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Cocktails I Panel I Dinner I Next-Gen Speeches I Mingle
Kickoff Speech by Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi
NEXT-GENERATION SPEAKERS: Ashley Singh, Kritika Malhotra, Sara Thomas
Panel across Political Empowerment, Business Leadership, Creating Billion Dollar Businesses, Funding & Fostering Entrepreneurs, LGBTQ Advocacy, Defining Values for Impact, Public and Policy Affairs, Leveraging Social Media, Civic Engagement, and most of all - using our platforms to Champion Change.
Meet Our Unconventional Indian Women Panelists -
Host & Moderator, Rohini Dey, Ph.D.
Restaurateur, founder Vermilion (Chicago, NYC), former World Bank; McKinsey, James Beard Foundation Trustee, founder JBF Women’s Leadership Programs, Women’s Zealot
Pallavi Verma
Accenture Senior Managing Director Midwest (leads 13 states), North America Leadership Team, Global Leadership Council, VP Board of Accenture Foundation. Tribune “10 Business People to Watch.” Crain’s “Most Powerful Women in Business.” Fairygodboss. Relentless Advocate for Women.
Shradha Agarwal
Serial Entrepreneur. Operator. Co-founded ContextMedia, JumpStart Ventures. Investor in venture philanthropy. Mentors entrepreneurs, youth, women’s leadership, civic engagement. A White House Champion of Change.
Prashanthi Rao Raman
Lyft, Director of Public Policy. Former associate chief-of-staff healthcare and human services for Governor Quinn. Volunteer and mentor Asian American community and women. MWC “Women in Public Affairs to Know.” Board PowHERful Foundation.
Dr. Anuja Gupta
Cardiologist. Real Estate Developer (Verandah Retirement Community). Co-founder Women’s Empowerment Campaign Chicago (WE). Co-founder Voice of Indian-American Voters.
Dr. Shikha Jain
Hematologist-Oncologist, Assistant Professor, Rush Hospital. Founder Women in Medicine Summit. Founder podcast “The Rush Cast.” COO SoMeDocs (Doctors on Social Media). Passionate about gender equity; leveraging social media.
Priya Parrish
Managing Partner, Impact Engine woman owned and led VC/PE. Spearheads social metrics in investing. Advocates for South Asian LGBTQ. Volunteers with Trikone Chicago and Girls Who Invest.
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