8th Annual ConferenceGustavus Women in Leadership
Featured Speakers
![Kristine Jurczyk](/gimli/w100-c1:1-f/leadership/concertFiles/media/2018/jurczyk.jpg)
Kristine Jurczyk '97
Principal and Co-Head of Vista Equity Partners
![Nicole LaVoi](https://gustavus.edu/gimli/w100-h100-c1:1-f/leadership/concertFiles/media/2018/Nicole_LaVoi.jpg)
Nicole LaVoi '91
Co-Director of the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport
![Elin Ahldén](/gimli/w100-c1:1-f/leadership/concertFiles/media/2018/ahlden.jpg)
Elin Ahldén '99
Founding partner and Chairman of Swedish communications agency Lennox Public Relations
Breakout Speakers
Women's Advocacy Panel
![Andrea Johnson](/gimli/w100-c1:1-f/leadership/concertFiles/media/2018/johnson.jpg)
Andrea Johnson
Senior Counsel for State Policy at the National Women's Law Center
![Deborah Fowler](/gimli/w100-c1:1-f/leadership/concertFiles/media/2018/fowler.jpg)
Deborah Fowler
Managing Partner of Green Room Communications; President and Founder of Soft Bones: The U.S. Hypophosphatasia Foundation
![Anissa Mediger](/gimli/w100-c1:1-f/leadership/concertFiles/media/2018/mediger.jpg)
Annissa Mediger '94
Litigator and Shareholder at the law firm of Briggs and Morgan
Vocational Journey Panel
![Irma Marquez](/gimli/w100-c1:1-f/leadership/concertFiles/media/2018/marquez.jpg)
Irma Marquez '12
Director of Talent Recruitment at Hiawatha Academies
![Cathy Waldhauser](/gimli/w100-c1:1-f/leadership/concertFiles/media/2018/waldhauser.jpg)
Cathy Waldhauser '71
Owner of CHW Landscape/Design
![Tara Cadenhead](/gimli/w100-c1:1-f/leadership/concertFiles/media/2018/cadenhead.jpg)
Tara Cadenhead '97
Owner and Founder of Marquess Studios
Women in the Media
![Sarah Wolter](/gimli/w100-c1:1-f/leadership/concertFiles/media/2018/wolter.png)
Sarah Wolter '02
Visiting Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at Gustavus Adolphus College