Keynote Speakers
Deborah Kolb is Deloitte Ellen Gabriel professor for women and leadership and a faculty affiliate at the Center for Gender in Organizations at the Simmons School of Management. From 1991-1994, Kolb was Executive Director of the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. She is currently a Senior Fellow at the Program where she co-directs The Negotiations in the Workplace Project.
Kolb is an authority on gender issues in negotiation and leadership, especially how women can negotiate the conditions for their own success at the same time as they contribute to the effectiveness of their organization. Kolb has co-authored several books on this subject. Her most recent book, “Her Place at the Table: A Women’s Guide to Negotiating the Five Challenges of Leadership Success,” describes how successful women negotiate for what they need to be effective in leadership roles at all levels of an organization. She is currently working on a new book, “Negotiating Work,” which outlines a new approach to negotiation in the workplace that connects individual actions to organization change.
Kolb received her Ph.D. from MIT’s Sloan School of Management, where her dissertation won the Zannetos Prize for outstanding doctoral scholarship. She has a B.A. from Vassar College and an MBA from the University of Colorado.
Trenesa Stanford-Danuser
Vice President, Global Communications and Strategic Alliances
Origins Natural Resources and Ojon Corporation
“I love the transparency and accessibility of the wellness, eco-chic brand Origins and the authentic sustainability story of Ojon. These brands have been PR-driven since their inceptions, and that really excites me about the possibilities. Now that green is the new black, there are tremendous strategic partnerships with like-minded companies that I am excited to explore on behalf of both of these brands.”
Trenesa Stanford-Danuser is the Vice President, Global Communications and Strategic Alliances, for Origins Natural Resources and Ojon Corporation, divisions of The Estée Lauder Companies. Since early 2004, her strategic communications acumen and creativity have led the brand’s global media interactions, launching well-known franchises such as the delectable, trend-leading cocoa therapy™, the groundbreaking integrative skin-care philosophy of Dr. Andrew Weil for Origins™ and, an industry first, Origins Organics™, the first prestige, multi-sku beauty line with a USDA organic certification. Her global strategy development and communications responsibilities span the 25 countries and territories where Origins is sold, including Japan, Hong Kong, Germany, Korea, China and the United Kingdom. Her recent involvement with Ojon has opened the door for strategic avenues the brand has yet to fully explore. Marketing wildcrafted beauty™ products found in the world’s rainforests, Ojon’s unique story and commitment to environmental sustainability creates an exciting new challenge for the New Yorker.
Stanford-Danuser honed her expertise in corporate marketing working years in fast-paced, multi-client advertising and public relations agencies in New York and Boston. While a trends and account management executive, she served several blue chip clients in the consumer products sector, representing recognizable artists and brands such as Wonderbra, Braun, Cover Girl, Vidal Sassoon, Max Factor Cosmetics and Puig’s Crème d’Olives, as well as non-beauty consumer brands. Stanford-Danuser began her career as an investigative reporter and producer for television and radio in Florida. She also worked for several years as a Director of Communications and National Public Affairs “Rapid Response” Specialist (working closely with Elizabeth Dole) for the American Red Cross.
A graduate of the University of Florida, Stanford-Danuser has a Bachelor of Science in Broadcast Journalism. She is an eWomenNetwork Foundation Advisory Board and Cosmetic Executive Women member. Stanford-Danuser has been featured in Harper’s Bazaar, Essence, Redbook, Family Circle, Shape, Self, More (October ’09 issue) and Cosmetic World. Most recently she’s featured in The Glow Project documentary film. A 2008 Network Journal “40-Under-Forty” honoree, she lives in New York City with her husband and two children.
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. is one of the world's leading manufacturers and marketers of quality skin care, makeup, fragrance and hair care products. The Company's products are sold in over 130 countries and territories under well-recognized brand names, including Estée Lauder, Aramis, Clinique, Prescriptives, Origins, MAC, Bobbi Brown, Tommy Hilfiger, La Mer, Donna Karan, Aveda, Jo Malone, Bumble and bumble, Darphin, Michael Kors, American Beauty, Flirt!, Good Skin™, Lab Series, Kiton, Coach, Daisy Fuentes, Mustang, Grassroots, Tom Ford Beauty, Sean John, Missoni and Ojon.
An advocate of women’s issues for more than 30 years, Marie C. Wilson is founder and president of The White House Project, co-creator of Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work ® Day and author of “Closing the Leadership Gap: Why Women Can and Must Help Run the World” (Viking 2004).
In 1998, Wilson founded The White House Project in recognition of the need to build a truly representative democracy – one where women lead alongside men in all spheres. Since its inception, The White House Project has been a leading advocate and voice on women’s leadership.
Before she took the helm at The White House Project, Wilson was, for nearly two decades, the president of the Ms. Foundation for Women. Wilson has been profiled in “The New York Times,” has appeared on “The Today Show,” “Good Morning America,” CNN, National Public Radio and other national programs and is quoted widely for her expertise.
