark
- Katrina Alcorn - Leader of user experience discipline for Hot Studio, an award-winning user-centered design firm
- Darla K. Anderson - Senior producer at Pixar Animation Studios
- Barbara Annis - Founder and CEO of Barbara Annis & Associates, Inc. (BAA); World-renowned Expert on Gender Intelligence, Inclusive Leadership, and Cultural Intelligence
- Shellye Archambeau - CEO of MetricStream
- Erna Arnesen - Vice president of global channel and partner marketing for Plantronics
- Dr. Gloria Mayfield Banks - Internationally renowned motivational success strategist and trainer
- Ann Barlow - Partner and president of Peppercomm’s West Coast offices
- Meg Bear - General manager of the Social Cloud for Oracle
- Jaleh Bisharat - Senior vice president of marketing at Elance-oDesk
- Lynne Born - Partner and chief operating officer of Seiler LLP
- Jeanne Bradford - Co-author of “Innovate Products Faster: Graphical Tools for Accelerating Product Development"
- Kimberly Bryant - Founder of Black Girls Code; Aspen Institute Fellow
- Richard Carmona - 17th Surgeon General of the United States
- Shaherose Charania - Co-Founder & CEO of Women 2.0, Digital Media Pioneer & One of Fast Company's "Most Powerful Women in Technology"
- Kelly Corrigan - Author of "Glitter and Glue" & Breast Cancer Survivor
- Patrice D’Eramo - Vice president of the Americas Field Marketing Organization with Cisco
- Anne Devereux-Mills - Chief strategy officer of Lantern, a San Francisco-based start-up
- Janine Driver - Nationally Recognized Body-Language Expert
- Gloria Feldt - Leading Activist & Best-Selling Author
- Kathy Woeber Gardner - Partner in corporate law boutique, Montgomery Pacific Law Group LLP (MPLG), based in San Francisco
- Jackie Glenn - Seasoned executive in strategic planning, human resources, talent development and diversity and inclusion
- Carla Harris - Author of “Strategize to Win,” and managing director and senior client advisor at Morgan Stanley
- Rosalind L. Hudnell - Vice president, human resources and chief diversity officer for Intel Corporation
- Karineh Khachatourian - Managing partner (SV) and IP trial attorney for Duane Morris
- Ellie Krieger - Registered Dietitian, Author, Host of The Food Network's "Healthy Appetite"
- Susan LaPointe - Vice President of Human Resources Operations at Akamai Technologies
- Vanessa Loder - Founder & CEO.
- Yoky Matsuoka - Vice President of Technology at Nest
- Joyce Maynard - New York Times Best-Selling Author, Journalist, and Writing Teacher
- Erin L. McSweeney - Senior vice president of human resources overseeing EMC’s Product and Marketing Divisions
- Kristi Mitchem - Executive vice president at State Street Global Advisors
- Verna Myers - Principal, Verna Myers Consulting Group, LLC
- Lisa Orrell - The Generations Relations & Leadership Expert
- Rima Qureshi - Senior vice president, chief strategy officer and head of M&A for Ericsson
- Ginna Raahuage - Ginna Raahuage senior vice president and chief information officer of Riverbed Technology
- Danae Ringelmann - Co-Founder, Indiegogo
- Michele Ruiz - Bi-lingual entrepreneur and public speaker whose passions are entrepreneurship, empowerment and technology
- Faye Sahai - VP Kaiser Permanente Innovation & Adv Tech, Change Catalyst and Innovation Connector
- Pooja Sankar - Founder & CEO.
- Katie Hamilton Shaffer - Vintner and celebrity host in Napa Valley
- Gail Sheehy - Author of Daring: My Passages and the NY Times Bestseller Passages
- Christie Simons - Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP
- Christina Smedley - VP, Global Brand & Communications at PayPal
- Cindy Solomon - Cindy's talents as a facilitator and panel discussion leader.
- Merline Saintil - Head of operations for the office of the CTO at Intuit
- Celia Tejada - Chief Creative Officer Restoration Hardware RH Studio
- Manisha Thakor - Media Commentator on the Subject of Women and Money
- Christine Tsai - Managing partner at 500 Startups
- Nicole Ward - Western regional director for BDO USA, LLP
- Karen Willem - Chief financial officer of iPass
- Julie Bornstein - Senior Vice-President at Sephora
- Kara Swisher - Co-Executive Editor and Co-Founder at Re/code
- Diane Von Furstenberg - Fashion Icon & Founder of the Diller-von Furstenberg Family Foundation
- Heather Healy - Leads the information experience organization and serves as the transformation lead for the engineering operations services and solutions (EOS2) organization at EMC
- Jessica Herrin - CEO & Founder, Stella & Dot
- Jami McKeon - Global chair of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
- Peggy Northrop - Editor-in-Chief, READER'S DIGEST and MORE MAGAZINE
- Ramona Pierson - CEO, Declara
- Victoria Pynchon - Author, Keynote Speaker, Consultant and Trainer
- Bridget Ross - long and distinguished career with Johnson & Johnson and is currently the worldwide president of Acclarent, Inc.
- Michele Ruiz - Bi-lingual entrepreneur and public speaker whose passions are entrepreneurship, empowerment and technology
- Renee Compton Ryan - Vice president, venture investments for Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, Inc. (JJDC)
- Faye Sahai - VP Kaiser Permanente Innovation & Adv Tech, Change Catalyst and Innovation Connector
- Pooja Sankar - Founder & CEO.
- Katie Hamilton Shaffer - Vintner and celebrity host in Napa Valley
- Gail Sheehy - Author of Daring: My Passages and the NY Times Bestseller Passages
- Christie Simons - Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP
- Christina Smedley - VP, Global Brand & Communications at PayPal
- Cindy Solomon - Cindy's talents as a facilitator and panel discussion leader.
- Merline Saintil - Head of operations for the office of the CTO at Intuit
- Lisa Sugar - Co-founder and editor-in-chief for POPSUGAR
- Celia Tejada - Chief Creative Officer Restoration Hardware RH Studio
- Gunjan Aggarwal - Head of human resources for Ericsson’s North American region
- Wendy Beecham - Managing principal with the leadership and talent consulting practice of Korn Ferry in San Francisco
- Kristi Yamaguchi - Olympic Champion Figure Skater
- Marcy Blair - Vice president of Cisco Services, leading the Americas Partner Sales organization
- Sharon Brogdon - Director at Intel Corporation
- Mary Cranston - Senior Partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
- Patrice D’Eramo - Vice president of the Americas Field Marketing Organization with Cisco
- Gerri Elliott - Executive Vice President and Chief Sales Officer Juniper Networks, Inc.
- Francine Katsoudas - Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Cisco
- Heather Lawley - Thought leadership for the office of inclusion and collaboration at Cisco
- Patricia McDonald - Vice president of human resources and director of the Intel
- Marilyn Nagel - Watermark as CEO in 2011
- Margaret A. Neale - Adams Distinguished Professor of Management at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Co-director of the Executive Program for Women Leaders
- Sridevi Koneru Rao - Integral part of the Cisco Product and Services portfolio
- Theo Shwabacher - Experience in the investment and wealth advisory business and her current position,
- Karyn Smith - First ever general counsel of Twilio
- Pamela Soekland - Financial advisor at Morgan Stanley
- Laura Stein - SVP, general counsel for the Clorox Company
- Jane Edison Stevenson - vice chairman, board & CEO
- Maya Strelar-Migotti - Vice president, head of development unit IP routing for Ericsson’s Business
- Lisa Welker-Finney - HR VP for the Americas for Boston Scientific Corporation
- Mary L. Willner - Vice president in the client computing group and general manager of client software and systems at Intel Corporation
- Cheryl Young - Financial Advisory and Private Wealth Management
- Almudena Bernabeu - International Attorney, Transitional Justice Program Director, Center for Justice and Accountability, Prosecuting the Jesuit Massacre Case
- Linda Harrison - Executive director of MoAD
- Kristine Shine - EVP, Sales & Marketing POPSUGAR
- Lauren Bonar Swezey - Facebook global real estate and facilities in Menlo Park where she directs sustainability initiatives
- Michelle Garcia Winner - Founder of Social Thinking
- Anna Zornosa - CEO and founder, RubyRibbon Inc.
- Susan Chang - Social media manager for Dropbox
- Lauren Diehl - Senior director of global customer management for Oracle Corporation. Diehl
- Sarah Granger - Award-Winning Digital Media Innovator
- Nancy Davis Kho - Marketing professional turned freelance writer and editor
- Stephanie Brendel - Co-founder and president of Freeli Inc
- Debra Chrapaty - Chair of the Board of Directors at Nirvanix Inc., and has been its Chief Executive Officer since April 2013
- Alisa Cordesisu - International development practitioner turned manager of social innovation at Indiegogo
- Heather Franzese - Purpose Economy 100 (PE100) global changemaker
- Amanda Healy - Award-winning B2B marketing program and social media expert, speaker and syndicated blogger
- Sarah Milstein - CEO of Lean Startup Productions
- Morgan Remmers - Yelp’s manager of business outreach for Canada and the western half of the United State.
- Margret Schmidt - TiVo’s chief design officer, and vice president of design and engineering
- Jin Zhou - The global programs manager for Women 2.0
