Leadership By Design

Carol J. Smith Senior Research Scientist, Human-Machine Interaction, Carnegie Mellon University Carol Smith has been has been improving the human experience across industries for 20 years and working to improve AI systems since 2015. She is a Senior Research Scientist...

Brad Nunnally Senior Director of User Experience, IntelliBridge Brad Nunnally is the Senior Director of User Experience at Intellibridge and a co-author of “Designing The Conversation: Techniques for Successful Facilitation” for New Riders (Voices That Matter) and “UX Research: Practical...

Mags Hanley Digital Management Coach, Mentor, & Teacher Mags Hanley is a career and executive coach for UX designers. Using her over 25 years as a Designer and UX Leader, she works with designers at all stages of their careers....

Wendy Johansson Co-Founder & Chief Product Experience Officer, Misalud Health Wendy Johansson is a founder, entrepreneur, and Product Experience leader who has spent her career building equitable teams and products in tech. Wendy has previously co-founded and exited Wizeline a...

Anne Hjortshøj Senior Director of User Experience, CarGurus Anne Hjortshøj is a product design leader with an accidental specialty in spinning up new teams. During her 20+ year career, she’s successfully led design and product teams in industries as disparate...

Liya James Author, Innovation By Inclusion Liya is a designer, inclusion advocate, and author. Over the past two decades, Liya’s product innovation work has touched millions of users through collaborations with brands like Apple, AT&T, Mercedes-Benz R&D, and IBM Design,...

Natalie M. Dunbar Senior UX Content Strategy Manager, Walmart Natalie Marie Dunbar is a UX-focused content strategist with a unique blend of skills as a journalist, content writer, and user researcher. Taken together with her curiosity for technology and her...

Lakeside Pride Lakeside Pride Music Ensembles is Chicago’s premier family of performance groups for members and friends of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community. Home to four major ensembles – Jazz Orchestra, Marching Band, Symphonic Band, and...

Lakeside Pride Lakeside Pride Music Ensembles is Chicago’s premier family of performance groups for members and friends of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community. Home to four major ensembles – Jazz Orchestra, Marching Band, Symphonic Band, and...

Christian Lane Christian Lane is an American-born singer-songwriter. His first band, Loud Lucy, was part of the Chicago indie-rock scene of the early-to-mid-1990s. The band dissolved a few years after Breathe. Lane moved to Los Angeles, CA to pursue a solo...