Speakers

TWN hosts speaker events that allow collegiate women to engage with powerful women leaders across the nation and in their communities.

To help women find their way in their respective fields, we openly discuss topics that greatly affect the advancement of women in the workplace.

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Afiya Bediako
Director of Key Accounts at Marqeta, Inc.
Finance
Alisyn Camerota
Co-Host of CNN Newsroom; Author
Journalism
Amanda Bradford
Co-Founder/CEO of The League
Entrepreneurship
Amanda Nicholson, PhD
Former Assistant Provost and Dean of Student Success at Syracuse University
Education
Ana Avila
Investigative Journalist; Visiting Professor of Journalism at the University of Michigan
Journalism
Andie Kramer
Partner, Legal Practice at McDermott Will & Emery, LLP
Law
Anita Anantharam, PhD
Associate Professor at the Center for Women's Studies and Gender Research at the University of Florida
Women's Studies
Anna Frances Wood
Founder/CEO of Brains over Blonde; Ex-Googler
Entrepreneurship
April Galda
CEO of Beat Capital Partners Americas; former Goldman Sachs Managing Director
Finance
April Richardson
Attorney at The Private Practice Law Group; former Prosecutor; President/Owner of DC Sweet Potato Cake
Law
Aprill O. Turner
Vice President of Communications & External Affairs at Higher Heights for America PAC
Public Policy
Brenna Schneider
Founder/CEO of 99Degrees
Entrepreneurship
Brittney Cummins
Consultant at Boston Consulting Group; former Mechanical Engineer
Consulting
Carrie Rich
Co-Founder/CEO of The Global Good Fund; Managing Director of the Global Impact Fund
Public Policy
Celine Gounder, MD
Infectious Disease Physician and Epidemiologist
Medicine
Christen Brandt
Co-Founder of She's the First
Entrepreneurship
Christina Bullock
Partner at Baker McKenzie
Law
Christine Broda
Consumer Insights Manager and User Researcher at Spotify
Music
Christine Chang and Sarah Lee
Co-Founders of Glow Recipe
Entrepreneurship
Claire Friedman
Former Investment Banker; former Saturday Night Live Writer
Journalism
Clarissa M. Rodriguez, Esq.
Chair of the New York State Workers Compensation Board
Public Policy
Dahlia Petrus
Program Coordinator at the Center for Social Solutions at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Education
Dawn Michelle Hardy
Founder of The Literary Lobbyist, LLC
Publishing
Dee Spagnuolo
Lawyer for the U.S. Women's National Hockey Team
Law
Diane Chaleff
Program Manager at Rodale Institute; Founder of Conscious Consulting, LLC; VP at the Global NGO Executive Committee
Consulting
Dona Sarkar
Director of Technology at Microsoft Accessibility
STEM
Doreen Tinajero
Senior Project Manager at the Center for Social Solutions at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Education
Dorinda Marticorena
Principal at Serendipity & Strategy
Marketing
Dr. Angela X. Ocampo
Assistant Professor of Political Science at University of Pittsburgh
Education
Dr. Chelsie Counsell, PhD
Quantitative Community Ecologist; Assistant Professor of Marine Biology
STEM
Ewurakua Dawson-Amoah
Founder/CEO of Melacast
Entrepreneurship
Ge Bai, PhD, CPA
Associate Professor of Accounting and Health Policy & Management at Johns Hopkins University
Business
Grace T. Huang
Manager of Research/Machine Learning Engineering at Netflix
Engineering
Heidi Waite
Ford Fellow in the Sorte Lab in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of California, Irvine
Education
Helen J. Stoddard
Head of Global Events and Experiential Marketing at Twitter
Marketing
Jackie Kunzler
Chief Quality Officer at Baxter; Board Director at NAMSA and Baxter International Foundation
Entrepreneurship
Jamie Perry
Assistant Professor at Syracuse University's Martin J. Whitman School of Management
Education
Jeanne Christman, PhD
STEM Researcher and Associate Professor at Rochester Institute of Technology
STEM
Jennifer Foyle
Global Brand President and Creative Director at Aerie, American Eagle Outfitters
Retail
Jessica Yellin
Founder of News Not Noise; Author
Journalism
Joy Cho
Founder/Creative Director of Oh Joy!
Entrepreneurship
Kaitlan Collins
CNN Chief White House Correspondent
Journalism
Katherine Donovan, PhD
Senior Scientist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
STEM
Kay Koplovitz
Founder and former CEO/Chairwoman of USA Networks
Media
Kendall Coyne Schofield
U.S. Women's Hockey Player; Two-Time Olympic Medalist
Sports
Kiandra Steffy
Attorney at Saxton & Stump
Business
Kimberlee Acquaro
Emmy Award-Winning and Academy Award-Nominated Filmmaker and Photojournalist
Film
Konka Shi
Software Engineer at Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
STEM
Lesli Creedon
CEO/President of the Make-a-Wish Foundation, Mid-Atlantic Region
Philanthropy
Lilia Luciano
Correspondent at CBS News
Journalism
Linda Acholonu
Project Director at Labcorp Drug Development
Business
Lisa Beattie Frelinghuysen
Principal at Banyan Global
Law
Liz Bergman
VP of Consumer Banking at American Express
Finance
Maria Gomez
Architect
Architecture
Meaghan Nally
United States Women's National Soccer Team (USWNT) Portland Thorns Player
Sports
Megan Schippmann
Assistant Vice President at RBC Capital Markets
Finance
Michelle Sevilla
Field Representative at the California State Assembly; Network Manager of the Central Coast Climate Justice Network
Public Policy
Mollie West Duffy
Head of Organizational Development at RALLY
Design
Nadine Clopton
Product Management Leader at Google
Technology
Nina Beattie
Partner at Brune & Richard LLP
Law
Olivia Hewitt
Organization & Workplace Transformation Senior Advisor at PwC
Human Resources
Olivia Omega
Co-Founder of Wallace Marketing Group
Entrepreneurship
Peta Ashworth
Director of the Andrew N. Liveris Academy for Innovation and Leadership; Chair in Sustainable Energy Futures at The University of Queensland
Education
Rachel Skaistis
Partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Law
Rebecca Jarvis
Chief Business, Economics and Technology Correspondent at ABC News
Journalism
Regina Calcaterra
Co-Founder of Calcaterra Pollack LLP
Law
Sarina Morales
Los Angeles Rams Team Reporter
Sports
Savannah Sellers
Anchor and Correspondent at NBC News
Journalism
Shana Manuel
Deputy Chief Assistant State Attorney for Orange County and Osceola County, Florida
Law
Shannon McLellan
Social Media Producer at Good Morning America
Media
Shehnaz Pancholi
Healthcare Technology Executive/Telemedicine Entrepreneur
Entrepreneurship
Sneha Hariharan
MBA Student at the Wharton School of Business; former Genetics Researcher
STEM
Sueann Tannis
Senior Director of Integrated Communications at the UN Foundation
Communications
Teresa Younger
CEO/President of Ms. Foundation for Women
Philanthropy
Theo Balcomb
Co-Creator/Executive Producer of The New York Times' Podcast "The Daily"
Media
Tina Wei Smith
Director of Operations at Prosper Appalachia
Operations
Valerie Rivera
U.S. Air Force Veteran; Founder of Take Back Work
Consulting
Wendy Sachs
Filmmaker, Co-Producer, and Co-Director of Showtime's Surge; Emmy Award-Winning News Producer; Media Strategist
Film
Zanib Sareini
Assistant Director for Advising and Summer Initiatives at the University of Michigan
Education
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