Founder and Managing Partner, Rethink Impact
Moving from a Fulbright to BCG to The Washington Post early on, Jenny became CEO of a tech startup and then jumped into venture capital. In 2015, she founded Rethink Impact, now the largest U.S.-based impact fund investing in female leaders using technology to solve the world’s greatest problems. Jenny is on the board of several women-led startups.
EVP, Global Sales and Merchant Services, PayPal
Peggy’s career path took her from eBay to PayPal to the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, where she was Chief Financial Officer and Head of Operations. She rejoined PayPal in 2019 and quickly moved up to head global sales. Peggy also serves on the boards of Meta Platforms, Inc. (formerly Facebook, Inc.) and Macerich.
Chair and CEO, General Motors
Mary began her career at GM in 1980 and rose to CEO in 2014. Adding the Chair position in 2016, she set a goal for GM to be “the most inclusive company in the world.” Mary serves on the board of Walt Disney.
CEO, Best Buy
Corie became the youngest female CEO in the Fortune 500 when she moved up from CFO in 2019. She started her career as an auditor at Deloitte & Touche and joined Best Buy in 1999. She is a director of Domino’s Pizza.
CEO, Teach For America
Straight out of college, Elisa joined Teach For America as a corps member and taught first and second grade bilingual education in South Phoenix. Hooked on TFA's mission to advance educational equity, she led the non-profit's work in her hometown in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, rose quickly to COO, and became CEO in 2015. Based in Houston, Elisa now oversees a network of more than 65,000 TFA corps members and alumni working in over 300 communities across the U.S.
CEO, Walgreens Boots Alliance
After 22 years at Kimberly Clark, Roz moved to Walmart, where she was CEO of Sam’s Club. She was COO and Group President of Starbucks before joining Walgreens as CEO in 2021. In addition to serving on the boards of Walgreens and VillageMD, she chairs the Board of Trustees of Spelman College, her alma mater.
Executive Chairman and Chief Creative Officer, Tory Burch
Tory founded her eponymous lifestyle brand in 2004 with a mission to empower women. In 2009, she launched the Tory Burch Foundation to advance women entrepreneurship by providing access to capital, education and digital resources, and tackling stereotypes that hold women back.
EVP of Marketing, Communications and Customer Experience, Travelers
Lisa honed her skills in media (Walt Disney and CBS) and government (as First Lady Hillary Clinton’s press secretary) before she moved to financial services, first at Citigroup (where she headed global marketing and public affairs) and then at Travelers, where she has been an EVP since 2011. Lisa is on the boards of Best Buy and the Travelers Foundation.
Former Executive Vice President and Senior Advisor, The Boeing Company
Born in Cocoa Beach, Florida near Kennedy Space Center and growing up with parents who worked for Boeing, Leanne took a career path fitting her family passion. She joined Boeing in 1988 and rose through the ranks of finance and general management all the way to president and CEO of Boeing Defense, Space & Security. Now in a global advisory role at Boeing, she has more time to work on advancing women in STEM. She serves on the boards of Deere & Company, FIRST, and the Kansas State University Foundation.
Former EVP and General Manager, Cisco Collaboration Technology Group, and Founder and CEO, Accompany
A former Google exec, Amy built and sold her AI startup, Accompany, to Cisco, where she was on the board and then served as an EVP. Amy is now on the boards of Marqeta, Procter & Gamble, and Walt Disney.
Former CEO of China and Co-CEO of Asia Pacific, Morgan Stanley
Starting her career as a New York lawyer, Wei traveled through roles at the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, Credit Suisse, Citigroup, and Morgan Stanley, where she led China and co-headed Asia until December 2021. She is on the board of Estee Lauder.
CEO & President of North American Operations, Schneider Electric
An alum of General Motors and Dell, Annette has been in top roles at Schneider Electric since 2011. She chairs the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) and serves on the boards of Duke Energy and NXP Semiconductors.
CEO, Alto Pharmacy
Alicia joined Alto Pharmacy from Amazon, where she was SVP of Global Customer Fulfillment. Before joining Amazon in 2019, Alicia spent 24 years at General Motors, where she rose from engineer to plant manager to senior jobs in customer experience to EVP of Global Manufacturing and Labor Relations. She serves on the board of General Mills.
Former EVP of Verizon & CEO of Verizon Business
Tami grew up in Sedro-Woolley, Washington, a doctor's daughter who quit pre-med to work as a customer service representative at US West. After US West became part of Verizon, Tami navigated through sales and service, marketing, and global operations all the way up to EVP of Verizon and CEO of Verizon Business—-creating various programs to drive equity and empowerment. Having left Verizon at the end of 2022 after 35 years, she serves on the boards of John Deere and advises automotive technology company Aptiv.
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, WestExec Advisors
From LA to Harvard to Oxford to the Pentagon, Michèle became the highest-ranking woman in DOD history when she served as Under Secretary of Defense for Policy in the Obama Administration. Now, in addition to heading WestExec Advisors, she chairs the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), a bipartisan think tank she co-founded to develop pragmatic and principled national security policies. Michèle's board roles include Astra, Booz Allen Hamilton, CARE, and The Mission Continues.
CEO, Techstars
Maëlle founded three companies before consulting for BCG and then serving as CEO of Ozone.ru, EVP of Operations at The Priceline Group, and COO of Compass. CEO of Techstars since 2021, Maëlle is also on the boards of Meero and Edenred, based in her native France. Her book Trampled by Unicorns: Big Tech's Empathy Problem and How to Fix It came out in 2020.
President, Spelman College
Helene made her way from Buffalo to Barnard to the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and on to Johns Hopkins School of Public Health before she spent 20 years at the CDC, working primarily on HIV/AIDS. A pediatrician and public health physician, she led the Gates Foundation’s HIV, TB, and Reproductive Health program and then spent a decade as President and CEO of CARE. Helene was President and CEO of the Chicago Community Trust before being named the 11th President of Spelman College in 2002. She is on the boards of Coca-Cola, Organon, and Palo Alto Networks.
CEO-Partner
Flagship Pioneering
Margo's wide-ranging career has taken her from McKinsey to Discover Financial Services to Groupon to Google (as President of the Americas) to Mattel and Ancestry.com. She served as CEO of the latter two companies and is now CEO-Partner of Flagship Pioneering and CEO of a stealth startup focused on applying AI and machine learning to fuel innovation in biotech. Margo is on the boards of McDonald's, Applovin, and several startups.
Founder & Managing Partner, Forerunner
After growing up outside of San Francisco and graduating from UCLA, Kirsten began her career as an equity analyst covering the retail industry for Montgomery Securities. She spent several years as a consultant and angel investor before opening her own VC firm, Forerunner, in 2012. Kirsten has invested in more than 100 companies, mostly in the consumer space and many of them founded and led by women. A longtime champion of women in tech, Kirsten is a founding member of All Raise. She is also on the board of Nordstrom.
Founder and CEO, Full Picture
After an auspicious start in entertainment PR, Desiree founded Full Picture, a brand communications and consulting company, in 1999. She went on to co-create the hit show Project Runway and co-found DGNL Ventures, which architects deals in media and tech, focusing on women founders. Desiree serves on the board of BeautyHealth.
Former Chairman and CEO, Lockheed Martin
Marillyn’s journey includes 30 years at Lockheed Martin, where she rose to CEO and headed the company for eight years. She retired as Executive Chairman in 2021. She serves on the boards of Chevron and Johnson & Johnson.
Chief Commercial Officer, President, Global Biopharmaceuticals Business, Pfizer
Angela grew up in South Africa during apartheid, earned a BA in Microbiology and Biochemistry at the University of Cape Town, and an MBA from Cornell. She joined Pfizer in 1997 and worked across all geographic regions and therapeutic areas as she rose through marketing, sales, and general management. In 2019, Angela was promoted to Group President of Pfizer's Biopharmaceuticals Group, the company’s commercial arm. Angela is focused on advancing diverse leadership. She is on the board of UPS.
President and CEO, Franklin Templeton
Jenny was a teenager when she started working at the company her grandfather founded in 1947. Her father built Franklin into a global asset management giant. Rising through a wide variety of roles, including chief data officer, Jenny stepped up to CEO in 2020.
Founder & Managing Partner, Cowboy Ventures
Following early gigs at Morgan Stanley and Gap and a software startup, Aileen earned her VC chops as a partner at Kleiner Perkins. In 2012, after 13 years there, she left to start Cowboy Ventures. In 2018, Aileen co-founded the non-profit All Raise to connect female founders and funders and advance women in tech.
Managing Partner and Co-Founder, BBG Ventures
Susan led ABC Primetime (where she greenlit Desperate Housewives and Grey’s Anatomy) and then Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Gilt, and AOL’s Brand Group before starting a venture capital firm, BBG Ventures, in 2014. She and her partner, Nisha Dua, invest in women-led startups. Susan is on the board of GoPro.
Commissioner, President's Commission on White House Fellowships
Drawn to service since she was growing up in St. Louis and Philadelphia, Courtney went to Georgetown University and toggled between business and government before landing at the Clinton Foundation as director of marketing. She was Communications Director to Dr. Jill Biden in the Obama White House, and later Chief of Staff to Doug Emhoff during the Biden-Harris presidential campaign. As Director of Global Affairs and Strategic Partnerships at Airbnb, Courtney built alliances to promote sustainable tourism and female entrepreneurship. In 2021, President Biden appointed her to the President’s Commission on White House Fellowships.
Former Chairman, President and CEO, IBM
Ginni’s career journey began as a systems engineer at IBM, took her through global consulting and operating roles, and led to eight years at the helm as Chairman, President and CEO. She retired in 2020 after 39 years at IBM. Ginni co-chairs One Ten and is on the board of JPMorgan Chase.
Shriti’s journey began in Uganda and took her to India and then the UK, where she started as an investment banker and served as a Minister in the British government. Her global finance expertise led her to board roles at Astra Zeneca, BHP, and SantanderUK, where she served as Chair. She has chaired the Prudential PLC board since 2021.
