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Event: New York Summit Past

Daisy Auger-Domínguez

Daisy Auger-Domínguez is a global people and culture leader, author, and speaker who has shaped organizations including Google, Disney, Moody’s, and VICE Media. Now Global Chief People Officer at fintech company Digital Asset, she is passionate about sustainable leadership, inclusive cultures, and building organizations where people can thrive.

Martha Pease

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Martha Pease is a strategy and growth leader focused on helping businesses grow by putting the consumer at the center of decision-making. She brings extensive experience across consumer products, retail, brand strategy and business transformation, and also advises and coaches women-led companies.

Ja’Nay Hawkins

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Ja’Nay Hawkins is a partnerships and business development leader at MAKERS, a platform focused on advancing women in the workplace and beyond. Her work centers on building strategic partnerships, creating meaningful opportunities for women, and bringing organizations and communities together around shared goals.

Cate Luzio

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Cate Luzio is the Founder and CEO of Luminary, a global professional education and networking platform designed to help women and their allies advance their careers and businesses. Before founding Luminary, Cate spent nearly two decades in financial services, including senior leadership roles at HSBC and J.P. Morgan.

Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman

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Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman is a Ghanaian-American economist, researcher, writer and entrepreneur whose work explores economics, policy, racial and gender equity, and social change. She co-founded The Sadie Collective, which works to increase representation of Black women in economics and related fields, and is the author of The Black Agenda.

Maria Weaver

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Maria Weaver is a senior business and marketing executive with leadership experience spanning media, entertainment, technology and advertising. She has held senior roles at organizations including Warner Music, Comcast Advertising, HBO and iONE Digital. She is also the founder of XO Maria Louise, bringing her experience in leadership, brand building and reinvention into entrepreneurship.

Rupal Parikh

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Rupal Parikh is a technology and sales leader and the Global Head of Presales at SAP SuccessFactors. She also serves as WNORTH’s NYC Chapter Director, helping build community and opportunities for women leaders in New York. Her experience spans enterprise technology, sales leadership, transformation and building high-performing teams.

Kathleen Davis

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Kathleen Davis is an editorial leader, writer and strategist who spent 12 years at Fast Company, ultimately serving as Deputy Editor. Her work has explored the future of work, careers, leadership and workplace culture. She now works independently as a writer, editor and editorial strategist.

Penny Abeywardena

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Penny Abeywardena is a global leadership, diplomacy and human rights strategist and the Founder and CEO of Soft Power Strategies. She previously served as New York City’s Commissioner for International Affairs, working at the intersection of diplomacy, policy and global affairs. Her work focuses on leadership, gender equity, international relations and the use of soft […]

Emma Pratt

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Emma Pratt is an investor, entrepreneur and co-founder of Girl Math Capital, an investing community focused on making alternative investing more accessible to women. Her background includes investment banking, strategy, finance and corporate development at Uber. Her work sits at the intersection of women, investing, financial education and wealth creation.