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North America

Jill Goldenziel

Dr. Goldenziel speaks and consults on International Law, International Security, Geopolitical Risk, Leadership, Business, and Human Rights, Migration, and Disinformation. She has briefed United Nations officials, world parliamentarians, and senior military leaders on her award-winning research, including speaking alongside Angela Merkel and other world leaders at the Intergovernmental Conference to Adopt the Global Compact for Migration.  At Marine Corps University, Dr. Goldenziel has lectured 1,200 U.S. and foreign field-grade military officers on the law of war, international law, and migration, and has taught 200 officers in seminars on law, leadership, and international security.  She is also an Affiliated Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania’s Fox Leadership International program.  Dr. Goldenziel’s work has appeared in top scholarly journals, and she is regularly quoted and cited in the press. She holds a Ph.D. and A.M. in Government from Harvard, a J.D. from NYU, and an A.B. from Princeton. Visit http://www.jillgoldenziel.com and follow her @JillGoldenziel.     

Leadership

Geopolitical Risk

Business and Human Rights

Law

North America

Heather Flanagan

Heather Flanagan, Principal, and Owner at Spherical Cow Consulting come from a position that the Internet is led by people, powered by words, and inspired by technology. She has been involved in leadership roles with some of the most technical, volunteer-driven organizations on the Internet, including IDPro as Principal Editor, the IETF, the IAB, and the IRTF as RFC Series Editor, ICANN as Technical Writer, and REFEDS as Coordinator, to name a few.    Heather’s goal is to work with organisations to make the Internet a more functional, diverse, and less biased platform for the world. This involves hands-on engagement in developing and expanding business and administrative processes, designing technology strategies, forming and leading teams, and technical writing and editing.   If there is work going on to develop new Internet standards, or discussions around the future of digital identity, she is interested in engaging in that work.

Digital Identity

Internet Standards Development

Multi Stakeholder Collaboration

North America

Apala Mukherjee

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North America

Sunny Slaughter

"Sunny Slaughter is a TEDx Alum, Master-Connector, Vulnerability Expert, Global Human Trafficking Expert, Federal Law Enforcement Instructor, Executive Consultant, and CEO of Sunny Slaughter Consulting, LLC. Featured as one of DC's top 25 Women Business Leader of 2020 in Women Leadership Magazine USA. She is a member of the Women Business Collaborative, Leaders Advisory Council committed to empowering and advancing women as CEO’s, in the C-Suite, gender parity, gender pay, and minority women. As a Vulnerability Expert, Sunny identifies risk, vulnerability, develops mitigation strategies, and response plans. She brings over 35 years of executive consultancy, tactical guidance, strategic thinking, policy compliance, safety preparedness, and crisis management expertise to a cross-section of professionals in government, corporate, business, organization, institution, agency, and community. Sunny has been recognized by the White House, Obama Administration as a Change Maker, and had her written report included in the Presidential Daily Briefing.  Sunny Opined her intersectional experiences as a global human trafficking expert focused on the complex nuances of slavery for the 1619 Project launched by The New York Times Magazine which re-examines slavery in the US.  She was the guest for the Special Edition of the 1619 Project for the NYTReadalong, a global network of thought leaders who gather weekly for a deep dive into the global issues contained throughout the pages of the New York Times.

Equity

Inclusion

Social

North America

Casey Halliley

"Casey Halliley is the Founder and Chief Educating Officer of Wealthology (www.wealthology101.com). She is a financial literacy expert who motivates and inspires young students and professionals to take control of their personal finances so they can live the lives they want and they deserve. After spending the first part of her career working at Citibank trading currencies, and Barclays Bank PLC trading Structured Credit Products, she founded Wealthology in 2014 when she realized, despite spending the past 15 years studying, structuring and trading sophisticated financial products, she had never received one hour of training on how to manage her own personal finances. Casey also consults for a Registered Investment Advisor, teaches financial literacy games to at-risk teens at a local Crisis Center, advises a digital insurance company on its educational content and sits on the board for The Center for Continuing Education in her community. Casey has spoken at numerous corporations and schools including Yale University and Columbia Business School."

Finance

Self-help

Success

North America

Adaobi Ezeadum

Adaobi Ezeadum (nèe Ibeanu) is a divergent thinker, public speaker, mindset coach (Fear Strategist), and a lady with a positive mental attitude. She is the founder and chairperson on the board of trustees of the Empowered Sapiens Mulier Initiative (ESMI) – an NGO that seeks to provide solutions to socio-cultural women (girl) problems through community projects while leveraging innovative advocacy strategies.    Adaobi’s coaching prowess has helped women by putting them on the journey to self-discovery or rediscovery. She is committed to helping them reprogram their minds and not letting fear win. She is passionate about seeing women reinvent themselves where necessary and become the best version of themselves. She has a mantra that “all women will one day realize they are so powerful; much more powerful than society has made them believe”.   She is a licensed Nigerian attorney, a wife and mother, lover of God, and author of the book The Woman Within. 

Saying No to Fear

Woman Within

Women in Leadership

North America

Selena Rezvani

Selena Rezvani teaches women at all levels to negotiate at work like a boss. She also consults to employers on how to make work truly work for women - by architecting workplace culture changes that improve working women's experience. She's the author of two leadership books targeted at professional women, Pushback: How Smart Women Ask and Stand Up for What They Want (Jossey-Bass, 2012 & winner of an Axiom book award) and The Next Generation of Women Leaders (Praeger, 2009). Selena addresses thousands of professional women each year and has been featured in the LA Times, Oprah.com, HBR, Todayshow.com, and NPR. She wrote an award-winning column for The Washington Post and today, serves as a popular columnist on women and the workplace for Forbes and Philadelphia Magazine. Selena is based in Philadelphia where she lives with her husband Geoff and 6 year old boy-girl twins.

Empowerment

Gender

Self-development

North America

Denise Morris Kipnis

Denise M. Kipnis Morris heads ChangeFlow Consulting, a global organization development consultancy that specializes in transformational change, and inclusion. Known for organizational puzzle-solving and big-picture thinking, her areas of expertise include: organization design, change management, culture, communication, and project management. Denise has led change projects across various sectors and countries; her clients include multinationals as well as SMEs, not-for-profits, and government agencies.     She believes in co-creating culture-specific solutions with people in the organization: developing new or existing capabilities by transferring knowledge and skills, leveraging employee leadership and participation, and fostering diversity and inclusion to build trustful working relationships. With a background in operations and project management, she focuses on practical solutions and business outcomes as well as human factors. Denise has an M.Sc in Organization Development from Pepperdine University, a B.A. in English from Stanford University, and project management certification from the U.C. Berkeley Extension. She has lived in Singapore since 2010. 

Leadership

Inclusion

Change Management

North America

Hannah Austin

Hannah Austin is a highly sought-after corporate leader and management professional, specializing in the management and prevention of burnout for professionals. As the CEO and Founder of SheShatters, LLC, she draws on her experience consulting and coaching corporate leaders to provide employees- at the mid to high point of their careers with the support they need to burn brightly without burning out. Prior to founding SheShatters, Hannah spent 20 years as an executive in the healthcare industry, a role in which she faced immense pressures and witnessed her colleagues suffering the effect of burnout en-masse.   She became determined to make a change that would impact not only her own path in life but the paths of the many inspiring professionals she knew and worked with. Hannah founded SheShatters in 2021 with the goal of helping employees and managers to find a balance between their personal and professional lives, and on a macro level, leading a movement away from corporate hustle culture.

Leadership

Culture

Employee Engagement and Retention

Burnout

North America

Nicole Garneau

Meet Dr. Nicole, a scientist, TEDx alum, and award-winning communicator. Dr. Nicole uses food and drink, backed by science, to make difficult topics accessible and interactive, and therefore inspires actionable results.   With a style all her own, that incorporates a humorous and heartfelt interplay of science, vulnerable storytelling, and effective tools, she helps people walk away from her keynote surprised by their own insights and motivated to take action in their lives. 

Self-development

Success

Communication

North America

Marian Bacol-Uba

"After her own life-changing transformation from Survivor to Thriver, Marian now empowers individuals and businesses all over the world to create a thriving life and business. In her talks, she artfully blends soulful inspiration with actionable steps while delivering massive value to her audience. Marian Bacol-Uba is the Founder of Thriver Lifestyle, a Business Coach, TEDx & Keynote Speaker. She is also a Certified Pranayama and Meditation Teacher and the host of Thriver Lifestyle Podcast and Thriver TV on YouTube. Marian speaks about purpose-driven Entrepreneurship, public speaking, conscious leadership, and mindset. She merges her 15+ years of marketing, event production, and business development experience with her mission to create positive social impact and help elevate the voices of women globally, especially BIPOC women. She has been featured on CBS-LA, ABC-7, International Business Times, Thrive Global, Miami Under 40, and over 50 podcasts and publications. For more info visit www.marianbacoluba.com and follow her on Instagram @mbacoluba. Watch her TEDx Talk: http://bit.ly/MBUTEDxTalk"

Empowerment

Self-development

Entrepreneurship

North America

Rebecca Cafiero

Rebecca Cafiero is a TEDx Speaker and the Founder of Brand Camp Retreats and Elevate Your Life Project. She is the host of the Becoming You Podcast. After directing sales and marketing strategies for Fortune 500 companies and managing more than $1Billion in sales, Rebecca followed her heart to become an entrepreneur and speaker. She's married her extensive background in business, branding and sales strategy with her passion of empowering women to be their best, while designing a life + business they love.     Rebecca has mentored numerous women to attain a six-figure or more yearly income through social and online marketing and empowered hundreds more to start their own business. Rebecca speaks about strength in vulnerability, growing your income through impact, personal branding, sales and content creation. She has been featured on Reader's Digest, Women's Health Magazine, US News & World Report, Realtor Magazine, Brit + Co and over 25 podcasts and publications. 

Empowerment

Branding

Social

North America

Lyn Dee Elridge

Lyn-Dee Eldridge is the Chief Happiness Officer/Founder of Happiness Jungle LLC. Entrepreneur Mentor, #1 Best-Selling Contributing International Author, Keynote Speaker, Breast Cancer Survivor, Humorist, Certified Co-Brand Partner, with Les Brown, Creator/Producer and TV personality of The Happiness Jungle TV Show. When your cookies crumble like Lyn-Dee's has; cancer, abuse, divorce, grieving, single-parenting, co-parenting, step-parenting, becoming a care-taker, business owner, and dealing with financial pressures, you can learn how to work through everything with a happier, more positive attitude and purpose. She has been able to scale, measure and add value by turning her cookie crumbs into opportunities for growth and empowerment. Lyn-Dee helps individuals, couples, families, small businesses, corporations, non-profit groups, schools, and universities understand how to apply happiness philosophies, how to live a less stressful life with positive actions and how to control your emotions.

Self-development

Self-help

Success

North America

Jeanne Sheehan Zaino

A sought-after speaker and media personality, Jeanne Sheehan Zaino, Ph.D. is a Carol S. Russett Award-winning Professor of Political Science and International Studies. A Bloomberg News Political Contributor, she appears regularly on BN TV & Radio shows such as Balance of Power and Sound On to discuss breaking political news   Dr. Sheehan Zaino graduated summa cum laude from the University of Connecticut in Storrs where she was awarded the distinction of University Scholar and membership into Phi Beta Kappa. She received her first master's in Survey Research, an MPO from the prestigious Roper Center at UConn. She went onto get a second Masters's in Public Policy, and later a Ph.D. in Political Science with a concentration in Theory, Law, and the American government at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.  

Leadership & Diversity

Risk Management

Governance in Divisive Times/Up-streaming

North America

Sohee Jun

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