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
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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 |
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2010 Luncheon
Financial expert Suze Orman
2009 Conference
Ann Bancroft
Polar Explorer |
Donna Katen-Bahensky
President and CEO, University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics
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Diana Nyad
World Class Athlete, Speaker and Writer
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Jo Miller
CEO, Women’s
Leadership Coaching Inc. |
Marjorie Scardino
CEO, Pearson |
Janice Reals Ellig
Co-CEO, Chadick Ellig
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Dr. Rohini Anand
Global Chief Diversity Officer and Senior Vice President, Sodexho Inc.
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Donna Rae Smith
Founder and CEO
Bright Side, Inc. |
Gladis Benavides
Founder and President, Benavides Enterprises, Inc.
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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
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Dianne Dillon Ridgely
Chair
Plains Justice |
Adrian Wing
Associate Dean for Faculty Dev. and Bessie Dutton Murray Professor, U of I College of Law
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Kathleen Dore
President, Television & Radio CanWest MediaWorks Inc. |
Eileen Wixted
Principal, Wixted Pope Nora
Thompson & Associates
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Carol Evans
President and CEO, Working Mother Media |
Naomi Wolf
American Author, Political Consultant and Public Intellectual
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Stacey Hanke
President, 1st Impression Consulting Inc. |
Marian Wright Edelman
President and Founder
The Children’s Defense Fund
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Erica Jong
Novelist, Poet and Essayist |
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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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