THANK YOU FOR JOINING US

The 2022 Embrace Ambition Summit: Confronting Stereotypes and Creating New Norms took place on June 14, and it was a rousing success. The Summit returned after two years as a live and virtual experience–a full day of conversations and performances from leaders in business, entertainment, science, social justice and sports.

Our Speakers

Schedule

Join us for a light breakfast and shop at the Entrepreneur Marketplace presented by Bank of America.

Tuning in from home? Learn more about our speakers and settle in for a great day!

Welcome

  • Tory Burch, Executive Chairman and Chief Creative Officer, Tory Burch 


2020-2021, An Era

  • Negin Farsad, Comedian and Filmmaker

 
The Economic State of Women 

  • C. Nicole Mason, Ph.D., President and CEO, Institute for Women's Policy Research 

 
No Roadblocks

  • Audience Speaker: Aisha Khan


Women Entrepreneurs Respond

  • Melissa Hanna, Founder and CEO Mahmee
  • Sheila Marcelo, CEO and Co-founder, Proof of Learn
  • Jasmine Jones, Co-Founder and CEO, Myya
  • Interviewed by Deborah Roberts, ABC News Senior National Affairs Correspondent 


Neurodivergent Minds

  • Temple Grandin, Ph.D., Professor of Animal Science, Colorado State University 

 

A Covid Story

  • Meg Wolitzer, Novelist

In-Person

  • Meet other attendees and shop the Entrepreneur Marketplace presented by Bank of America


Backstage Interviews 

  • Hosted by Deja Foxx, Activist, Founder, GenZ Girl Gang and Keely Cat-Wells, Founder, C Talent and disability activist 

Unconscious Bias and Conscious Leadership

  • Laurie Fabiano, President, Tory Burch Foundation 


Breaking a Cycle | Audience Speaker

  • Jacqueline Hackett, Deputy Chief of Staff, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy 


Reclaiming Our Icons in History 

  • Tory Burch, Executive Chairman and Chief Creative Officer, Tory Burch


Icon: Dolores Huerta

  • Dolores Huerta, President and Founder, Dolores Huerta Foundation 
  • Interviewed by Rosie Perez, Actor and Activist


How Systemic Racism Works

  • Tricia Rose, Director, Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America, Brown University 


My Time Will Come

  • Ian Manuel, Author and Poet
  • Interviewed by Jacqueline Woodson, MacArthur Fellow, Author and Founder, Baldwin For The Arts

Performance

  • Ian Manuel, Author and Poet 

In-Person

  • Meet other attendees and shop the Entrepreneur Marketplace presented by Bank of America


Backstage Interviews

  • Hosted by Deja Foxx, Activist, Founder, Gen Z Girl Gang and Keely Cat-Wells, Founder, C Talent and disability activist

We Must Talk About Miscarriage | Audience Speaker 

  • Mary Keegan, Brand Communications Manager and Parent Advocate 


Bias in Medicine 

  • Alyson McGregor, M.D., Author and Advocate 


Leaning Into My Purpose | Audience Speaker

  • Jia Hurd, Founder, Fearless Femme 100


The Stigma of Mental Illness 

  • Samantha Boardman, M.D., Positive psychologist and Professor, Weill Cornell Medical College
  • Michael A. Lindsey, Ph.D., MSW, MPH, Executive Director, McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research, New York University 
  • Interviewed by Perri Peltz, Journalist and Filmmaker 


Running from War | Audience Speaker

  • Yulia Gerbut, Ukrainian Advocate 


Paralympic Champion and Advocate 

  • Oksana Masters, 17-Time Paralympic Medalist 
  • Interviewed by Cari Champion, Journalist


Advocating for Gun Control

  • Julianne Moore, Actor, Activist, Mother and Founding Chair of the Everytown for Gun Safety Creative Council 
  • Monisha Henley, Director of State Affairs, Everytown for Gun Safety 
  • Interviewed by Tory Burch, Executive Chairman and Chief Creative Officer, Tory Burch

 

 

In-Person

  • Enjoy lunch, meet other attendees and shop the Entrepreneur Marketplace presented by Bank of America


Mindy Kaling on Empowering Women

  • Mindy Kaling, Writer, Producer and Actor


Backstage Interviews

  • Hosted by Deja Fox, Activist, Founder, GenZ Girl Gang and Keely Cat-Wells, Founder, C Talent and Disability Activist 

 

Neurodivergent Minds

  • Temple Grandin, Ph.D., Professor of Animal Science, Colorado State University


Women and Work 

  • Anne Marie Slaughter, CEO, New America
  • In conversation with Tiffany Dufu, CEO and Founder, The Cru, Author 


Bias Against Asian Americans 

  • Eva Chen, Vice President, Fashion Partnerships at Instagram
  • Min Jin Lee, Novelist 


Escaping the Taliban's Afghanistan 

  • Zarifa Adiba, Musician 
  • Jared Cohen, Founder and CEO, Jigsaw
  • In conversation with Yalda Hakim, Journalist 


Performance 

  • Adrienne Warren, Actress

 

In-Person

  • Meet other attendees and shop the Entrepreneur Marketplace presented by Bank of America


Backstage Interviews 

  • Hosted by Deja Foxx, Activist, Founder, GenZ Girl Gang and Keely Cat-Wells, Founder, C Talent and disability activist 

The Janes

  • Heather Booth, Social Change Organizer 


Funding Women Entrepreneurs 

  • Mandela SH Dixon, CEO, All Raise
  • Isabella Guzman, United States Administrator of the Small Business Administration
  • Sharon Miller, President, Small Business and Head, Specialty Banking and Lending, Bank of America 
  • Arian Simone, CEO and Co-Founder, Fearless Fund 
  • Interviewed by Moira Forbes, Executive Vice President, Forbes Magazine 


It's Our Fight Too 

  • Jimmie Briggs, Award-winning Journalist and Advocate 


Transgender Children in America

  • Rebekah Bruesehoff, Activist and Author 
  • Adri Perez, Activist, UCLA of Texas
  • In conversation with Tiq Milan, Activist and Author 


Performance 

  • Curt Smith of Tears for Fears and daughter Diva Smith, Recording Artist

In-Person

  • Meet other attendees and shop the Entrepreneur Marketplace presented by Bank of America


Backstage Interviews

  • Hosted by Deja Foxx, Activist, Founder, GenZ Girl Gang and Keely Cat-Wells, Founder, C Talent and disability activist 

We Need Role Models | Audience Speaker

  • Dr. Nevada Winrow, Co-Founder and CEO, Black Girls Dive Foundation 


Women and Science

  • Anousheh Ansari, CEO, XPRIZE 
  • Kate Marvel, Ph.D., Climate scientist, NASA and Columbia University 
  • Nabiha Saklayen, Ph.D., CEO and Co-Founder of Cellino Biotech
  • Interviewed by Ina Fried, Chief Technology Correspondent, Axios 


How to be a Professional Troublemaker and Ally

  • Luvvie Ajayi Jones, CEO, Awe Luv Media, Best-selling Author and Podcast Host 


Icon: Billie Jean King

  • Billie Jean King, Sports Icon and Champion of Equality 
  • Tory Burch, Executive Chairman and Chief Creative Officer, Tory Burch 


Closing Remarks 

  • Tory Burch, Executive Chairman and Chief Creative Officer, Tory Burch 
  • Laurie Fabiano, President, Tory Burch Foundation 
     

Performance

  • Flor de Toloache

Celebrate with a Cocktail Reception sponsored by Stax and Teneral Cellars, and shop at the Entrepreneur Marketplace presented by Bank of America

WHAT YOU MISSED

CONVERSATIONS & STORIES

Visionary leaders in Hollywood, business, science, entrepreneurship and youth movements will take the stage for powerful conversations about challenging stereotypes and creating new norms

LIVE PERFORMANCES

From short stories to spoken word and musical moments, the Summit is full of performances that will inspire and empower

NETWORKING & COMMUNITY

Meet other attendees, take your #EmbraceAmbition photo, and gather to create change

SHOP WOMEN-OWNED BRANDS

Support women-owned businesses from the Tory Burch Foundation community at the in-person and virtual entrepreneur marketplace