Lamiaa Laurène Daif

Worldwide Growth Strategy Leader at Apple, Executive Coach, & TEDx speaker

Lamiaa is the Worldwide Growth Strategy Leader for Mac and iPad at Apple, an Executive and Business coach, and an award-winning keynote speaker. She created the Inside-Out Model® to help organizations and individuals achieve transformations starting from within. She serves as Treasurer and Board Member for Resonate Workshops, empowering women and girls in Africa. With over a decade as a Director at Europe’s largest Private Equity Fund, Lamiaa now supports mission-driven founders as an angel investor and advisor. A Stanford GSB alumna and Robert Joss Scholar, she is also a TEDx speaker and frequent guest at global conferences on leadership, women empowerment and innovation. In 2024, Lamiaa was named to Morocco’s 40 Under 40 list, the Arab America Foundation’s 40 Under 40 list, and received the Speaker of the year 2024 award by Women in Tech Network.

Wendy Dukes

Director, MBA Programs at Forté

In her role since 2021, Wendy is committed to the continuous growth and evolution of Forté’s MBA programs and the strategy that guides it. Prior to joining Forté, Wendy spent six years as director of student and alumni engagement for Purdue University’s Krannert Professional Development Center. There she managed mentoring, networking and leadership opportunities for students to strengthen their professional competencies. She also taught workshops and courses on workplace diversity topics, sharing her knowledge of emerging issues and trends with a variety of audiences. Wendy held roles of similar influence with Management Leadership for Tomorrow and with the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina’s MBA Career Management Center, guiding students — especially those in minority groups — to professional positions. Her early career includes eight years in marketing and brand manager roles for well-known names: Burt’s Bees, HanesBrands and The Kraft Heinz Company.   Wendy earned a master of business administration from the Broad College of Business at Michigan State University and a bachelor of science from the Krannert School of Management at Purdue University. A huge Purdue fan, she is a life member of the Purdue Alumni Association, a life member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. As an advocate of higher education and a certified professional coach, Wendy is also a member of The Coalition of 100 Black Women and Jack and Jill of America, a youth program dedicated to nurturing future African-American leaders. In her free time, when she’s not adding to her collection of albums, art or first-edition books, Wendy enjoys being with her husband, Warren; her children, Camryn and Jackson; and her goldendoodle, Daisy.

Kelly Ling

Founder, Stork & Spark

Kelly Ling is the founder of Stork & Spark, a coaching and community platform dedicated to supporting career-ambitious, expectant parents navigate pregnancy, leave, and return to work. Prior to founding Stork & Spark, she spent 15 years in corporate roles, focused on strategy, innovation, and learning & development. Along the way, she had two kids, who have helped fuel her creative and entrepreneurial spirit. She is an ICF certified executive coach, and received her MBA from UC-Berkeley Haas where she was a Forte Fellow.

Michelle Bozeman

Founder and CEO, TBW Enterprises, LLC

Michelle Bozeman is a visionary technology and professional services executive with over 25 years of experience transforming teams, implementing emerging talent strategies, and developing senior leaders. She has held significant roles, including director at Microsoft and senior executive at Amazon Web Services, where she drove outcomes for enterprise customers, led early career tech programs and leader development. Michelle has been recognized for her extraordinary performance and contributions to business growth, receiving the Microsoft Circle of Excellence Gold Club award and multiple Microsoft Gold Star Awards. She is also the Founder and CEO of TBW Enterprises, LLC, a business specializing in career development and coaching for women in technology.

Rosalind Chow

Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior, Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University

Dr. Rosalind Chow is a professor of Organizational Behavior and Theory at the Tepper School of Business, and also affiliated with the Social and Decision Sciences group at Dietrich College. Her research, teaching, and writing focus on how we all participate in social systems in ways that have implications for the maintenance or attenuation of inequitable outcomes. She currently serves as the faculty director for CLIMB, offered through the Tepper School of Business in partnership with Deloitte. CLIMB focuses on preparing Black and Latino professionals for leadership positions in the accounting industry. Prior to CLIMB, she served as the founding faculty director for the Executive Leadership Academy, an executive leadership program addressing the challenges facing the advancement of Black leaders in the Pittsburgh region. She holds a BA in Psychology from Columbia University, and a PhD in Organizational Behavior from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Cydnee DeToy

Career Coach for Millennial Women

Cydnee DeToy is a Career Coach and Speaker for high-achieving millennial women. Cydnee equips clients with the mindsets, strategies and tools to create and thrive in the careers they want. As a coach since 2019, Cydnee has helped almost 100 women reimagine their lives. She has worked with clients at Meta, BCG, Bain, Mayer Brown, Wayfair, and numerous start-ups. Cydnee is a former strategy consultant, head of people + culture, chief of staff and executive leader. She has an MBA from NYU Stern, BA from George Washington University and is certified by the Co-Active Training Institute.

Melody Wilding

Author, Human Behavior Professor & Executive Coach

Melody Wilding is the author of Managing Up: How to Get What You Need from the People in Charge. For more than a decade, she’s helped smart, thoughtful top performers at the world’s most successful companies — including Google, JP Morgan, and Verizon — get the recognition, respect, and pay they deserve. She's a licensed social worker with a master’s degree from Columbia University, professor of human behavior at Hunter College in New York City, and former emotions researcher at Rutgers University. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and more. She’s a regular contributor to Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Fast Company, and CNBC. She is also the author of Trust Yourself. Learn more at https://melodywilding.com.

Catherine Neiner

Career Development Coach & Consultant

Catherine F. Neiner was executive director of several university career centers. She is inducted into the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) Academy of Fellows, was Fulbright scholar in Germany and in the inaugural cohort of the Oxford (University) Next Horizons Programme in England. She served on the Board of Directors of NACE and served as president of the Georgia Association of Colleges and Employers (GACE). She is recipient of the GACE Founders Award and a Lifetime Honorary Membership. She has extensively presented on and written on career-related topics. Ms. Neiner’s research revolves around women’s progression through mid-career.

Colleen Stuart

Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Gender & Work Initiative

Colleen Stuart, PhD, is an Associate Professor at The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. Her research focuses on gender inequality in organizations and social networks, the promotion gap, as well as collaborative work.

David Smith

Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Gender & Work Initiative

David Smith, PhD, is an Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Gender & Work Initiative at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. His work focuses on gender, allyship, inclusive leadership, advancing women in the workplace, and dual-career families. He is the coauthor of Good Guys: How Men Can be Better Allies for Women in the Workplace and Athena Rising: How and Why Men Should Mentor Women.