Amanda Drury
Co-anchor of CNBC’s “Street Signs”
Explore the lineup of distinguished speakers at this year’s #WEDO2014 Summit.
Get prepared to be inspired and motivated by these extraordinary individuals who are shaping the future of business and leading the charge for positive change in the lives of women around the world.
Co-anchor of CNBC’s “Street Signs”
Co-Founder/President Global Partnerships Forum & Former Executive Director United Nations Office for Partnerships
News Anchor for ABC News & Good Morning America.Robach has traveled worldwide to cover major news events
Sr. Director of Investments at Stellar Development Foundation
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Department of Energy & Climate Change
Regional Corporate Communications & Public Affairs Manager of Nestlé Central West Africa.
Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of PwC & member of the U.S. Leadership Team.
Expert of entrepreneurship and gender. In 2013, she spearheaded the first ever global index for female entrepreneurship.
Member of the PwC US Corporate Responsibility team and focuses much of her time on the firm’s “Earn Your Future” youth education initiative
Elizabeth Scharpf, the Founder & Chief Instigating Officer of Sustainable Health Enterprises (SHE)
First Lady of Malawi. Established the Gertrude Mutharika Beautify Malawi Trust
First Lady of Belize. Improving the welfare of women in Belize with her Lifeline Foundation
First Lady of Namibia. Advocate for empowerment of women & eradication against injustices
Co-Founder and CEO of Rent the Runway. Raised approximately $54 million in venture capital funding.
Winner Microsoft’s Imagine Cup, Co – Founder Eyenaemia
Joy Marcus is the CEO of Bloglovin & Venture Partner at Gotham Ventures.
President & CEO of Kefir Company Lifeway Foods, writer, activist, producer of several documentaries
Chief Human Resources Officer for BNP Paribas North America, & executive member of the Financial Women’s Association.
President & CEO of the United Nations Foundation. An advocate for multi-sector problem-solving and champion of girls & women.
Editor In Chief, More Magazine led More Magazine to a 2009 National Magazine Award Nomination & General Excellence nomination in 2010
Chief Growth Officer at Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship
Inspirational Speaker& Best-Selling Author, Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival & MyJourney from Homeless to Harvard
Founder and CEO of REV Media Marketing.
CEO of Patriarch Partners, the largest woman-owned business with 75 companies including MD Helicopters,Rand McNally, & Stila Cosmetics
Founder and CEO of the foundation, Mama Sarah Obama is one of the most influential women in Kenya
Sector Lead in IFC’s Gender Secretariat
CEO of Luxury Retail Corp. Alfa Intl. She is also an avid supporter for the awareness of breast cancer.
Clinical Professor of Computer Science & Faculty Liaison at Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University
Youngest actress ever to receive a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress in Beasts of the Southern Wild
Executive Director of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves
Australian-born actress who started acting at age 8, Byrne now is an Emmy and Golden Globe nominated actress in tv, movies, and broadway.
Co-founder of Cisco Systems. Founder of Urban Decay cosmetics, and is an advocate of animal welfare.
Journalist, author, and editor-at-large
Principal, Corporate Responsibility Leader and President, PwC Foundation
CEO at McPherson Strategies. She works with companies, nonprofits, and foundations to help amplify their social impact.
Founder of Tamara Mellon Brand, Former CEO of Jimmy Choo. Ambassador for Intl Trade, & Queen Elizabeth II honored her with an OBE
Founder and president of The Forgotten International,an attorney, child advocate, and law professor at the USF
Head, Policy & Legal of the United Nations Global Compact Office. She is the Special Assistant to the Executive Director
Director, Social Good Programs Microsoft Consumer Apps and Services
Senior Executive VP &Chief Strategy Officer for Exelon, the nation’s number one competitive energy provider.
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