2014 Speakers
Special Guest Speakers
Roman Blanco
Roman Blanco is president and chief executive officer of Santander US. In this role, he leads all of the Santander Group's businesses in the United States. He joined Santander in 2004 as director of business ...
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Jane Bowman
Jane Bowman is the vice president, marketing and sales development for Boston Globe Media, where she works to develop strategic consumer and business initiatives as well as partnerships for The Boston Globe and ...
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Lisa Buffington
Lisa Buffington is vice president of U.S. communications at EMD Serono, Inc. Buffington is responsible for driving and executing all aspects of the company’s communications strategy, including external and ...
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Marian L. Heard
MARIAN L. HEARD is the president and CEO of Oxen Hill Partners, a Boston-based company specializing in leadership development programs and brand enhancement strategies. She lists Fortune 500 companies and ...
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M L Krakauer
M L Krakauer is executive vice president of human resources at EMC Corporation. With revenues of $21.7 billion in 2012 and 60,000 people worldwide, EMC is a global leader in enabling businesses and service providers ...
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Jill Larsen
Jill Larsen is VP of strategic talent acquisition at Cisco. Larsen leads Cisco’s Global Recruiting & University Relations organization, overseeing a global team of over 300 and a budget of $60M. She joined ...
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Gloria Cordes Larson
Remarks | Former President, Bentley University and Board Member, MA Conference for Women ...
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JC Monahan
J.C. Monahan is co-anchor of WCVB-TV's “NewsCenter 5 at 5:00,” as well as co-anchor of Channel 5's award-winning nightly news magazine "Chronicle" alongside co-anchor Anthony Everett. Monahan joined the ...
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Karen Holmes Ward
Emcee | Director of Public Affairs & Community Services, WCVB Channel 5
KAREN HOLMES WARD is the Director of Public Affairs and Community Services for WCVB, whose community service efforts during and ...
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Pamela Wickham
Pamela A. Wickham is vice president of corporate affairs and communications for Raytheon Company. As a member of the Raytheon leadership team, she is responsible for the company’s media relations, public relations ...
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Keynotes
Tory Burch
Tory Burch is CEO and designer of Tory Burch, an American lifestyle brand. The ...
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Anne Finucane
Anne Finucane is global chief strategy and marketing officer at Bank of America, and ...
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Ann M. Fudge
Ann M. Fudge is the retired chairman and CEO of Young & Rubicam Brands, a global ...
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John Jacobs
John Jacobs is co-founder and chief creative optimist of the Life is good® Company. ...
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Lupita Nyong’o
Lupita Nyong’o made her feature debut in Steve McQueen's Academy Award® winning ...
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Breakout Session Speakers
Katrina Alcorn
Katrina Alcorn is an author, consultant and expert on why women burn out at work. Her ...
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Patty Chang Anker
Patty Chang Anker is the author of the memoir “Some Nerve: Lessons Learned While ...
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Jessica Bacal
Jessica Bacal directs the Wurtele Center for Work & Life at Smith College, an ...
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Lisa Belkin
Lisa Belkin is the chief national correspondent for “Yahoo News,” doing original ...
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Blythe Berents
Blythe Berents comes to Merrill Edge® from Banc of America Investments, Hambrecht ...
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Beth Carlson
Beth Carlson is vice president of global talent development for Raytheon Company. She ...
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Camille Chang Gilmore
CAMILLE CHANG GILMORE is VP of human resources and global chief diversity, equity ...
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Wendy Darling
Wendy Darling refers to herself as a creative connector. From working as a mentor to ...
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Laura Darrah
Laura Darrah Following the success of their first handbag ventures, Treesje and its ...
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Sally D. Fassler
Sally D. Fassler is a managing director, chief financial officer and risk and ...
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Kathleen Ferraro
Kathleen Ferraro began her career at The First National Bank of Chicago, in the New ...
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Carolyn Fischer
Carolyn Fischer is the vice president of global talent management for TJX Companies ...
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Christine Frederick
Christine Frederick has led the U.S. insurance group compliance division at ...
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Dr. Cindy Geyer
Dr. Cindy Geyer received her Bachelor of Science and her Doctor of Medicine degrees, ...
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John Gray
John Gray is the leading relationship expert in the world and best-selling author of ...
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Sheila Heen
Sheila Heen is a New York Times business best-selling author, founder of Triad ...
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Bridget Hindle
Bridget Hindle is responsible for development of a high-performing team that ...
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Jane Hyun
Jane Hyun is an internationally renowned executive coach and global leadership ...
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Emma Johnson
Emma Johnson Seventeen-year-old Emma Johnson launched EM JOHN Jewelry in eleventh ...
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Kristin Jones
Kristin Jones is a junior at Howard University in Washington, D.C. pursuing a ...
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Marie Jordan
Marie Jordan is the senior vice president of gas construction and operations for ...
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Karen Kaplan
Karen Kaplan is chairman and CEO of Hill Holliday.She has consistently epitomized ...
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Hazel Keating
Hazel Keating is a senior vice president and was recently appointed global head of ...
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Karen Keenan
Karen Keenan is an executive vice president, chief operating officer and head of ...
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Katherine Klingler
Katherine Klingler is responsible for building and managing the global brand of ...
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Ellie Krieger
Ellie Krieger is the host of Food Network’s & Cooking Channel’s popular ...
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Denise Millard
Denise Millard is chief of staff, global sales and customer operations at EMC. With ...
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Gayle Morris
Gayle Morris is vice president of Americas services for Cisco. She is responsible ...
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Kristin Mugford
Kristin Mugford is currently a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School having ...
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Valerie Mulhern
Valerie Mulhern is the vice president of human resources of the analytical ...
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Betsy Myers
BETSY MYERS is founding director of Bentley University’s Center for Women and ...
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Sheila Nazarian
Sheila Nazarian Following the success of their first handbag ventures, Treesje and ...
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Janielle Newland
Janielle Newland is a human resources leader with 18 years of experience focused on ...
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Susan O’Brien
Susan O’Brien is one of the co-founders of Hail Merry Snacks. The native Houstonian ...
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Lindsey Pollak
Lindsey Pollak is a keynote speaker, corporate consultant and one of the world's ...
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Karen Prange
Karen Prange is senior vice president and president, urology and women’s health for ...
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Jane Bryant Quinn
Jane Bryant Quinn is a leading commentator on personal finance, with books and ...
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Karen Korellis Reuther
Karen Korellis Reuther is the creative director and brand psychologist for Cast ...
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Anita Santos
Anita Santos is currently serving as vice president of marketing for Tyco Security ...
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Dan Schawbel
Dan Schawbel is the managing partner of Millennial Branding, a Gen Y research and ...
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Shiza Shahid
Shiza Shahid is the CEO and co-founder of the Malala Fund, the organization ...
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Gail Sheehy
Gail Sheehy is the author of sixteen books, including the classic New York Times ...
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Judy A. Smith
Judy A. Smith is the founder and president of Smith & Company, a leading ...
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Kristen Standish
Kristen Standish is the publisher of Boston magazine. She leads the sales and ...
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Sandra Stratford, M.D., M.S.c.
Sandra Stratford, M.D., M.S.c. is chief medical officer, global health resources for ...
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Cindy Stumpo
Cindy Stumpo is CEO of C. Stumpo Development is a luxury custom home builder and ...
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Kimberly Steimle Vaughn
Kimberly Steimle Vaughan is the chief marketing officer and chief people officer at ...
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Kate White
Kate White is an internationally known expert on leadership and success and a New ...
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Laura Vail Wooster
Laura Vail Wooster is vice president and head of marketing and communications for ...
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Jackie Wynn
Jackie Wynn is responsible for leading the strategy and market development for the ...
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Linda K. Zecher
Linda K. Zecher joined Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in September 2011 as president, ...
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Expert Exchange
Michelle Dauphinais
Michelle Dauphinais manages many of John Hancock’s top relationships, calling on ...
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Kay Dempsey
Kay Dempsey is the CEO of the Dempsey Companies in Atlanta, Georgia. The Dempsey ...
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Kerri DiPietro
Kerri DiPietro is the director of Global clinical quality at Boston Scientific ...
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Jessica Donohue
Jessica Donohue is the chief innovation officer and head of advisory solutions for ...
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Patricia Florissi
Patricia Florissi is vice president and global chief technology officer for sales at ...
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Marilee Grant
Marilee Grant is director of community relations for Boston Scientific. She has over ...
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Ronni Hargrove
Ronni Hargrove is the DoD market leader for Cisco Advanced Services, with Cisco ...
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Liz Henderson
Liz Henderson leads the separations technology cluster for EMD Millipore, and is ...
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Kathy Kinney
Kathy Kinney is best known for her iconic role as “Mimi” on the ABC hit TV series ...
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Maurice Kolthof
Maurice Kolthof joined Santander Bank in June of 2012 and is a relationship manager ...
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Mona Patel
Mona Patel is VP of training and clinical communications, neuromodulation at Boston ...
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Cindy Ratzlaff
Cindy Ratzlaff was named to the Forbes’ “20 Best Branded Women on Twitter” list ...
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Rob Rosa
Rob Rosa is director, field operations, for U.S. Public Sector Services with Cisco. ...
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Seth Siegel
Seth Siegel is vice president of the Americas for Cisco Consulting Services, where he ...
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Erika Strandell
Erika Strandell is director of global service provider services solutions management ...
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Jennifer Tierney
Jennifer Tierney manages life and long-term care distribution for John Hancock ...
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Molly Tschang
Molly Tschang is a director in Cisco’s consulting business. Her specialty is ...
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Heidi Vlasak
Heidi Vlasak is a principal product performance engineer at Boston Scientific, ...
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Lisa Welker-Finney
Lisa Welker-Finney is the HR VP for the Americas for Boston Scientific Corporation, a ...
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Local Leader
Liz Brunner
Liz Brunner is the CEO and founder of Brunner Communications. Leveraging more than 25 ...
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Nurys Camargo
Nurys Camargo is the regional director of external affairs for AT&T ...
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Wendy Duncan
Wendy Duncan is senior vice president of marketing at Alex and Ani. She is an ...
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Patricia M. Flynn, Ph.D.
Professor Patricia M. Flynn, Ph.D. is Trustee Professor of Economics and Management ...
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Denise Kaigler
Denise Kaigler is senior vice president of corporate affairs & communications for ...
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Christy Keswick
Christy Keswick has been the chief operating officer of Good Sports since it was ...
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Laurie Leshin
Laurie Leshin became the 16th president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in ...
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Bernadette Lim
Bernadette Lim is a STRIDE Scholar and student at Harvard University studying human ...
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Julia Mejia
Julia Mejia has more than 20 years of experience in marketing, grassroots organizing ...
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Yvette Modestin
Yvette Modestin is a writer, poet and activist who focuses on shedding light on the ...
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Stephanie Pittman
Stephanie Pittman is the vice president of human resources at Boston Scientific, a ...
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Lindsay Reilly
Lindsay Reilly creates more than just a bag, as founder of Lindsay Tia, she creates ...
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Micho Spring
Executive Mentor | That's a Good Question: Navigating Board Dynamics ...
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Lynn Tinney
Lynn D. Tinney is the vice president of Americas Channels at Riverbed Technology. ...
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Social Media Roundtable
John Ahtam
John Ahtam is a member of the graduate admissions team at Bentley University. He ...
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Tayla Andre
Tayla Andre is a Boston native and ravishing, renowned radio show host on the rise. ...
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Debra Askanase
Debra Askanase is currently the director of outreach at the National Brain Tumor ...
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Julia Campbell
Julia Campbell has a long history of helping nonprofits find success online. After 10 ...
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Stacy Doherty
Stacy Doherty is the founder and owner of Errands Etcetera, LLC, working hard to help ...
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Amanda Healy
Amanda Healy is an award-winning B2B marketing program and social media expert, ...
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Rachel Jellinek
Rachel Jellinek is a partner at Reflection Films, an award-winning video production ...
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Debra Kennedy
Debra Kennedy is the director of Executive Education for Bentley University. ...
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Joselin Mane
Joselin Mane is CEO of LITBeL Consulting, a new media marketing and event planning ...
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Kerry H. McManama
Kerry H. McManama builds brands and businesses from the inside out. She believes if ...
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Angela Pitter
Angela Pitter is principal and owner at LiveWire Collaborative, partnering with ...
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Meghan Rothschild
Meghan Rothschild is an award-winning marketing and public relations ...
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Kate Stamatakos
Kate Stamatakos is a senior social engagement manager at EMC, a leading provider of ...
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Caty Trio
Caty Trio is the social media marketing manager for Bright Horizons. She is a social ...
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Karen Yankovich
Karen Yankovich is a social media brand strategist, business consultant and speaker, ...
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Sue B. Zimmerman
Sue B. Zimmerman is a master at Instagram for Business. Also known as the ...
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Small Business Roundtable
Elizabeth Benedict
Elizabeth Benedict is the founder and president of Elizabeth Home Décor & ...
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Lauren Maillian Bias
Lauren Maillian Bias is a serial entrepreneur, named by Essence magazine to the ...
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Sarah Palisi Chapin
Sarah Palisi Chapin is the chief executive officer and serves on the board of Hail ...
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Liz Dean
Liz Dean is the founder, designer, sales manager, community manager, marketing ...
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Lindsay Denton
Lindsay Denton is the co-founder and development manager of FitYap.com. She works ...
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Donna Latson Gittens
Donna Latson Gittens is visionary leader with intuitive business insight and ...
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Kimberly Kissam
Kimberly Kissam is co-founder and owners of Isabel Harvey, a fashionable jewelry and ...
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Ritu Sharma
Ritu Sharma is co-founder and president of Women Thrive Worldwide, and a leading ...
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Addie Swartz
Addie Swartz is a serial entrepreneur who is passionate about empowering women. In ...
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Elizabeth R. Thornton
Elizabeth R. Thornton is an author, speaker, professor of management practice, Babson ...
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Julie Vetack
Julie Vetack joined Santander Bank in April of 2012 and is the national relationship ...
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