Recognized for its unparalleled capacity to empower and inspire women and girls, the annual conference unites
internationally-acclaimed leaders and visionaries.
Thursday, May 5
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
The Westin Galleria
5060 W. Alabama
Keynote Speakers
Natalie Madeira Cofield
Assistant Administrator
Office of Women’s Business Ownership
U.S. Small Business Administration
Carla Harris
Vice Chairman, Global Wealth
Management & Senior Client Advisor
Morgan Stanley
Author of Lead to Win:
How to Be a Powerful, Impactful, Influential
Leader in Any Environment
Eliza Reid
Sitting First Lady of Iceland
Author of Secrets of the Sprakkar:
Iceland’s Extraordinary Women and
How They Are Changing the World
Rachel Wilson
Head of Wealth Management
Data Security & Infrastructure Risk
Morgan Stanley
Lise Vesterlund
Economist, Author of The No Club
A practical, timely guide for bringing
gender equity to the workplace: unburden women’s
careers from work that goes unrewarded.
Breakthrough Women
Johnte Archer
Chief Executive
Officer
J Archer Insurance Group
Jenny Chang, MD
Director of Cancer Center
Houston Methodist
Hospital
Casey Curry
Senior Director,
Strategic Communications
& Philanthropy
alliantgroup
Julie Flowers
Head of Global Talent Acquisition
Chevron
Felicty Fowler
Partner
McGinnis Lochridge
Sarah Gay
VP, Wells-Gulf of Mexico,
Canada and Mexico, Production & Operations
bp
Jillian Jopling
SVP Lower 48
Hilcorp
Jocelyn Labove
Chief Aviation Risk and Regulatory Compliance Office
Houston Airports
Heather Linton
DVP, National Accounts and Blue Energy Solutions
Sales and Account Management
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas
Ellen Ramsey
President
Let It Fly Events, Lone Star Exhibits, Monte Carlo Plus, and Flower Factory Plus, LLC.
Marisol Salazar
Senior Vice President and Regional Manager of Houston Energy Financial Services Group
BOK Financial
Puja Sehgal, MD
Chief of Family Medicine
Kelsey-Seybold Clinic
Consuella (Connie) Simmons Taylor
Partner
Baker Botts, LLP
Robbyn L. Traylor, MD
Chief Medical Officer Acute Care Services/ Quality Officer
Next Level Medical
Bindu Varghese
Chief Executive Officer
Encompass Health
Caroline Verot-Moore
SVP | Houston Market Executive
Fifth Third Commercial Bank
Lauren Waddell
Attorney
Waddell Law Firm
PANEL DISCUSSIONS
Women in the Boardroom: Closing the Gender Gap Panel
Lisa Barksdale
SVP, Commercial Credit Executive
Bank of America
Anna Catalano
Board Director, Advisor, and Speaker
Sandra Quince
Chief Executive Officer
Paradigm for Parity
Hallie Vanderhider
Philanthropist
Director, EQT Corporation
Marguerite Woung-Chapman
Board Member and Retired General Counsel
Vanessa Sutherland
Executive Vice President, Legal, Government Affairs,
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Phillips 66
Moderator
Women LEADING MEDIA Panel
Giselle Rodriguez Greenwood
Editor in Chief
Houston Business Journal
Maria Reeve
Executive Editor
Houston Chronicle
Bob Charlet
Market President & Publisher
Houston Business Journal
Moderator
SUPPORTING WOMEN ON THEIR JOURNEY TO A BOARD SEAT Panel
Jodi Probst
Houston Office Managing Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
Zoe Thompson
Principal (Partner)
KPMG
Billy Williams
Audit Partner
KPMG
A CONVERSATION WITH DR. MARIA BOTTAZZI
Maria Bottazzi, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, National School of Tropical Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher
KATHRYN S. STREAM AWARD FINALISTS Panel
Juliet Breeze, MD
CEO
Next Level Medical, LLC
Lisa Otey, MD
Greater Houston Gynecology
Toni Walton
Director of Corporate Community Engagement
March of Dimes
