Dima Ghawi, MBA
DEI Influencer
Dima Ghawi, LLC
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Dima is Middle-Eastern in her genes and global citizen in her spirit. She ignites the untapped potential in individuals across the globe, empowering them to shatter limitations and become courageous, purpose driven leaders.

Through keynote speeches, workshops, and executive coaching, Dima shares her unique leadership transformation journey with one goal in mind: motivate those around her to reimagine their potential and grow into leaders.

Dima has worked across the United States, Europe, Asia, Middle East, and Africa for several Fortune 100 companies and has honed a keen expertise in developing leaders to meet the demands of the global workforce.

 

SESSIONS:
Tuesday, October 1, 2024 - 12:15pm to 12:45pm
Alyssa Dver
Founder & Chair
ERG Leadership Alliance
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Confidence Crusader, Neuro Nerd and Success Equalizer, Alyssa Dver founded and leads the American Confidence Institute, which uses brain science to teach the skill of confidence. She also is the founder & chair of the ERG Leadership Alliance, the largest global association of employee group champions working together to make all workplaces inclusive. Author of 8 books, her latest, Confidence is a Choice: Real Science. Superhero Impact.” and, ERG Intelligence: What every leader needs to know about employee groups.Her work has been endorsed by leaders at Harvard Medical & Business Schools, MIT, Wharton Neuroscience and UPenn Medical School, Yale, UC Berkeley, Amazon, Xerox, The World Bank, and many more.

 

Alyssa delivers 100+ event keynotes and training workshops each year, frequently being asked back to the same group year after year. She also teaches at the MIT and Wharton innovation centers and is the official confidence educator for L’Oréal’s IT Cosmetics. Alyssa has been recognized by Chief Navigators as a Top 10 Pioneering Women Leaders in Business and the Stevie Awards as a Thought Leader. Check out her two TED talks and popular Real Confidence podcast.

SESSIONS:
Tuesday, October 1, 2024 - 11:15am to 11:30am
Alyssa Dver
Founder & Chair
ERG Leadership Alliance
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Confidence Crusader, Neuro Nerd and Success Equalizer, Alyssa Dver founded and leads the American Confidence Institute, which uses brain science to teach the skill of confidence. She also is the founder & chair of the ERG Leadership Alliance, the largest global association of employee group champions working together to make all workplaces inclusive. Author of 8 books, her latest, Confidence is a Choice: Real Science. Superhero Impact.” and, ERG Intelligence: What every leader needs to know about employee groups.Her work has been endorsed by leaders at Harvard Medical & Business Schools, MIT, Wharton Neuroscience and UPenn Medical School, Yale, UC Berkeley, Amazon, Xerox, The World Bank, and many more.

 

Alyssa delivers 100+ event keynotes and training workshops each year, frequently being asked back to the same group year after year. She also teaches at the MIT and Wharton innovation centers and is the official confidence educator for L’Oréal’s IT Cosmetics. Alyssa has been recognized by Chief Navigators as a Top 10 Pioneering Women Leaders in Business and the Stevie Awards as a Thought Leader. Check out her two TED talks and popular Real Confidence podcast.

SESSIONS:
Monday, September 30, 2024 - 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Jennifer Cassetta
Author & High Performance Coach
The Art of Badassery: Unleash Your Mojo
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Feeling like a badass is your birthright. 
 
Based in Los Angeles, Jennifer Cassetta is a nationally recognized keynote and TEDx speaker, empowerment coach, self defense expert and author of The Art of Badassery: Unleash Your Mojo With Wisdom of the Dojo. She helps people feel strong, safe and powerful from the streets to the boardroom. 
 
Equipped with her 3rd degree black belt in Hapkido, Master’s degree in Nutrition, and health coaching certification, she’s been presenting her signature programming for the last two decades for corporate clients that include: Apple, American Airlines, British Airways, Del Monte, Nike, Uber, UBS and Visa. Jennifer has rocked hundreds of stages across the country with her super power combination of engaging content and contagious enthusiasm.  
 
Her skills have been featured on Good Morning America, The Today Show, The Doctors, Rachael Ray and she was a featured expert on ABC-TV’s My Diet is Better Than Yours. From national magazines to newspapers, Jenn is a go-to expert on safety and empowerment for dozens of publications. 

Jennifer's career highlights include: 
 
- Speaking over 50 times a year to professionals in the banking, hospitality, travel, real estate industries and more. 
 
- Speaking at over 55 universities around the country about empowerment, self confidence, safety and self-defense. Schools include: Cornell University, Fordham University, Loyola Marymount University, Dusquesne University, UC Boulder, UC Davis, UC Santa Barbary, San Diego State University, Penn State, St. John's University, Lenoir Rhyne, and many more.  
 
- Speaking at conferences such as Professional Business Women of California, Bacardi S.H.E. Summit, Meeting Planner's International, National Association of Realtors and SITE Global.  
 
- Media appearances on: Good Morning America, The Today Show, Inside Edition, E!, The Doctors, Rachael Ray, The Real, Bethenny Frankel, Marie Osmond and many more. 
 
- Created an online training program called She Warrior Self Defense. 

SESSIONS:
Sunday, September 29, 2024 - 5:30pm to 6:30pm
 
Monday, September 30, 2024 - 8:00am to 6:00pm
Laura Cave
Chief Marketing Officer
Paytient
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Laura Cave is an early-stage marketing leader with a passion for healthcare. As a member of the executive leadership team at Paytient, she is focused on bringing healthcare solutions to market that ensure members have equitable access to affordable care. After several years in marketing roles with brands like The Knot and AOL, Laura found her purpose in healthcare after taking a role with Oscar Health in 2014. From there she's been involved in early stage growth of K Health, Ansel Health, and now Paytient, which she joined in 2022. She holds an M.A. from New York University, and a B.A. from the University of Southern California. A native Californian, Laura spent 15 years in New York City. She now calls Columbia, Missouri home.

SESSIONS:
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 10:30am to 10:50am
 
Sunday, September 29, 2024 - 12:00pm to 6:00pm
Laura Cave
Chief Marketing Officer
Paytient
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Laura Cave is an early-stage marketing leader with a passion for healthcare. As a member of the executive leadership team at Paytient, she is focused on bringing healthcare solutions to market that ensure members have equitable access to affordable care. After several years in marketing roles with brands like The Knot and AOL, Laura found her purpose in healthcare after taking a role with Oscar Health in 2014. From there she's been involved in early stage growth of K Health, Ansel Health, and now Paytient, which she joined in 2022. She holds an M.A. from New York University, and a B.A. from the University of Southern California. A native Californian, Laura spent 15 years in New York City. She now calls Columbia, Missouri home.

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Anne Marie Anderson
Broadcaster, Author, and Keynote Speaker
AMA Speaks LLC
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Anne Marie Anderson is a three-time Emmy Award winning broadcaster, keynote speaker and author. Having spent more than three decades in sports television, Anderson has covered many of sport's biggest events including six Olympic Games, golf's majors, NBA and Major League Baseball playoffs, heavyweight title fights and the Super Bowl. She has been recognized nationally for her journalism and leadership in the advancement of sport. Anne Marie’s book, Cultivating Audacity - How to Dismantle Doubt and Take Bold Risks, challenges readers to recalibrate their relationship with fear and explore life free of the barriers that stand between you and the life you want to lead. As a speaker, Anderson is known for delivering keynotes that are alternately funny and touching, often drawing upon her role as a parent to connect with the audience through the power of storytelling. 
 

SESSIONS:
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - 10:05am to 10:35am