Susan Freeman

August 2, 2020

Empathy, Lawyer, Legal, Women Leaders

Wonder Woman in Business, Julie Baker

Susan Freeman

August 2, 2020

Empathy, Lawyer, Legal, Women Leaders

Julie Baker is Sr. Counsel, Employment Litigation for Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL). JLL is a Fortune 500 professional services firm that specializes in real estate and investment management. In her role, Julie manages the Company’s employment litigation across the United States. This includes developing case strategy, managing outside counsel in lawsuits and agency charges, conducting internal investigations, and advising business partners to mitigate litigation risk.

Prior to working at JLL, Julie worked at Jones Day representing a wide variety of employers in labor and employment matters. She graduated with her B.S. in Foreign Service from Georgetown University and a J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law. Although she has returned to her beloved Chicago (or at least a nearby suburb), Julie bounced around for a number of years – almost 5 years in London as a kid, a semester abroad in Santiago, Chile during college, and 2 years living and teaching fourth grade in Brownsville, Texas as a Teach for America corps member.

Julie and her husband, John, are busy raising their two daughters to be adventurous, open-minded, and empathetic.

Connect with Julie:

Julie M. Baker

Sr. Counsel, Employment Litigation

JLL

200 E. Randolph Drive

Chicago, Illinois 60601
T +1 312 228 2283

julie.baker@am.jll.com
jll.com
One of the 2020 World’s Most Ethical Companies®
Jones Lang LaSalle

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliembaker1/

Susan Freeman

July 25, 2020

Keynote Speaker, Women Leaders

Wonder Woman in Business, Asra Nadeem

Susan Freeman

July 25, 2020

Keynote Speaker, Women Leaders

Asra Nadeem is a speaker and investor, who is passionate about artificial intelligence.

As the President at Draper U, Asra has invested invests in early stage companies. DraperU alumni have raised $250M+ in investments and include companies like QTUM ($5B) and nVision ($275M acq).

Aside from investing, most of Asra’s work is directly with governments, universities and international incubators to establish local entrepreneurial hubs, investment opportunities and corporate innovation initiatives.

Before working at DraperU, Asra worked on product and market development for startups in the Middle East, North Africa and Southeast Asia.

She was an early employee and the first female product manager in Pakistan for rozee.pk (jobsite) and naseeb.com (matchmaking for Muslims). She later led Bayt.com's special projects team to build web infrastructure for government organizations and MNC's in the MENA region.

She frequently speaks globally to help teams and individuals innovate around the future of work, understand the basics of angel investing, build startup ecosystems and engineer an entrepreneurial mindset.

Asra can be found reading and funding researches to build vertical cities or inventing new recipes for world's best hummus.

Contact Asra

E: asranadeem@gmail.com

W: https://www.asranadeem.com/

Susan Freeman

July 11, 2020

Keynote Speaker, Strategy, Team Building, Women Leaders

Wonder Woman in Business, Jill Katz

Susan Freeman

July 11, 2020

Keynote Speaker, Strategy, Team Building, Women Leaders

Jill Katz

CEO, Assemble HR

Jill Katz is an Influencer, Speaker and Strategy Coach that is passionate about shifting the workplace to be more #PeopleFocused. She is the Founder and Chief Change Officer of Assemble HR Consulting, a boutique Human Resources firm that focuses Culture, Communication and Conflict in the workplace.

Jill brings candid insights, brave questions, humor and empathy to her advisory practice. She is a seasoned human capital expert, facilitator, and executive coach with more than 20 years of success in the fashion, retail, digital technology, media, and banking industries. Jill is best known for her #CandorCourageAndCareTM Feedback Model, which changes the way teams communicate, and allows for more honest and productive relationships.

Jill has held senior HR/Talent leadership roles at USA Networks/IAC, Ann Taylor, Calvin Klein Inc./PVH, Elie Tahari, and Macy’s. In leading the human resources functions, Jill has worked closely with senior executive teams to build leadership capability, drive performance strategies, and focus on employee culture and experience. She has extensive experience in large-scale organizational design projects, including the selection and placement of top talent, along with the communication and rollout strategies to manage effective change.

Jill works closely with executives to help them see the value in relationships, and how taking accountability and focusing on authentic communication can result in better business results for teams and organizations. She is certified in assessments including the Gallup StrengthsFinder, Hogan Suite of Assessments, Change Style Indicator, and several 360-degree feedback methods.

Jill earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Communication from the University of Michigan. Most important of all, she is a very proud Mom, a devoted wife, a Broadway fanatic, and a dog lover.

“Life begins outside your comfort zone.”

— Jill Katz

Contact Jill

Jill Katz

Founder & Chief Change Officer

Assemble HR Consulting

jill@hrassemble.com

(646) 912-1572

Susan Freeman

July 2, 2020

Wellness, Women Leaders

Wonder Woman in Business, Clarissa Shetler

Susan Freeman

July 2, 2020

Wellness, Women Leaders

Clarissa Shetler's passion for marketing and science led her to her current role as CEO/Founder of C2 Clean Beauty, Inc. She holds a Bachelor's in Marketing/Advertising and a Doctorate of Pharmaceuticals from the University of Pacific. She has taken these two skill sets and weaved them together to develop a clean/green skincare company as well as a consulting business. By wearing different hats, she helps other businesses with marketing strategy, connects people and brands, and also advises new entrepreneurs on how to get things rolling. Her skincare company has won numerous awards and is focused on green chemistry and plant-based ingredients. Educating and informing people is part of her philosophy and integrates it into her brand strategy. Recently, she has presented to Harvard (Environmental Studies Dept) and to the Natural Beauty Summit on the dangers lurking inside our personal care products.

Clarissa is happily married with two grown children. When not working, she loves to play tennis, golf, snowboard, and dance - and loves spending time with her animals.

#C2CleanBeauty #CleanBeauty #Womenscientists #Womenentreneurs

Connect with Clarissa

FB, IG, Twitter: C2CleanBeauty

Clarissa Shetler, PharmD

CEO & Founder

MOBILE +1 408-307-8657

EMAIL clarissa@C2CleanBeauty.com

WEBSITE C2CLEANBEAUTY.COM

Susan Freeman

June 27, 2020

Communications, Diversity & Inclusion, Empathy, Keynote Speaker, Story Telling, Team Building, Women Leaders

Wonder Woman in Business, Jennifer Willey

Susan Freeman

June 27, 2020

Communications, Diversity & Inclusion, Empathy, Keynote Speaker, Story Telling, Team Building, Women Leaders

Jennifer Willey

Founder & CEO

Jennifer Willey launched Wet Cement to help unlock fearlessness to unleash growth for individuals and organizations around the world. She is proud to be one of only 50 CEOs in the US leading a company that is double-certified as a Disability-Owned (DOBE) and Woman-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE).

Wet Cement’s approach is informed by proprietary research, led by behavioral scientists from Wharton, to understand what fears hold people back professionally, and how that differs by gender. These findings are coupled with a comprehensive analysis of academic literature over the past 75 years and proprietary diagnostic tools that assess your team’s strengths and weaknesses, so every program is customized to your business needs. Every program focuses on their five Fearless Fundamentals: Confidence, Communication, Control, Connections and Courage. In addition to their core “Fearless Strategies for Professional Growth” Program, they offer a “Fearless Growth: Sales Edition” and “Fearless Growth: Advance Women at Work Edition.”

What truly differentiates their full-service training, coaching and consulting programs is Jenn’s unique experience, that informs all of their curriculum and methods. Before launching Wet Cement in 2017, she spent 20+ years leading sales, strategy and marketing for tech and digital media companies… including Verizon Media/AOL, WebMD, Yahoo and pwc. She built in-house Women’s Leadership initiatives and championed ground-breaking programming while serving on the Boards of industry associations. Before that, she learned a thing or two about overcoming fear and compelling communication as a TV news anchor and reporter. And she started motivating others to achieve their goals, as a certified fitness instructor for 15 years.

Jennifer is a global Keynote Speaker and Content Creator. Fearless in 5 is her snackable, career-enhancing video series that helps business professionals learn how to unlock their fearlessness to be more successful at work and in life. She is a professional member of the National Speakers Association.

Jenn’s personal mission is supporting the advancement of women. Wet Cement donates 1% of its profit and 1% of its time to the non-profit Working for Women; and she is a founding member of the Enrichment Committee for Impact100 Jersey Coast, a philanthropic organization for women.

Jennifer graduated from Cornell University with a degree in Communications, and earned her Diversity and Inclusion Certification from eCornell in 2019. She lives in New Jersey with her husband John and two teenage sons.

Connect with Jennifer

WET CEMENT | Founder and CEO

917.334.3653 | jennifer@wet-cement.com

Learn more at Wet-Cement.com and AdvanceWomenAtWork.com.

Career Excel is our flagship online leadership training program that makes women fearless at work and in life.

Learn how you can be Fearless in 5

To learn more about Wet Cement, visit wet-cement.com. You can connect with Jenn at jennifer@wet-cement.com or on LinkedIn.

Wet Cement "Fearless in 5:" video series and articles

Career Excel Online Women's Leadership Program (with one free webinar)

Susan Freeman

June 27, 2020

Keynote Speaker, Lawyer, Team Building, Women Leaders, Diversity & Inclusion

Wonder Woman in Business, Kori Carew

Susan Freeman

June 27, 2020

Keynote Speaker, Lawyer, Team Building, Women Leaders, Diversity & Inclusion

KC 7.jpg — Kori Carew

Chief Inclusion & Diversity Officer

Kori Carew focuses on inclusive leadership development, cultural fluency, skill building to mitigate bias, and success strategies for professionals from underrepresented groups to innovate, integrate, and operationalize diversity, inclusion, and belonging into the business and practice of law at Seyfarth.

Kori is the firm's external liaison and ambassador on inclusion and diversity for Seyfarth, along with the firm's national Diversity and Inclusion Action Team (DIAT) co-chairs and firm chair and managing partner leading all efforts of national partnerships and client engagement on inclusion and diversity. She works closely with the firm's executive committee, practice department leaders, the national DIAT, and clients as well as office DIATs, the firm's affinity groups, and the Human Resources, Talent Development, Marketing and Business Development, and Recruiting departments.

Kori is an innovative, collaborative team-builder with success working with diverse personalities, backgrounds, training, education, and experience, and in situations with sensitive and political considerations.

Get to Know Kori

TV Shows/Radio:

Dana Being Dana on Naperville Public TV, Exploring Diversity and Inclusion

KCUR Radio special, Hidden Visible: Women of Color in Kansas City

Finding Common Ground by Naperville on Race and Diversity

Podcasts:

Jabot, from Above the Law

Thomson Reuters with Natalie Runyon

Hustle & Flow

The Resilient Lawyer with Jeena Cho

Central Exchange Midwest Leadership Summit

Connect with Kori

Kori S. Carew, Esq. | Chief Inclusion & Diversity Officer | Seyfarth Shaw LLP
233 S. Wacker Drive | Suite 8000 | Chicago, Illinois 60606-6448
Direct: +1-312-460-6848
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Website: koricarew.com

kcarew@seyfarth.com | www.seyfarth.com
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