Skytop Strategies

Gender Equality in the C-Suite & Boardroom

The Path to Value Creation

MARCH 20, 2019
EDELMAN
200 E RANDOLPH ST FL 63
CHICAGO, IL

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The Skytop Strategies team takes pride in assembling top-tier audiences
to maximize not only the discussion experience and accuracy of
polling results, but the networking experience as well.

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Brigitte Anderson
Principal
Orange Vista, LLC
Chicago, IL
Danata Andrews
Operations and Marketing Manager
inQUEST Consulting
Chicago, IL
Laura Asiala
Senior Fellow
PYXERA Global
Washington, DC
Sam Bennett
Senior Advisor
Impakt Corp
Toronto, Canada
Jill Beresford
CEO
Genderversity
Boston, MA
Rebecca Biller
General Counsel
American Bar Association
Chicago, IL
Mara Bolis
Senior Advisor, Market Systems
Oxfam America
Boston, MA
Alfreda Bradley-Coar
Principal
The Bradley Coar Group – Enterprise Risk, Mediation & Business Strategy Advisors
Former Senior Executive
GE
Chicago, IL
Nicole Bryck
Social Program Manager
Impakt Corp
Toronto, Canada
Mercedes Burgos Rosas
Senior Administrator
David Gomez & Associates
Chicago, IL
Cindy Burrell
CEO
Diversity in Boardrooms
Chicago, IL
Brian Chiappinelli
President
Impact Direct Advisor
Needham, MA
June W Choi
CEO & Founder
Serval Ventures
New York, NY
Alexandra Cohen, CPA
Manager, Investor Relations & Marketing
Wind Point Partners
Chicago, IL
Nikole Collins-Puri
CEO
Techbridge Girls
Oakland, CA
Nicole Crum
Partner
Sullivan and Worcester LLP
Chicago, IL
Veronica Cruz
Outreach + Execution
Blue Daring
Chicago, IL
Mary Demler-Harvey
Chief Administrative Officer & Head of Corporate Communications
AXA Investment Managers – Rosenberg Equities
San Francisco, CA
Karen Doerr
Senior Partner
inQUEST Consulting
Chicago, IL
Elizabeth Donovan
Global Coverage
DWS
Chicago, IL
Leah Efken
Social Research Analyst
1919 Investment Counsel
Cincinnati, OH
Jill Sugar Factor
Senior Managing Director/General Counsel
Guggenheim Partners
Chicago, IL
Elizabeth A. Fegan
Partner
Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro
Chicago, IL
Julie Félix
Assistant Vice President, Diversity & Inclusion Manager, Human Resources
Mesirow Financial
Chicago, IL
Venita Fields
Partner
Pelham S2K Managers LLC
Evanston, IL
Kimberly Flynn
Managing Director, Alternative Investments
XA Investments
Chicago, IL
Trish Gilbert
Chief Talent Officer
Wind Point Partners
Chicago, IL
David Gomez
Founder & CEO
DG&A
Chicago, IL
Amy Gordon
Partner
Winston & Strawn LLP
Chicago, IL
Christopher Gray
Senior Director, Global Institutions
Pfizer
New York, NY
Kelly Green
Financial Advisor, Institutional Consultant
Graystone Consulting
Chicago, IL
Joyce Greenberg
Managing Member
CAPGreenberg
New York, NY
Barbara R. Guthrie
Vice President Corporate Sustainability
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.
Chicago, IL
Debbie Halvorson
President
American Eagle Logistics
Chicago, IL
Lyndsay Harris
Global Corporate Social Responsibility Lead
Medidata Solutions
New York, NY
Barbara J. Hart
President & Chief Executive Officer
Lowey Dannenberg, P.C.
White Plains, NY
Sahar Hassan
Board Services Advisor
Equilar
Chicago, IL
Winifred Hayes
Senior Vice President (Retired)
Northern Trust Corporation
Chicago, IL
Marianne Hewitt
Managing Principal
The Growth Strategy Group
Chicago, IL
Brett Hickey
Chief Executive Officer & Investment Committee Member
Star Mountain Capital
New York, NY
Maureen Hoersten
Chief Operating Officer
LaSalle Network
Chicago, IL
Scott Hoesman
CEO and Founder
inQUEST Consulting
Chicago, IL
Ellen Holloman
Partner
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
New York, NY
Jeanne Hossenlopp
Vice President for Research and Innovation
Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI
Ruth J. Huet
Managing Director
Pelham S2K Managers, LLC
Evanston, IL
Kathy Ingraham
General Counsel
Convergint Technologies LLC
Schaumburg, IL
Mary Christine Jackman
Assistant Treasurer
Office of the City Treasurer City of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Phyllis James
Executive Vice President, Special Counsel for Litigation & Chief Diversity Officer
MGM Resorts International
Las Vegas, NV
Michelle Johnson
Managing Director
Duff & Phelps Corporation
Chicago, IL
Kerry Jordan
Secretary/Treasurer, Board of Directors
CFA Society Chicago
Chicago, IL
Kelsey Kamp
AVP, Product Marketing
DWS
Chicago, IL
Ashley Kaneko
Creative Lead
Blue Daring
Chicago, IL
Lawler Kang
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
League of Allies
Manchester, MA
Annette Kilian
Adjunct professor
NU Law LLM Tax Program
Former Senior Director, Finance
McDonald’s Corporation
Wheaton, IL
Erin E. King
Senior Advisor, Global Talent
Guggenheim Partners, LLC
Chicago, IL

Valerie King
Senior Vice President, Investor Relations
Ariel Capital
Chicago, IL
Paul Klein
President & Founder
Impakt Corp
Toronto, Canada
Catherine LaMarr
Former General Counsel
Office of the Treasurer, State of Connecticut
New Haven, CT
Michelle Lanter Smith
Chief Marketing Officer
EPAY Systems, Inc.
Rolling Meadows, IL
Olivia Larkin
Director of Social Impact
Impakt Corp
Toronto, ON
Charlotte Laurent-Ottomane
Executive Director
Thirty Percent Coalition
Boca Raton, FL
Carolyn Leonard
Founder & CEO
DyMynd
Chicago, IL
Margaret (“Margo”) Loebl
Former EVP & CFO
AgroFresh Solutions
Chicago, IL
Emily Lonigro
President & Founder
LimeRed
Chicago, IL
Mariann Madden
Director, Rewards
Willis Towers Watson
Chicago, IL
Renaye Manley
Deputy Director/Trustee SEIU
SEIU
Chicago, IL
Renetta McCann
Chief Inclusion Experience Officer
Publicis Groupe
Chicago, IL
Karen McDonald
VP, Talent Management
Kemper Corporate Services
Chicago, IL
Terry McDougall
President
Terry B. McDougall Coaching
Chicago, IL
Dorri McWhorter
Chief Executive Officer
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago
Chicago, IL
Gloria Mirrione
Sector Leader, Asset Management/Co-Leader Impact Investing
Korn Ferry
New York, NY
Cecilia Mowatt, Esq.
Owner
Strategies In Site Inc
Chicago, IL
Midori Nakamura
Vice President
Duff & Phelps Corporation
New York, NY
Patricia Nevers
Independent Consultant
Splunk Inc.
San Francisco, CA
Kathleen R. Pasulka-Brown
Partner
Pugh, Jones & Johnson, P.C
Chicago, IL
Jesal Patel
Vice President
Duff & Phelps Corporation
New York, NY
Tara Patock, CFA
Portfolio Specialist
William Blair
Chicago, IL
Anne Petersen
Chief Strategy Officer
Pico
Chicago, IL
Cynthia Plouché
Independent Board Trustee, Northern Funds/Northern Institutional Funds
Northern Trust Corporation
Chicago, IL
Ethan Powell
CEO
Impact Shares
Dallas, TX
Marisol Reyes
Client Analyst
Marquette Associates, Inc.
Chicago, IL
Heidi Ridley
Global Chief Executive Officer
AXA Investment Managers – Rosenberg Equities
San Francisco, CA
Alberto Rivera
Research Data Analyst
Marquette Associates, Inc.
Chicago, IL
Terri Jo Saarela
Former Head, Corporate Governance
SWIB
Madison, WI
Hande Sahin
Member of the Board
uIMPACT (Women Business Resource Group for United Airlines)
Chicago, IL
Marcel Sallis
Institutional Client Relationship Manager
Northern Trust Asset Management
Chicago, IL
David Saltz
Senior Vice President & Partner
Fleishman-Hillard Inc.
Chicago, IL
Teri Cotton Santos
Independent Advisor
Hoffman Barnes Risk Management
Evanston, IL
Madison Sargis
Associate Director of Quantitative Research
Morningstar
Chicago, IL
Deepa Shankar
Education Partnership Manager, Public Safety Education & Outreach
Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
Northbrook, IL
Kate Shattuck
Co-Leader, Impact Investing
Korn Ferry
Washington, DC
Lindsay Shea
Director, Relationship Management
Northern Trust Asset Management
Chicago, IL
Melissa Smith
Consultant Relations
Ariel Capital
Chicago, IL
Birame N. Sock
Founder & CEO
Upscan, Inc.
Miami, FL
Jan Sugar
Leadership Communications Consultant, Coach, Speaker
Jan Sugar Leadership Communications & Consulting
Chicago, IL
Erik Svendsen
Executive Search Consultant
David Gomez & Associates
Chicago, IL
David Townsend
Assistant Vice President, Fixed Income Product Marketing
DWS
Chicago, IL
Kristina Van Liew
Managing Director – Wealth Management
Graystone Consulting
Chicago, IL
Andrea Vittorio
Reporter
Bloomberg Law
Washington D.C.
Felisia A. Wesson
Chief Administrative Officer
Muller & Monroe Asset Management, LLC
Chicago, IL
Jane Western
Board Member & Investment Committee Member
Presbyterian Homes
Investment Committee Member
St. Olaf College
Chicago, IL
Laura Wilhelm
Director
Disability:IN Chicagoland
Chicago, IL
Rebecca J. Wing
Board Director
LW Lands
Chicago, IL
Tracy Wyman
Founder & CEO
SHEchange
Alameda, CA

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