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Cheryl Bachelder

Cheryl A. Bachelder is a passionate restaurant industry executive serving as the CEO Popeyes® Louisiana Kitchen, Inc. Cheryl is known for her crisp strategic thinking, franchisee-focused approach, superior financial performance and the development of outstanding leaders and teams.

Crystal Kadakia

Crystal is a rising thought leader, invited speaker, and strategy developer for the multi-generation workforce and future of the workplace related topics. She is a charismatically persuasive right and left brain leader who bridges logical processes and creative inspirations. She is a visionary who thrives on simplifying the big picture and creating positive cultures based on leveraging each other’s natural talents.

Dr. Hammad Aslam

I graduated from the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University and am currently a first-year resident physician. I was in an automobile accident with my family on May 23, 2009 that caused, among other things, a traumatic brain injury, a C5 brachial plexus injury and a T3 complete spinal cord injury. That's not going to hold me back in accomplishing my dreams.

Elizabeth Kiss

Elizabeth Kiss (pronounced “quiche”) is the eighth president of Agnes Scott College, a national liberal arts college for women in metropolitan Atlanta. Since becoming president of Agnes Scott in 2006, Kiss has led the college in developing Engaging a Wider World, a strategic plan guiding the college through the year 2014, and The Roadmap to 2020, a plan for financial sustainability. Achievements include the launch of Agnes Advantage, supporting study abroad, internships and mentored research; new undergraduate programs in neuroscience, public health, and environmental and sustainability studies; the fielding of the first women’s collegiate varsity lacrosse team in Georgia; and the largest first-year class in college history. Under her leadership, Agnes Scott students have garnered Marshall, Truman and Goldwater scholarships, and the college has been named a “Top Fulbright Producer” with four students awarded Fulbrights in 2012.

Jeffery Tobias Halter

Jeffery Tobias Halter Gender Strategist, Speaker, Author Jeffery Tobias Halter is the country’s leading male expert on advancing women by engaging men. The former Director of Diversity Strategy for The Coca-Cola Company, Jeffery is now the President of YWomen, a strategic consulting firm that helps companies create actionable business plans to help women rise through the ranks. His new book WHY WOMEN - The Leadership Imperative to Advancing Women and Engaging Men is changing the conversation on women’s leadership advancement. @YWomen

Jeffery Tobias Halter

Jeffery Tobias Halter Gender Strategist, Speaker, Author Jeffery Tobias Halter is the country’s leading male expert on advancing women by engaging men. The former Director of Diversity Strategy for The Coca-Cola Company, Jeffery is now the President of YWomen, a strategic consulting firm that helps companies create actionable business plans to help women rise through the ranks. His new book WHY WOMEN - The Leadership Imperative to Advancing Women and Engaging Men is changing the conversation on women’s leadership advancement. @YWomen

Libby Wagner

Libby Wagner, poet, author and speaker, is one of the only former poetry professors warmly invited into the boardroom. Libby is a trusted advisor for presidents, CEOs and executive directors, and her work has shaped the cultures of numerous Fortune 500 clients, including The Boeing Company, Nike, Philips, SAP, Diageo and Costco. Using her unique approach, Libby helps executives create dramatic, memorable impact so they confidently lead their organizations toward innovative horizons. Working with Libby includes diving into the extraordinary: she has the uncanny ability to help you select exactly the language you need to communicate in ways you’ve never done before.

Lisa McLeod

Lisa Earle McLeod is best known for creating the popular business concept "Noble Purpose." Recognized internationally. Lisa is a sought after keynote speaker, and sales leadership consultant who is the author of the bestselling book, Selling with Noble Purpose. Companies such as Apple, Kimberly-Clark, Pfizer, and Google hire her to help them increase revenue, accelerate sales, improve competitive differentiation, improve sales culture, and ignite customer engagement.

Susan Booth

Susan joined the Alliance Theatre in 2001, and has initiated the Collision Project for teens, the Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition, created local producing partnerships and has overseen regional collaborative productions as well as commercial partnerships on projects including Ghost Brothers of Darkland County; The Color Purple; Bring It On: The Musical; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee; Sister Act: The Musical; Bring in da’ Noise, Bring in da’ Funk; and Jesus Christ Superstar GOSPEL. As a director, she has worked nationally at theatres including the Goodman, La Jolla Playhouse, New York Stage and Film, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Northlight Theatre, Victory Gardens, Court Theatre and many others.

Valerie Montgomery Rice

Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice is the first woman President of the Morehouse School of Medicine. This renowned infertility specialist and researcher has decades of experience in patient care and medical research. She is also the founder of the Center for Women’s Health Research at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee. The Center is one of the nation’s first research centers devoted to studying diseases that disproportionately impact women of color. With degrees from Georgia Institute of Technology and Harvard Medical School, Dr. Montgomery Rice has raised millions of dollars for research. @MSMpres