Women's Leadership Summit

Anne is a transformative business leader whose trailblazing corporate career spans over three decades across technology and business. She is currently Lead Director on the Board of Directors of FranklinCovey (NYSE: FC) and also serves on the Board of Directors of 3M (NYSE: MMM) and CSX (NASDAQ: CSX). Anne is a Senior Fellow and Adjunct Professor of Executive Education at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and the national best-selling author of LEAD BIGGER: The Transformative Power of Inclusion, by Simon & Schuster.

In her prior role as CEO of AT&T Business, she was the first woman of color CEO in AT&T’s 140+ year history, responsible for leading a $35B global operating unit comprised of over 35,000 people. Appointed to this position in 2019, she guided her team through the pandemic amid unprecedented market upheaval to serve customers with communications solutions around the world. This includes small and medium sized businesses, global multinational enterprises, the public sector, and nearly all the Fortune 1000. Anne’s leadership experiences and expertise span product management, marketing, sales, strategy, customer service, operations, network engineering and more.

She is widely recognized for her role model, inclusive leadership and her impact in driving success at the intersection of people, culture, and technology. Anne was named to Fortune’s Most Powerful Women in Business twice, Forbes inaugural CEO Next List of Leaders set to revolutionize American business, Most Inspiring Woman in Communications by Light Reading, and is one of Thinkers360 Top B2B Women Thought Leaders. Her recent accolades include being recognized by: Women Inc. (Most Influential Women Corporate Board Directors), the Johnson School at Cornell University (L. Joseph Thomas Leadership Award for Lifetime Achievement - the highest honor for distinguished alumni), Dallas Business Journal (Lifetime Achievement Award for Women), as well as becoming the first leader of Asian descent to be inducted into the Dallas Business Hall of Fame since its inception in 1999.

As a lifelong learner committed to inspiration and impact, Anne engages with local, national, and global audiences through keynotes, panel discussions, and published works. She is also co-author of The Leader’s Guide to Unconscious Bias: How to Reframe Bias, Cultivate Connection, and Create High-Performing Teams. Anne holds B.S. and M.Eng. degrees in Electrical Engineering as well as an MBA with Distinction from Cornell University and is a graduate of the Pre-College Division of the Juilliard School of Music.

Lili is a former corporate executive turned entrepreneur, Cultural Intelligence® expert, and television business commentator. An immigrant from Colombia, she came to the U.S. at 17 without speaking English with a suitcase and an American Dream. After a decade at Johnson & Johnson, where she pioneered multicultural marketing in the pharmaceutical sector and founded the Hispanic ERG HOLA, she co-founded Culture+ Group, an independent network of Cultural Intelligence® Companies helping brands grow with data, strategies and marketing to tap into high growth markets. She is on a mission to turn cultural trends into impact and profits across board rooms.

Culture+ Group specializes in business transformation, inclusive marketing, and AI-driven insights through its ecosystem of companies, including CIEN+, CIEN+Health, Human Dot Plus, and The Choice+. It has been listed three times by Inc. 5000 as one of America’s Fastest Growing Privately Owned Companies.

Lili is among the fewer than 2% of Latinas serving on a Fortune 500+ public board, as an independent director at the global lifestyle retailer Zumiez (NASDAQ: ZUMZ) and RCN Television (BVC: RCNTELEVI). She is also former Chair and now board member of the FRIENDS of the National American Latino Museum and is an investor and value creation partner at AUA Private Equity Partners.

Recognized for her impact, Lili has been featured by Inc., Forbes, Bloomberg, and Fortune and honored with awards including Inc. Magazine’s Top 500 Female Founders (2025), Top 101 Most Influential Latinos (2024), ALPFA’s 50 Most Powerful Latinas (2023), PRWeek’s Top 30 in Healthcare (2022), and U.S. Hispanic Businessperson of the Year, among others.She is also a philanthropist with Hispanic/ Latino focused scholarships at the Latin GRAMMY Foundation and Southwestern Adventist University.

She holds degrees from Southwestern Adventist University, the University of Colorado, and Harvard Kennedy School, where she served on the Women’s Leadership Board.

Jennifer Callaway is Vice President Culture & Engagement for Rocket Companies, one of the nation’s largest financial technology companies with operations spanning mortgage, real estate, and personal finance. Her role formed as a result of the acquisition of Mr. Cooper Group by Rocket in late 2025.

Callaway has worked in the organizational and talent development field for more than 25 years and brings with her a wealth of experience in building organizational capability that results in high performance and people first cultures.

As VP Culture & Engagement, Jennifer designs and leads systems that strengthen engagement, trust, leadership effectiveness, and performance across domestic and global teams. Key areas of accountability include: Culture & engagement, Enterprise listening, Team member events & programs, and Enterprise Talent Value Proposition (TVP)

Prior to the acquisition, Jennifer served as Senior Vice President of Talent Management at Mr. Cooper Group, where she led the full talent lifecycle strategy, including enterprise career and leadership development, performance management, culture and engagement, operations training, and Employee Resource Groups.

In addition to her responsibilities at Rocket, Jennifer serves as a feral cat advocate supporting trap and release programs in the DFW area.

David Smith, PhD, is a Professor of Practice and Co-Director of the Gender & Work Initiative in the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. A former Navy pilot, David led diverse organizations of women and men, culminating in command of a squadron in combat, and flew more than 3,000 hours over 30 years, including combat missions in Iraq and Afghanistan.

As a sociologist, he focuses his research in gender, work, and family issues, including allyship, inclusive leadership, mental load, gender bias in performance evaluations, and dual career families.

David is the author of numerous journal articles and book chapters—many on the topic of gender and the workplace—and 3 books in the area of gender in the workplace. These books include Fair Share: How Men and Women Can Create a More Equitable Workplace Together (June 2026 with Brad Johnson), Good Guys: How Men Can Be Better Allies for Women in the Workplace (October 2020 with Brad Johnson), and Athena Rising: How and Why Men Should Mentor Women (September 2016 with Brad Johnson).

David is a regular contributor to Harvard Business Review and his work has also been featured in ABC News – Good Morning America, Chief, Fast Company, Female Quotient, Financial Times, Forbes, Globe and Mail, Inc., Kiplinger, Los Angeles Times, Management Today, MarketWatch, McKinsey & Company and LeanIn.Org, MedPage Today, Philadelphia Inquirer, Reuters, Rutgers Business Review, SHRM, theSkimm, and The Wall Street Journal, He speaks around the globe on the topics of allyship, leadership and gender and workplace relationships.

Kathy Kilroy is a Market President at CMP, leading initiatives in talent management, executive coaching, and women’s leadership development. With decades of experience driving business success, Kathy helps clients build connections, navigate career transitions, and achieve strategic goals.

Kathy founded the Executive Opportunities Forum (EOF) and the MentorRings™ Women’s Leadership Program, both of which have positively impacted leaders across industries. She is an active member of Financial Executives International (FEI) and the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association (HBA).

Maryanne Piña is the CEO of CMP, the largest minority and woman owned talent solutions firm with a global presence across the Americas, Asia, and Europe. CMP delivers cutting-edge solutions in executive search, leadership development, and career transition, supporting Fortune 1000 companies and professionals worldwide.
 
Under Maryanne’s leadership, CMP has developed innovative tools like the Career Victory Portal, a global technology platform supporting career transitions in 45+ languages, and the groundbreaking Latino Career Assessment™ (LCA), advancing Latino talent and leadership.
 
Recognized as one of the most influential Latinas in America by Latino Leaders Magazine, Maryanne serves on boards for organizations such as Arbora Global and Synchrony Bank’s Latinx Executive Alliance. A sought-after speaker and thought leader, she has presented at global events, including the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and contributed to Forbes and other publications.