KEYNOTE: FIreside Chat WITH KATHERINE VON JAN
Chief Strategy Officer, Office of Innovation
Salesforce, Inc
An entrepreneur and intrepreneur, Katherine’s work spans two decades guiding leaders to seize bold opportunities for growth—and doing good. Today, Katherine and her team of future-hackers in the Office of Innovation at Salesforce passionately investigate, inspire, and inform strategy to meet today’s most urgent business imperatives, including the Future of Work.
Prior to joining Salesforce, Katherine led innovation and strategic transformation efforts within technology companies such as IBM, as well as led innovation services organizations, working side-by-side with leaders across industries, including media, manufacturing, higher education, and government.
Katherine is a thought-leader and avid speaker on unlocking human potential in the workforce, cultivating innovative workplace culture and operations, and using technology to solve ambitious challenges. Her views have been shared broadly in media including BBC, MSNBC, and Wired Magazine.
GOLD SPONSOR PANELISTS: MANAGING DIVERSE TEAMS
Greg Whitehead
Senior HR Manager, Microsoft New England Research & Development (NERD) Center
Zalika Winitzer
Senior Manager, Wayfair Culture & Inclusion
Panelists: bridging equity gaps
Elena Mendez-Escobar, PhD, MBA
Executive Director of Strategy and the Health Equity Accelerator, Boston Medical Center
Caprice Jones
Founder and Executive Director, The Fountain of Youth Program
Martin Nisser
Co-founder, Brave Behind Bars
Marisa Gaetz
Co-founder, Brave Behind Bars
Panelists: a better world for our girls
Katie Hall, MBA, MPA
CEO/Founder, Claira
Shirin Laor-Raz Salemnia
CEO/Founder, WhizGirls Academy and PlayWerks Inc
Tiana Sanchez
Host, Like a REAL Boss Podcast
Mahua Mukherjee
Co-founder, The Star in Me
Meet our Moderators
Nadya Ichinomiya
Executive Director, Agile Center of Excellence at Sony Pictures
Moderating Panel: Managing Diverse Teams
Adela Jamal
Former Executive Director, Workforce of the Future at Sony Pictures & Sloan Fellows MBA Candidate
Moderating Fireside Chat with Katherine Von Jan
Michellana Jester
Lecturer, MIT Sloan, Global Economics and Management Group
Moderating Panel: Bridging Equity Gaps
Shannyn A. Smith
Chief of Staff, Arcaea & Founder, The Capital Boutique
Moderating Panel: A Better World for our Girls