KESI GIBSON
Lead Associate
Community Partners

Client Portfolio Manager
JPMorgan Asset Management


"The global economic challenges have underscored the need to "activate" emerging leaders.
I genuinely believe that there is an abundance of young women who are ready, willing and able to make a positive difference in the world.

However, many grapple with how to begin, accomplish, and sustain this.The Womensphere Emerging Leaders Global Summit provides an excellent, well structured opportunity for individuals desiring to effect change to engage not only in thoughtful dialog, but also to:

• share strategies and action plans
• establish meaningful networksand
• gain access to the"doers" andpioneers of major humanitarian, financial, medical and public policy initiatives, organizations and programs.

As our world becomes more interconnected, cross collaboration, and global alliances are no longer "nice to haves" - these are integral ingredients to envisioning and building a future, where ordinary people are constantly empowered to do extraordinary things. The global impact, depends upon the synergies that we are able to extract from summits like the Emerging Leaders Global Summit.

LAUREN LEONFORTE
Lead Management Associate
Womensphere


"Leaders have a calling to change the world.They feel it deep in their souls because leaders know that they have the inherent ability to shape, create, design, inspire, innovate, elevate and enact motion.

You can spot a leader; she is the one who is often positive – charting a path of purpose and presence which ensures all who are engaged that things are brighter, better with her around.

The Emerging Leaders Global Summit is meant to harness and identify the elements of leadership, and to leverage these elements for modern application as well as to provide a sense of community in leadership.

The resources, knowledge and connections gained from The Emerging Leaders Global Summit will be trajectory-changing.The energy will create a hyperbolic effect, travelling well into the future.

You will know people you meet, and will likely have several cups of coffee with them in the weeks following.You will hear thoughts from our speakers that surprisingly sound familiar to your own views on life, and will also hear some perspectives that expand your point of view.You will feel the buzz and you will settle with the omnipotent clarity that you will be very happy, changing the world.

The Emerging Leaders Global Summit is an experience to be had, an ROI that leaves the accountants puzzled.Join us on September 26th - and seize the future."

ANALISA BALARES
Chair of the Summit
CEO & Founder, Womensphere

"We created this Summit to provide an experience that will let young women unlock your potential as a leader, that will create opportunities for you, and that will inspire your impact on the world.

We are here to help you realize your vision. The Summit will inspire and empower you to explore how you can truly make a difference with your talents and energy - whether it's through creative endeavors, business and finance, social entrepreneurship, technology and innovation, public policy and public service, or many other ways.

We will connect you with inspiring and accomplished role models. We will connect you with similarly inspired and talented peers. And we have created a day full of OPPORTUNITIES for you - opportunities to grow in your career, to explore a variety of fields, companies, professions, and models of leadership, and opportunities for you to connect with great organizations that are changing the world."

RASHINA MONDESIR
Roundtable Manager for
The Future: Strategy & Organizations

Business Analyst,
Global Strategy,
Planning & Business
Re-engineering, Citigroup

“We all have the power to bebetter, greater versions of ourselves, baby steps that will lead us beyond any glass ceilings. Investing yourself today is one of the first steps.The Womensphere Emerging Leaders Global Summitis foundation all women should be proud to invest in. The Summit is about innovating change, surrounding yourself with pioneers of excellence in various fields and disciplines, touching upon global issues and coming together to create tactical solutions. It is opening your mind to creating a better you for a better tomorrow, and all you have to do is take the first step.“