Skip to Main Content

2012 Speakers

Keynotes

Charlotte Beers

Charlotte Beers has combined her business insight with an innate Southern charm to become highly successful in the competitive world of advertising and marketing.  Beers was named “The Most Powerful Woman in ...
Read Bio

Breakout Session Speakers

Sylvia Acevedo

Sylvia Acevedo, is the CEO of CommuniCard LLC, a company specializing in education ...
Read Bio

Alyce Alston

Alyce Alston brings magic to launching and growing businesses across diverse ...
Read Bio

Elizabeth Avellán

Elizabeth Avellán is the co-owner and vice president of Troublemaker Studios and ...
Read Bio

David Bach

David Bach credits his Grandma Bach as the woman who taught him almost everything he ...
Read Bio

Alissa Bayer

Alissa Bayer is the owner and founder of milk + honey, a collection of premier day ...
Read Bio

Lauren Berger

Lauren Berger is chief executive officer and founder of internqueen.com and author of ...
Read Bio

Dr. Jennifer Berman

Dr. Jennifer Berman is a urologist and an internationally renowned expert in the ...
Read Bio

Kate Betts

Kate Betts is an author and contributing editor at TIME magazine, where she has ...
Read Bio

Jacinda Boneau

Jacinda Boneau is an entertainment marketing executive turned stay-at-home-mom, ...
Read Bio

Gigi Edwards Bryant

Gigi Edwards Bryant speaks with passion, vision and clarity. She believes that ...
Read Bio

Sue Chen

Sue Chen founded Nova Medical Products in 1993 when she was just 23 years old with a ...
Read Bio

Carrie Contey

Carrie Contey is not your typical parenting expert. In fact, she challenges the whole ...
Read Bio

Cory Cotton

Cory Cotton is a recent graduate of Texas A&M University, and one of the founders ...
Read Bio

Jennifer Davis

Jennifer Davis currently leads the global communications team for Dell’s Brand, ...
Read Bio

Dr. Jacqueline Del Rosario

Dr. Jacqueline DelRosario has received keys to several cities, multimillions in ...
Read Bio

Patti DeNucci

Patti DeNucci is an award-winning communicator, networking and connections ...
Read Bio

Nikki Drummond

Nikki Drummond is a Certified Clinical Nutritionist (CCN) specializing in the field ...
Read Bio

Mary Ellen Dugan

MARY ELLEN DUGAN is chief marketing officer of WP Engine. She leads all WP Engine ...
Read Bio

Sheri Falk

Sheri Falk is an image consultant, fashion coach, and corporate speaker.  She ...
Read Bio

Siobhan Fallon

Siobhan Fallon is a writer, whose debut collection of stories, “You Know When the ...
Read Bio

Fay Fleming

Fay Fleming is president of the Business Performance Company, a consulting firm ...
Read Bio

Lynya FLoyd

Lynya Floyd, health director at Family Circle magazine, is a wellness expert, fitness ...
Read Bio

Caroline Freedman

Caroline Freedman is the CEO and co-founder of Nurturme Organic Baby Foods. She ...
Read Bio

Karen Frost

Karen Frost is principal and owner of Frost Media Relations, yet currently serves as ...
Read Bio

Camille Gaines

Camille Gaines is a best-selling author and the founder of FinancialWoman.com. She ...
Read Bio

Bryony Gomez-Palacio

Bryony Gomez-Palacio A native of  Mexico City, Gomez-Palacio is a graphic designer ...
Read Bio

Jen Grogono

Jen Grogono is founder and chief executive officer of uStudio Inc. She  leads the ...
Read Bio

Tina Hambly

Tina Hambly is the founder and designer of Valentina, a girls fashion brand featuring ...
Read Bio

Deborah Hamilton-Lynne

Deborah Hamilton-Lynne has been in love with words her entire life. A published ...
Read Bio

Charley Johnson

Charley Johnson is an entrepreneur and former Owner of a manufacturing company. ...
Read Bio

Patti Johnson

Patti Johnson is a career and workplace strategist and the CEO of PeopleResults, a ...
Read Bio

Whitney Johnson

Whitney Johnson is the president and co-founder of Clayton Christensen’s investment ...
Read Bio

Chelsea Jones

Chelsea Jacquelyn Jones is a graphic designer and artist.  She is a website designer ...
Read Bio

Kelli Keough

Dr. Kelli Keough is the vice president of active trading at Charles Schwab, where she ...
Read Bio

Ross Kimbarovsky

Ross Kimbarovsky left a successful 13-year career as a trial lawyer to pursue his ...
Read Bio

Allison Knaupe

Allison Knaupe leads client strategies for Hill + Knowlton Strategies’ digital and ...
Read Bio

Jenn Lee

Jenn Lee is known as coach Jenn Lee, is a national speaker, small business advisor, ...
Read Bio

Patsy Woods Martin

Patsy Woods Martin is founder and CEO of I Live Here, I Give Here, Austin’s ...
Read Bio

Shay McBurney

Shay McBurney is director of patient advocacy for Celling BioSciences. McBurney’s ...
Read Bio

Lauren McCullough

Lauren McCullough is the COO and co-founder of Nurturme. Prior to co-founding the ...
Read Bio

Yvonne McGill

Yvonne McGill is currently the vice president, corporate finance and chief accounting ...
Read Bio

Monica Mehta

Monica Mehta is an investor, author and sought after expert on small business and ...
Read Bio

Tolly Moseley

Tolly Moseley is the voice of Austin Eavesdropper (), a blog that focuses on the ...
Read Bio

Gloria Brown Oliver

Gloria Brown Oliver As vice president, Financial Consultant at Charles Schwab, Oliver ...
Read Bio

Suzanne Parker

Suzanne Parker serves as H-E-B’s corporate wellness coach. Parker has over 27 years ...
Read Bio

Allyson Peerman

   Allyson Peerman is responsible worldwide efforts involving government ...
Read Bio

Griffin Perry

Griffin Perry is the president of Caddis Energy, L.L.C, an oil and gas investment ...
Read Bio

Bekah Powell

Bekah Powell is the content creator and social media manager for SpaceCraft, an ...
Read Bio

Victoria Pynchon

Victoria Pynchon is the Co-founder of She Negotiates, a training workshop for women ...
Read Bio

Grace Rodriguez

Grace Rodriguez lives by design. As “creative juicer” at Culture Pilot, Rodriguez ...
Read Bio

Alexis Sclamberg

Alexis Sclamberg is a personal development writer, speaker and media personality. A ...
Read Bio

Maribel Sierra

Maribel Sierra is director of the Social Media Services Group at Dell, where she is ...
Read Bio

Casey Sollock

Casey Sollock is the founder of SheShinesWellnessRevolution.com.  She is a women’s ...
Read Bio

Bonnie St. John

Bonnie St. John Despite having her right leg amputated at age five, St. John became ...
Read Bio

Patricia Sulak

Patricia Sulak, M.D. is the Dudley P. Baker Endowed Professor of research and ...
Read Bio

LisaBeth Thomas

LisaBeth “LB” Thomas is big cheese and partner of the LBTJ Group, an Austin-based ...
Read Bio

Carla Cook Thompson

Carla Cook Thompson A veteran of the emerging tech industry,  Thompson has counseled ...
Read Bio

Susan Tolles

Susan Tolles is an expert in midlife reinventions who inspires and equips women ...
Read Bio

Wilka Toppins

Wilka Varela Toppins is a business litigation attorney and executive who  offers ...
Read Bio

TX M.I.L.K.

TX M.I.L.K. (Texas Mom I’d Like to Know) co-founders, Lauren Bayne and Claire ...
Read Bio

Meredith Walker

Meredith Walker began her television career with Nickelodeon’s “NICK NEWS.”  ...
Read Bio

Patricia Walsh

 Patricia Walsh delivers a message of overcoming obstacles, living beyond excuses ...
Read Bio

Lena West

Lena L. West is an award-winning social media consultant, blogger, speaker, ...
Read Bio

Todd Wright

Todd Wright begins his 14th season as the strength and conditioning coach for the ...
Read Bio

Dr. Vonda Wright

Dr. Vonda Wright is an orthopedic surgeon and internationally recognized authority on ...
Read Bio

Local Leader

Tiffany Harelik

Tiffany Harelik is a fourth generation Austinite , serving up the American Dream one ...
Read Bio