Women's Leadership Conference 2021

Join us for the 9^th Annual Women’s Leadership Conference
 

Please select all the session you would like to attend.

Presenter: Courtney Silverthorn, Med '09, A&S '11

Join Johns Hopkins Alumna and Registered Yoga Teacher Courtney Silverthorn Med ’09 and A&S ’11, for a 75-minute practice to open your Women’s Leadership Conference experience. This yoga class will incorporate mindfulness and breath work practices into a slow flow style vinyasa class accessible to all levels of practitioners, whether this is your first yoga class or you have an established practice. You will leave this session centered and connected to our leadership community, setting the stage for the remainder of the conference.

A yoga mat will be beneficial for this practice, but a towel on a carpeted surface will also work. Please wear clothes that are comfortable for you to move in!

Presenter:  Eleni Pallas, SAIS ’95

Are you disturbed by the persistence of challenges in your organization? Are you frustrated or feeling unsure about ways to affect change that lasts? Would you like to learn a paradigm shift that frees you up to take inspired action? Please join us for a 90 minute workshop that provides you with a new way of seeing yourself and boosting your impact through a human-centric lens. As a result of the workshop, you will:

• Learn about your unique thinking style and how it affects your leadership impact
• Discover how thinking style-related tension either creates flow or entrenches resistance
• Identify the real reasons behind conflict and miscommunication with a proven strategy that solves both
• Leave with a new perspective of yourself and the value you bring to your team/organization

**Pre-Session Requirement: 4-minute assessment on Thinking Styles

Presenter: Brooke Buckley, MD, A&S ’98

In a time of technology and virtual reality, have we forgotten the importance of play? In this session, we’ll focus on the ways that play behaviors affect our physical and psychological health and discover strategies for integrating creative space as a burnout mitigation practice.

Presenter: Monica Kang, SAIS ’13

Join us for a powerful, interactive, and meaningful hour of networking among Johns Hopkins alumnae.

Facilitated by Monica Kang, SAIS 13' alumna and Founder & CEO of InnovatorsBox, you may be pleasantly surprised by how enjoyable and effortless networking can be—so much so that you may forget you're online!

To make the most out of our time together, come prepared to connect with your camera on!

Panelist: Caitlin Donahue, Bus '12, Dara Iserson, SAIS '09, Gisele Moro, Colleen Stuart

Panel Discussion led by: Lindsey Hutzler, A&S '12 and Michelle Rhodd, Bus '99,'06

Can you be professionally driven while also creating an environment of support for other women or are we in constant competition with one another? Through personal stories and professional experience, explore the challenges that can be unique to women in a male-centered professional world. Explore the ways in which can we support one another at every level and still be advocates for ourselves.

Presenter: Niyati Shah, SAIS '11

Anxiety, stress, insomnia share an imbalance of the nervous system where stimuli (overt and subtle) drive our body and mind into 'fight or flight' mode. Learn what triggers this imbalance, and practice with internal tools - your breath and mindfulness - to deactivate it.

In this session, we'll work with a few controlled breathing techniques and discuss tools to manage stress, anxiety, and insomnia.

Join the Women of Hopkins (WOH) Affinity as if we were together in-person and participate in a dynamic Networking "Lunch". We want you to digitally interact with one another on a more intimate scale and broaden your network--just as you would sitting next to someone else at our Networking Lunch. Engage in breakout room themed discussions covering a variety of issues and topics--"sit down" at one "lunch table" breakout for conversation and shift to another, with a different group of participants, discussions and connections. Come ready to talk, listen and share--video on and your version of an electronic business card ready to share with those you want to stay connected to.

Engage in breakout room themed discussions covering a variety of issues and topics Join fellow Hopkins alumni, friends and current students from all schools for small group themed

Panelists:
Pava LaPere, A&S '19, Katherine Pinkard, Bus '14, Tara Gallant, Bus '05, '15, Elyse Heob, Bus '18, BSPH '18, Ernesto Chanona, A&S '07, '08

Panel Discussion led by:
Alina Predescu, Bus '17 and Margia Arguello, Bus '16, A&S '07

Has your career taken twists and turns that you didn’t expect? Are you at a crossroads, deciding between your current path or taking the road less traveled. This panel of female entrepreneurs will share their professional stories and best practices. Uncover what inspired them to take those first steps towards entrepreneurship and, even though the path was unclear, what kept them going. During this candid conversation, you will experience the good, the bad, and the ugly of their entrepreneurial experiences. Did they make it? Find out together!

 

Presenter: Caitlin Collins Gulley, Edu ’18 

Spend 75 minutes re-grounding, restoring and rejuvenating your well-being. In this class we will devote time to getting clear on why personal intention and purpose matter, set personal intentions and set out to attain this intention through 45 minutes of resolute, strength-building and restorative movement. We will focus 30 minutes on total body, low impact moves that leave you feeling refreshed, re-energized and strong, while devoting 15 minutes to restorative, yoga inspired alignment work. You will leave this 75 minutes with a clearer idea of the potential that lies within your self-care routines, a practice to incorporate into your daily lives and greater motivation to prioritize your own well-being through movement and mindfulness.
 

Presenter: Saleema Vellani, SAIS '12

As automation increases and our world becomes more feeling-oriented, the need for "uniquely human" skills is rapidly rising. We're entering the fourth industrial revolution—the Augmented Age—and there's going to be a lot of reshuffling happening. There will be twice the number of jobs, new industries, new skills, but also a lot of jobs will become obsolete. This session aims to strengthen the human capabilities that matter the most right now, such as self-awareness, curiosity, originality, empathy, resilience, collaboration, intuition, and adaptability. As a participant, you can expect to walk away with an entrepreneurial mindset, think more like an innovator, and become a better problem-solver.

Presenter: Claudia Bellony-Atanga, Bus ’10, ’11

A vision board is a pictorial representation of your vision—and a powerful way to make your dreams more tangible and attainable, using the law of attraction. That’s because the very act of creating the vision board tells your mind what’s important. You’re teaching your mind what you want to focus on in your life.
 
A collage that uses the law of attraction to draw more of what you want into your life, vision boards can focus on something specific like; earn a certification, get married, or the upcoming year. Or, you can make a board that encompasses your general life intentions, like to save more money or to lose 20 pounds. It could also focus on a specific area like career, business, home life, spiritual growth, well-being or relationships.
 

Presenter: Redonda Miller, MD Med ’92, Bus ’04, ’05

Join us for the conference closing with Keynote Speaker Redonda Miller. An opportunity to hear from alumna and President of Johns Hopkins Hospital and engage in Q&A.