CAROL HALLETT
FORMER PRESIDENT & CEO, AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION & FORMER COMMISSIONER, U.S. CUSTOMS SERVICE

Carol Hallett was at the helm of the Air Transport Association (ATA), the trade association representing 23 U.S. passenger and cargo carriers and five international airlines, when the events of September 11, 2001 occurred. Her considerable leadership talents and consensus-building capabilities were put to the test as she took the lead in the daunting redesign of airline security policies and practices. Prior to her eight years as CEO of the ATA, Carol served as Commissioner of the U.S. Customs Service, where she directed a workforce of 20,000 employees. Carol was twice named among “The Business Travel Industry’s 25 Most Influential Executives.” She is widely recognized, nationally and internationally, as an authority on trade, transportation and security issues. She currently serves as a member of the National Security Advisory Panel to the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and serves Of Counsel to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Carol assists the Chamber’s public policy Think Tank, the National Chamber Foundation, with implementation of the travel and tourism and aviation initiatives. She sits on the Boards of Directors of the Mutual of Omaha, Rolls Royce North America and Pogo Jet, Inc.

MEAGAN JOHNSON
EXPERT & AUTHOR ON CROSS-GENERATIONAL LEADERSHIP

Meagan Johnson has a rare gift as a speaker: the ability to impart substantive, complex information in an upbeat style with an abundance of both humor and sincerity. She became interested in generational diversity while working in corporate America (Quaker Oats, Kraft Foods and Xerox) following graduation from business school. She became discouraged by the negative comments about Generation X. A Gen Xer herself she was further frustrated by management’s one way fits all approach to success at work and career advancement. She conducted extensive research on generational differences in a wide variety of organizations and institutions to find successful ways to work with the younger generation. Her in-depth research included study of the best practices of some of America’s top corporations who hire young people and it produced some results that surprised even her. Since 1997 Meagan has educated thousands in audiences around the globe, has been interviewed for numerous publications and has written extensively on the multi-generational workforce, including as a contributing author to the book, Success Is a Team Effort. With a deep understanding of the importance of a cohesive, multi-generational workforce, Meagan helps executives and professionals to tap into each generation’s motivational requirements so that the members of each generation can realize their greatest potential.

SARA LASCHEVER
AUTHOR, WOMEN DON'T ASK: NEGOTIATION AND THE GENDER DIVIDE AND ASK FOR IT

Sara Laschever has worked as a writer and editor for over 25 years. Her work has been published by New York Review of Books, New York Times, Harvard Business Review, Vogue, Mademoiselle, WomensBiz, Boston Globe, Boston Phoenix, Boston Review, Village Voice, and many other publications. She has taught writing at Boston University. Her interest in women's life and career obstacles led her to work as a research associate and principal interviewer for Project Access, a landmark Harvard University study that explored impediments to women's careers in science—the hindrances, both internal and external, that prevent women from rising to the tops of their fields. In their 2003 groundbreaking book, Women Don’t Ask, Sara Laschever and co-author Linda Babcock explore the documented fact that professional women, even those who negotiate brilliantly on behalf of others, show a marked reluctance to use negotiation on their own behalf. They also examine the high price women pay in both lost wages and career advancement and set forth an action plan for women. In 2005 in its 75th anniversary edition, Fortune magazine included the book in its list of “The 75 Smartest Books We Know.” Since the publication of Women Don’t Ask, Sara has been invited to speak about women and negotiation by organizations all over the country including Microsoft, Procter & Gamble, the Forbes Executive Women’s Forum, the U.S Environmental Protection Agency, and Harvard, Princeton, Tufts and Columbia Universities.

GLORIA LAU
FORMER CEO, CHARLES SCHWAB TOKIO MARINE & NATIONAL BOARD MEMBER, YWCA USA

Gloria Lau has an extensive background in senior leadership positions in the financial services industry and is an experienced leader to non-profit enterprises. Gloria was CEO of Charles Schwab Tokio Marine, a financial services company created through a joint venture between The Charles Schwab Corporation and Tokio Marine, the largest Japanese insurance company. Gloria negotiated the joint venture and provided the leadership to build the business from its start-up and was the first woman to serve as the head of a financial services business in Japan. At Schwab, Gloria also held the position of Senior Vice President, responsible for product development and marketing for the Institutional business. She previously served as Senior Vice President for Global Marketing at Citibank. Gloria devotes significant time to non-profit leadership. She serves as President of the YWCA San Francisco & Marin Board, served for the last two years as Board President of the YWCA Pacific Region and was recently elected to serve on the YWCA USA’s National Board. In 2002 she established a micro-credit bank in India in partnership with the M.S. Swaminathan Foundation. Gloria received a Masters of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Arts from Sarah Lawrence College.

CATHERINE TINSLEY, PH.D.
PROFESSOR, MCDONOUGH SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, GEORGETOWN uNIVERSITY & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE

Catherine H. Tinsley is an Associate Professor at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. As the Executive Director of Georgetown’s Women’s Leadership Initiative, a partnership between the President’s Office and the McDonough School dedicated to promoting the development and advancement of women leaders, Cathy has collaborated with the White House and the U.S. State Department to execute a woman-to-woman mentorship summit, which included remarks from the women Presidents of Finland and Latvia and from Dr. Condoleeza Rice, then National Security Advisor. She has partnered with the U.S. State Department and the Council of Women World Leaders to convene the first ever world-wide meeting of the Ministers of Women’s Affairs. She has received several grants from NASA and the National Science Foundation for her work on decision-making and risk and from the Department of Defense and Army Research Office for her work on modeling culture’s influence on negotiation and collaboration. She studies the effects of diversity on group performance and how mentorship influences salary and career progression, as well as gender differences in these relationships. Cathy has conducted numerous negotiations, conflict resolution, and leadership training seminars for various organizations including the Staff of the U.S. Senate and the World Bank. She has published in numerous books and journals. Cathy received her Masters and PhD in Organizational Behavior from J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, and her BA in anthropology from Bryn Mawr College.

DONNA ZAJONC
AUTHOR, THE POLITICS OF HOPE: REVIVING THE DREAM OF DEMOCRACY

Donna Zajonc is a non-partisan political leadership coach and author of The Politics of Hope: Reviving the Dream of Democracy and co-author of Healing America’s Polarization: Harnessing the Power of Our Cultural Divide. At the age of 28 Donna was elected to serve three terms in the Oregon House of Representatives and was her party’s nominee for Secretary of State and campaign manager for an Oregon gubernatorial election and numerous other political campaigns. Her individual coaching clients include elected leaders, those preparing to run for public office, directors of non-profits and government agencies, and citizens who want to make a change in the world. Her book, The Politics of Hope, provides ordinary citizens as well as public servants with a firm foundation for action in this time of global change. Donna states the purpose of her work is “to be a catalyst for a new era of political collaboration and to transform our political system for the sake of generations to come.” Donna is co-founder of the Bainbridge Leadership Center and director of the center’s Public Leadership domain. She has been a participant in international women-leaders initiatives in Islamic countries. As an entrepreneur who owned and managed a chain of food franchises, she served as Chair of the National Franchise Advisory Board. Donna has been a nurse and mental health advocate and was selected as one of America’s Ten Outstanding Young Women. Donna has an undergraduate degree in nursing from the University of Missouri and a Master’s degree in community affairs and public policy from the University of Oregon.

ELIZABETH CABRERA, PH.D.
PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT, SCHOOL OF GLOBAL MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP, ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

Dr. Elizabeth F. Cabrera is a Professor of Management in Arizona State University’s School of Global Management and Leadership. Prior to joining the faculty at ASU in 2005, Elizabeth was a Professor of Management in the Department of Business Administration at the Universidad Carlos III in Madrid, Spain for ten years. Elizabeth’s research interests include women’s careers and work/life integration. Her work has been published in journals including Organization Studies, the Journal of World Business, and the International Journal of Human Resource Management. In 2007 her "Opting Out and Opting In: Understanding the Complexities of Women's Career Transitions" was published in Career Development International. Also in 2007 she was appointed editor of Management Research. She has served on the editorial boards of the Academy of Management Executive, the International Journal of Selection and Assessment, the European Management Review, and M@n@gement. She has also served as an ad hoc reviewer for the Academy of Management Journal, Management Research, and Cuadernos de Economia y Direccion de la Empresa. Elizabeth received her Ph.D. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta and her undergraduate degree in Business Administration from Rhodes College in Memphis.

SUZANNE PETERSON, PH.D.
PROFESSOR OF LEADERSHIP, ASU, LEADERSHIP ADVISOR, CRA INC. CONSULTING & CONTRIBUTING AUTHOR, LEADERSHIP WITHOUT EXCUSES

Dr. Suzanne Peterson is both a leadership professor at ASU as well as a key advisor to CRA, Inc., a boutique executive development firm headquartered in Philadelphia. Dr. Peterson specializes in executive coaching and team-based coaching with a focus on the development of leadership behaviors that characterize extraordinary leaders. Emphasizing leadership style, effective communication, and relationship building as critical building blocks to leadership success, she advises both senior and emerging leaders in firms such as Merrill Lynch, McDonalds, Hewlett Packard, Avnet, and CIT, among others. Dr. Peterson's work has appeared in top business and psychology journals and she has presented her leadership ideas to a variety of audiences worldwide. She is currently working as a contributor on a new book titled Leadership without Excuses. Before entering academia and joining CRA, Dr. Peterson studied overseas at Oxford University (UK) and the University of Salamanca (Spain) and worked as a change management consultant for Andersen Consulting (now Accenture). She received both her Ph.D., in Organizational Behavior, and her M.B.A., in Management, from the University of Nebraska and received her B.A. in Psychology from the University of Southern California.