HOW Forum 2025 Women Lead Change

As founder of the Arab Women Lawyers Group Middle East, she champions Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Named to the Legal 500 GC Power List Middle East in 2019 and among the most influential women in the Arab World from 2020-2023, Ms. Attiga authored “The Rights of Children in International Law.” She’s passionate about women’s economic empowerment and gender equality in business and society.

Before joining USAID, Ginny worked with the International Rescue Committee in the Democratic Republic of Congo; the Afghan Women’s Network in Afghanistan and Pakistan; and Sesame Workshop in New York on international Sesame Street co-productions in Asia, Africa, Middle East, and Latin America. She began her international career in the Dominican Republic as a Fulbright scholar studying parent participation in education. She completed her BA at Temple University and graduate degrees at Georgetown University’s MSFS and MA History programs. 

As a sought-after keynote speaker, Jennifer has delivered impactful talks for organizations such as Google, LinkedIn, IBM, and Toyota, as well as renowned academic institutions like Columbia Business School, Kellogg, and Vanderbilt.

Her Inclusive Leader Continuum ™ is being used across industries as a proven roadmap to help individuals and organizations progress from awareness to sustained action. From the C-suite to the front lines, Jennifer’s guidance helps leaders bridge the gap between business imperatives and human needs-creating cultures of resilience, authenticity, and trust.

Jennifer is also the host of The Will to Change podcast, with nearly 15,000 monthly listeners tuning in for honest conversations about leadership, identity, and building a better future.

She currently lives in New York with her partner of 25 years, Michelle.

Learn more at www.jenniferbrownspeaks.com.

Most recently, she was US Chief Scientific Officer of Ferring Pharmaceuticals, a mid-size global company focused on reproductive and maternal health, microbiome and gastrointestinal therapeutics, and uro-oncology. Her prior C-suite roles include Chief Medical Officer of ObsEva and Agile Therapeutics. She has also held leadership roles at Myriad Genetics, Abbott Laboratories, and Merck Research Labs, where she was a contributor on the Gardasil and Gardasil9 vaccines.

Dr. Garner is currently on the Board of Directors (BOD) of Kezar Life Sciences (KZR) and Sermonix Therapeutics, and is the BOD chair of NUA Surgical, a start-up company dedicated to creating innovative surgical solutions in obstetrics and gynecology. She is also a Past President of the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA), a professional organization whose mission is to advance women physicians, advocate for equity, and ensure excellence in healthcare. Beth received joint M.D. and M.P.H. degrees from Harvard Medical and Public Health Schools, trained in obstetrics and gynecology at Brigham and Women’s (BWH)/Massachusetts General Hospitals, and completed a fellowship in gynecologic oncology at BWH/Dana Farber Cancer Institute.

Ms. Giunta is Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of Invest Ahead, a national non-partisan forum of more than 90 institutional investors, state treasurers, corporations, private equity firms, and others representing more than $8 trillion in assets under management who believe that highly competent and well-composed boards are essential to corporate performance and American competitiveness.  She is also on the Board of Directors of the Faith & Politics Institute, a nonpartisan organization that cultivates mutual respect, moral reflection, increased understanding, and honest conversation among political leaders to advance productive discourse and constructive collaboration.  Ms. Giunta is on the Board of Human Rights First, a nonpartisan international human rights organization focused on authoritarianism, extremism, systemic injustice and the abuse of technology. Finally, she is on the Board and is Board Secretary of the Women Business Collaborative, the nation’s premier alliance dedicated to advancing equal position, pay, and power for all women in business.
 
Ms. Giunta holds a bachelor’s degree from Tufts University and a law degree from Columbus School of Law at Catholic University of America. She lives in Maryland with her husband and is the proud mother of two daughters, a son and a daughter-in-law (and is the adoptive mother of 5 dogs!).

The Office of Women’s Health advanced its scientific efforts, under her direction, to produce more than 350 research papers and journal articles to facilitate FDA’s regulatory decision-making and promote a better understanding of sex differences and health conditions unique to women. Her tenure produced the first FDA Women’s’ Health Research Roadmap, outlining seven priority areas for new or enhanced research including biomarkers, nanotechnology, cardiovascular disease, and post market surveillance as well as a framework to assess its impact. Her colleagues applaud her ability to set a vision and guide the concept to reality. One FDA Commissioner stated, “She is elegant…not just in style but in character, confidence and compassion.”

Ms. Henderson’s expertise in the development of public-private partnerships and culturally appropriate consumer engagement strategies led to the Women’s Health Take Time To Care Program, which has reached over 120 million people with FDA consumer information in 18 languages, and received awards from more than 96 national organizations. Her easy to read, science-based materials have been chronicled in Dear Abby, Parade Magazine, Hints from Heloise, and the IRS, as well as sponsored by external groups including the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, American Diabetes Association, Ford Motor Company, American Medical Association, and even Las Vegas casinos. Her novel efforts supported a one-stop Pregnancy Exposure Registries website to gather information about how prescription drugs or vaccines affect a pregnant woman and her fetus. In addition, she recently instructed her staff to expand the Science of Sex and Gender on-line accredited courses with the NIH/Office of Research on Women’s Health and to conduct FDA’s first “Scientific Conference: Opioid and Nicotine Use, Dependence, and Recovery: Influences of Sex and Gender” to address this national epidemic.

She is the recipient of numerous awards including the Dr. Estelle Ramey Award for Women’s Health Leadership from Society for Women’s Health Research; “HerMANA” Award for innovative outreach to Hispanic women, and Pinnacle Award for exceptional leadership in medication use for patients and caregivers. The first non-pharmacist to receive the prestigious Jacob Miller Award from the American Pharmacists Association Foundation, she was also one of five Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal (Sammies) finalists from throughout the U.S. federal government. And as Chair of the national board of the YWCA USA, she led the U.S. delegation at the YWCA World Council quadrennial meeting in Bangkok, Thailand to focus on women’s issues.

Prior to her FDA career, Ms. Henderson served as the Director of Evaluation for the Interagency Council on the Homeless; Director of Placement for the National Health Service Corps; Chief of Analysis and Information for the Bureau of Maternal and Child Health; and Senior Advisor to the Director of the Women’s Bureau at the U.S.

Kierith is a veteran human rights attorney, activist and community organizer with decades of experience in reproductive justice, LGBTQ+ rights, environmental justice, voting rights and election protection initiatives. She has worked with major organizations including: American Civil Liberties Union, Brennan Center for Justice, Center for Reproductive Rights, Empire State Pride Agenda, Greenpeace, Human Rights Watch, Lambda Legal, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Election Protection and Organizing For America. For over a decade, Kierith has served as a volunteer Pro Bono Arbitrator for the San Francisco Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Women’s Reproductive Rights Assistance Project (WRRAP), the largest independent abortion fund in the US, and the Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Greater Palm Springs Animal Allies.

Previously, Kierith was an international corporate finance and governance attorney for Cleary Gottlieb (NYC and Paris) and later, Wilson Sonsini (Silicon Valley), where she worked for over a decade representing major institutional investment firms and multinational corporations on complex financial transactions, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, securities regulation and compliance matters. She also advised Boards of Directors of public, private and philanthropic institutions. Kierith is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, L’Université Paris, La Sorbonne and New York University School of Law. She is a member of the Bar of the State of New York.

Somi received an MFA from CalArts and an AB from Harvard College. She is an Aspen Institute First Movers Fellow and lives in NJ with her husband and son.

For the two decades, Greta has spent her career solving problems and managing complex stakeholder relationships. As an award-winning media executive, she produced documentary film and television, organized large-scale public art events, and collaborated with high profile organizations that include United Nation and World Bank, among others. Her work has won numerous accolades, including an Emmy®, two Overseas Press Club awards, and a BAFTA nomination.

In 2009 she founded the Aspen First Movers Fellowship Program. Since then this program has become one of the world’s top leadership development programs and networks for corporate social intrapreneurs.

Her book, Making Work Matter: How to Create Positive Change in Your Company and Meaning in Your Career, is meant to be a guide for anyone who aspires to build careers that link their purpose, business acumen, and vision for ensuring business serves as a force for positive change.

Prior to BECU, Amy was Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) at Gurstel Law Firm, P.C., a creditors’ rights law firm practicing in nine states, and at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), overseeing government ethics compliance for all SEC employees and managing several large dollar value IT projects. Amy developed and implemented the enterprise ethics and compliance program at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), a financial services federal agency. She joined CFPB in 2010 in its start-up phase and over the course of eight years helped establish and build CFPB’s in-house legal department. Amy also has served in legal department management positions at the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). 

Amy is a national public speaker on compliance program and risk management, regulatory compliance, and creditor’s rights, for groups such as American Bar Association (ABA), Compliance Week, National Creditors Bar Association (NCBA), Receivables Management Association International (RMAI), and Great Women in Compliance Podcast. Amy currently serves on the Legislative & Regulatory Affairs Committee of the National Association of State Credit Union Supervisors (NASCUS). Amy previously was on the NCBA Board of Directors and Advocacy Committee. Amy also is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), and Chief, a private network of executive women.

Amy is a graduate of Washington College of Law, The American University, in Washington, DC, and is licensed in California.

As the founder of Ventureneer, I’ve spent the past several years researching and writing about the challenges and triumphs of women entrepreneurs. My passion for getting women on the radar led me to become a contributor to Forbes, where I cover the success factors that drive women-led businesses. I’ve authored reports such as The Wells Fargo Impact of Women-Owned Businesses and How Women (and Men) Invest in Startups, as well as Diversity in Venture Capital: Challenges and Opportunities for New York City, which helped NYC Economic Development benchmark and improve diversity in its VC ecosystem. We also run the M/WBE Mentors Program for NYC Small Business Services, helping minority- and women-owned businesses build capacity and succeed in government contracting. I’m best known as a contributor to Forbes writing about the success factors of women entrepreneurs.

Currently, I’m focused on transforming how the healthcare industry serves women—through data, storytelling, and high-impact events powered by the brands that support them. Our work spotlights unmet market opportunities, tells powerful stories of women’s patient experiences, highlights new products and services designed to meet their needs, and builds thought leadership that drives media attention and meaningful change.

In 2019, Meg won the Financial Times’ Innovative Lawyer Legal Intrapreneur of the year award and is a Fellow of the Aspen Institute’s First-Mover Fellowship program that focuses on the development of corporate social intrapreneurs.

As the Chief Business Development, Marketing and CSR Officer at Paul Hastings, Meg was responsible for strategy, growth and innovation in legal services. She oversaw business and client development programs, public relations, brand management, and communications that promoted the firm’s international reach and commitment to client service. She also led the Diversity & Inclusion and Corporate Responsibility efforts of the firm.

Before joining Paul Hastings, Meg was based in Europe for ten years. During that time, she was the Director of Marketing for the EMEIA region at Andersen. In addition, Meg held director positions in business development, marketing and export for a major French clothing manufacturer, the largest French shoe manufacturer, and an American venture capital firm.

Meg is an advisory council member for Child HELP Partnership, served on the steering committee for The Aspen Institute Socrates Program, and is a board member of the SUNY Sullivan Foundation.

Prior to joining Ingredion, Ms. White was the US-Canada Regional Compliance Counsel for Johnson Controls, Inc., in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She is a past co-chair of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Compliance and Ethics Committee and a frequent presenter at Practising Law Institute’s Compliance and Ethics Essentials program. Ms. White received her Bachelor of Science in Speech-Communication Studies from Northwestern University and her Juris Doctorate from the University of Notre Dame School of Law. She is a Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional (CCEP), a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), and holds a Diploma in Spanish as a Second Language (Diploma en Español como Lengua Extranjera [DELE] – Level C1).