Start the year with purpose, vision, and a community committed to elevating women’s leadership.
Explore the leaders joining us this year and get ready to be challenged, motivated, and empowered.
Anne Bonney, CSP®, was born to talk—just ask any of her childhood teachers who wrote "talks too much" on her report cards! Now, she’s turned that chatter into a powerhouse career, jet-setting around the globe to help overwhelmed professionals build resilience in the discomfort of change.
A dynamic keynote speaker, energizing conference Emcee, two-time author, and host of the hit podcast Dancing in the Discomfort Zone, Anne lights up both virtual and in-person stages with her high-energy, relatable style. After 20 years of crushing it in corporate and nonprofit leadership positions, she now uses her hard-earned experience and fiery passion to ignite YOUR courage to build resilience in change and challenges, tackle tough conversations, and lead with emotional intelligence.
Dr. Andrea Hollingsworth is Founder and CEO of Hollingsworth Consulting, author of the bestselling and award-winning book The Compassion Advantage: How Top Leaders Build More Humanizing Workplaces (2024), and a leading global expert on compassion and self-compassion in life and leadership.
Henna Pryor is a dynamic Workplace Performance Expert who speaks and writes about performance mindset, interpersonal dynamics, high-impact communication, and embracing bumps in a world that keeps optimizing for smoothness.
She is a regular Expert Columnist for Inc. Magazine, 18x award-winning author of Good Awkward, and an in-demand global keynote speaker. Her playful personality and insightful talks blend 2 decades of working with corporate leaders and teams with a fresh, science-based approach to taking more strategic risks and boosting social and mental fitness for success at work. Her clients call her their “secret weapon for impossible change”-- a title she wears proudly.
In addition to speaking for TEDx, SXSW, and being frequently tapped by media outlets like Business.com, FastCompany, INSIDER, HuffPost, NBC, FOX, and more, she’s a SUCCESS Magazine Woman of Influence, LinkedIn Learning Instructor, and Glassdoor WorkLife Pro. Her book was also named a Kirkus Reviews’ Best Book of the Year.
Candace Doby, founder of The Can-Do Company, is a leadership communication strategist, author of A Cool Girl’s Guide To Courage, professional speaker and courage coach. She leverages a decade of research on courage, an award-winning marketing career leading teams at Chipotle, and insights from solo global travel to help organizations build a culture of courage where employees spend less time censoring themselves and more time performing at their potential.
Jerry Won is a renowned keynote speaker, speaker coach, and creative entrepreneur who has worked with some of the world’s most recognized brands in corporate America and higher education. His signature keynotes include: Storytelling as a Superpower, Powerful Personal Branding, and Asian American Leadership.
He is the Founder & CEO of World Class Speakers, a forward-thinking speaker training and marketing company, with a mission to elevate and amplify marginalized voices and stories. Jerry is also Founder & CEO of Just Like Media, an Asian American storytelling company whose award-winning podcast Dear Asian Americans has hosted notable leaders like Vice President Kamala Harris.
Shola Richards is a workplace kindness expert, global keynote speaker, and bestselling author who has testified before Congress and spoken to organizations across three continents, including Google, Microsoft, and Kaiser Permanente. His insights help people and organizations become strong enough to be kind. When Fortune 500 companies and major institutions need to tackle workplace incivility head-on, they call the guy who's made kindness his fight.
Nina Meehan is a Brilliant Communication™ specialist, speaker, and coach who helps leaders and teams communicate with clarity, confidence, and impact. As the founder and CEO of a multi-million-dollar entertainment company, she built award-winning programs and created immersive experiences for more than a million people worldwide.
A recognized director and producer, Nina has collaborated with Tony Award-winning artists and EGOT winners and has brought bestselling stories to major stages across the U.S. and abroad. She now empowers CEOs, founders, and innovators to elevate their leadership through dynamic, strategic communication. A two-time TEDx speaker, Nina’s insights have been featured nationally, and she has worked with audiences across five continents.