Pass the Mic
Samantha Skey
Skey leads SHE Media, a mission-driven digital media company created by and for women, which is home to properties including SheKnows.com and BlogHer, the largest conference for women content creators and entrepreneurs in the U.S.
Aurora Dawn Benton
Benton, who designs, implements, and scales sustainability programs in the hospitality, events, and travel industries founded Astrapto to provide solutions to social and environmental issues.
Mercedes Hunt
Hunt’s consulting company specializes in sustainability advice for the hospitality, events, tourism, and venue industries. An educator, she has a Ph.D. in parks, recreation, and tourism with an emphasis in sustainable events, venues, and tourism from the University of Utah.
Hattie Hill
The Women’s Foodservice Forum works for the advancement of women and is the food industry’s thought leader on gender equity.
Courtney D. Cogburn
Pollak is a leading voice on millennials and other workers in the multigenerational workplace. She advises young professionals and the companies and organizations that want to hire and market to them.
Laurie Santos
Santos studies the science of happiness and teaches a popular course called “Psychology and the Good Life,” which became the most popular class in Yale’s history.
Gina Glantz
GenderAvenger is dedicated to making sure women are represented in all facets of public discourse. It frequently makes headlines for its efforts to end “manels,” or all male panels, at events.
Lindsey Pollak
Pollak is a leading voice on millennials and other workers in the multigenerational workplace. She advises young professionals and the companies and organizations that want to hire and market to them.
Raël Nelson James
With a background in recruiting, fundraising, and program management, James leads The Bridgespan Group’s commitment to reflecting the diversity of its clients and their beneficiaries.
Ayesha Khanna
Dr. Khanna is co-founder and CEO of ADDO AI, an artificial intelligence (AI) solutions firm and incubator. Forbes featured ADDO AI as one of four Asian AI companies to watch in 2017 and Khanna was featured last year by Forbes as one of Southeast Asia’s groundbreaking female entrepreneurs.
Ingrid Fetell Lee
Lee — author of Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness — is an expert on the way design affects health and happiness. She is the founder of the blog “The Aesthetics of Joy,” which aims to “to shed light on the relationship between our environment and our emotions, and share inspiration for living a more joyful life through design.”
Susan McPherson
McPherson’s company, a commuications consultancy, focuses on “the intersection between brands and social impact.” This contributor to the Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, and Forbes invests in and advises women-led technology startups and is an adviser to nonprofits, including Girls Who Code.