Theme: It's About Time

TEDxStLouisWomen is the largest thought leadership event in St. Louis. In association with global TEDWomen, this one-day conference about the power of women and girls to be creators and change-makers is sure to spark some of TEDx's most iconic moments yet. Our program of speakers, and daring discussions, center on the ideas important to our community and the world at large.

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TEDxStLouisWomen Executive Panel

Clio Knowles, the VP of People for Virgin Hotels, where she develops a culture that focuses on the Virgin Hotels brand values and celebrates their people. Vicki Felker is Vice President of the Market Development Organization at Nestlé Purina PetCare Company. As Vice President, Diversity, Inclusion and Corporate Giving, Susan Stith is responsible for steering Express Script’s diversity and inclusion strategy and guiding the organization’s philanthropic and community outreach strategy and initiatives. Julie Stackhouse, is Executive Vice President and Managing Officer of Supervision, Credit, Community Development and Learning Innovation for the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

Anne Grady

Expert in Organizational Communication

Anne Grady, Speaker/Author/Communication & Leadership Consultant Anne Grady is an internationally recognized speaker and author who shares humor, humility, refreshing honesty, and practical strategies that can be applied both personally and professionally. Anne puts a comedic spin on the term “human behaviorist”. Her expertise is growing talent, offering up timely solutions and building subtle, yet sustainable, change in teams and organizations. Anne will take you out of your comfort zone and then lift the bar on personal and professional learning and development—all while keeping you laughing while you are learning! Her work has been featured in Harvard Business Review, Entrepreneur and Inc. magazines, CNN, and Fox Business. Anne faces adversity head on and shares her personal toolkit for building courage and resilience. With a master’s degree in organizational communication and more than 20 years of experience, working side-by-side with industry gurus, political and educa

Brittany Packnett

Executive Director, Teach for America St. Louis

Brittany was raised in a tradition of social justice in St. Louis. Today, Brittany works as an education executive and activist for racial and social equity. An alum of both Washington University in St. Louis and American University, Brittany has been an elementary teacher, legislative staffer, education policy advocate, and executive director of Teach For America–St. Louis. Under her leadership, TFA–STL dramatically evolved, launching a local institute, increasing fundraising and diversity, and investing in culturally responsive pedagogy for the 20,000 students in corps member and alumni classrooms. Today, Brittany serves as Teach For America’s vice president of National Community Alliances. Catalyzed by the death of Michael Brown, Brittany is a Ferguson protestor and is honored to serve on President Obama’s 21st Century Policing Task Force and the Ferguson Commission, helping bring protestor voice to policy change in the wake of Ferguson. In 2015, Brittany helped launch Campaig

Jeffery Tobias Halter

Gender Strategist, Author

Jeffery Tobias Halter is the President of YWomen, a strategic consulting company focused on engaging men in women’s leadership issues. YWomen focuses on driving actionable business plans and strategies to help organizations create Integrated Women’s Leadership Strategies. Jeffery is the former Director of Diversity Strategy for The Coca-Cola Company. Jeffery is author of two books, WHY WOMEN, The Leadership Imperative to Advancing Women and Engaging Men and Selling to Men, Selling to Women. He has appeared as a panelist at the World Diversity Leadership Summit at Harvard University and led workshops at the Global Summit of Women in Athens, Greece. He is a contributing writer to the Huffington Post, the New York Daily News and Working Mother magazine. His clients include two Catalyst Award winning companies, The Coca-Cola Company and Kimberly Clark, as well as dozens of other Fortune 500 companies. He has led best practice work with companies such as McD

Juliette Powell

Media Entrepreneur, Author

With a life’s mission to help make meaning of our digital lives, Juliette Powell is a media entrepreneur, a community catalyst and the author of 33 Million People in the Room, How to Run A Successful Business Using Social Networking, Financial Times Press). Drawing on a decade of experience in integrated media including TV, mobile and social media, as well as first hand experience as the co-founder of The Gathering Think Tank, an innovation forum that connects technology, science, entertain­ment, and business communities, Powell identifies the patterns and practices of successful business leaders who bank on social technology, communications and data to win. Her live commentary on NBC, CNN, ABC and BBC and powerful presentations at institutions like The Economist, Harvard and MIT emerged from her lifelong interest in community-building combined with a deep knowledge of the people, technologies and business practices at the forefront of connected society. Powell’s consulting servi

Lindsey Pollak

Millennial Advocate, Bestselling Author

Lindsey Pollak is widely recognized as the leading voice on millennials in the workplace. Often called a “translator,” Lindsey advises both young professionals looking to succeed in today’s work environment and the organizations that want to recruit, retain and engage them. She is the New York Times bestselling author of Becoming the Boss: New Rules for the Next Generation of Leaders and Getting from College to Career: Your Essential Guide to Succeeding in the Real World. Lindsey’s consulting clients and keynote speaking audiences have included over 200 corporations, conferences and universities, including Barclays, Citi, Estee Lauder, GE, Lazard, LinkedIn, Yale, Harvard, Wharton and MIT. Her advice and opinions have appeared in such media outlets as The TODAY Show, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNN and NPR. Lindsey’s passion for supporting young people goes back to her student days as a dorm RA at Yale University. She also holds a Master’s degree in women’s studies from

Terri Trespicio

Writer, Speaker, Stand-Up Comic

Terri Trespicio is a New York–based content/branding expert, writer, speaker—and stand-up comic. A former senior editor and radio host at Martha Stewart, she has appeared on the Today show, Dr. Oz, The Early Show, The Martha Stewart Show and The Anderson Cooper Show. Her work has appeared in Jezebel, XOJane, Marie Claire, Prevention, MindBodyGreen, and DailyWorth, and her essay, “The Rules of Boxball” won first place in the Baltimore Review’s 2016 literary contest. She earned her M.F.A. in writing from Emerson College, and her popular TED talk, “Stop Searching for Your Passion,” has earned more than a million hits. She’s also the co-creator of Lights Camera Expert, an online program for experts seeking to grow their media careers. She lives in Manhattan. More at territrespicio.com.

Therese Huston

Psychologist, Author

Therese Huston, Ph.D. is looking to change the conversation about women as decision-makers. The New York Times calls her book, How Women Decide: What’s True, What’s Not, and What Strategies Spark the Best Choices (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016) “required reading on Wall Street.” Therese is a cognitive scientist at Seattle University, where she helps intelligent people make smart choices. She’s written for the New York Times, Harvard Business Review and The Guardian, and her work has been featured on NPR. Her first book, Teaching What You Don’t Know, was published by Harvard University Press and has made the common university practice of teaching outside one’s expertise a lot more manageable. O! Oprah’s Magazine listed How Women Decide in their “21 Books for Your Summer Reading List” for 2016, and Forbes Magazine featured an interview with Therese. Therese received her BA from Carleton College, a PhD in Cognitive Psychology from Carnegie Mellon University, and a prestigious post