2018 Speakers
R.C. Buford
General Manager/President of Sports Franchises, San Antonio Spurs
Patty McCord
Principal, Patty McCord Consulting
Tamara Fields
Managing Director - Health and Public Service, Accenture
Dean Carter
Vice President HR and Shared Services, Patagonia, Inc.
Jason Fried
Co-founder & CEO, Basecamp
Joe DeLoss
Founder, Hot Chicken Takeover
Julie Rice
Co-Founder, SoulCycle and Chief Brand Officer, WeWork
Spencer Rice
Former Chief Marketing Officer, SoulCycle and Co-Founder, LifeShop
Kyle Stapleton
Manager of Culture & Experience, Turner
Wailin Wong
Co-Producer/Host, The Rework Podcast
David Simas
CEO, Obama Foundation
Erin Essenmacher
Chief Programming Officer, National Association of Corporate Directors
Leonard N. Moore, Ph.D.
Vice President Division of Diversity and Community Engagement, The University of Texas at Austin
Muna Hussaini
Senior Manager, Diversity & Inclusion, PayPal
Dan Hesse
Retired CEO, Sprint
Ian Burk
Senior Vice President of Integration, Upland Software
Steven Kornguth
Professor Neurology, Dell Medical School; Senior Fellow KHE at The University of Texas at Austin
April Hawkins
Assistant Vice President, MetLife Foundation
Cristina Tzintzún
Executive Director, Jolt
Jenn Saavedra
SVP Talent and Culture, Dell
Doug Ulman
President & CEO, Pelotonia
Jag Bath
CEO & President - Favor
Elisa Senor
Customer Sucess Manager, Box.org Local Chair, Box
Charles Thornburgh
Founder and CEO, Civitas Learning, Inc.
John Adcock
Senior Vice President, People, RetailMeNot, Inc.
Jordan Bresler
Associate Director, RAD Office Tour and Co-founder, Native Color
Aynn Collins
Director, Talent Strategy, MailChimp
Jeff Carroll
Vice President, Humanim, Inc.
Awa Jangha
Assistant Professor of Counselor Education, Seminary of the Southwest
Andy Tryba
CEO, Crossover, RideAustin, Engine Yard, and DNN
Mickey Ashmore
Founder, Sabah
Shelley Clifford Brophy
Team Lead, People Operations, Google
BG (Ret) Peter Palmer
U.S. Army Retired, President, P2 Consulting Services, LLC
Allen Gilmer
Executive Chairman & Founder, Drillinginfo Inc.
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Gwendolyn Floyd
Founder, Soko
Cotter Cunningham
Founder & CEO, RetailMeNot, Inc.
Suzi Sosa
CEO, Verb
John Battelle
Editor in Chief & CEO, NewCo
Claire Lew
CEO, Know Your Company
Tricia Linderman
Executive Vice President, Recruiting & Onboarding, Texas Capital Bank
Sabina Bharwani
Founder & CEO, Hello World
Leslie Heisz
Board of Directors, Edwards, Kaiser, and Public Storage
Chris Shipley
Author and Consultant, Work to Learn
Mark Gilbreath
Founder/Skipper, LiquidSpace
Janiece Evans-Page
VP of Global Philanthropy and Sustainability, Fossil Group
Josh Jones-Dilworth
CEO, JDI
Eugene Sepulveda
CEO, Entrepreneurs Foundation
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