Mary Barra,
Dr. Fei-Fei Li, Campbell Brown,
Christy Turlington, among other
leaders
Inaugural MPW Ambassador Program taps 20
members from across industries to shape path forward for preeminent
business community
NEW
YORK, Aug. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today,
Fortune announced several of the confirmed speakers for its 2024
Most Powerful Women Summit in Laguna Niguel, October 14-16, as well as an industry-spanning
slate of ambassadors to inspire and engage the community of female
business leaders.
The list of speakers includes Mary
Barra, CEO General Motors, who has led the auto company
for a decade through major transformations; Dr. Fei-Fei Li, the "godmother" of
artificial intelligence; and media veteran Campbell
Brown, Senior Advisor, Tollbit, who has entered the AI
startup space.
Other speakers include Rachel
Romer, who built a $4.4
billion education unicorn, Guild, by the time she was 34 and
then suffered a stroke. She is joined by her successor, CEO
Bijal Shah, for their first
public interview together. The MPW Summit will also include
Christy Turlington, Founder,
Every Mother Counts, who will speak with Reshma Saujani, Founder, Moms First and
Girls Who Code.
At the 2024 MPW Summit in October, Fortune Editor in Chief
Alyson Shontell will
join Summit co-chairs: MPW and Brainstorm Managing Director
Maryam Banikarim; Editorial
Director Michal Lev-Ram;
Deputy Editorial Director Ellie
Austin; Senior Writer Emma
Hinchliffe; Leadership Editor Claire
Zillman; and guest co-chair Mallun Yen, founder and
CEO of Operator Collective. They will dive into pressing topical
issues and explore this year's theme, "A New Era of
Leadership."
"Fortune MPW is a community with a long history of bringing
leaders together to debate the issues of the day and come up with
real-world solutions," explained Banikarim, who is the recently
appointed Managing Director of Fortune's MPW and Brainstorm
franchises. "Now more than ever, women are redefining power, and
MPW has a unique opportunity to collaborate with business leaders
to make the world better."
"Gathering our high-powered community for candid and thoughtful
conversations on pressing issues is especially critical at this
time, when leaders are faced with so many new challenges," added
Lev-Ram.
In addition to a timely and stellar lineup, Fortune is thrilled
to launch its inaugural MPW Ambassador program at this
year's Summit. Twenty of the community's most impassioned members
will help shape MPW's path forward by giving feedback, serving as
hosts, and fostering community.
Meet the MPW Ambassadors (online here):
- Floss Aggrey, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer,
Randstad
- Julia Alexander,
Co-founder and Chief Product Officer, ExecOnline
- Mitra Best, Partner and Technology Impact Leader,
PwC
- Shideh Sedgh Bina,
Founding Partner, Insigniam
- Vanessa Broadhurst,
Executive Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs, Johnson &
Johnson
- Kat Cole, Chief Executive Officer, AG1
- Jotaka Eaddy, Founder and CEO, Full Circle Strategies,
LLC
- Jennifer Fonstad, Founder
and Managing Partner, Owl Capital
- Leigh Gallagher, Senior
Managing Director, Teneo
- Bonnie W. Gwin, Vice
Chair, New York, Heidrick &
Struggles
- Marie Hattar, Chief
Marketing Officer, Keysight Technologies
- Seema Hingorani, Managing
Director, Morgan Stanley Investment Management
- Michal Katz, Head of
Investment and Corporate Banking, Mizuho Americas
- Christina Kosmowski,
Chief Executive Officer, LogicMonitor
- Dr. Victoria Husted
Medvec, Adeline Barry Davee Professor of Management and
Organizations, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University; Chief Executive Officer,
Medvec & Associates
- Ellen Patterson,
President and GM, EVERFI from Blackbaud
- Jana Rich, Founder and
Executive Chair, Rich Talent Group
- Irana Wasti, Chief
Product Officer, Bill.com
- Michelle Weese, Chief
Corporate Affairs Officer, Novartis
- Andrea Wishom, President,
Skywalker Holdings, LLC
The 2024 Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit is presented in
collaboration with Premier Partners Deloitte,
Fidelity, Heidrick & Struggles, Insigniam, Instacart,
Philip Morris International, Salesforce, Thrivent, TPG, and
Workday, with Partners AARP, Braze, Guild, and Johnson &
Johnson, and with Transportation Partner Uber.
Fortune Most Powerful Women began as a list in 1998, and
the annual summit convenes top women in business—along with select
leaders in government, philanthropy, education, and the arts—for
connections and wide-ranging conversations that inspire and deliver
practical advice. For more information, visit the Fortune Most
Powerful Women 2024 hub and follow Fortune MPW on
Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
About Fortune:
Fortune is a global multi-platform media company built on a legacy
of trusted, award-winning reporting and information for those who
want to make business better. Independently owned, Fortune tells
the stories of the world's biggest companies and their leaders as
well as a new generation of innovators who are moving business
forward. Digitally and in print, Fortune measures corporate
performance through rigorous benchmarks, and holds companies
accountable, in regions around the world. Its iconic rankings
include Fortune 500, Fortune Global 500, Most
Powerful Women, and World's Most Admired Companies. Fortune
builds world-class communities by convening industry thought
leaders for exclusive summits and conferences, including the
Fortune Global Forum and Brainstorm Tech. For more
information, visit fortune.com.
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Patrick Reilly
patrick.reilly@fortune.com
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