AN EVENT
FOR EVERYONE
From finance to fashion, healthcare to health and fitness,
entrepreneurship to engineering, Women Who Empower
has an event for you. Here are some previous and upcoming
panels and summits.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Women Who Empower: Our World | International Women’s Day Celebrations
Thursday, March 21, 2019: Seattle
Friday, March 22, 2019: San Francisco
Vancouver: TBD
Women who Empower: Are You In?
Speakers:
Nastia Liukin – Five-time Olympic Medalist and Co-Founder of Grander
Robbie Myers – Editor-in-Chief of Shondaland.com & Former Editor-in-Chief of ELLE
Cheryl Kaplan – President and Co-Founder of M.Gemi
Anjimile – Singer-Songwriter
Fernanda Tapia – Chef and Co-Owner of Comedor
Henry Nasella, UC’77, H’08 – Chair Emeritus, Northeastern University Board of Trustees
Women who Empower our World
Speakers:
Diane MacGillivray: Senior Vice President of University Advancement, Northeastern University
Philomena Mantella: Senior Vice President & CEO of Northeastern University’s Lifelong Learning Network
Bella Pollen: Writer and Journalist
Farida Khelfa: Model, Actress, and Documentary Filmmaker
Juliette Mayers: Entrepreneur, Author, Speaker
Ashley Paré: Founder & Coach, Own Your Worth, LLC
Jessica Yamas: CWE-WBENC Director
Binja Basimike: Vice Chair of the Young Alumni Advisory Board, Northeastern University
April Zhong: Founder, President & CEO, SilRay Inc.
Jeannine Sargent: CEO, Investor, Advisor and BOD Member
Sherry Moore: Senior Engineer, Google
Summit: The Story of our Lives
Kathleen Breen Combes, CPS’16 | Boston Ballet
Eve Bridburg | GrubStreet, Inc.
Silvia López Chavez | Artist
Danielle Duplin | FreeWind Productions
Lauren Shapiro | Journalist and Culinary Historian
Erin French | The Lost Kitchen
Beyond the Label: Redefining Success on Your Own Terms
Keynote Speaker: Maureen Chiquet | Former Global CEO of Chanel and Author of Beyond the Label
Moderator: Linda Pizzuti Henry | Managing Director at The Boston Globe and Co-Founder of HUBweek
Seed to STEM
Featured Speakers:
Christina Kach COE’09, MS’16 | Associate Consultant of Continuous Improvement Methodology, Liberty Mutual
Azita Razzaghi BHS’88, PhD’91 | Head of Safety and Pharmacovigilance, Verastem Inc.
Allison Ventura CCIS’15 | Senior Software Engineer, HubSpot
Moderator: Dr. Jackie Isaacs, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, College of Engineering
Opening Remarks: Dean Carla Brodley, College of Computer and Information Science
Closing Remarks: Dean Susan Parish, Bouvé College of Health Sciences
Work Smart Salary Negotiation
Keynote Speaker: Ashley Paré, AGS’09 | Founder of Own Your Worth
She Started It Film Screening and Reception
Keynote Speaker: Nora Poggi, Film Director and Producer
Career Workshop for Creative Professionals
Keynote Speaker: Jess Peterson, AMD’07 | CEO & Creative Producer of Mighty Oak and HATCH Stories
The State of Women’s Advancement in Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Policy Research Symposium
Event Chairs: Jamie Ladge | Associate Professor, Management and Organizational Development & Alicia Sasser Modestino | Associate Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Economics; Associate Director, Dukakis Center
Moderator: Katie Johnston | Boston Globe Reporter
Women Who Empower Summit
Featured Speakers:
Meredith “Max” Hodges | Boston Ballet
Kristen Kish | “Top Chef”; “36 Hours”
Helen Russell, DMSB ’88 | Equator Coffees & Teas
Maryrose Sylvester | Current powered by GE