Speakers
Carol Lavin Bernick
CEO, Polished Nickel Capital Management
Member, BDT Capital Partners Fund Advisory Committee
Member, Executive Committee of the Chicago Community Trust
Author, Gather As You Go
Board member: Northwestern Memorial HealthCare
Member, BDT Capital Partners Fund Advisory Committee
Member, Executive Committee of the Chicago Community Trust
Author, Gather As You Go
Board member: Northwestern Memorial HealthCare
Cindi Bigelow ’86
President and CEO, Bigelow Tea
Suzanne Blaug ’83
Senior Vice President Global Marketing and Commerical Development, Amgen
Sally E. Blount ’92
Dean, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Board member: Abbott Laboratories, Ulta Beauty Inc. and The Joyce Foundation
Board member: Abbott Laboratories, Ulta Beauty Inc. and The Joyce Foundation
Roslyn M. Brock ’99
Chairman Emeritus, National Board of Directors, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Vice President, Advocacy & Government Relations, Bon Secours Health System Inc.
Vice President, Advocacy & Government Relations, Bon Secours Health System Inc.
Melissa Cavanaugh
Head of Research and Content Strategy, Bersin by Deloitte
Anne Clarke Wolff ’89
Managing Director and Head of Global Corporate Banking and Global Leasing, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Keech Combe Shetty ’06
Co-CEO, Combe Incorporated
Board of Directors, Combe Inc.
Board member: Personal Care Products Council and the Consumers Healthcare Products Association
Board of Directors, Combe Inc.
Board member: Personal Care Products Council and the Consumers Healthcare Products Association
Edith W. Cooper ’86
Retired Partner and Global Head of Human Capital Management, Goldman Sachs
Board member: Etsy and Slack Technologies Inc.
Kellogg Global Women’s Summit Steering Committee Co-Chair
Board member: Etsy and Slack Technologies Inc.
Kellogg Global Women’s Summit Steering Committee Co-Chair
Mary B. Cranston
Retired Senior Partner and Chair Emeritus, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Board member: Aretec, Boardspan, Chemours, CSAA Insurance Group, MyoKardia and Visa
Board member: Aretec, Boardspan, Chemours, CSAA Insurance Group, MyoKardia and Visa
Deborah DeHaas
Vice Chairman and National Managing Partner, Center for Board Effectiveness, Deloitte
Sutian Dong
Partner, Female Founders Fund
Ann M. Drake ’84
Chairman and CEO, DSC Logistics Inc.
Founder, AWESOME (Achieving Women’s Excellence in Supply Chain Operations, Management and Education)
Founder, AWESOME (Achieving Women’s Excellence in Supply Chain Operations, Management and Education)
Lisa E. Earnhardt ’96
President and CEO, Intersect ENT
Board member: Intersect ENT and Nevro
Board member: Intersect ENT and Nevro
Janice C. Eberly
James R. and Helen D. Russell Professor of Finance
Faculty Director, Kellogg Public-Private Initiative
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Faculty Director, Kellogg Public-Private Initiative
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Kathleen G. Elsesser ’93
Global Chair of the Consumer and Retail and Healthcare Groups, Goldman Sachs
Carol Evans
CEO, Carol Evans Enterprises Inc.
Founder, President Emeritus, Working Mother Media, Diversity Best Practices, National Association for Female Executives
Co-Founder, Executive Women for Hillary/Her
Founder, President Emeritus, Working Mother Media, Diversity Best Practices, National Association for Female Executives
Co-Founder, Executive Women for Hillary/Her
Jan Fields
Former President, McDonald’s USA
Board member: Monsanto, Chico’s FAS, Welbilt Corp, Ronald McDonald House Charities
Board member: Monsanto, Chico’s FAS, Welbilt Corp, Ronald McDonald House Charities
Kara Goldin
Founder and CEO, Hint Inc.
Bertha González Nieves NU ’97
Co-Founder and CEO, Tequila Casa Dragones
Ilene S. Gordon
Executive Chairman, Ingredion Incorporated
Board member: Lockheed Martin and International Paper (Presiding Director)
Board member: Lockheed Martin and International Paper (Presiding Director)
Gloria Guevara ’09
President and CEO, World Travel and Tourism Council
Former Secretary of Tourism for Mexico
Former Secretary of Tourism for Mexico
Julie Hennessy ’82
Clinical Professor of Marketing
Associate Chair of the Marketing Department
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Associate Chair of the Marketing Department
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Julie Holden ’19
Full-Time MBA Candidate, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Former Team Leader and Marketing Manager, Squarespace
Former Team Leader and Marketing Manager, Squarespace
Betsy D. Holden ’82
Senior Advisor, McKinsey & Company Inc.
Board member: Dentsply Sirona, DiageoPLC, Western Union, Lyons-Magnus
Board member: Dentsply Sirona, DiageoPLC, Western Union, Lyons-Magnus
Michele J. Hooper
CEO, The Directors’ Council
Board member: PPG Industries, UnitedHealth Group, United Continental Holdings and the Smithsonian National Board
Board member: PPG Industries, UnitedHealth Group, United Continental Holdings and the Smithsonian National Board
Wendy Hufford
Chief Legal Operating Officer and VP, US Litigation, Risk Management & Human Resources, Boehringer Ingelheim
Barbara B. Hulit ’91
Senior Vice President, Fortive Corporation
Board member: Intersect ENT and Nevro
Board member: Intersect ENT and Nevro
Camiel Irving ’14
Brand Manager, P&G Ventures
Whitney Johnson
Critically Acclaimed Author, Exec and Performance Coach, Innovation Thinker
Author, Disrupt Yourself: Putting the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Work and Build an A-Team: Play to Their Strengths and Lead Them Up the Leaning Curve
Author, Disrupt Yourself: Putting the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Work and Build an A-Team: Play to Their Strengths and Lead Them Up the Leaning Curve
Megan Kashner ’03
Assistant Clinical Professor, Kellogg Public-Private Interface and Director of Social Impact
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Maryam Kouchaki
Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Margery Kraus
Founder and Executive Chairman, APCO Worldwide
Maggie Kullman ’19
Full-Time MBA Candidate
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Former Marketing Specialist, GE
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Former Marketing Specialist, GE
Ellen J. Kullman ’83
Co-Chair, Paradigm for Parity
Retired CEO, E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
Board member: United Technologies Corporation, Dell Technologies, Amgen, Goldman Sachs and Carbon3D
Kellogg Global Women’s Summit Steering Committee Co-Chair
Retired CEO, E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
Board member: United Technologies Corporation, Dell Technologies, Amgen, Goldman Sachs and Carbon3D
Kellogg Global Women’s Summit Steering Committee Co-Chair
Sonali Lamba ’12
Co-Founder, Brideside
Sherry Lansing NU ’66
Founder and CEO, The Sherry Lansing Foundation
Former Chairman and CEO, Paramount Pictures
Subject of the book, Leading Lady: Sherry Lansing and the Making of a Hollywood Groundbreaker
Former Chairman and CEO, Paramount Pictures
Subject of the book, Leading Lady: Sherry Lansing and the Making of a Hollywood Groundbreaker
Connie L. Lindsey
Executive Vice President and Head of Corporate Social Responsibility and Global Diversity & Inclusion, Northern Trust, Chicago
Former National Board President, Girl Scouts of the USA
Former National Board President, Girl Scouts of the USA
Joann S. Lublin NU ’70
Former Management News Editor, The Wall Street Journal
Author, Earning It: Hard-Won Lessons from Trailblazing Women at the Top of the Business World
Author, Earning It: Hard-Won Lessons from Trailblazing Women at the Top of the Business World
Trish Lukasik
CEO and Board Member, Luxury Garage Sale
Board member: Sargento Foods Company, NatureBox, Aspire and WTTW
Board member: Sargento Foods Company, NatureBox, Aspire and WTTW
Michal Maimaran
Clinical Associate Professor of Marketing and Research Associate Professor of Marketing
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Audrey C. Manacek NU ’97
Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company
Dorri McWhorter ’09
CEO, YWCA Metropolitan Chicago
Former Partner, Crowe Horwath LLP
Former Partner, Crowe Horwath LLP
Victoria H. Medvec
Adeline Barry Davee Professor of Management and Organizations
Co-Founder and Executive Director, Kellogg Center for Executive Women
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Kellogg Global Women’s Summit Steering Committee Co-Chair, Faculty Advisory Committee Chair and Planning Committee Co-Chair
Co-Founder and Executive Director, Kellogg Center for Executive Women
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Kellogg Global Women’s Summit Steering Committee Co-Chair, Faculty Advisory Committee Chair and Planning Committee Co-Chair
Dr. Marla A. Mendelson NU ’88
Cardiologist and Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics,
Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine and Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Founder and Director, the Center for Women’s Cardiovascular Health of the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, the Northwestern Heart Disease and Pregnancy Program, the Northwestern Adult Congenital Heart Program and the Marfan Center
Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine and Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Founder and Director, the Center for Women’s Cardiovascular Health of the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, the Northwestern Heart Disease and Pregnancy Program, the Northwestern Adult Congenital Heart Program and the Marfan Center
Gail R. Meneley
Co-Founder and Principal, Shields Meneley Partners
Patricia A. Milligan ’80
Senior Partner and Global Leader of When Women Thrive and Multinational Client Group, Mercer
Mary Naylor
Executive Chairman, Aspire Lifestyles Americas
Karin D. O’Connor ’89
Clinical Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Sarah Personette NU ’01
COO, Refinery29
Former Vice President, Global Business Marketing at Facebook
Board member: Build-a-Bear Workshop
Former Vice President, Global Business Marketing at Facebook
Board member: Build-a-Bear Workshop
Jane DiRenzo Pigott
Managing Director, R3 Group LLC
Board member: Van Eck Funds
Board member: Van Eck Funds
Nancy Qian
Professor of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Patricia Riskind ’97
CEO, Blue Horse Ventures
Board member: NarrativeDx, Patient Wisdom, The Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), Relode.com
Board member: NarrativeDx, Patient Wisdom, The Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), Relode.com
Linnea Conrad Roberts
Founder and CEO, GingerBread Capital
Trustee, Roberts Foundation
Former Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
Trustee, Roberts Foundation
Former Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
Sheila Robinson
Publisher and CEO, Inclusion and Diversity Woman Magazines
Author, Your Tool Kit for Success: The Professional Woman’s Guide for Advancing to the C-Suite
Founder, Diversity Woman Media
Author, Your Tool Kit for Success: The Professional Woman’s Guide for Advancing to the C-Suite
Founder, Diversity Woman Media
Sheli Z. Rosenberg NU ’66
Principal, Roselin Investments
Board member: Spirit Realty Capital Inc., Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc.
Board member: Spirit Realty Capital Inc., Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc.
Michelle Stohlmeyer Russell
Senior Partner and Managing Director, The Boston Consulting Group
Diana L. Sands ’96
Senior Vice President, Office of Internal Governance and Administration, The Boeing Company
Member of the Executive Council, The Boeing Company
Member of the Executive Council, The Boeing Company
Paola Sapienza
Donald C. Clark/HSBC Chair in Consumer Finance
Professor of Finance
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Professor of Finance
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Elizabeth P. Schuster ’10
President, Regina High School
Founder, Samadhi
Former executive at Vanguard
Founder, Samadhi
Former executive at Vanguard
Hannah Selonick ’18
Full-Time MBA Candidate
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Tarra E. Sharp ’13
Former Engagement Manager, McKinsey & Company
Meghan J. Shehorn
Partner, Chicago, Bain & Company
Leadership Council Member, Civic Consulting Alliance
2017 Working Mother of the Year by Working Mother magazine
2017 Working Mother of the Year by Working Mother magazine
Rebecca Ann Sholiton ’16
Co-Founder and CEO, Wise Apple
Pernille Spiers-Lopez
Co-Founder, Good Life Designed
Former President, IKEA North America
Board member: Meijer Corporation, ECCO USA, Homeboy Industries and Save the Children US
Former President, IKEA North America
Board member: Meijer Corporation, ECCO USA, Homeboy Industries and Save the Children US
Nicole Stephens
Associate Professor of Management and Organizations
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Associate Professor of Psychology
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences (Courtesy), Northwestern University
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Associate Professor of Psychology
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences (Courtesy), Northwestern University
Dr. Lauren Streicher
Associate Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Medical Director, Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Health and Menopause
Author, Sex Rx: Hormones, Health, and Your Best Sex Ever
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
Medical Director, Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Health and Menopause
Author, Sex Rx: Hormones, Health, and Your Best Sex Ever
Ellen Taaffe ’97
Clinical Assistant Professor of Leadership, Director of Women’s Leadership Programs
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Former executive, PepsiCo and Whirlpool
Board member: John B. Sanfilippo & Son Inc., Hooker Furniture Corporation
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Former executive, PepsiCo and Whirlpool
Board member: John B. Sanfilippo & Son Inc., Hooker Furniture Corporation
Leigh Thompson NU ’82
J. Jay Gerber Professor of Dispute Resolution & Organizations
Professor of Management & Organizations
Director of Kellogg Team and Group Research Center
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Professor of Psychology
Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences (Courtesy), Northwestern University
Professor of Management & Organizations
Director of Kellogg Team and Group Research Center
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Professor of Psychology
Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences (Courtesy), Northwestern University
Andrea Turner Moffitt
Co-Founder, Plum Alley Investments
Author, Harnessing the Power of the Purse: Winning Women Investors
Author, Harnessing the Power of the Purse: Winning Women Investors
Sona Wang ’86
Founder and Managing Director, Ceres Venture Fund
Co-Founder, Chicago Blues Experience
Co-Founder, Chicago Blues Experience
Carin L. Watson ’04
EVP, Learning and Innovation, Singularity University
Former Innovation Leader, Citi and Visa
Former Innovation Leader, Citi and Visa
Renee Weisman
Founder and Owner, Winning at Work
Author, Winning in a Man’s World: Advice for Women Who Want to Succeed and the Men Who Work With Them
Author, Winning in a Man’s World: Advice for Women Who Want to Succeed and the Men Who Work With Them
Liz G. Williams ’04
President, Taco Bell International
Board member: Orange County CASA, Court Appointed Special Advocate
Board member: Orange County CASA, Court Appointed Special Advocate
Wendy Woods ’96
Senior Partner and Managing Director, Global Leader, Social Impact Practice, The Boston Consulting Group
Board of Trustees, Centre for Public Impact
Board of Trustees, Centre for Public Impact
Perry Yeatman
Founder and CEO, Your Career, Your Terms
CEO, Perry Yeatman Global Partners LLC
Kellogg Global Women’s Summit Planning Committee Co-Chair
CEO, Perry Yeatman Global Partners LLC
Kellogg Global Women’s Summit Planning Committee Co-Chair
Donna F. Zarcone
President and CEO, The Economic Club of Chicago
Former President and COO, Harley-Davidson, Financial Services
Board member: Cigna Corporation, CDW and The Duchossois Group
Former President and COO, Harley-Davidson, Financial Services
Board member: Cigna Corporation, CDW and The Duchossois Group
Betsy Ziegler
CEO, 1871
Former Chief Innovation Officer and Clinical Assistant Professor of Management
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Former Chief Innovation Officer and Clinical Assistant Professor of Management
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University