Isisara Bey is a corporate affairs and fundraising consultant.  Prior to June 2007, she was the Vice President of Corporate Affairs for SONY BMG Music Entertainment, managing the company’s corporate philanthropy, strategic non-profit and community relationships and employee enhancement activities.  Isisara has a distinctive track record combining a uniquely innovative philanthropic vision with best in class execution on a range of sophisticated projects

Recent corporate awards include the Woman of Power & Grace from the African American Business Hall of Fame & Museum; 30 Women Making a Difference from the Veritas Foundation, and Contributions in Leadership from the National Council of Negro Women. 

Lorraine Brock is Vice President of Diverse Markets for Nationwide Insurance.  Lorraine is responsible for Nationwide’s multi-functional business strategy to acquire and retain business in urban and diverse markets. She has worked in the insurance industry for more than 25 years and has held various leadership positions in field and staff functions. 

Reneé Brown, WNBA Chief of Basketball Operations and Player Relations, oversees all player scouting and acquisition for the league as well as the administration of player-related policies and programs. In addition, she is responsible for overseeing the policies for all on-court basketball operations. Brown joined the WNBA in September 1996 as Director of Player Personnel and was promoted to Senior Director in October 1999. She was named Vice President in March 2000.                                                                               
                                                                                              
During the 1995-96 season, Brown served as an assistant coach to Tara VanDerveer for the gold medal-winning USA Basketball Women’s National Team in Colorado Springs, where she helped with game preparation, player conditioning and scouting. She currently serves on the Executive Committee for USA Basketball, as the Vice President for the Senior Women’s Programs for 2000-2004. 

Trenesa Stanford-Danuser is the Vice President, Global Communications for Origins Natural Resources, a division of The Estée Lauder Companies. 

Since early 2004, her highly creative and strategic communications acumen has led the Brand’s global media interactions launching well-known franchises such as the delectable, trend-leading cocoa therapy™ and the groundbreaking integrative skin-care philosophy of Dr. Andrew Weil for Origins™. Her global strategy development and communications responsibilities span the 27 countries and territories where Origins is sold, including Japan, Hong Kong, Spain, France, Australia and the United Kingdom. 

Donna DeBerry is founder of DRP International, where she consults industry leaders on diversity and event management issues. She has been described as a trailblazer, pioneer and the “Diversity Go-To-Person” since her meteoric rise through the ranks of Wyndham International, where she formerly served as Executive Vice President of Wyndham International. 

Donna’s success has been featured in some of America’s top rated print, electronic and broadcast media, including such magazines as Fortune, Time, Essence, Black Enterprise, Diversity Inc., Savoy Professional, Today's Dallas Women, and Black Meetings & Tourism.

Sharon Epperson, a veteran broadcast and print journalist with more than 15 years experience with national media outlets, has been a correspondent at CNBC since 1996.   Sharon has been given numerous accolades for her work. In October 2005, she was presented the Vanguard Award for her distinguished career in business and personal finance reporting by the National Urban League Guild, she received a First Place Award for News Commentary from the New York Association of Black Journalists in February 2005, and in June 2003, she received the Trailblazer of the Year Award from that organization. She has also garnered the All-Star Award from the Association of Women in Communications.

Corliss Fong is the Operating Vice President for Diversity Management for Federated Department Stores.  She is responsible, with the company’s Chief Diversity Officer, for developing and directing the company’s diversity strategy and initiatives to reach department, division, and corporate goals. Prior to being promoted to her current role, Corliss was Director, Executive Human Resources at Macy’s West, a division of Federated. She began her career with Federated at its I Magnin division, and held numerous positions of increased responsibility, including Vice President, Credit, Customer Service, Credit Marketing.

Corliss represented Macy’s on the Board of Directors, Mayor's Workforce Investment Board for San Francisco, and served as Co-chair of the Employer Services Committee. She was a member of the United Way Education Issues Cabinet, and on the State Leadership Council for Success by 6.  Currently, Corliss represents Federated on the Advisory Council of the American Institute for Managing Diversity.

Taya Levine is the newly appointed Chief “Make-it-Happen” Officer for the eWomenNetwork Foundation and serves as the Foundation representative to the Advisory Council.  Taya most recently spent 15 years as a senior partner and co-owner of a highly successful international management and organization consulting firm.  Her professional expertise is quite diverse, having cultivated mastery in coaching executives and managers in leadership and interpersonal problem-solving, and facilitating strategic conversation between adversaries to bring about innovative thinking for new solutions.  She has expertly designed and managed highly interactive conferences for organizations, domestic and foreign government agencies, and professional groups.  Taya has also helped to build and nurture high performance of non-profit Boards and is delighted to be contributing to and supporting the success of the eWomenNetwork Foundation. 

Lisa Ling is a special correspondent for the Oprah Winfrey Show and the National Geographic Channel.

For the Oprah Winfrey Show, Lisa has been sent to cover the Lord’s Resistance Army and the crisis of AIDS orphans in Uganda, bride burning in India and gang-rape in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.    Lisa was the first woman host National Geographic’s flagship Explorer series which premiered two decades ago.  Prior to traveling the globe for Explorer, Lisa was known for revealing her "view" of the world to millions of Americans as co-host of Barbara Walters' hit daytime talk show, The View. 

Lisa has been working in television since the age of 16.  By the age of 25, Ling was Channel One's senior international correspondent, visiting violent hotspots around the globe.  Her position as a role model for today's youth is one she embraces and her commitment to women around the world shines through in the book she co-authored for National Geographic entitled, “Mother, Daughter, Sister, Bride: rituals of womanhood.” 

Since joining the company in 1987 as a reservations supervisor, Nora has held numerous positions of increasing responsibility in several departments including reservations, human resources and passenger sales.

Susan McBride Rothman is the Vice President of Consumer Products, Susan directs all licensing and retail operations for men’s, women’s and kid’s apparel bearing the marks of the 32 member clubs of the National Football League. In addition, she oversees the acquisition of teams’ practice wear, sideline apparel and uniforms. She has P&L responsibility for this $150 million division.

Prior to joining the NFL, Susan built her career in the retail arena, developing private label programs for companies such as The May Department Stores and R.H. Macy's. She has traveled extensively through Europe, Asia and the Middle East sourcing and developing apparel product.

Kim Sharan is the Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing officer for Ameriprise Financial, Inc., formerly known as American Express Financial Corporation. She joined the company in 2002 and has assumed a range of responsibilities since that time including serving as Vice President of Strategic Planning and Business Development. 

Kim currently has overall responsibility for branding and advertising as well as client and advisor marketing including the development of client segmentation and value propositions, client acquisition, consumer insights and the integration of product marketing.  She has been working in the financial services industry for 26 years and gained international experience working five years in Tokyo for both Citibank and Merrill Lynch.

Robyn Spizman is a nationally recognized television and radio personality, consumer advocate and prolific author. As one of the country’s leading gift-giving and how-to experts, Robyn has appeared weekly on the Atlanta NBC affiliate WXIA-TV for more than two decades with her "Been There Bought That" Super Shopper and Super Mom Segments. A regular guest appearing often on NBC’s Today Show, Robyn’s timely gift-giving tips and consumer suggestions have also been heard around the country. 

Nominated for a Book For A Better Life Award, The USA Today Family Channel Award as well as Georgia's Author Of The Year, Robyn is a woman of many accomplishments. Business To Business Magazine named Robyn one of Atlanta's leading women and a Diva of Atlanta’s business world.  

Pamela R. Swensen is the CEO of the Executive Women’s Golf Association.  She joined the headquarters staff of the EWGA in March of 2002 as the Vice President of Sales & Marketing. In December 2005, she took over as the interim Executive Director of this not-for-profit organization and was named CEO in May 2006.  

Her background includes over 18 years of experience in the golf event business including advertising, corporate communications, sales promotion, business development, event planning and implementation.
In addition, Ms. Swensen is a member of the IAGA, the USGA Regional Associations Committee, and The Women’s Chamber of the Palm Beaches and the Palm Beach County Chapter of the EWGA. 

Julie Thomas is President and CEO of ValueVision Associates, a worldwide leader in competency and process-based sales training.  Julie has been in sales and sales management for over 19 years and has extensive experience applying, coaching and reinforcing the company’s proprietary ValueSelling Framework™ and Victory!® online training series.

She was awarded the 2005 Entrepreneurial Star Award from Business Women’s Network and Microsoft for her work to elevate the sales profession by providing advanced training methodologies, along with her ongoing commitment to her community. A noted public speaker, author, and consultant, Julie is also a member of The Strategic Account Management Association (SAMA) and eWomenNetwork.com.  Her new book “ValueSelling Driving up Sales One Conversation at a Time” is being published in October, 2006.

Ruth Vivrett is an experienced women’s business strategist and an expert in the financial planning arena as an Ameriprise Financial Advisor. She is a consummate learner and researcher who deeply understand the challenges specifically facing businesswomen today. Some of the keys to Ruth’s success are her commitment to giving and serving the needs of others and her philosophy of being a “business resource” for women.  

Sandra Yancey is a networking expert who teaches others how to create relationships that harness great dividends. She is the Founder and CEO of eWomenNetwork, the #1 resource for connecting and promoting women and their businesses worldwide.  Starting with just 20 women in her personal database in 2000, she has grown her organization to now have 120 chapters throughout the U.S. and Canada and a database of over 500,000 women business owners and professionals.  Ranked #1 by Business Women’s Network as the best online community for women business owners and professionals in North America, eWomenNetwork.com is the most visited women’s business website on the World Wide Web, receiving more than 200,000 hits daily.

Sandra is the recipient of numerous national business awards, including the 2005 Entrepreneur Star award from Business Women’s Network and Microsoft, 2005 Woman Advocate of the Year from the Women’s Regional Publishing Association, and the 2006 Enterprising Women Advocacy Award from Enterprising Women magazine.