Women In Leadership Events


Women in Leadership 2023

A conversation with Erin Jackson, speedskating Olympic gold medalist and STEM advocate; Laurie Leshin, geochemist, space scientist and director of NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory; and Natalia Molina, professor of American Studies and Ethnicity at USC, award-winning author. Lynn Sherr, author and award-winning journalist, will moderate the discussion.

Women in Leadership 2022

A conversation with Dolores Huerta, iconic labor leader and activist; Dr. Aprille J. Ericsson, trailblazing NASA aerospace engineer; and Danielle Feinberg, visual effects supervisor at Pixar. Lynn Sherr, author and award-winning journalist, will moderate the discussion.

Women in Leadership 2021

A conversation with Brittney Cooper, feminist scholar and author; Kathy Sullivan, trailblazing astronaut and scientist; and Maria Hinojosa, award-winning news anchor and reporter. Lynn Sherr, author and award-winning journalist, will moderate the discussion.

Women in Leadership 2019

A conversation with Sylvia Acevedo, Chief Executive Officer, Girls Scouts of the USA; Chelsea Clinton, vice chair, the Clinton Foundation; and Jedidah Isler, assistant professor of physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College. Moderated by Lynn Sherr, award-winning journalist and author.

Women In Leadership 2018

A conversation with Billie Jean King, tennis legend and champion of social change; Ellen Ochoa, first Hispanic woman in space and former director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center; and Condoleezza Rice, political scientist and first African American woman to serve as U.S. secretary of state. Moderated by Lynn Sherr, award-winning journalist and author.