Keynote Speakers

Lily Tomlin

Award Winning Actress and Comedienne

Jane Fonda

Award Winning Actress

Ashley Judd

Celebrated & Acclaimed Actress

Maria Shriver

Journalist, Activist and Author

Adama Iwu

Senior Director, State and Local Government Relations, Visa Inc.

Rosie Rios

Former Treasurer of the United States and Founder, EMPOWERMENT 2020

Manal al-Sharif

Co-Founder, Women2Drive and CEO and Founder, Women2Hack Academy

Bernard J. Tyson

Chairman and CEO, Kaiser Permanente

Lynne Twist

Co-Founder, Pachamama Alliance Founder and President, Soul of Money Institute

Hafsat Abiola-Costello

Nigerian Human and Civil Rights Activist

Jackie Speier

Emerita Board Member, PBWC Founder, and U.S. Congresswoman

Conference Hosts

Alexandra Roddy

PBWC Board President and Board Chair Global Head of Marketing, Prologis

Cheryl Jennings

Anchor, ABC7

Shirley Gordon

PBWC Director at Large
Vice President - Operations, State Farm Insurance Companies

Gizelle Robinson

PBWC Director at Large, Senior Managing Director Technology Services, Charles Schwab

Keynote Session Panelists

Paula Downey

President and Chief Executive Officer, CSAA Insurance Group, a AAA Insurer

Deary Paul Duffie

Senior Director, People and Organization Development, Genentech

Donald Duggan

Senior Executive Vice President, Head of Banking Services & Chief Diversity Officer, Bank of the West

Mary Francis

Corporate Secretary and Chief Governance Officer, Chevron

Kimberley Goode

Senior Vice President of External Affairs, Blue Shield of California

Deloria Nelson

Managing Director of Diversity & Inclusion, Charles Schwab & Co. Inc.

Lesley Slaton Brown

Chief Diversity Officer, HP INC.

Barbara H. Whye

VP & Director, Business HR and Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, Intel Corporation

Noni Allwood

Principal, Noni Allwood & Associates, Senior Fellow, Center for Talent Innovation

Jennifer Brown

Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Jennifer Brown Consulting

Seminar and Workshop Speakers

Chantelle Anderson

Founder, The Confidence Coach

Dr. Maria Ansari

Physician in Chief and Chief of Staff, Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco Medical Center

Reggie Aqui

Morning Anchor, ABC7 News

Subha Barry

Senior Vice President, Working Mother Media

Rachael Bozsik

Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Brand Girls

Jennifer Brown

Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Jennifer Brown Consulting

Lori Bruzenas

Self-Defense and Jiu-Jitsu Instructor

Valerie Cade

Founder and President, Bully Free at Work

Sandy Carter

Vice President Windows Enterprise Workloads, Amazon Web Services

Jessica Castro

Morning Anchor, ABC7 News

Sali Christeson

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Argent

Spencer Christian

Anchor, ABC7

Shernaz Daver

Executive Advisor, Google Ventures

Tania DeSa

Chief Executive Officer, Leadership and Diversity Champion, TEDx Speaker, Desa Global Leadership

Dr. Laura Esserman

Director, UCSF Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center, Alfred A. de Lorimier Endowed Chair in General Surgery, Professor of Surgery and Radiology, UCSF

Bridget Frey

Chief Technology Officer, Redfin

Meena Harris

Founder, Phenomenal Woman Action Campaign and Head of Strategy and Leadership, Uber

Diane Heditsian

Founder and CEO, deClarity Life Science Communication

Mayumi Hiramatsu

Senior Vice President, Cloud Operations Engineering and Security, Infor

Caroline Hubbard

Consumer Product Growth Analyst, LinkedIn & Founder, ThreadBread

Mollii Khangsengsing

Founder and Head Instructor

Alka Patel

Director of Specialty Care Transformation and Accountable Care Innovation & Clinical Transformation, Blue Shield of California

Heather Pelant

Managing Director, Baker Street Advisors and Co-Founder, Project Worth

Torin Perez

Personal Leadership Expert and TED Resident 2016, Globally Bold LLC

Noelia Sanchez

Leadership and Digital Strategist, Noteworthy Lab LLC

Lisen Stromberg

COO + Partner, The 3% Movement

Kristen Sze

Emmy Award Winning Co-Anchor ABC7 News

Eleanor Turner

Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer, Argent

Yanbing Li

Senior Vice President & General Manager, Storage & Availability, VMware

Karen Young

Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Oui Shave

Natasha Zouves

Anchor, ABC7

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