Speakers
Interested in speaking at the 2025 Women Leaders Conference? Click here for information sheet and application form. Emails without the completed form and all attachments will not be considered. Keynote speakers are confirmed via speaker agency by September 1, 2024. Breakout session speakers are confirmed by October 15, 2024.
2024 Keynote Speakers
![Juju Chang](https://uwm.edu/sce/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2023/09/2024-WLC-speakers-web-juju-chang.jpg)
Juju Chang
Bringing Your Life Experience to Work – Now and in the Future
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2024 Speakers
![Alida Al-Saadi](https://uwm.edu/sce/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2023/10/2024-WLC-speakers-web-bio-img-Alida-Al-Saadi.jpg)
Alida Al-Saadi
Evolution of Work: Technology as Disrupter AND Enabler
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![Barbara Burgess](https://uwm.edu/sce/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2023/07/barbara_burgess_200px_200px.jpg)
Barbara Burgess
[SESSION IS FULL] Stop Comparing to Drive Success
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![Makda Fessahaye](https://uwm.edu/sce/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2023/10/2024-WLC-speakers-web-bio-img-Fessahaye.jpg)
Makda Fessahaye
ERGs and BRGs: Fostering Inclusive Organizations
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![Joyce Garbaciak](https://uwm.edu/sce/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2024/02/joyce.jpg)
Joyce Garbaciak
Bringing Your Life Experience to Work – Now and in the Future
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![Xochitl Gonzalez](https://uwm.edu/sce/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2023/10/2024-WLC-speakers-web-bio-img-Xochitl-Gonzalez.jpg)
Xochitl Gonzalez
Bias in Tech and AI for Women Leaders
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![Jennifer Goodwin](https://uwm.edu/sce/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2023/10/2024-WLC-speakers-web-bio-img-Goodwin.jpg)
Jennifer Goodwin
[IN-PERSON SESSION IS FULL] Ally/Change Agent/Culture Keeper: The Roles We All Have…
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![Diamond Herring-Rodgers](https://uwm.edu/sce/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2023/11/2024-WLC-speakers-web-bio-img-Herring-Rodgers.jpg)
Diamond Herring-Rodgers
Young Leaders Shaping Tomorrow Panel
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Dominique Hyatt-Oates
ERGs and BRGs: Fostering Inclusive Organizations
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Nadiyah Johnson
Bias in Tech and AI for Women Leaders
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Therese Klein
ERGs and BRGs: Fostering Inclusive Organizations
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Rose Meagher
[IN-PERSON SESSION IS FULL] Future Fit: Building Your Mental Fitness through Positive…
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![Kelly Mould](https://uwm.edu/sce/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2022/02/2024-WLC-speakers-web-bio-img-MOULD.jpg)
Kelly L. Mould JD, CTFA, CWS, CDFA
Wake-up Calls About Money and How to Avoid Them
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![Isioma Nwabuzor](https://uwm.edu/sce/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2023/10/2024-WLC-speakers-web-bio-img-Isioma-Nwabuzor.jpg)
Isioma Nwabuzor
[SESSION IS FULL] Know Your Worth: Strategies for Negotiating the Compensation You…
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![Joy Powers](https://uwm.edu/sce/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2023/11/2024-WLC-speakers-web-bio-img-joy-powers.jpg)
Joy Powers
Anat Baron in Conversation with Joy Powers
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Rosario Sánchez-Ledesma ACC/UWCPC
[IN-PERSON SESSION IS FULL] Future Fit: Building Your Mental Fitness through Positive…
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![Sybil Stewart](https://uwm.edu/sce/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2023/10/2024-WLC-speakers-web-bio-img-Stewart.jpg)
Sybil Stewart
Navigating The Workforce Continuum: Boomer to Alpha
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Antoinette Thomas
ERGs and BRGs: Fostering Inclusive Organizations
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![Laila Valters](https://uwm.edu/sce/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2023/10/2024-WLC-speakers-web-bio-img-Laila-Valters.jpg)
Laila Valters FLMI
[IN-PERSON SESSION IS FULL] Ally/Change Agent/Culture Keeper: The Roles We All Have…
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![Melanie R Varin](https://uwm.edu/sce/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2023/10/2024-WLC-speakers-web-bio-img-Melanie-Varin.jpg)
Melanie R Varin
Tap into Your Superpower for Sales & Marketing
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![Susan K. Wehrley](https://uwm.edu/sce/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2024/02/susan-wehrley-200x200px.jpg)
Susan K. Wehrley
Define Your Brand (or Someone Else Will)
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