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President & CEO, Abt Associates | Mission-Focused, Inclusive Leader | Passionately Working Toward Equity for All

Valerie Doherty is a CEO at Dahl Consulting and CEO at Doherty The Employment Experts and is based in Minnesota. She has worked as CEO at Doherty Employment Group Inc. Valerie studied at University of Minnesota Law School and St Cloud State University.

Tacy M. Byham, Ph.D., is Chief Executive Officer of DDI. An innovative global leadership company, DDI works by the side of organizations worldwide, to find and grow ready-now and ready-next leaders, who can make powerful leadership decisions and navigate global complexity. Tacy and the 1000+ associates at DDI complete 50+ global CEO assessments annually for Fortune 500 companies, family owned businesses and non-profits. DDI’s world-class learning systems have helped their clients’ organizations develop more than 16 million leaders globally improving business metrics such as productivity, turnover, downtime, and safety. Notably, Kennedy Consulting Research & Advisory, the world’s leading source of consulting market analysis, gave DDI top ranking as the number one leadership development provider on its The Kennedy Vanguard™ Matrix based on the breadth and depth of its solutions. A nationally recognized speaker and author in the field of leadership, Tacy’s wisdom helps leaders survive and thrive during critical transitions and unleash their potential. Her book, \'Your First Leadership Job: How Catalyst Leaders Bring Out the Best in Others\', coauthored with Rich Wellins, has sold tens of thousands of copies and has been translated into five languages. Forbes, Fast Company, Inc., The Conference Board Review, Chief Learning Officer, and TD Magazine have featured her articles on topics from the arrival of unprepared leaders to how to be a leader at home. Furthermore, she has been interviewed and quoted in several industry media outlets, including CNN (London), Entrepreneur, IndustryWeek, Pittsburgh Tribune Review, Pittsburgh Magazine, Pittsburgh Business Times, and Sirius XM Business Radio. A staunch supporter of women’s empowerment and gender equality, Tacy champions inclusion and diversity. Her vision, determination and enthusiasm led her to serve as the inaugural keynote speaker for Women in Technology Conference sponsored by HR Technology (2016) and has made a well-received TED-like talk entitled #LeadLikeAGirl that can be viewed on YouTube. In August 2017, she penned an op-ed in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in response to a Google engineer's divisive statements against gender equality. When not working, Tacy is a singer in the DDI Band.

CEO, The NPD Group / Best-Selling Author, Mom.B.A.: Essential Business Advice from One Generation to the Next

Experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the management consulting industry. Strong leader skilled in Boards, Strategy, Coaching, Sales, and Entrepreneurship.

Neelima Grover is the CEO and Founder of The QED Group, an Arlington-based consulting firm founded in 1998. She is passionate about bringing about transformational change (with a special focus on women and girls) through technology driven and capacity building of local organizations that serve their communities. She has dedicated her life to bringing about this change and believes that as a leader her role is to be a catalyst for growth. Under her leadership, QED has grown into an internationally renowned organization known for its work in monitoring and evaluation, performance management and learning. Since its founding, QED has monitored more than $4 billion in global programs in close to 100 countries and completed more than 1500 program evaluations for 27 clients. A social scientist by training, Neelima is a strategic thinker, a thought leader and innovator who brings a passion and vision for exploring new solutions to improve the impact, efficiency, and reach of global development programs. Branching out beyond traditional monitoring and evaluation approaches, Neelima has developed successful new methods for harnessing the power of data and technology to increase transparency, accountability and organizational learning, contributing to and helping shape U.S. Government foreign assistance policy. Neelima plays a key role in helping strategize on projects with a special focus on incorporating data use and technology. QED’s work takes place at the intersection of data analytics, network mapping, rapid prototyping, project data visualization, and other tools-providing strategies to incorporate technology solutions to inform better and timely decision making, resulting in organizational and programmatic efficiencies and guiding efficient resource allocation. Neelima has received numerous awards and recognition in her professional career from organizations including News India, Entrepreneur Magazine, Brava Awards, Smart CEO, Moxie Award and has been featured in business leadership shows such as Executive Leaders Radio. Neelima is also a member of the External Advisory Board for the Data Science & Analytics program at Georgetown University. She also serves as a Mentor for Girls in Technology in the DC metro region.