Leadership Symposium
September 16, 2020
9am - Noon
AGENDA
9am - 9:50am
Opening Remarks
Forum President Lisa Detwiler
Managing Director, General Counsel, FS Investments
Introduction of Debbie Epstein Henry
Forum Board Member Kathy Gaddes
Executive Vice President & Chief Compliance Officer
AmerisourceBergen Corporation - Symposium Sponsor
Introduction of Plenary Keynote Jill Schlesinger
Forum Vice President Debbie Epstein Henry
Founder, DEH Consulting, Speaking, Writing; Executive
Consultant, Axiom
Plenary Keynote: Jill Schlesinger
9:50am Break
9:55am - 11am
Remarks from our Symposium Sponsor - AmerisourceBergen
- and Introduction of our Plenary Session
Kathy Gaddes, Executive Vice President & Chief
Compliance Officer, AmerisourceBergen Corporation
Plenary Session: Leveraging our Positions to Disrupt Bias
and Build More Equitable Pathways to Success
11:00am Break
11:05am -12pm
Break-out Sessions (Attendees will have the opportunity to
participate in either session.)
Breakout Session 1
2020 Vision: Progress and Barriers to a Fully Participatory
Democracy
Introduction by Alison Perelman, Executive Director,
Philadelphia 3.0; Chair, Forum Public Sector Leadership
Committee
Breakout Session 2
Reimagining Culture in Times of Accelerating Change
Introduction by Deana Calvelli, Partner, Consultant, Lockton
Companies; Forum member
12pm Post-Event Sponsor Discussions (Forum Members Only)
Plenary Session
Leveraging Our Positions to Disrupt Bias and Build More Equitable Pathways to Success
Forum members are among the most influential women in the region. It behooves us to educate ourselves about the unseen barriers women face -- those faced by women as a whole and the added barriers of women in underrepresented groups, including women of color, women with disabilities, women of minority religious faiths, and LGBTQI women. This panel will discuss gender and confirmation bias and explore how we can leverage our positions as leaders to break down these barriers and build more equitable pathways to success for all women.
Moderator: Sheryl Axelrod, President, The Axelrod Firm, PC; Forum member
Panelists:
Kisha Hortman Hawthorne, Ph.D., FACHE
SVP and Chief Information Officer, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Forum Member
Eileen Letts
Partner, Zuber Lawler; Past Co-Chair, ABA Commission on Diversity & Inclusion 360; Past ABA Margaret Brent Awardee; Co-author (along with Destiny Peery and Paulette Brown) of “Left Out and Left Behind, The Hurdles, Hassles, and Heartaches of Achieving Long-Term Legal Careers for Women of Color”
Melissa Pang
Past President, Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Pennsylvania (APABA-PA); Member, Chancellor’s Diversity Advisory Panel of the Philadelphia Bar Association; Assistant General Counsel,The School District of Philadelphia
Breakout Session #1
2020 Vision: Progress and Barriers to a Fully Participatory Democracy
This panel aims to put the unprecedented 2020 election into a broader historical context, considering both the progress we've made, and the barriers that still exist, toward achieving a fully participatory democracy. We will discuss how this election will look and feel different than previous elections, and consider what changes from this year might outlast the 2020 election cycle. Further, we'll discuss how those lasting changes might help or harm the cause of full enfranchisement. Finally, we want to think big, with respect to what our election system might look like if we were to redesign it without the limitations of political realities. What does transformation in our election administration look like, and what will it take to make that happen?
Moderator:
Sara Manzano-Diaz
Former PA Executive Deputy Attorney General for Public Protection and Director of the Women’s Bureau at the Department of Labor; Nonprofit board member; Forum member
Panelists:
Kathy Boockvar
Secretary of the Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Department of State
Sharmain Matlock-Turner
President and CEO, Urban Affairs Coalition; Forum Member
Sozi Pedro Tulante
Partner, Dechert LLP; Former Philadelphia City Solicitor
Breakout Session #2
Reimagining Culture in Times of Accelerating Change
Reimagining culture in times of change requires strong leadership with
a vision for the future. As we focus on the profound social and cultural changes facing business today, we will discuss actions that boards and executive leadership are taking to address the issues of social equity, inclusion, engagement and the accountability of leadership for results.
Our discussion will include:
• Actions that leaders are taking to support their employees and communities in a workplace complicated by its virtual or hybrid remote work environment,
• Ways to create opportunities for under-represented groups that are unique and authentic to the organization,
• How leaders are addressing systemic racism in the workplace, and
• How the results of these actions will impact your business.
Moderator:
Lorina Marshall-Blake
President, Independence Blue Cross Foundation; Forum Member
Panelists:
Phoebe Haddon
Chair, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Kate Shields
CEO, Vault Communications; Forum Board Member
Erika Whyte
Assistant Vice President, Enterprise Diversity & Inclusion, Lincoln Financial Group