Program Schedule (Continued)

Signature Sessions

1:45 pm EST Helen G.

Drinan Visionary Leader Award

Join us as we present Indra Nooyi, the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo, this year’s Helen G. Drinan Visionary Leader Award. The annual award is named in honor of the former president of Simmons University and celebrates a woman leader who embodies the values of inclusive leadership in her personal and professional life. Learn more about Nooyi and her inspiring leadership journey.

2:00 pm EST Dorie

Clark: How to Be a Long-Term Thinker in a Short-Term World

It’s no secret that we’re pushed to the limit. Today’s professionals feel rushed, overwhelmed, and perennially behind. How can we break out of this endless cycle, allow ourselves time to renew, and create the kind of interesting, meaningful lives we all seek? In this talk, Dorie Clark, described by the New York Times as an “expert at self-reinvention and helping others make changes in their lives,” will share concrete strategies to help you sharpen your strategic thinking and embrace a long-term perspective that pays future business and career dividends.

2:30 pm EST Networking Break

Network with peers from around the world and learn more about sponsor organizations in the virtual exhibit hall.

3:00

EST Masih Alinejad with Juju Chang: Ending the Gender Apartheid Regime

For Masih Alinejad, hope abounds. The Iranian-American journalist, women’s rights activist, and founder of My Stealthy Freedom – her viral social media campaign against compulsory hijab that became the biggest civil disobedience movement in the history of the Islamic Republic – believes change is coming to Iran. The revolution has started, she says. In fact, what’s happening now with protests across Iran is the beginning of the end of gender apartheid in Iran and Afghanistan. In this moving talk, Masih will share her story of growing up in a small village in Iran, her journey from “troublemaker” to activist and leader of the fight for women’s rights, and overcoming adversity while going against the tide.

Juju Chang, one of the most prominent Asian-Americans in broadcast journalism, will join Masih for a moving conversation. Juju’s highly visible reporting on Asian hate is the culmination of decades of covering everything from natural disasters to terrorism, mass shootings, immigration, violence against the LGBTQIA+ community, and, most recently, the inequities of the COVID-19 pandemic. Known for her in-depth personal narratives with underlying themes of civil rights, women’s rights, and social justice, this powerful conversation is not to be missed.

3:30 pm

EST Sheryl Lee Ralph and Quinta Brunson: Renewal and Innovation

Quinta Brunson and Sheryl Lee Ralph, the Emmy Award-winning co-stars of the smash hit Abbott Elementary, will take to the hybrid stage for a lively discussion in this powerful closing keynote. We’ll hear from Quinta about her innovative — and meteoric — rise to fame and learn about Sheryl Lee’s decades-long career on the big and small screen, the Broadway stage, and in concert halls and how she experienced renewal along the way.

4:45 pm EST Program Ends

Lt. Colonel Olga Custodio, USAF (Retired)

America’s First Latina Fighter Pilot & STEM Advocate

Erika H. James