Keynote Speakers
Wind Enterprises is proud to have Donna Brazile, Gail Evans and Lisa Earle McLeod as keynote speakers for its 14th Annual Possible Woman Leadership Conference.
Biographies for Donna, Gail and Lisa can all be found below.
Please direct all inquiries regarding our keynote speakers to Linda Wind
Donna Brazile
Veteran Democratic strategist and political commentator Donna Brazile will speak over lunch at the 2010 Possible Woman Leadership Conference. POWER CONNECTIONS — Women Linked for Strategy, Significance and Success! is the perfect theme for the 14th Annual Possible Woman Conference, which meets this year at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis Tuesday, April 20.
Brazile is an on-air contributor on CNN, NPR and ABC where she regularly appears on “This Week with George Stephanopoulos.” The first African-American woman to manage a presidential campaign, Brazile worked on every presidential campaign from 1976 through 2000. She has been named one of “20 Remarkable Visionaries” (The Oprah Magazine), “100 Most Powerful Women in Washington” (Washingtonian) and “50 Most Powerful Women in America” (Essence).
“Donna is such a presence!” says Linda Wind, president and CEO of Wind Enterprises, presenter of the conference. “She offers incredible insight and has been very well-received as a speaker.”
In addition to her television work, Brazile is a syndicated columnist, adjunct professor, vice chair of Voter Registration and Participation at the Democratic National Committee and founder of Brazile and Associates LLC, a general consulting, advocacy and training firm in Washington, DC.
She authored the best-selling memoir Cooking with Grease: Stirring the Pots in American Politics. She is passionate about encouraging political involvement for women and young people and about recovery efforts for her beloved native city of New Orleans.
Gail Evans
Love the Game…With those words Gail Evans concludes one of the most successful and influential books about women in the workplace.
Ironically, many women did not even know the game existed before Evans taught them how to win in the workplace with her book “Play Like A Man, Win Like A Woman.”
The book was listed for several months on the New York Times, Business Week, and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists. “Play Like A Man, Win Like A Woman” has been translated into 18 languages and has been a bestseller around the world. When it comes to the success of women in the workplace, Evans is a leading source. She has appeared on The Today Show and Larry King Live, and has been featured in The New York Times and USA Today.
Evans’ status has been enhanced by her newest book, “She Wins, You Win” as well as her weekly radio segment “It’s Not Just A Man’s World,” which is syndicated to 1900 CNN Radio affiliates across the United States. She has spoken and given lectures to many of the world’s leading companies including GE, JP Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo, KPMG, BellSouth, The Southern Company, and Scana Energy. Evans is currently an associate professor at Georgia Tech’s School of Management. Her business advice columns appear in Worthwhile and PINK Magazines.
Where did Gail Evans learn the business game? In the male-dominated world of television journalism. She began working at CNN at its inception in 1980. By the time she retired in 2001, she was its Executive Vice President. During that time she was responsible for program and talent development at all CNN’s domestic networks overseeing national and international talk shows and the Network Guest Bookings Department, which schedules about 25,000 guests each year.
In addition to speaking and teaching, Evans stays busy serving on numerous charitable boards including Radio and Television News Directors Foundation, the Society for Women’s Health Research, the Atlanta Girls School and the Ga. State University Law School and the Breman Jewish Heritage Museum. Gail is also a founding board member of Greenstone Media, FM talk radio for Women. She was also appointed by President Clinton to the Commission on White House Fellows. She is the former chairperson of the Georgia Endowment for the Humanities and worked at the White House in the Office of the Special Counsel to the President during the Lyndon B. Johnson Administration.
Gail Evans lives in Atlanta and is the grandmother of five. Her Golden Retriever, Duke, sleeps at the foot of her bed every night.
Lisa Earle McLeod
Lisa Earle McLeod is a nationally syndicated newspaper columnist, business consultant and inspirational thought-leader. Her newest book The Triangle of Truth: The Secret to Resolving Conflicts Large and Small (Penguin) is in bookstores now. She conducts workshops and seminars worldwide and is a sought-after keynote speaker. A prolific writer and commentator, Lisa’s work has been featured in The New York Times, O: The Oprah Magazine, Beliefnet.com, The Huffington Post and The Wall Street Journal. She is the author of several books, including The Triangle of Truth, Forget Perfect and Finding Grace When You Can’t Even Find Clean Underwear. Her corporate clients include Apple Computer, Pfizer, Deloitte, Best Buy, The United Way, Peterbilt Trucking and Kimberly-Clark. A repeat guest on “Good Morning America,” Lisa lectures internationally and lives in Atlanta with her husband and two teenage daughters. Sign-up for her free weekly newsletter at www.TriangleofTruth.com
