Women

Audrey Cooper is Editor in Chief of WNYC Public Radio. She was the first female Editor in Chief of the San Francisco Chronicle in the company’s 154-year history and the youngest woman in U.S. history to run a major metro newsroom.

In addition to being an Olympic gold medalist and two-time world champion figure skater, Kristi Yamaguchi is the founder of the Always Dream Foundation, supporting early childhood education.

After 7 years at IBM, Leah Solivan founded TaskRabbit, scaling the pioneering on-demand marketplace into 44 cities before its sale to Ikea. As a Partner at Fuel Capital, she is passionate about supporting teams taking on world-changing ideas.

Sylvia Acevedo wears many hats: rocket scientist, author, entrepreneur, and more. In addition to serving as CEO of the Girl Scouts of the USA, she is also a Commissioner on the White House Initiative for Educational Excellence for Hispanics.

Ruth Porat currently serves as the chief financial officer of Alphabet Inc. and Google Inc. Previously, she served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Morgan Stanley.

Komal Ahmad is the founder and CEO of Copia, an excess food management solution that is responsible for recovering 900,000 pounds of food and feeding up to 2 million people a year.

Kara Goldin is the founder & CEO of Hint, a healthy lifestyle brand that produces unsweetened flavored water, sunscreen that’s oxybenzone and paraben-free and deodorant made from 100% plant-derived ingredients.

Nikole Collins-Puri is a social justice visionary, strategist, advocate & mentor. She is committed to unleashing the potential of untapped communities, empowering girls to pursue STEM careers and achieve economic mobility & financial security.

Amy has over 20 years of experience investing in, starting and building companies at Comcast. She was the founder of Comcast’s digital media division and led the team that established Comcast’s cross-platform product strategy.

Prior to co-founding Acrew Capital, Theresia Gouw was a founding partner at Aspect Ventures and a Managing General Partner at Accel. She has with many successful companies through IPOs or acquisitions, including Trulia, Hotel Tonight, and LearnVest.

Kim Breier has more than 20 years of experience in foreign policy. Most recently, she served as Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs at the U.S. Department of State under the Trump Administration.

As founder and chief executive of The RealReal, Julie Wainwright has created one of the most successful online luxury consignment sites.

La June Montgomery Tabron is president and CEO of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. As the first woman and African American CEO, Tabron leads the Kellogg Foundation to support thriving children, working families and equitable communities.

Lisa Lambert is the CTIO of National Grid, and Founder & President of National Grid Partners, a division of National Grid. Lisa is responsible for leading innovation, incubation, corporate venture capital, BD, and culture acceleration.

Daniela V. Fernandez is the founder of Sustainable Ocean Alliance (SOA) and has built SOA into a global organization that is cultivating and accelerating innovative solutions to protect and sustain the health of the ocean.

Prior to becoming President & CEO of the American Red Cross, Gail held top management positions at AT&T Corporation and Fidelity Investments. She also serves on John Hopkins University's board of trustees and DTE Energy's board of directors.

Kirsten is a top leader at the cross section of technology, information security & digital transformation. She has a proven track record of leading major operating change at scale, including as Chief Technology & Operations Officer of DocuSign.

Shellye is an experienced CEO and Board Director with a track record of accomplishments building brands, high performance teams, and organizations. She currently serves on the boards of Verizon, Nordstrom, Roper Technologies, and Okta.

In her previous role as CEO & Board Chairman of Veracyte, Bonnie led their IPO, spearheaded the commercialization of their market-leading products, and grew the company into a global enterprise with a growing menu of advanced genomic diagnostics tests.

Prior to Ancestry.com, Deb held key leadership positions at Facebook and eBay. She is passionate about promoting diversity in the tech industry, co-founding the Women in Product nonprofit.

Jan Kang leads operations and legal at Stairwell Inc. With over 25 years in the legal field, Jan has held positions in organizations focused on revolutionizing the industries and being on the cutting edge of fighting cybercrime.

Kate Renwick-Espinosa serves as president of VSP Vision Care. VSP is a vision benefits organization and the nation’s largest healthcare organization by membership.

Trier Bryant is the co-founder and CEO of Just Work. She is a strategic executive with distinctive tech, Wall Street, and military experience spanning over 15 years.

Tekedra Mawakana is the co-CEO of Waymo, an autonomous driving technology company with a mission to make it safe and easy for people and things to get where they’re going