Danielle Corcione
Danielle Corcione
Panel:
Wellness, Worth, and the Workplace: Advocating for Ourselves and One Another
Danielle is a law firm executive, former in-house counsel in the beauty industry and former federal prosecutor who helps companies and founders mitigate risk by providing strategic advice grounded in ESG principles.
Danielle Corcione is law firm executive and equity partner at CSG Law. She is a former in-house counsel in the beauty industry and former federal prosecutor who helps companies and founders mitigate risk and tackle big problems. She embraces servant leadership principles, and holds several managerial roles at CSG Law, including as Chair of the firm’s Litigation Department, and as a twice elected member of the firm’s governing group - its Executive Committee.
Danielle spent five years as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey and draws on that experience to support her clients. She is a trusted C-suite advisor to organizations on a wide variety of regulatory and compliance concerns and regularly conducts board investigations for Fortune Companies. A deeply invested champion of women, diversity, and inclusion, Danielle works with female founders in the beauty, wellness, fashion, and lifestyle sectors. She is also a proud angel investor.
Danielle speaks and writes about the intersection of ambition, wellness, motherhood, spirituality and, most recently grief—as the only woman in the room for most of her career, Danielle helps women lead with compassion and grace and strive for financial abundance. She is an Adjunct Professor of Law at Seton Hall University School of Law teaching Wellness for Lawyers.
Emily Dickens
Emily Dickens
Panel:
Chart a New Course: Turning Setbacks into Stepping Stones
Unconventional, unforeseen and unstoppable.
As the Head of Public Affairs for the world’s largest human resources trade association, Emily M. Dickens leads SHRM’s Advocacy Team — the “A-Team” — which is composed of nearly 30,000 HR professionals across the United States that are positioned front and center in efforts to advance the interests of the HR profession. She also oversees government affairs, global policy, legal affairs, and the SHRM Foundation, the 501(c)(3) philanthropic arm of SHRM. Dickens has been a featured expert on workplace issues and business leadership – with commentary appearing in CBS News, NBC News, AP News, Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Bloomberg Law, Crain's Business, Marketplace, WTOP, Yahoo Finance, HR Brew, and HR Dive among others. In addition, Dickens has testified before Congress and the EEOC on worker and workplace topics like AI, gender bias, and paid leave.
Additionally, Dickens serves on the boards of the following industry organizations to maximize SHRM's impact and voice in global, national, and local business and labor policy debates: B20 Brazil Women in Business Action Council (Co-Chair); USCIB-United States Council for International Business; The Bryce Harlow Foundation; Skill-up, and the National Foundation for Women Legislators. Dickens also serves as the Secretary-General for the World Federation of People Management Associations (WFPMA) and as a USA delegate for the North American Human Resources Management Association (NAHRMA).
Before joining SHRM, Dickens served full-time as a passionate advocate for access to higher education for minority students as the general counsel/head of policy for the DC-based Thurgood Marshall College Fund; Vice President of Public Policy for the Association of Governing Boards for Colleges and Universities; and the Assistant Vice President for Federal Affairs at the University of North Carolina System. Dickens leverages her higher education background to promote the importance of the education-to-employment pipeline. She has also worked at Duke University and Fayetteville State University in administrative and external affairs roles.
Actively engaged in board service, Dickens is a member of the North Carolina Central University Board of Trustees. She is also a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated where she has served as Chairman of the International HBCU Task Force, and Director on the board of the sorority’s Education Advancement Foundation. Emily M. Dickens is a graduate of North Carolina Central University and North Carolina Central University School of Law.
Mari Eder
Mari Eder
Panel:
Chart a New Course: Turning Setbacks into Stepping Stones
Historian, Strategic Communications Expert, and Mentor
Mari K. Eder, retired U.S. Army Major General, is a renowned speaker and author, and a thought leader on strategic communication and leadership. General Eder has served as Director of Public Affairs at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies and as an adjunct professor and lecturer in strategic communications and public diplomacy at the NATO School and Sweden’s International Training Command. She served in a number of senior positions in the Pentagon, on the Army Staff, as Deputy Chief of Public Affairs and Deputy Chief of the Army Reserve, and with DoD’s Reserve Forces Policy Board. General Eder speaks and writes frequently on communication topics and has published in USA Today, TIME Magazine, The Hill, and other outlets.
A deeply inspirational book, The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line, was released in August 2021. The Library of Virginia awarded it the People’s Choice Award in October 2022. The second book in this series, The Girls Who Fought Crime, came out in 2023. A third book in the series, The Girls Who Beat the Odds, is due out in January 2026.
In July 2023 Mari K. received the prestigious Daughters of the American Revolution Medal of Honor, and was named as the National Trust for Historic Preservation/Historic Hotels of America 2023 Historian of the Year. She was selected for the Department of Defense Information School’s Hall of Fame in 2024.
She holds a BA and MA degrees in English from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania (now Penn West) and an MS in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College, plus an advanced certificate in mass communications from the University of South Carolina. She was awarded a PhD (hon) in Humane Letters from Edinboro in 2013.
When not writing, lecturing, or traveling, she works with rescue groups, fostering rescue dogs.
Ophira Edut
Ophira Edut
Workshop:
Cosmic Clarity: Harnessing Astrology for Empowerment and Evolution
Ophira Edut is one of the world's top astrologers and columnist for ELLE
Ophira Edut is one of the most sought-after astrologers and intuitive advisors of our times. As the longtime resident astrologer for ELLE and the author of over 20 books, she is a private advisor to a roster of CEOs, celebrities, global leaders and successful entrepreneurs.
She has spoken at universities, conferences and events for the past 20 years. Her productivity training has been presented to entrepreneurs and executives at companies including Nike and Saks Fifth Avenue, and at event spaces such as Luminary NYC, 92Y, Soho House and Barcelona’s Joan Miro Museum.
On television, Ophira has appeared as a guest expert for Bravo, MTV, Good Morning America, and the Today Show, and created the first streaming reality TV dating show based on astrology, Cosmic Love (Amazon Prime Video, 2022).
Ophira’s book, The Astrology Advantage, to be published by Simon and Schuster in August 2024, introduces The AstroTwins’ revolutionary IAM System, which simplifies the birth chart into three archetypes: Innovator, Authority and Maven. Her work on the subject of “spiritual technology” as an essential tool for business success has been featured in Fast Company and at leadership conferences around the world.
Katherine Gentile
Katherine Gentile
Workshop:
Claiming Your Worth: How to Manage Imposter Syndrome
Katherine is a professional coach and workshop leader at WIN! She also teaches negotiation and conflict resolution at Columbia University's Pre-College program
Katherine specializes in teaching and lecturing on conflict resolution, mediation, negotiation and communication. Currently she teaches the course; Introduction to Conflict Resolution: Negotiation, Persuasion & Mediation and Introduction to Negotiation at the Pre-College program at Columbia University. She has worked as a teaching assistant at the Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Program at Columbia University in the study of Advanced Conflict Resolution. Katherine Is also a WIN coach and workshop leader providing interactive workshops and in-house training sessions on negotiation, mediation, conflict resolution, emotional intelligence, and effective communication.
Rebecca Ginzburg
Rebecca Ginzburg
Panel:
Leading from Any Seat: Building Influence, Credibility, and Respect
Plan and manage all firm strategic initiatives, team members and drive outcomes to further our mission.
Ms. Rebecca Ginzburg is the President and a founding member of Junto Capital Management LP. Ms. Ginzburg also serves as a member of the firm’s Executive Committee and Operating Committee. Previously, Ms. Ginzburg spent 13 years at Viking Global Investors. During her tenure at Viking, she was Head of Investor Relations for five years, and an Analyst on the Investment Team prior to that. Before joining Viking, Ms. Ginzburg was an Equity Analyst with Pequot Capital Management; an Analyst with Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette in High Yield Research; and a Senior Auditor in the Audit and Business Advisory Group with Arthur Andersen. Ms. Ginzburg serves on the Emory University Goizueta Business School Advisory Board and is an Adjunct Faculty Lecturer in the Finance Department at Goizueta Business School. Ms. Ginzburg is a member of the Board of Directors of the Managed Funds Association and the Mount Sinai Department of Medicine Advisory Board. She is also a member of Penn Parents Council at the University of Pennsylvania and an Honorary Board Member of the Hearing Health Foundation. Ms. Ginzburg holds a BBA with a concentration in Accounting from Emory University Goizueta Business School, where she graduated with distinction.
Michelle Greenberg-Kobrin
Michelle Greenberg-Kobrin
Workshop:
Negotiating Through Uncertainty: How to Navigate Successfully in Times of Emotional and Economic Turbulence
Negotiation and Leadership Professor and Coach
Michelle Greenberg-Kobrin is a Clinical Professor of Law at Cardozo Law School and the Founding Director of the Program on Leadership at the Heyman Center for Corporate Governance. Professor Greenberg-Kobrin is a Lecturer-in-Law at Columbia Law School, where she served as Dean of Students, and holds an appointment at Columbia's Teachers College. She teaches in the areas of negotiation, leadership, transactional law, corporate and intellectual property law.
Professor Greenberg-Kobrin trains leaders around the world, appears on media outlets such as CNBC and consults to leaders in the business, legal, university, educational and non-profit worlds on a range of issues including negotiation and conflict resolution, leadership, policy creation and implementation, strategic planning, crisis management, faculty development and training and intellectual property law. Prior to her appointment to Columbia, she was an attorney in the corporate, securities, and financial institutions groups at Arnold & Porter LLP.
She received both her BA and her JD from Columbia University. She serves on a number of not-for-profit boards and lives in New York with her husband. They are the proud parents of six children and one very beloved failed guide dog.
Leslie Grossman
Leslie Grossman
Workshop:
The Collaborative Circle: Create a Network that Accelerates your Growth
“I ignite the leader within each woman to achieve her vision”
For nearly two decades, Leslie Grossman has been a trailblazer in leadership, gender fairness, and women’s influence and impact. She is an accomplished executive coach, dynamic keynote speaker, and highly regarded researcher and teacher. In her role as senior fellow and faculty director of the Executive Women’s Leadership program at The George Washington University, Center for Excellence in Public Leadership, Leslie transforms executives and entrepreneurs alike with her insights and actionable strategies for success. Leslie made her mark in New York City by founding the Women’s Leadership Exchange, the first national conference program for women entrepreneurs and executives. Over its 10-year run, she built a powerful platform that inspired thousands of women to reach new heights in their careers and businesses.
Leslie is also the author of three impactful books, including her two latest, ‘Start with Vision’ and ‘Circles of Collaboration’ (Apricity Publishing), each providing tools for leading one’s life and career successfully and confidently.
From running a communications business in NYC to launching a groundbreaking national leadership conference and the Her Circle Leadership Coach Training Program, Leslie has a track record of transforming ideas into successful movements. Her programs seamlessly adapt to corporate, academic, and organizational contexts, ensuring meaningful impact in every environment.
Fran Hauser
Fran Hauser
Panel:
Chart a New Course: Turning Setbacks into Stepping Stones
“I'm a leadership expert and champion of women in the workplace. I’ve helped countless women reach their full potential through my work as a bestselling author, speaker, investor, and mentor.”
Fran Hauser is a bestselling author, keynote speaker, champion of women in the workplace, and a LinkedIn Top Voice.
She has spoken at over 200 organizations, including Meta, Google, Unilever, Blackrock, NPR, Mastercard, and The Conference for Women. As a former Fortune 500 executive and active start-up investor - who has funded over 40 female-founded companies - Fran’s insights have appeared in media outlets including Forbes, CNBC, Fast Company, Fortune, Elle, Refinery29, and Business Insider.
Fran is the author of two books that have been hailed as modern-day bibles for professional women striving to create careers they love while staying true to themselves. The Myth of the Nice Girl (2018, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) has been translated into nine languages and earned the prestigious title of "Best Business Book of the Year, 2018" by Audible. Its runaway success formed the catalyst for her acclaimed thought-leadership platform. The follow-up workbook Embrace the Work, Love Your Career (2022, Collective Book Studio) has become the go-to curriculum for women’s affinity groups nationwide.
Fran’s publishing journey was so rewarding that she created Bookbound, a platform dedicated to helping female non-fiction writers get published. Together with her partner, Bethany Saltman, the platform is anchored by the Bookbound podcast and offers additional resources such as a Substack, book club, and e-book.
In December 2024, Fran opened Bedford Books, the first-ever bookstore in her hometown of Bedford, NY. The bookstore combines her passion for storytelling and community-building, allowing her to support and inspire readers and writers alike.
Fran’s current work is informed by 15 years spent in media, from startups where she played an integral role in the $525mm sale of Moviefone to AOL, to ultimately rising the ranks at Time Inc. to President of Digital, where she led innovation, acquisitions and digital expansion for powerhouse media brands People, InStyle, Entertainment Weekly, Essence, and People en Espanol.
Fran is an advisor to Helpusadopt.org and LiveGirl. She lives outside NYC with her husband, two sons, and beloved mini Goldendoodle.
Shoshanna Hecht
Shoshanna Hecht
Panel:
Building Your Brand - From Career to Calling: How to Craft a Personal Brand that Aligns with Your Purpose
Executive and personal coach for leaders and their teams
Shoshanna Hecht is an executive & personal coach, speaker & podcast host who supports leaders and their teams in achieving their highest successes. Based in NYC and working globally, Shoshanna helps folks build and refine skills, stretch into new roles, communicate well, and work better & more productively together.
Caru Jones
Caru Jones
Workshop:
The MAP Method: Mental Fitness for High-Stakes Conversations
Caru is shifting the paradigm of leadership by helping passionate, high-achieving humans lead deeply soulFILLING lives.
Caru's extensive experience leading and nurturing teams across a variety of industries, including media, advertising, technology, and sales, enables her to have both a keen understanding of the needs of fast-paced, high-demand environments and experience in developing and leading programs that directly resulted in increased employee engagement, satisfaction, and retention. These results earned her the reputation among her clients of being "the best in the industry."
Originally from the Bahamas, and having lived and worked in Canada, the UK, and currently in NYC, Caru has been supporting leaders globally since 2005. Over the years Caru has partnered with executives through company and leadership transitions, reorgs, and acquisitions, gaining a vast knowledge of the importance of one's confidence in their authentic leadership style.
Along her journey, Caru gained firsthand expert knowledge of how to overcome and manage burnout. Caru now empowers passionate, high-achieving leaders to live deeply fulfilling lives, which in turn increases individual and team innovation, collaboration, productivity, and resilience.
Caru’s services include one-on-one executive and leadership coaching, and small group mental fitness coaching.