PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT | Living Joyfully After Loss

There is a stigma around grief, as if this very common human emotion requires us to suppress it, hide from it, or move past it. In this session, author Marisa Renee Lee will discuss what it looks like to live a joyful life after experiencing a significant loss. She will help us navigate the complicated and challenging emotions we face when experiencing grief or supporting others through it, offering unique insights for women.

Speaker:  Marisa Renee Lee, Grief Advocate & Author, Grief Is Love

Host:  Laysha Ward, EVP, Chief External Engagement Officer, Target

AFTERNOON KEYNOTE SESSION

Emcee: Celeste Headlee, Host, Women Amplified podcast, award-winning Journalist & Author, Speaking of Race

Dr. Shanika Hope, Education for Social Impact Director, Google

Kristen Kish, Chef & Partner, Arlo Grey, Host, Bravo’s Top Chef, Producer & Author with Remarks

Greg Meyers, Executive Vice President, Chief Digital & Technology Officer, Bristol Myers Squibb

Margaret Atwood, two-time Booker Prize-winning Author of over 50 books, including The Handmaid’s Tale

in conversation with 

Radhika Jones, Editor-in-Chief, Vanity Fair

Yvette Hollingsworth Clark, EVP & Chief Compliance Officer, State Street Corporation

America Ferrera, Emmy, Golden Globe & SAG award-winning Actress, Director, Producer

in conversation with 

Ellen McGirt, Editor-in-chief, Design Observer

Krista Berger, SVP, Marketing, Barbie and Dolls

 

OPENING KEYNOTE SESSION

Emcee: Celeste Headlee, Host, Women Amplified podcast, award-winning Journalist & Author, Speaking of Race

Tamara Fields, Austin Office Managing Director, South Market Unit COO, Accenture & Board President, TX Conference for Women 

Gloria Cordes Larson, Former President, Bentley University and Board President, MA Conference for Women

Leslie Stiles, Board President, PA Conference for Women

Hillary Weingast, VP, Deputy General Counsel & Head, Corporate Social Responsibility, Juniper Networks, Inc. and  Board President, CA Conference for Women

Laysha Ward, Strategic Advisor, Target 

Michelle Zauner, Musician, Japanese Breakfast; Author, Crying in H Mart 

in conversation with 

Nora McInerny, best-selling Author, Creator & Host, Terrible Thanks for Asking and It’s Going to Be OK podcasts

Melanie Foley, EVP and Chief Purpose and DEI Officer and MA 

Conference for Women Board Member

Carla Harris, Senior Client Advisor, Morgan Stanley