eynote peakers
neha sampat
genlead belonglab
Neha Sampat, Esq. is CEO and founder of GenLead|BelongLab, where she focuses on building belonging and true inclusion. Through consulting, training, speaking, and writing, she helps organizations create peak‐performance, inclusive teams by addressing hidden barriers to belonging, such as Imposter Syndrome and internalized bias, unconscious bias, distrust in teams, and wellness challenges. She is a nationally sought-after expert on inclusive leadership and disrupting Imposter Syndrome, and she runs the top-rated “Owning Your Value” programs to cultivate evidence-based confidence and nurture authenticity.
In her work, Neha leverages her experience working as an attorney at both large and boutique law firms, her tenure as dean of students and leadership professor, and the joys and struggles of “mama”ing her 8 year old and 6 year old kids. Neha’s insights have been featured in Time Magazine, ABA Journal, Attorney at Work, ABA Law Practice Today, Thrive Global, the Mom Life and Law podcast(!), the Heels of Justice podcast, the Women’s Advocate podcast, and numerous other professional publications and media. Neha holds BAs in Sociology and Political Science from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, obtained her JD from UC Berkeley School of Law, received her Certificate in Graduate Applied Psychology, and is certified in Hogan personality assessment systems. Neha works across industries, from Amazon to Pixar, and UC Berkeley to Leadership Council on Legal Diversity.
You can read more of Neha’s insights at blog.genlead.co and follow her on TW/IG/FB at @belonglab.
The Honorable Rosemarie Aquilina
Circuit Court Judge, Ingham County, Michigan
Judge Rosemarie Aquilina has served as a Circuit Court Judge for Ingham County, Michigan for seventeen years. Judge Aquilina made history when she allowed 156 Sister-Survivors and other victims, for a total of 169 victims, to speak over seven days in the People v Nassar case.
She brings many valuable experiences to her position on the bench. Judge Aquilina earned her Juris Doctorate degree from Western Michigan Thomas M. Cooley Law School in 1984. She began her legal career working in the Michigan Senate as an Administrative Assistant after which, she opened Aquilina Law Firm, PLC. Judge Aquilina became part of Michigan’s history as the first female JAG Officer in the Michigan Army National Guard and retired honorably after twenty years. Judge Aquilina served as a civilian judge for sixteen years. During her first four years, she served as Chief Judge and Sobriety Court Judge in the 55th District Court, and she founded the Ingham County Sobriety Court Foundation to assist those in recovery. Judge Aquilina was then elected to the 30th Circuit Court for Ingham County, where she has served for twelve years, recently being elected to another 6-year term.
She made history as the first female professor to speak at the Michigan State University College of Law Commencement in the Spring of 2018 and again in 2020, when she heard the first hybrid jury trial in Michigan during Covid-19.
Additionally, Judge Aquilina is a published fiction author. Her novels include Feel No Evil, Triple Cross Killer, and All Rise. Her memoir, Just Watch Me, will be released December 10, 2020 by Audible as part of the First Originals from Reese Witherspoon and Hello Sunshine.
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Sue Bunnell
JEENA CHO
Aman Costigan
Christy Keating
Claire E. Parsons
Megan Whiteside
Sara Williams
Estelle Winsett
Laura Yaeger
