The YWCA USA National Conference is our opportunity to come together under one roof to connect and share, to learn and reflect, and to make planful motions that will bring us closer to realizing our full potential as a national force.

Town Hall Speakers

  • Margaret Mitchell

    YWCA USA CEO

  • Ayanna Pressley

    Congresswoman for Massachusetts’ 7th District

  • Virginia Kase Solomon

    CEO of League of Women Voters

  • Tina Herrera

    YWCA USA Board Chair

Plenary Speakers

  • Shavon Arline-Bradley

    President & CEO, National Council of Negro Women

  • Damon T. Hewitt

    President & Executive Director, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

  • Nicole Austin-Hillery

    President & CEO, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation

  • Casey Harden

    General Secretary of World YWCA

  • Rosie Rios

    CEO, America 250

  • Pia Wilson-Body

    YWCA USA Vice Chair

  • Juliet Choi

    YWCA USA Audit Committee Chair

Workshop Speakers

  • Nadia Gooray

    Director of Equity and External Affairs

  • Susanne Post

    Presenter

  • Danielle Boyd

    Justice Equity & Belonging Program Manager

  • Cathy Zeiner

    Chief Strategy and Operations Officer

  • Ginny Giles

    VP of Development

  • Cherese Ledet

    President and CEO

  • Sereka Barlow

    CEO

  • Kayla Suarez

    Strategy and Social Impact Administrator

  • Naya Diaz

    Executive Director

  • Sarah Graham

    Manager, Communications & Advocacy

  • Tracey Madden-Hennessey

    Executive Director

  • Teresa Garza

    Marketing Manager

  • Sharon Roberson

    President & CEO

  • Stacy Johnson

    Chief Program Officer/Head Start Director

  • Phyliss Flanagan

    Justice Equity & Belonging Program Manager

  • Lisa McDuffie

    President & CEO

  • Charla Hale

    Chief Strategy & JEDI Officer

  • Crystal Ellis

    Teens Taking Action Program Manager

  • Wendy Waters-Connell, RN, MS, LNHA

    CEO

  • Melanie Lockwood Herman

    Executive Director

  • Rachel D'Souza-Siebert

    Speaker, Panel Facilitator

  • Julie Larson

    Presenter

  • Onuka Ibe

    Partner

  • Jennifer Judkins

    Senior Communication Manager

  • Lori McClung

    CEO/Co-founder

  • Elliott Buchholz

    CEO

  • Kimberly Stemley

    Chief Financial Officer

  • Moira O'Neil, PhD

    Senior Vice President

  • Camika Royal, PhD

    Associate Professor of Urban Education

  • Joseph Berbenich

    Account Representative

  • Dr. Suchi Gaur

    Director-Global Engagement and Impact

  • Gloria Chun Hoo

    Co-Chair, World Service Council

  • Mildred E. Morrison

    Co-Chair, World Service Council

  • Caterina Lemp Bitsacopoulos

    Senior Specialist for Movement Building

  • Loyce Pierce-Wright

    Board President

  • Lindsay Stockman

    Manger, Research & Development

  • Shawna O. Menifee

    Moderator

Welcome To Washington D.C.

National Conference isn’t about YWCA USA, it’s about our broad network of local YWCA associations that implement the work at the local level for women, families, and people of color every day. It’s a time for our Local Associations to share, as a community of learning, and to walk away inspired by each other and the work of the YWCA family. It is a time for the YWCA movement, united as One YWCA, to share and celebrate our history, our mission and impact, planning for the work ahead, and continuing to write our YWCA story.