Emcees/Keynotes
Hope Yin
Hope Yin is an award-winning Tech Executive turned speaker, coach and advocate for Women in Tech. She is a seasoned ICF certified executive coach with a purpose for empowering women in STEM. As the Founder & Owner of Blueprint Coaching, she has coached hundreds of women leaders to elevate their power, expand their potential, and amplify their legacy.
With a proven track record in enterprise technology modernization and transformation, Hope has held senior executive roles at two Fortune 200 companies. At U.S. Bank, her work in tech transformation and modernization contributed to multiple industry awards for the company, such as Foresters, Brandon Hall and LinkedIn Top 50 Companies. At JPMorgan Chase, she led multi-million-dollar technology portfolios as the Global Head of Talent Development Technology. Her expertise in technical leadership and strategic career planning has enabled her to break through barriers and advance to executive positions.
Committed to inclusive thought leadership in STEM, Hope is a dedicated advocate for women in technology. She has spoken to tens of thousands of individuals at tech conferences and industry events, sharing her insights on overcoming challenges, building a strong tech leader brand, and achieving career success.
Amy Yip
Amy Yip is the founder of Amy Yip LLC, a company dedicated to closing leadership skills gaps that prevent underrepresented employees from advancing into key roles. As an accomplished Mental Fitness Executive Coach, keynote speaker, award-winning author, and self-confidence trainer, Amy is passionate about helping individuals and teams thrive. A 2X TEDx speaker, she draws on over 16 years of experience building and leading global teams at industry leaders like Google, Clorox, and Booz Allen. Amy’s work is driven by her passion for fostering diverse leadership and creating transformative change.
Amy is an International Coach Federation Professional Certified Coach, a Certified Hudson Institute Coach, a Certified Strozzi Institute Somatic Coach, and a pioneer Mental Fitness Coach certified through Positive Intelligence.
Amy received her MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management, and her BS in computer science and BA in communications from the University of Maryland.
Amy resides in Maryland with Greg, her best friend and husband, and her sons Logan and Julian, the cutest kids ever.
Nozomi Morgan
Nozomi Morgan is the CEO of the intercultural leadership development firm Michiki Morgan Worldwide and hosts the Boundaryless Leadership Podcast, offering multinational organizations solutions to be more innovative through co-creation, collaboration, and unleashing collective wisdom.
She leads a team of experts in developing global leaders through her Boundaryless Leadership program. Her team helps organizations develop a Co-created Culture, which she believes is the foundation for individuals and organizations to fulfill their purpose in this world. Born in Japan, her diverse international background — having lived and worked in Asia, Europe, and North America and worked with people from over 30 countries — gives her a wealth of experience and knowledge as a strategic partner to global organizations in leading a diverse workforce.
Speakers
Arshiya Kherani
Arshiya Kherani is a leadership and executive coach, storyteller, and entrepreneur dedicated to helping professionals elevate their presence, influence, and impact. As the founder of NIYAH Advisory, she partners with executives and emerging leaders to develop their leadership identity, strengthen communication skills, and navigate high-stakes career moments.
Her career spans entrepreneurship, strategy, digital media, and client experience, including founding and operating a direct-to-consumer brand. She began her professional journey in real estate and affordable housing, shaping her commitment to integrating profit and purpose in leadership.
A firm believer in the power of storytelling as a leadership tool, Arshiya is also the co-founder of Potluck Stories, an LA-based community organization that hosts interactive storytelling events to amplify underrepresented voices. She believes that mastering one’s narrative is key to career advancement, executive presence, and meaningful leadership.
Elaine Lin Hering
Elaine Lin Hering is a speaker, facilitator, and former Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School. She works with organizations and individuals to build skills in communication, collaboration, and conflict management. She has worked on six continents and facilitated executive education at Harvard, Dartmouth, Tufts, UC Berkeley, and UCLA. She has served as the Advanced Training Director for the Harvard Mediation Program and a Managing Partner for a global leadership development firm. She has worked with coal miners at BHP Billiton, micro-finance organizers in East Africa, mental health professionals in China, and senior leadership at the US Department of Commerce. Her clients include American Express, Chevron, Google, Nike, Novartis, PayPal, Pixar, and the Red Cross. She was named a Thinkers50 top management thinker to watch and is the author of the USA Today Bestselling book Unlearning Silence: How to Speak Your Mind, Unleash Talent, and Live More Fully (Penguin, 2024).
Farah Bala
Farah Bala is a Leadership EDIA (Equity,Diversity, Inclusion, Anti-Oppression) Executive Coach, Consultant and Speaker. Through her certified minority, woman-owned agency FARSIGHT. Farah’s mission is to support organizations and leaders re-define the concept of leadership by making EDIA a core leadership competency. Her clients include executives in the C-suite, creatives and entrepreneurs, and organizations across wide-ranging sectors and industries. She is also a faculty coach at multiple learning & development institutions. She is a recipient of the Diversity Award by the World Zoroastrian Organization, recognized for her work in raising awareness towards gender, culture, racial equity and inclusion globally. Farah has been featured in Forbes and is a contributing member to the Forbes Coaches Council. She is co-creator of Wonder Women, an invite-only executive women-of-color leadership development community under FARSIGHT.
Nenuca Syquia
Nenuca Syquia is the CEO and Founder of Better Organizations by Design (BOxD), a consulting firm dedicated to aligning the people side of client's businesses with their strategy and goals. The firm offers services in organization design, team coaching, executive and leader development, DEI, change and integration. If you're thinking, "That's quite the breadth of services!" you are right, and that is 100% by design. Nenuca refers to this as "tying together the layers of change," which increases the odds of successful change, whether it is primarily at the organization, team or leader levels.
Having transformed businesses large and small, across industries, and at different parts in their lifecycle - from Sanofi to The San Francisco Ballet and Google to family-owned businesses - Nenuca has seen almost everything. As an entrepreneur, leader of a global team, and immigrant, she can relate to a wide variety of challenges firsthand.
Yon Na
Yon Na, PhD, is an organizational consultant and coach who helps leaders & teams create inclusive cultures and accelerate performance by applying organizational psychology principles.
Throughout her career, Yon has led Organizational Effectiveness and Leadership Development efforts in Fortune 100 and high-growth companies, including Warner Bros., The New York Times, Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson, and Nordstrom. She partners with her clients by leveraging research and assessments to design customized solutions.
Yon’s research area centers on the intersection of identity, culture, and leadership. She shares her peer-reviewed research on Asian women in leadership at conferences, companies, and colleges. Yon is also the co-founder of Radiance Leadership LLC, an organization dedicated to advancing Asian women in the workplace. She developed the Radiance Leadership Development Program, which combines her research, organizational psychology, and her experience leading in Fortune 100 companies.