The MAKERS Conference is a global leadership event that brings together more than 600 of the most powerful names in business, entertainment, tech and finance to explore ways to accelerate women’s equality. Each year, this three-day experience provides the inspiration that moves people to action via provocative conversations, compelling storytelling and onstage pledges to advance change.
Yahoo Lifestyle & MAKERS
Senior Editor & Writer
Exposure Skate
Skateboarder & Co-Founder
Sol Graffiti, Inc.
Poet & Co-Founder
PolicyLink
Founder in Residence
Hollywood Commission
Chair
Kairos Group
Operating Partner & Entrepreneur
23andMe
CEO & Co-Founder
Ghana Bamboo Bike Initiative
Founder & CEO
Tami Erwin, Executive Vice President & Group CEO, Verizon Business, kicks off the 2020 MAKERS Conference
Tami Erwin, Executive Vice President & Group CEO, Verizon Business, kicks off the 2020 MAKERS Conference
Dyllan McGee, Founder & Executive Producer, MAKERS, welcomes guests to the 2020 MAKERS Conference
Kathrine Switzer, Athlete, Author & Advocate, reflects on being the first woman to officially enter the Boston Marathon and how defining moments can change your life
SPECIAL PERFORMANCE: Members of the Together Live Tour — Jennifer Rudolph Walsh, Cameron Esposito, Amena Brown, Sabrina Jalees, Connie Lim (MILCK) and The War & Treaty — will present a portion of the traveling event, where a diverse group of artists and performers prove the power of sharing personal narratives
Michael and Tanya Trotter, who perform and record as The War & Treaty, sing live
Ella Bell Smith, Professor, Tuck School of Business, introduces the concept of being a “diplomatic warrior”
Guru Gowrappan, CEO, Verizon Media, opens the MAKERS Family Dinner
Katie Couric, Journalist & Founder, Katie Couric Media, hosts the MAKERS Primary with Lydia Polgreen, Editor-in-Chief, HuffPost, and Brittany Shepherd, National Politics Reporter, Yahoo News
Nurys Castillo, Social Media Producer, Yahoo Lifestyle & Entertainment, introduces Jenny Yang
Jenny Yang, Comedian, Writer, Actor & Host, closes the evening with stand-up comedy
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MAKERS MOMENT in partnership with lululemon: Samantha Gash, Global Ambassador, lululemon, sets the tone for day two with an intentionality moment
Lori Bongiorno, General Manager, Yahoo News, Lifestyle, Entertainment & MAKERS, on how Verizon Media collaborated with the Women’s Prison Association — and how partner companies can (and should!) too
Joanna Barsh, Director Emerita & Senior Advisor, McKinsey & Company, gives her annual state of the union on women in the workplace and reveals new findings from the MAKERS On the Front Line study
Willie Jackson, Keynote Speaker, Consultant & Facilitator, ReadySet, unpacks how to successfully undertake allyship at work and beyond
Gabby Rivera, Author & Creator, talks about bringing multi-dimensional characters to the mainstream
Ja’Nay Hawkins, Senior Partnerships Manager, MAKERS, introduces Part 1 of the MAKERS@ Board of Directors Pledges
Glory Edim, Founder, Well-Read Black Girl, discusses creating space for black women in the literary world and why seeking different perspectives can change your life
Judy Blume, Author, talks to Chelsea Handler, Activist, Best-Selling Author & Comedian, about the lasting impact of her coming-of-age books, the 50th anniversary of Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret and the power of telling it like it is
Meredith Kopit Levien, Chief Operating Officer, New York Times, shares the leadership lessons that she discovered while leading a company through a seismic shift
Wanjiku “Wawa” Gatheru and Tokata Iron Eyes, Environmental Justice Activists, talk to Stephanie Shepherd, Entrepreneur & Activist, about how Generation Z is saving the planet — and changing the world
Bernice Dapaah, Founder & CEO, Ghana Bamboo Bike Initiative, chats with Megan Smith, 3rd U.S. Chief CTO & CEO, shift7, about the intersection of business and sustainability (and unveils a special surprise)
Rebecca Traister, Journalist & Author, on why it’s not only OK for women to be “good and mad” today — it’s vital
Katie Hill, Former Member of Congress & Advocate, sits down with Lydia Polgreen to discuss the call to action for women and millennials that this moment requires and what’s next in her career
Cynthia “Cynt” Marshall, CEO, Dallas Mavericks, explains how owning your authentic self and bringing it to the workplace can transform corporate cultures
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Kimberlé Crenshaw, Professor of Law, UCLA & Columbia Law School, Executive Director of African American Policy Forum, breaks down the pivotal role of intersectionality in the workplace
Anita Hill, Chair, Hollywood Commission, shares with Willow Bay, Dean, USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, her mission to disrupt Hollywood’s status quo
MAKERS MOMENT in partnership with Verizon and P&G: Diego Scotti, Chief Marketing Officer, Verizon, Marc Pritchard, Chief Brand Officer, P&G and Sara Saunders, Associate Brand Director, P&G’s Secret Deodorant, unveil an exciting upcoming project in collaboration with MAKERS
Amelia Brodka, Skateboarder & Co-Founder, Exposure Skate, and Sky Brown, Professional Skateboarder & Surfer, join Tony Hawk, Legendary Skateboarder, to discuss skateboarding’s epic transformation into an Olympic sport — and what it feels like for Sky, 11, to be the the youngest competitor at the 2020 Summer Games
MAKERS MOMENT in partnership with lululemon: Celeste Burgoyne, EVP, Americas & Global Guest Innovation, lululemon, and Nicole Phillips, Regional Manager, lululemon, on how the company’s inclusive parental leave program empowers employees to transition back into the workplace
Anne Wojcicki, CEO & Co-Founder, 23andMe, chats with Anne Fulenwider, Entrepreneur & Operating Partner, Kairos Group, about the intersection of technology, data and healthcare
#NOTDONE Pledges Part 2: MAKERS@ Board of Directors on how they will lead their companies in 2020 in order to achieve equality in the workplace
Yvonne Orji, Actress on “Insecure,” Comedian & Author, plans to make the audience laugh with her candid views on faith, inclusivity and manifesting your best life
Olivia Wilde, Actress, Director & Activist, talks to Katie Couric about her directorial debut Booksmart and bringing authentic women’s stories to the big screen
Special screening of The Glorias: Get a first look at the feature film based on Gloria Steinem’s bestselling autobiography My Life on the Road, starring Alicia Vikander and Julianne Moore, and directed by Julie Taymor
Following the screening, Gloria Steinem, Author & Activist, Julie Taymor, Director, “The Glorias,” and Lorraine Toussaint, Actress, sit down with Billy Eichner, Actor & Comedian, to talk about the forthcoming movie
MAKERS MOMENT in partnership with lululemon: Dr. Chelsea Jackson Roberts, Ph.D., Global Yoga Ambassador, lululemon & Founder, Yoga Literature Art Camp for Teen Girls & Red Clay Yoga, leads a meditation to start day three in the right mindset
Kamilah Newton, Writer, Producer & Activist, asks the audience not to discount the power of hiring justice-involved women through her inspiring personal story of resilience and determination
Mj Rodriguez, Actress & Activist, talks with Monica Lewinsky, Activist, Producer & Vanity Fair Contributor, about her breakout role in the hit show Pose and all it took to get there
Erica Chidi Cohen, CEO & Co-Founder, LOOM, explains why celebrating self-care and body literacy at the workplace is so important
Thando Hopa, Diversity Advocate & International Model, on how othering, intersectionality and multiple identities impact diversity and inclusion when it comes to representation
MAKERS MOMENT in partnership with SK-II: YoeGin Chang, Brand Director, SK-II Japan, calls out one of the only places where competition has become toxic: beauty
Cathy Engelbert, Commissioner, Women’s National Basketball Association, chats with Stephanie Mehta, Editor-in-Chief, Fast Company, about how the new groundbreaking collective bargaining agreement reached with the WNBPA is just step one in her plan to change the game for women in sports
Tina Tchen, President & CEO, TIME’S UP, talks about building boundless workplaces for all and what’s next for TIME’S UP
MAKERS MOMENT in partnership with PricewaterhouseCoopers: Shannon Schuyler, Principal, Chief Purpose & Inclusion Officer, PwC, shares her personal journey in her new role helping shape and grow PwC’s diversity efforts
#NOTDONE Pledges Part 3: MAKERS@ Board of Directors on how they will change the game for women at their companies in 2020 — and beyond
Angela Glover Blackwell, Founder in Residence, PolicyLink, leads the audience through an empathy-building session on microaggressions and how companies understanding them is integral to diversity and inclusion
Dyllan McGee and Ella Bell Smith close out the Main Stage portion of the conference
Eliminating Racial Microaggressions to Build Cooperation with Angela Glover Blackwell
Allyship at Work and Beyond with Willie Jackson
MAKERS WORKSHOP presented by Facebook: Leading Conscious Change with Alexis Robin and Gretchen Pisano
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MAKERS@ is our corporate partnership program that connects and inspires executives at the forefront of equality initiatives, impacting real change at work and beyond. To learn more, please contact partners@makers.com
Tracy Keim
VP, Consumer Marketing and Brand
Katie Juran
Senior Director, Diversity & Inclusion
Sheila Shekar Pollak
Chief Marketing Officer
Kathryn Brown
Managing Director
Deirdre Bigley
Global Chief Marketing Officer
Meera Krishnamurthy
Senior Vice President and Strategic Business Unit leader for Insurance, North America
Kasha Cacy
Global Chief Executive Officer
Michelle Klein
VP Global Customer Marketing