2017 Diversity Leadership Forum Agenda

Sheeran is former Vice Chair of the World Economic Forum, which hosts the annual Davos and Davos in China gathering of world leaders. In this position, she helped advance global initiatives and global, regional and industry agendas such as Grow Africa, which has attracted $4 billion in investment commitments to end hunger and malnutrition in Africa. She recently served at the Harvard Kennedy School as a Fisher Fellow in the Future of Diplomacy.

Prior to her tenure at the World Economic Forum, Sheeran was executive director of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), appointed by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan in 2006. There she was responsible for managing the world's largest humanitarian organization, leading a team of 13,000 people in more than 70 countries, and managing an annual budget of more than $3 billion — including $1 billion in Asia.

Under Sheeran's leadership, the WFP increased its donor base to more than 100 nations, and became the first global institution to include the so-called BRIC countries and the Gulf States among its top 10 donors. She put in place historic reforms of food aid, helping cut the cycle of hunger and malnutrition by purchasing nutritious food directly from developing world farmers. She also instituted emergency protocols that helped the WFP improve its ability to save lives and livelihoods in disasters and emergencies, most notably in Pakistan, the Philippines, Afghanistan, Haiti and in the Horn of Africa.

Sheeran has held senior positions in the U.S. government, and in those positions she conducted high-level diplomacy with virtually every nation in Asia. As U.S. Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs, she led new State Department initiatives which supported economic transformation and reconstruction in Afghanistan and Central Asia and with APEC and ASEAN. Earlier she served for five years as deputy U.S. trade representative, conducting negotiations across Asia, including with China, Australia, Singapore, India, Korea, and Japan.

In 2011, Forbes named Sheeran the world's 30th most powerful woman; Foreign Policy has listed her among its top 100 women on Twitter; and Sheeran's TED Talk on ending world hunger has been viewed more than one million times.

Sheeran is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and has served on its Washington Advisory Board. She has received several honors for her leadership in the fight against hunger and malnutrition: she was awarded Japan's Niigata International Food Award; named Commandeur de l'Ordre du Mérite Agricole by the government of France; and received Brazil's highest civilian award, the Grand Official Order of the 'Rio Branco,' from President Lula Da Silva. Sheeran was also honored by the Huffington Post with its "Game Changer" award in 2011, along with Liberian President Ellen Sirleaf Johnson and economist Esther Duflo.

Mr. Reid also leads a vital platform for businesses to discuss Asian diversity and talent issues at the Diversity Leadership Forum. His team successfully yields the support, funding, marketing, development and overall experience for the annual event. Now in its 7th year, Mr. Reid created the Asia Pacific Americans Corporate Survey in 2010. The survey is the first ever peer-reviewed, published initiative to exclusively measure the leadership success of Asian Pacific Americans in Fortune 500 companies. In his prior role as Director of Corporate Relations, Mr. Reid led corporate membership, sponsorship and stewardship activities for the Society’s New York Center. He also managed the Society’s Global Business Council comprised of senior executives from corporate members. Mr. Reid serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce. For the last five years he collaboratively partnered in this role to provide LGBT entrepreneurs with the essential tools for taking their organizations to the next level of success.

Turner Sports presents premium sporting events including NBA regular season, All-Star and Playoffs coverage, the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship, MLB regular season and Postseason, the PGA Championship, and ELEAGUE professional eSports across TNT, TBS and truTV. In addition to his division-wide responsibilities, Hong oversees the management of various sports businesses and properties including Bleacher Report, NBA TV, NBA Digital, NCAA Digital and March Madness Live, and PGA.com and the Sports Emmy Award-winning PGA Championship Live. Hong joined Turner Sports in 2008 after previous positions at Thomson and AOL. He received a JD with honors from Harvard Law School and a BA in economics from NC State University, where he was the university valedictorian. He is based in Atlanta where he lives with his wife and two children.

Before that he was Foreign Editor for World News Tonight, and a reporter and producer based in Russia, Germany and Thailand. Nagorski was the recipient of eight Emmy awards and the Dupont Award for excellence in international coverage, as well as a fellowship from the Henry Luce Foundation. He has written for several publications and is the author of Miracles on the Water: The Heroic Survivors of a World War II U-Boat Attack. Nagorski lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two children.

He helps ensure the company’s marketing, sales and operations consider and reflect multi-cultural markets and alliances as Marriott continues its aggressive growth throughout the world.

Prior to joining Medtronic, Sophia was the Vice President, Organization Effectiveness and Development, and Global Strategic Diversity and Inclusion at Wells Fargo. Before that, she served as Senior Global Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Manager for 3M Company. She also worked at PepsiAmericas and Wells Fargo Home Mortgage in both diversity and inclusion capacities and HR business partner roles. Sophia earned her bachelor’s degree in American Studies, with a concentration in Economics and Cultural Pluralism, from the University of Minnesota, and a Master of Arts in Human Resource Development with a concentration in Global Organizational Development.

Mr. Reid also leads a vital platform for businesses to discuss Asian diversity and talent issues at the Diversity Leadership Forum. His team successfully yields the support, funding, marketing, development and overall experience for the annual event. Now in its 7th year, Mr. Reid created the Asia Pacific Americans Corporate Survey in 2010. The survey is the first ever peer-reviewed, published initiative to exclusively measure the leadership success of Asian Pacific Americans in Fortune 500 companies. In his prior role as Director of Corporate Relations, Mr. Reid led corporate membership, sponsorship and stewardship activities for the Society’s New York Center. He also managed the Society’s Global Business Council comprised of senior executives from corporate members. Mr. Reid serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce. For the last five years he collaboratively partnered in this role to provide LGBT entrepreneurs with the essential tools for taking their organizations to the next level of success.

Dr. Khan, M.D., is PepsiCo’s Vice Chairman and Chief Scientific Officer of Global Research and Development. In its global portfolio of food and beverage brands, PepsiCo has 22 different brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales. With net revenues of over $63 billion, PepsiCo’s businesses make hundreds of enjoyable foods and beverages that are respected household names around the world. With a strong emphasis on broadening the company’s portfolio of offerings, Dr. Khan sets the priorities for innovation, discovery and development at PepsiCo. He consistently pushes the envelope by introducing new technologies and innovative solutions across the development and production processes—and even the entire crops spectrum. As Chair of PepsiCo’s Sustainability Council, Dr. Khan is driving the transformation of our business guided by three core priorities: Helping to improve health and well-being through the products we sell; protecting our planet; and empowering people around the world. Under Dr. Khan’s stewardship, PepsiCo’s Food For Good (an enterprise within the company that utilizes PepsiCo’s delivery vehicles, warehouse facilities and management skills to make nutrition accessible for low-income families in the U.S.) continues to make a difference in the fight against hunger. Additionally, Dr. Khan strengthens PepsiCo’s global network, reputation and knowledge base by launching research projects with leading universities and technology companies, as well as by spearheading agricultural and nutrition science initiatives. With Dr. Khan’s leadership, the investments PepsiCo has made in R&D are helping drive the company’s business priorities today and the sustainable growth opportunities of tomorrow. For the past four years innovation has accounted for more than 8 percent of our annual net revenue. By continuously aligning dynamic consumer tastes and category development opportunities through seamless, integrated research and innovation, the PepsiCo innovation pipeline is stronger than ever. Prior to joining PepsiCo, Dr. Khan was President, Takeda Global Research & Development Center, overseeing Takeda Pharmaceuticals Company’s worldwide R&D efforts. Previously, Dr. Khan was as a faculty member at the Mayo Clinic and Mayo Medical School in Rochester, Minn., serving as Director of the Diabetes, Endocrine and Nutritional Trials Unit in the endocrinology division. He also spent nine years leading programs in diabetes, endocrinology, metabolism and nutrition for the Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis.

With €20.2 billion ($22.2 billion) in annual revenues globally, Sodexo's 420,000 employees provide more than 100 unique services that improve performance at 32,000 client sites and improve Quality of Life for 75 million consumers every day around the world. Under Dr. Anand’s leadership, Sodexo received the prestigious 2012 Catalyst Award and has ranked in the top ten for eight consecutive years on the DiversityInc business index of Top Companies for Diversity and Inclusion. In addition, The Human Rights Campaign has given Sodexo a 100 percent rating on its Corporate Equality Index for seven years and Sodexo was named Global Sustainability Industry Leader in its sector for the 11th year in a row by the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI). Additionally, Sodexo was ranked as the Industry Leader and best company for Economic, Social and Environmental performance in the benchmark RobecoSAM ‘Sustainability Yearbook 2015’ for nine consecutive years. Today, the Sodexo brand is synonymous with diversity, sustainability and wellness leadership. Sodexo’s remarkable global culture change, led by diversity and inclusion, is featured in a Harvard Business School case study entitled Shifting the Diversity Climate: the Sodexo Solution as well as profiled in several books on global diversity and inclusion. Widely considered a leading expert on organizational change and diversity and inclusion, Dr. Anand has been featured in several articles including in trade magazines as well as in articles published in CNBC, The Boston Globe, The New York Times, and the Washington Post. She has authored several manuals and has been published in numerous trade journals. Dr. Anand has appeared on CNN, Bloomberg and CNN Money as well on National Public Radio. Dr. Anand has been the recipient of many prestigious awards and honors including the Mosaic Woman Leadership Award, the Women’s Foodservice Forum Trailblazer Award, the Maryland International Business Leadership Award, the American Institute for Managing Diversity’s Individual Leader Award, Webster University’s Women of Influence Award, the Who’s Who in Asian American Communities Award (WWAAC) and Ascend’s inaugural Excellence in Diversity & Inclusion award. Dr. Anand received her PhD from the University of Michigan and serves on the boards of several organizations including the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN), Community Wealth Partners, the Catalyst Board of Advisors, the National Organization on Disabilities (NOD) as well as Sodexo’s Stop Hunger Foundation board.

Previously, as one of the key architects of IBM's M&A integration approach and methodology, she helped lead IBM through over 100 transactions as the company transformed from a hardware company to 85% software and services. She then joined McKinsey as a Senior Advisor where she provided insight and guidance to over 150 CEOs and senior executive clients in 30 countries on transformational M&A across all industry sectors including healthcare, information technology, aerospace, automotive and financial services. She is a frequent speaker globally at venues with hundreds of CEO attendees to date across industries.

His role encompasses deepening our understanding of customer needs leveraging technology, data and digital marketing, and helping Prudential’s businesses expand their distribution, analytics, and product portfolio. He leads a team of strategists, product managers, engineers, digital marketers, and data scientists that work collaboratively across the company to serve all our customer segments including institutions, advisors and consumers. Prior to Prudential, Naveen was CEO of Pricelock, a startup helping energy professionals to hedge and transact physical energy contracts. Naveen joined the company at its inception in Silicon Valley and was instrumental in growing the business to multiple billion dollars in transaction volumes. Naveen has deep experience in digitally enabled financial services businesses in both the institutional and consumer space. He was President of E*TRADE Capital Management where he managed E*TRADE's retirement, mutual fund, wealth management, lending, and corporate stock plan business. Naveen has also served as Vice President at SunGard, driving its institutional interest rate and FX derivatives trading and risk management systems business. Naveen brings entrepreneurial, marketing, data and digital expertise to our company and is actively involved with several Silicon Valley technology and Venture Capital firms. Naveen holds an MBA from Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley, CA and Bachelors in Computer Science & Engineering from IT-BHU, Varanasi, India.

Previous roles include Head of Rates & Credit Trading Technology and Head of Markets Electronic Trading Technology at Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley, and Salomon Brothers. Teddy has a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Duke University.

Janice joined GE in September 2015 from Caterpillar, where she spent 9 years leading global organizations. Most recently, Janice was the Director of Procurement for the Construction Industries group. Prior to that, she was the Director of Procurement for the Customer and Dealer Support group (service parts and core components), and the Director of Purchasing for Global Indirect Materials.Before Caterpillar, Janice spent 16 years in the automotive industry, having worked at Ford Motor Company as well as General Motors in strategy, product management, and operations functions. She also spent some time as a management consultant in A.T. Kearney's automotive practice. Janice is a graduate of the University of Michigan, where she received both a Bachelor of Science in Engineering and a Master of Business Administration degree.

Prior to joining Medtronic, Sophia was the Vice President, Organization Effectiveness and Development, and Global Strategic Diversity and Inclusion at Wells Fargo. Before that, she served as Senior Global Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Manager for 3M Company. She also worked at PepsiAmericas and Wells Fargo Home Mortgage in both diversity and inclusion capacities and HR business partner roles. Sophia earned her bachelor’s degree in American Studies, with a concentration in Economics and Cultural Pluralism, from the University of Minnesota, and a Master of Arts in Human Resource Development with a concentration in Global Organizational Development.

During his tenure in the office, Donald has also led the efforts in other areas such as strategy development, business insights, and associate resource groups. Prior to his current role, Donald worked in Wal-Mart’s Information System Division with various technical and analytical positions. Donald also serves as board director of Confucius Institute of University of Central Arkansas, and board director and VP of Chinese Association of Northwest Arkansas. He is also a member of the Wharton Advisory Panel of Executives, University of Pennsylvania, Leadership Board of Diversity MBA Magazine, and Advisory Board of the Talent Management Alliance.

She has been with Colgate Palmolive for almost 17 years, holding a variety of brand management roles with escalating responsibility. She was the Marketing Director of Colgate Palmolive’s Indian subsidiary, based out of Mumbai, where she led marketing for all categories. During her time in the role, Toothbrush and Toothpaste market shares increased. Rekha was Marketing Director, North America Personal Care Innovation where she led a strong pipeline of innovation and embedded innovation competencies and capabilities among the team before her current role. Rekha earned a B.A. in Economics and International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Georgetown University. She is married and has a 12 year old daughter & a 7 year old son and enjoys travelling with her family.

She joined Goldman Sachs in 2007 as a vice president in the ERISA & Benefits Group and was named managing director in 2013. Prior to joining the firm, Suzzanne was an associate in the Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation group at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP. Suzzanne earned a BA from Columbia University and a JD from Harvard Law School.

Shirley was on the working team of the McKinsey Global Institute’s report "The power of parity: How advancing women’s equality can add $12 trillion to global growth." Prior to joining McKinsey, Shirley consulted governments in the Middle East on sustainability and was head of Asia Pacific for a global youth nonprofit.

His first collaboration between app developers and the New York transit authority, the MTA, pioneered transit apps for riders and system operators. Another initiative with the NYC Department of Transportation sourced smartphone technologies helping pedestrians, cyclists and drivers stay alert on crowded urban streets. And in 2015, in honor of the 25th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Neil created AT&T's Connect Ability global innovation contest to source mobile technologies serving people with disabilities. This year Neil is building a collaboration with AT&T and the Tyler Clementi Foundation to produce valuable research surveying teens and parents on Internet safety that includes teen-made films about risky online behavior.

Her responsibilities include enterprise-wide communications regarding Johnson & Johnson innovation and R&D in pharmaceuticals, medical devices and consumer products, as well as medical safety and ethics, domestic and international policy affecting the sciences, and public health. She leads communication for the Office of the Chief Scientific Officer, including the Johnson & Johnson Innovation Centers and the Office of the Chief Medical Officer. As a champion of science and innovation, STEM, global health, and mentorship for women and minorities, she is a frequent guest speaker and lecturer at international forums. Prior to joining the J&J Family of Companies in 2003, Seema was the Chief Communications Officer at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research /Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Center for Genome Research, the flagship center for the Human Genome Project. She played a leadership role in enhancing worldwide public awareness and understanding of Project, the effort to map and sequence the genetic blueprint for a human being. Previously, Seema held positions of increasing leadership at the National Institutes of Health and the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, where she launched and led a variety of initiatives to communicate and position the latest scientific advances and policy implications and STEM initiatives for high school students. Seema is active in many professional affiliations, serves on several external advisory boards and is the author of more than 200 news and feature articles on science and medicine, for which she has won several awards. She holds a master of arts degree in science journalism from the University of Maryland, which included a fellowship at the National Cancer Institute, and a bachelor of science and communication from the University of Maryland, and a bachelor of science in physics from Stella Maris College, in Madras, India. Growing up in India, Seema was taught from an early age by her father, a physicist and an engineer, the importance of a STEM education to advance societal innovation and to her own career development. Today, Seema lives in New Jersey with her husband and teenage son. In her free time, she enjoys healthy cooking, reading and spending time with friends and family.

Previously, Phil was a managing director on the Prime Brokerage Sales team in New York. Phil joined Goldman Sachs in 2008 as a vice president in Global Securities Services and was named managing director in 2013. Prior to joining the firm, Phil worked at Lehman Brothers in New York on the Prime Services Origination team and at Wells Fargo in San Francisco, where he completed the Leadership Development Program. Phil served on the Board of Trustees of the Portledge School in Locust Valley, New York from 2010 to 2015 as treasurer, a member of the Executive Committee and chair of the Finance Committee. Phil earned a BBA from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University in 2002.

In 2015, Chevron received the prestigious Catalyst Award for innovative organizational approaches in the advancement of women. Chevron has also received top awards from the Human Rights Campaign, Business Insider, and Glassdoor for being a top employer. From 2004-2010, Shariq served as President of Chevron Global Marketing where he led Chevron's fuels marketing, commercial and industrial marketing, and convenience retailing operations across 65 countries for the company’s three world class brands (Chevron, Texaco and Caltex). He has also served as President of Chevron Global Lubricants, Corporate Vice President of Caltex, President, Texaco Lubricants and as Vice President supporting Chevron’s CEO & Chairman on the National Petroleum Council) ‘Future Fuels’ Study.

Yrthya is a tri-sector professional with a great dedication to her community. Her contributions have earned her a number of recognitions including: 2011 Capitol 40 under 40 Rising Stars in Politics; El Diario/La Prensa’s Latinas Destacadas 2011 Award; a fellowship award by the Robert Bosch Foundation in 2004. She also served as a member of the Governor’s Taskforce for Minority/Women Business Enterprises and a member of the New York State Procurement Council.

She is a member of BNY Mellon’s Senior Leadership Team and is the company’s representative to the Global Talent and Diversity Council of the Asia Society. She serves on the boards of the BNY Mellon Foundation (New York) and the BNY Mellon Foundation of South Western Pennsylvania. She oversees the company’s corporate social responsibility, philanthropy and social investing areas and manages the corporate art collection. Previously, Jyoti served as the global leader for communications and public relations at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, where she was responsible for external relations, executive and internal communications. Jyoti worked at Merrill Lynch from 1998 until 2009, where she was Managing Director and head of communications for the Americas and the Global Banking divisions. She launched her career at the United Nations and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Jyoti was born and raised in London, England. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Honors degree in Journalism from New York University. She completed the Securities Industry Institute at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania in 2002. She holds an MBA with distinction from the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. She is presently a member of the Diversity Advisory Board for Toyota Motor North America.

Before that he was Foreign Editor for World News Tonight, and a reporter and producer based in Russia, Germany and Thailand. Nagorski was the recipient of eight Emmy awards and the Dupont Award for excellence in international coverage, as well as a fellowship from the Henry Luce Foundation. He has written for several publications and is the author of Miracles on the Water: The Heroic Survivors of a World War II U-Boat Attack. Nagorski lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two children.

Previously he was at CNN Worldwide, where he became the first Asian American male in U.S. history to anchor a daily national cable news program. In the 2000s, Lui reported from Asia during an increasingly heated political climate, when two Muslim countries in Southeast Asia had a leadership shift. Lui also reported on Taiwan’s controversial election between pro- and anti- China political parties. He was at Channel NewsAsia, an English-only news network in 20 countries and territories. In addition, with over 20 years in the tech industry, Lui co-patented and founded a global bank-centric payments carve-out with Citibank. He currently helps a Silicon Valley artificial intelligence firm, and sits on four boards of directors and advisers. Business Insider named him one of 21 careers to watch and Twitter Counter ranks him in the top 1 percent. Lui has received civil rights awards from the National Education Association, Advancing Justice, and AAJA. He is also a policy fellow at the University of California, Riverside, UN Women Spokesperson, U.S. State Department traveling speaker, and ambassador for several gender equality and human trafficking NGOs.

Before joining Asia Society, Davies spent four years at Microsoft as a Business Development Manager and Senior Solution Specialist for Microsoft's Public Sector Services business unit. In this role, Davies was responsible for developing and evangelizing a portfolio of collaboration and accountability solutions that contributed to over $300M in annual sales of public sector IT services in the United States. Davies also contributed to the development of Microsoft's Global Public Sector Services Center of Excellence in Singapore. Prior to her time at Microsoft, Davies worked as the International Trade Specialist at the American Chamber of Commerce in Bangkok, Thailand, advising numerous multinational companies on their investment strategies throughout Southeast Asia. She has also served as an advisor to the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong and the Asia-Pacific Council of American Chambers of Commerce.

Davies served earlier in her career as Director of Planning and Outreach to U.S. Trade Representative Robert B. Zoellick, working with the business community and other key constituencies to promote the global trade agenda of the United States and numerous international partners. During this period, free trade agreements were launched or concluded with the nations of Australia, Bahrain, Chile, Jordan, Morocco, Oman, Singapore, and the nations of Central America. Davies then served as Special Policy Assistant for International Economic and Development Issues to Mr. Zoellick when he was appointed Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of State.

Davies holds an MBA from the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business and a BA from the University of Maryland, College Park. She lives in Manhattan.

He has led numerous engagements relating to project management, business process re-engineering, requirements definition, systems design, systems development and implementation, information security, pre- and post-implementation reviews, IV&V/quality assurance, and internal and external technology auditing. He specializes in project management and management of risks related to large IT projects in the public sector, including financial/ERP, health and human services, and pension systems. Manolet focuses on the public sector and serves as KPMG's State & Local IT Consulting leader. He is a national cochair of KPMG's Asian Pacific Islander Network and a member of KPMG's Diversity Advisory Board.

Amy joined Telstra in 2003 as the US General Counsel and Head of Human Resources. Prior to joining Telstra, Amy worked for AT&T as a lawyer in its Business Servicers division. In her eight years at AT&T, she supported a variety of AT&T's data and Internet-related businesses and advised on acquisitions and divestitures, sales, procurement, software licensing and establishing joint venture arrangements. She started her career at Debevoise & Plimpton in New York, working primarily on mergers and acquisitions for media companies. Amy holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and History from University of Pennsylvania and a Doctor of Law from Columbia University School of Law.

As the former vice president of global workplace initiatives, and the corporate officer for Colgate-Palmolive, Philip led the company’s human resources efforts to create a diverse and effective workforce. Before joining Colgate-Palmolive, Philip acquired HR expertise at Procter & Gamble. He also was the vice president of human resources at Digital Equipment and the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority. Currently, Philip serves as the vice chairman of the Board of Trustees for the City University of New York (CUNY) where he is responsible for the 24 public colleges within New York City. Philip is also the acting chair of the CUNY Construction Fund. Philip’s educational background includes an M.B.A. from Xavier University, an M.S.W. from Columbia University, a B.A. in Sociology from Queens College, and an A.A. in Marketing from Manhattan Community College. Philip resides in Manhattan with his wife and has two children – a son and a daughter.

Previously he was at CNN Worldwide, where he became the first Asian American male in U.S. history to anchor a daily national cable news program. In the 2000s, Lui reported from Asia during an increasingly heated political climate, when two Muslim countries in Southeast Asia had a leadership shift. Lui also reported on Taiwan’s controversial election between pro- and anti- China political parties. He was at Channel NewsAsia, an English-only news network in 20 countries and territories. In addition, with over 20 years in the tech industry, Lui co-patented and founded a global bank-centric payments carve-out with Citibank. He currently helps a Silicon Valley artificial intelligence firm, and sits on four boards of directors and advisers. Business Insider named him one of 21 careers to watch and Twitter Counter ranks him in the top 1 percent. Lui has received civil rights awards from the National Education Association, Advancing Justice, and AAJA. He is also a policy fellow at the University of California, Riverside, UN Women Spokesperson, U.S. State Department traveling speaker, and ambassador for several gender equality and human trafficking NGOs.

He helps ensure the company’s marketing, sales and operations consider and reflect multi-cultural markets and alliances as Marriott continues its aggressive growth throughout the world.

His responsibilities include partnering with his Legal, Compliance, and Administration customers to understand their business needs and translating those needs into functional and technical capabilities that can be delivered within an IT solution. He also provides thought leadership throughout projects and is an engaged mentor and coach to other analysts. Mr. Chen holds an Undergraduate and Graduate degree from Virginia Tech in the field of Information Technology and has over 10 years of business and systems analysis experience, with over 6 years of experience in the mortgage industry. Mr. Chen joined Freddie Mac in 2006 and has supported the delivery of IT solutions across various lines of business including I&CM, Multifamily, Legal, Compliance and various units within the Administration division. Additionally, he has had several years of IT consulting experience supporting clients in the Federal Sector. Kevin is also very passionate about promoting Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace and has successfully led several programs as a core team member of Freddie Mac’s Rising Leaders and ASIAN Employee Resource Group (ERG).

In 2014 she was listed as one of Glamour Magazine's '35 Women Under 35 Who are Changing the Tech Industry’ and in 2015 as one of AskMen’s ‘Top 99 Outstanding Women’. And in 2016 year as Hispanicize’s STEM Star. Previously Rebecca was a Developer at Do Something, CTO of Greatist, a health, fitness and wellness media startup, a Developer Evangelist at Squarespace, empowering people to build their ideas on the web. Currently she is a Program Manager at Microsoft within Civic Tech & Innovation for Tech Jobs Academy. She has been featured in Forbes, NY Times, Glamour, NBC Latino, and Latina Magazine.

Bondy joined HBO as a senior counsel in March 2004 and was promoted to vice president & senior counsel in September 2007, and vice president, legal affairs in May 2010. Previously, she was at Time Warner Interactive Video Group, Inc., where she was vice president, Legal Affairs, from January 2002 to February 2004, functioning as general counsel for Mystro TV, a start-up funded by Time Warner to develop and commercialize a networked digital video recorder and on demand cable television service. From March 1998 to December 2001, she was an associate counsel at Time Inc., responsible for legal matters in the new media, information technology and Business 2.0 (a technology and business magazine) groups. Bondy also worked as an associate (September 1994-March 1998) and summer associate (March 1992-August 1992) at Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner LLP, where she handled legal matters for a variety of companies in the media, financial services, technology and telecommunications areas. She began her career at PC Magazine as an assistant, supporting its national advertising and sales representatives. She has published articles in the New York Law Journal, Multimedia & Web Strategist, Entertainment and Sports Lawyer and the Brooklyn Journal of International Law, and has delivered speeches/lectures at the Practicing Law Institute, The Copyright Society of the USA, New York Country Lawyer’s Association, Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the School of Visual Arts. Bondy has a BA in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania and a JD from Brooklyn Law School. She has received the Distinguished Alumni of the Year award from Brooklyn Law School’s Asian American Law Students Association in 2000, and its Brooklyn Entertainment Sports Law Association in 2016. Meeka is executive sponsor for MOSAIC, the Asian-American business resource group at HBO, and has served on the board of the New York chapter of WICT (Women in Cable Telecommunications) as Programming Chair and incoming Secretary. She is an alumnus of the Betsy Magness Leadership Institute, Class 22. She lives in New York City with her husband and three children, and enjoys Shaolin Kung Fu, hiking, skiing, swimming, yoga, cooking and reading.

After graduating magna cum laude from UC Davis with a degree in managerial economics, and concurrently graduating from the Sacramento Entrepreneurship Academy, Naeem joined Intel Corporation where he held several Operational Finance and Strategic Planning roles. In 2008, Naeem joined Salesforce.com and held several roles there, culminating in his position as Sr. Director of Finance & Strategy where he led the company's long range planning, supported all M&A activity, and led Finance & Strategy for Salesforce.com's acquired standalone businesses. Naeem joined Square in 2012, leading several functions for that company, and most recently served as the Head of Finance & Strategy, Investor Relations, and Risk. Naeem played a critical role in taking Square public in Nov, 2015, while also leading Square to all-time best performance levels on key operational metrics like transaction and advance (risk) loss. Naeem joined Boxed in July of 2016, and currently lives in Jersey City, NJ with his wife Cerena.

Omar's background has been healthcare focused, starting with patient throughput consulting at Huron Consulting and, most recently, serving as the VP of Business Development at VisiQuate, an enterprise Business Intelligence company focusing on clinical, operational and financial analytics within the Healthcare space.

His team supports the innovation process from ideation through prototyping and business case development, both developing new concepts and determining which opportunities make the most sense for MasterCard to pursue/incubate. Prior to joining MasterCard, Mr. Sheldon held various positions at eBay Enterprise, including head of growth programs and head of strategy. At eBay, he led a team of e-commerce and digital marketing experts working closely with important retailers. Previously, Mr. Sheldon held a number of consulting, marketing and strategy positions at Ogilvy, BBH, Oracle and Price Waterhouse at increasing levels of responsibility. He was a founding partner at Customer Portfolios, a database marketing company in Boston, leading their strategy and analytic efforts. Mr. Sheldon graduated from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelors of Science degree in Economics.

She coauthored two Harvard Business Review articles, as well as two Harvard Business Review Research Reports including The Athena Factor: Reversing the Brain Drain in Science, Engineering and Technology and The Sponsor Effect. Prior to CTI, Karen worked in publishing and marketing in the U.S. and Australia and she taught English in Japan. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from the University of Maryland and an MBA from Fordham University.