
Female Speakers
Photo Credit: Chaunte Lowe
Our speakers present on a wide variety of timely issues. Here, we highlight the most often-requested topics and the speakers who address them.
Conflict Photographer.
MacArthur Genius Grantee.
Pulitzer Prize Winner.
Why would anyone willingly plunge headfirst into the war-torn areas of Afghanistan, Darfur, or Ukraine? For this Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist, the simple answer is also the title of her memoir: It’s What I Do.
Paleoanthropologist.
Proudly 2% Neanderthal.
Nerdy Stand-Up Queen.
Driven by a desire to understand who journeyed here alongside us, Ella is undeterred by war zones, pirates, and politics in her quest to unearth the fossil record before it’s too late.
Pioneer.
Bridge Builder.
Rule Breaker.
The answer “No” is merely a rejection of the status quo and an opportunity to reinvent your world. This is one of the many lessons that fleeing Iran as a young girl during the revolution taught Sheila.
Nuclear Engineer.
Clean Energy Visionary.
Queen of Possibility.
Leslie Dewan spent the first ten years of her career redesigning nuclear reactors to make them safer and more efficient. Now she's set her sights on a bigger obstacle in the race towards a carbon-neutral future: us.
Hero for the Planet.
Oceanographer.
Her Deepness.
By showing how every breath of air we take and every drop of water we drink depends on the health of our Oceans, Dr. Sylvia Earle makes marine conservation everyone’s concern.
Pulitzer Prize-winner.
Eyewitness.
Trailblazer.
For 20 years, Deanne served as a photojournalist for the San Francisco Chronicle, documenting the AIDS crisis, pivotal SCOTUS rulings, sports, and pop culture.
Sports Photographer.
Grassroots Baseball Founder.
Heavy Hitter.
Instead of a seat at the table, she’ll take the spot behind the diamond with a straight shot down the third base line. Meet baseball’s biggest fan and top sports photographer.
Storyteller.
Global Women’s Champion.
Revolutionary.
With National Geographic and at the creative helm of her nonprofit, Ripple Effect Images, Annie travels the planet to show the vibrant tapestry of human experience, and how much we share—oceans apart.
Rising Phoenix.
Disney's Photo Mom.
Believer.
Find out why Oprah, Kelly & Ryan, and Disney can’t get enough of Photographer Me Ra Koh. Through photos, stories and laughter, Me Ra shows us how to thrive, despite failure and rejection.
Mama Bear.
Community Builder.
Visual Storyteller.
Whether documenting her journey through depression or celebrating the world through the eyes and words of her two boys, Photographer Marvi Lacar is the consummate creator.
4-Time Olympian.
Breast Cancer Survivor.
Champion.
Chaunte trained for 28 years to keep her edge as one of the world’s best, but it wasn’t until a breast cancer diagnosis inspired her to champion self-care, that she tapped into an unexpected source of strength.
Her Wildness.
Anthropologist.
Curious Mind.
Who says you can’t have it all? This primatologist, TV Host, university executive, O mag Insider, National Geographic Explorer, and mother of six begs to differ.
Conservation Photographer.
Ocean Advocate.
Enough.
Cristina’s commitment to conservation extends beyond the Ocean to what it means to be human...understanding that the history of every living thing that has ever existed on this planet also lives within us.
Serial Entrepreneur.
Brand Accelerator.
Multitasker.
Moms are the original multitaskers, this is why former attorney and Brown grad, Jill Salzman decided to build her third company as an accelerator for this untapped juggernaut of talent.
Elephant Whisperer.
Wildlife Advocate.
Badass Woman.
In the hands of Nikon Ambassador, Nat Geo photographer, and nonprofit Chief Ami Vitale, the camera is a tool for change. Her work celebrates how and where we are learning to coexist with wildlife.
Left Seater.
Trailblazer.
Afghan Refugee.
What if the first Afghan woman to earn a commercial pilot’s license went on to break the world record as the youngest woman to fly solo around the world in a single-engine plane? Meet Shaesta.