Speakers
Meg Crofton
Meg Crofton serves as President of the Walt Disney World Resort,
overseeing a work force of nearly 62,000 Cast Members at the world’s number one vacation
destination. Her responsibilities include the operations of four theme parks, two water parks, 22
resorts, Downtown Disney, Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex and other
attractions.
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Mary Dillon
As McDonald's Executive Vice President and Global Chief
Marketing Officer, Mary Dillon leads the company's worldwide marketing efforts and global brand
strategy across 118 countries. Her areas of focus include ongoing innovation in marketing planning
and execution, brand evolution and creative strategy, children's well-being initiatives, global
sports alliances and marketing talent development.
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Margaret Heffernan
An entrepreneur, Chief Executive and author, Margaret
Heffernan was born in Texas, raised in Holland and educated at Cambridge University. She worked in
BBC Radio for five years where she wrote, directed, produced and commissioned dozens of
documentaries and dramas. She was one of the producers of Out of the Doll's House, the
prize-winning documentary series about the history of women in the twentieth century.
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Dr. Saj-nicole Joni
Dr. Saj-nicole Joni is a Forbes Magazine columnist and a
world-renowned adviser to leading executives around the globe. A provocative sparring
partner, she helps draw out leaders' strategic thinking to view all sides of a problem, test
multiple possibilities, and look far ahead to the consequences of potential paths of action.
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Edna Morris
As an original founder and the first Chair of the Women's
Foodservice Forum, Edna was responsible for laying the foundation to give the organization a strong
start. Prior to Range Restaurant Group, Edna was the SVP of HR for Hardee's Food Systems,
Inc., where she was the first and only female officer. She went on to become President of several
organizations, including the James Beard Foundation and Red Lobster.
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Marian Powers
Marian Powers is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Accounting
at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and the Allen Center for Executive
Education at Northwestern University, She specializes in teaching financial reporting and analysis
to executives. Since 1987, Marian has designed and delivered customized finance/accounting training
for numerous corporations and organizations.
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Julianna Simon
Julianna Simon is Brand Anthropologist at Olson
Communications in Minneapolis focusing on how change impacts culture and the ways that communities
react to new ideas. Julianna has been responsible for branding efforts in three unique cultural
contexts, having spent two years in Croatia leading marketing and development for a nonprofit
focused on leadership development, as well as doing branding work in both Turkey and Bosnia. In the
U.S., her previous experience includes branding work for Select Comfort and Black Angus
Restaurants.
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George Weathersby
George B. Weathersby is currently CEO of the Young Presidents’<
Organization International. YPOI consists of over 16,600 CEOs all of whom were selected when they
were young CEOs of successful businesses. Currently there are over 320 chapters in 104 countries
serving its Members.
Dr. Weathersby is also Chairman of Genesys Solutions, LLC a consultancy of senior
professionals who provide their personal framework and experience to assist global CEOs, help
companies implement new organization design, improve execution of key leadership initiatives,
enhance leadership effectiveness and advance financial returns.
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