Past Events

As you can see from the following list, the Iowa Women's Leadership Conference has brought world-class speakers to Eastern Iowa. 

2011 Des Moines Luncheon

November 17    Learning to Lead with Betsy Myers 

2011 Conference

Dr. Maya Angelou
Poet, Author, Global Renaissance Woman
Alison Levine
Polar Adventurer, Everest Team Captain
Marcia Abrahams
Educator, Management Consultant, Trainer and Corporate Coach
Jean Lloyd-Jones
Former Iowa
State Legislator
Sharon L. Allen
Chairman of the Board, Deloitte LLP
Dee Dee Myers
Former White House Press Secretary
Dr. Melanie Brown
Author
Mariah Burton Nelson
Author
Valorie Burton
Author and Founder of CAPP
Dana Perino
Former White House Press Secretary
Emme
Supermodel and Author
Barbara Stoker
Author and Speaker
Marshawn Evans
Attorney, Author
and Strategist
Maggie Tinsman
Former Iowa State Legislator and founder of Maggie Tinsman, LLC
Stacey Hanke
President, 1st Impression Consulting Inc.
Monica Vernon
Founder Vernon Research Group
Janet Hanson
Entrepreneur
Suzy Welch
Journalist and author
Catherine Kaputa
Author and Founder of SelfBrand LLC
 


2010 Luncheon

Financial expert Suze Orman

2009 Conference

Ann Bancroft
Polar Explorer  
Donna Katen-Bahensky
President and CEO, University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
Diana Nyad
World Class Athlete, Speaker and Writer
Jo Miller
CEO, Women’s
Leadership Coaching Inc.
Marjorie Scardino
CEO, Pearson
Janice Reals Ellig
Co-CEO, Chadick Ellig
Dr. Rohini Anand
Global Chief Diversity Officer and Senior Vice President, Sodexho Inc.
Donna Rae Smith
Founder and CEO
Bright Side, Inc.
Gladis Benavides
Founder and President, Benavides Enterprises, Inc.
Mary Stier
Founder
Mary Stier Connects
Nancy Bocskor
President, The Nancy Bocskor Company
Tammy Thayer
President, Center for Advanced Studies in Business, University of Wisconsin
Dianne Dillon Ridgely
Chair
Plains Justice
Adrian Wing
Associate Dean for Faculty Dev. and Bessie Dutton Murray Professor, U of I College of Law
Kathleen Dore
President, Television & Radio CanWest MediaWorks Inc.
Eileen Wixted
Principal, Wixted Pope Nora
Thompson & Associates
Carol Evans
President and CEO, Working Mother Media
Naomi Wolf
American Author, Political Consultant and Public Intellectual
Stacey Hanke
President, 1st Impression Consulting Inc.
Marian Wright Edelman
President and Founder
The Children’s Defense Fund
Erica Jong
Novelist, Poet and Essayist
 


2008 Luncheon

 Mary LoVerde, Life Balance Expert


2007 Conference

Ann Atkinson, Ed.D
Owner
Atkinson and Associates 
Susan Neely
President
American Beverage Association
Mary Ann Bauman, M.D.
Medical Director, Women's Health and Community Relations
Heidi Steiger
Author
Jane Delgado, Ph.D
President and CEO, National Coalition of Hispanic Health and Human Services
C. Vivian Stringer
Women's Basketball
Head Coach
Arianna Huffington
Nationally Syndicated
Columnist and Author
Mary Ann Tocio
President and COO, Bright Horizons Watertown
Ilene Lang
President, Catalyst 
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
Maryland's First Women Lieutenant Governor 
Donna Lopiano, Ph.D
CEO, Women's Sports Foundation
Marie Wilson
Founder, White House Project 
Stephanie Marston
Motivational Speaker
 




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