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Tuesday, September 30, 2025
6:30 AM - 7:30 AM
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Wellness Activities
6:30 AM - 7:30 AM
PT
Wellness Activities
Location: Moonstone 1-2
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
PT
Buffet Breakfast
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
PT
Buffet Breakfast
Location: Cobalt 5-11
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
PT
Welcome Remarks and ACE Award Presentation
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
PT
Welcome Remarks and ACE Aspire Award Presentation
Location: Cobalt 5-11
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
PT
Opening Keynote—Built for More: Leadership Insights from Industry Visionaries
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
PT
Opening Keynote—Built for More: Leadership Insights from Industry Visionaries
Location: Cobalt 5-11
Reshema Kemps-Polanco
– Novartis
Bridgette Heller
– Shirley Proctor Puller Foundation
Jim Weiss
– Real Chemistry
9:55 AM - 10:40 AM
PT
Insights Breakout Session 1
9:55 AM - 10:40 AM
PT
Insights Breakout Session 1
9:55 AM - 10:40 AM
PT
Beyond the Myth: What Meritocracy Looks Like in Practice
Location: Cobalt 3-4
Marian Mutch
– Fortrea
Janine Jansen (she/her/hers)
– Pfizer
Kristina Bagnato, n/a (she/her/hers)
– Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.
Asha Hope
– Bayer
9:55 AM - 10:40 AM
PT
Operationalizing Patient Centricity Across the Healthcare Ecosystem
Location: Azure 7-8
Jenny Sheng
– Innomaven
Joe Collins
– Astellas Pharma US
Giles Platford
– Takeda
Kinnari Patel
– Rocket Pharmaceuticals
9:55 AM - 10:40 AM
PT
Retaining Healthcare Leaders through Smarter Work Practices
Location: Capri 6-7
Roselyn Feinsod (she/her/hers)
– Ernst & Young
Greg Lewis
– Calcium+Company
Stacey DeFilippo, MS, MBA, RD
– Novo Nordisk
Hannah Perry
– Novartis
9:55 AM - 10:40 AM
PT
Shaping the Future of Leadership Across Generations
Location: Cobalt 1-2
Linda Acholonu
– Fortrea
LeAnna Carey (she/her/hers)
– Women Who Innovate
Carolina Amador, PhD (she/her/hers)
– Amgen
Toni Brown, EdD (she/her/hers)
– Genentech
10:50 AM - 11:20 AM
PT
Connection Circles & Networking
10:50 AM - 11:20 AM
PT
Connection Circles & Networking
Location: Capri 3-7, Cobalt 1-4
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
PT
Empowerment Zone
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
PT
Empowerment Zone
Location: Azure 1-10
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
PT
HBA Talks
Location: Azure 7-8
LeAnna Carey (she/her/hers)
– Women Who Innovate
Jennifer R. Postelnek, n/a (she/her/hers)
– Bristol Myers Squibb
Chi Onyebuchi, n/a
– Takeda
Shilpa R. Tekula, MD (she/her/hers)
– Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Nicole A. Ventrone, BA, MA
– Beghou Consulting
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
PT
Empowerment Zone Micro Session
Location: Azure 7-8
Tess Vismale, CMP, DES
– DAHLIA+ Agency
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
PT
Lunch
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
PT
Lunch
Location: Azure 5-6
1:40 PM - 2:25 PM
PT
Insights Breakout Session 2
1:40 PM - 2:25 PM
PT
Insights Breakout Session 2
1:40 PM - 2:25 PM
PT
Climbing Higher: Overcoming Broken Rungs and Career Roadblocks
Location: Cobalt 3-4
Rose-Ann Blenman-Abange, Ph.D. CPM
– Incyte
Celeste Warren (she/her/hers)
– Celeste Warren Consulting LLC
Jackie Ejuwa
– Transformative Blue Health Advisors
1:40 PM - 2:25 PM
PT
Creating the Infrastructure to Support Closing the Women's Health Gap (a 3BC session)
Location: Cobalt 1-2
Christina Hughes
– Reverba Global
Kimberly Jones
– Butler/Till
Carmen White
– Pfizer
Marina Hong
– Bayer
1:40 PM - 2:25 PM
PT
Future-Proof Your Career: Leadership in the Age of AI
Location: Azure 7-8
Bob Pearson (he/him/his)
– The Next Practices Group LLC
Srideepti Ramayanam
– VendueTech
1:40 PM - 2:25 PM
PT
HBA India: Unmuted Voices. Unlimited Leaders
Location: Capri 6-7
Deepa Desai (she/her/hers)
– D Cube Consultancy
Tanusha Dutta (she/her/hers)
– Fortrea
2:35 PM - 3:35 PM
PT
Think Tank Reception (Invite Only)
2:35 PM - 3:35 PM
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Think Tank Reception (Invite Only)
Location: Bowtie 6
2:35 PM - 4:05 PM
PT
Empowerment Zone
2:35 PM - 4:05 PM
PT
Empowerment Zone
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
PT
HBA Talks
Location: Azure 7-8
LeAnna Carey (she/her/hers)
– Women Who Innovate
Amy Gamber, n/a (she/her/hers)
– BioMeridian Consulting
Stephanie Raspa, n/a
– Merck
Poornima Shubhakar, n/a
– BeOne Medicines
Dana M. Trump, n/a
– AstraZeneca
Maria Abunto, MD, MPH, MBA
– Cancer Fund and AMBA Venture
3:35 PM - 4:05 PM
PT
Empowerment Zone Micro Session
Location: Azure 7-8
Tess Vismale, CMP, DES
– DAHLIA+ Agency
4:15 PM - 4:35 PM
PT
Afternoon Greetings
4:15 PM - 5:20 PM
PT
Afternoon Keynote: Building Career Defining Relationships & ACE Award Presentation
Location: Cobalt 5-11
Aradhana Sarin
– AstraZeneca
Mary Stutts, MHA
– Healthcare Businesswomen's Association
Jim Weiss
– Real Chemistry
Otis Johnson, PhD, MPA
– Trial Equity
Jacopo Leonardi
– 4D Path
