Meet Vincent Brathwaite, Senior Program Manager for Design Operations at GitHub, a seasoned educator, and a speaker. He was previously the Director of the Design Leadership Forum at Invision. His mission is to design experiences that help leaders positively impact the world.

Meet Emma Sherwood-Forbest, Senior Design Manager at Climate, Health, and Well-being at Meta.  She learned about cultivating healthy, empowered teams through a wide array of experiences: 5 years in the startup world, a decade of consulting and agency leadership, and her most recent roles working in-house on health, climate, and well-being. 

Meet Judy Wert, Executive Recruiter and Co-Founder of one of the design community’s most trusted search firms, Wert&Co. She’s the kind of person you might quickly find yourself sharing much of who you are with—because she’s warm, a skilled listener, and can offer valuable perspective informed by over 27 years of working with the leadership of innovative companies.

👋Meet Ghazal Badiozamani, founder of Clearhead Advisory. She helps companies define business and product strategies, develop high-performing teams, and build customer-centered products and services in healthcare, life sciences, education, and technology. She also has many years of experience in the corporate strategy and product management spaces. She’s an empathetic and decisive leader who thrives when problems are thorny and complex.