Main Event Agenda

 


Please note: Registration for Main Event Breakout Conversations will take place on August 30 at 9am PDT. DETAILS ABOUT MORNING BREAKOUT CONVERSATIONS AND AFTERNOON BREAKOUT CONVERSATIONS ARE NOW AVAILABLE. CLICK TO VIEW.


The Women’s Conference 2010 Main Event on Tuesday, October 26 will feature the following speakers on the Main Stage and in Breakout Conversations. Additional speakers and further details about the Main Event sessions and Breakout Conversations will be announced this summer.

Tickets to The Main Event include The Grand Finale featuring The 2010 Minerva Awards.


MAIN EVENT SPEAKERS

Laila Ali - World Champion Athlete, TV Personality, Mother
Azure Antoinette – Poet, Spoken Word Artist
Crystal Ashby - Vice President of Government and Public Affairs, Refining and Marketing, BP America, Inc.
Carol Bartz – CEO, Yahoo! Inc.
Carolyn Blashek – Founder, Operation Gratitude
Mary J. Blige – Singer
Erin Brockovich - Environmental Activist, Author
Campbell Brown - Anchor
Jerry Brown - California Attorney General
Oral Lee Brown – Founder, The Oral Lee Brown Foundation
Mrs. Laura W. Bush - Former First Lady of The United States
Deepak Chopra - Founder, The Chopra Foundation
Blair Christie - Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, Cisco
Pat Clarey - Senior Vice President, Chief Regulatory & External Relations Officer, Health Net, Inc.
Leslie Dance - Director and Vice President of Brand Marketing and Communications, Eastman Kodak Company
Christine Dahm - Vice President, Marketing, Nestlé Prepared Foods Company
Rosario Dawson – Actress, Co-Founder, Voto Latino
Teresa Delfin - Owner & Founder, Mountain Mama, Inc.
Nora Denzel - Senior Vice President & General Manager, Employee Management Solutions, Intuit Inc.
Sister Terry Dodge – Executive Director, Crossroads, Inc.
Alice D. Domar, Ph.D - Director, Domar Center for Mind/Body Health, Co-Author, Live a Little, Expert, BeWell.com
Claudia Duque - Journalist
Linda Ellerbee - TV Producer, Journalist, Best-Selling Author
Tami Erwin - President, West Area, Verizon Wireless
The Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg - Associate Justice
David Goldman - Devoted Father
Jacy Good - FocusDriven Board Member
David Gregory - Moderator, Meet the Press
Goldie Hawn - Actress
Tory Johnson - CEO, Women For Hire, Workplace Contributor, Good Morning America
Billie Jean King - Co-Founder, World TeamTennis, Wimbledon Champion, Founder, Women's Sports Foundation
Gayle King - Editor at Large, O, The Oprah Magazine and Host of The Gayle King Show
Phil Knight - Co-Founder, Chairman, Nike Inc.
Nicholas Kristof – Columnist, New York Times
Stacy Lastrina - Chief Marketing Officer, Marketing & Creative Services Jones Apparel Group, Inc.
Matt Lauer – Co-Anchor, NBC News, The Today Show
Laura Ling - Journalist
Lisa Ling - Journalist
Dr. Susan Love, MD - President, Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation
William G. Margaritis - Senior Vice President, Global Communications & Investor Relations, FedEx Corporation
Sarah McLachlan - Grammy Award–Winning Singer and Songwriter
Graciela Meibar - Vice President, Global Sales Training & Global Diversity, Mattel, Inc.
Molly Melching - Executive Director, Tostan
Jillian Michaels - Wellness Expert
Anne Mulcahy - Former Chairman & CEO, Xerox Corporation
Lisa B. Nelson - Head of Global Government Relations, Visa
David Nickle - Associate Vice President of Engineering, AECOM
Kathy O'Brien - Vice President of Marketing for Personal Care, Unilever
The Honorable Sandra Day O'Connor - Former Supreme Court Justice
Mary Oliver - Pulitzer Prize-Winning & National Book Award-Winning Poet
Suze Orman - America's Personal Finance Expert
Lisa Oz - Author
Dr. Mehmet Oz - Host, The Dr. Oz Show
Kris Perry - Plaintiff, Perry v. Schwarzenegger
Robert Redford - Actor, Activist, Entrepreneur
Larree Renda - Executive Vice President, Chief Strategist & Administrative Officer, Safeway, Inc.
Kristina Ripatti-Pearce - Retired LAPD Officer
Deborah Roberts - ABC News Correspondent
Robin Roberts - Co-Anchor, ABC's Good Morning America
Al Roker - Weather & Feature Reporter, NBC’s The Today Show, President & CEO, Al Roker Entertainment
Hal Rubenstein - Fashion Director, InStyle Magazine
Maria Elena Salinas - Univision News Anchor
Diane Sawyer - Anchor of World News
Edit Schlaffer - Founder, Women without Borders / SAVE - Sisters Against Violent Extremism
The Most Rev. Dr. Katharine Jefferts Schori - Presiding Bishop & Primate, The Episcopal Church
Howard Schultz - Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Starbucks Coffee Company
Arnold Schwarzenegger - Governor of California
Katherine Schwarzenegger – Author, Rock What You’ve Got
Jessica Simpson - Singer, Actress, Entrepreneur
Lisa J. Stevens - EVP, Regional President, California Regional Banking, Wells Fargo & Company
Sandra Stier - Plaintiff, Perry v. Schwarzenegger
Anne Sweeney - Co-Chair, Disney Media Networks, President, Disney/ABC Television Group
Susan Tousi - General Manager, Consumer Inkjet Systems, Vice President, Eastman Kodak Company
Loung Ung - Activist, Author, Lecturer
Buddy Valastro - Owner, Carlo's Bakery aka The Cake Boss
LaVern Vivio - Christian Speaker and Radio Personality
Laysha Ward - President, Community Relations, Target Corporation
Jess Weiner - Global Ambassador, Dove Self-Esteem Fund
Brian Williams - Anchor and Managing Editor, NBC Nightly News
Oprah Winfrey - Host, The Oprah Show

* Speakers and Program Subject to Change


Please note: Registration for Main Event Breakout Conversations will take place on August 30 at 9am PDT. DETAILS ABOUT MORNING BREAKOUT CONVERSATIONS and AFTERNOON BREAKOUT CONVERSATIONS ARE NOW AVAILABLE. CLICK TO VIEW.

 

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