2023 DISCOVER Summit
October 17th - 18th
Hilton Philadephia City Avenue | Philadephia, PA, USA
“United for IMPACT”
In collaboration with:

Agenda at a glance
Day 1 – October 7, 2021 | |
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11:00-11:15am | President’s Welcome Address Rakhi Agarwal—Franchise Engagement Leader, J&J President, DISCOVER |
11:15-12:15pm | Opening Keynote Celeste Warren—Merck, Global D&I Center of Excellence |
12:15-12:45pm | Break/Lunch |
12:45-1:30pm | Intentional Allyship in the Workplace: Framework and Best Practices Anita C. Ricketts—DiversityInc |
1:30pm-2:15pm | Intentional Allyship in the Workplace Academic Engagement Panel Marjon Dean—EY Lu Chen—BCG Brittany Walker—Walker SCM Tarbinlam Lafon—Organon |
2:15-2:25pm | Energy Break — Health & Wellness Office Exercises |
2:25-3:00pm | Supply Chain Allyship: Creating Inclusionary Professional Pathways Dr. Kevin Lyons—Rutgers |
3:00-3:15pm | Point of View — Allyship and DEI |
3:15-3:45pm | Leadership Panel — Allyship and DEI Heidi Landry—J&J Matthew Pedersen—GEP Shamika Williams—BMS |
3:45-4:00pm | Showcase — “Act of Kindness” |
4:00-5:00pm | Networking Event |
5:00-5:15pm | Day 1 Closing Thoughts Alicia Petross—Hershey |
Day 2 – October 8, 2021 | |
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10:30-11:00am | Welcome Keynote Tammy Murphy—First Lady, NJ |
11:00-12:00pm | Leadership Conversation Executive Panel—Diversity and Equity in Workplace Jason Reiman—Hershey Yone Dewberry—Land O’ Lakes Kathy Wengel—J&J Nancy Barbour—BMS Moderated by Dana Stiffler—Gartner |
12:00-12:30pm | Break/Lunch |
12:30-1:15pm | Mentoring/Coaching Session A—Executive Coaching B—Student Mentoring |
1:15pm-2:00pm | Measuring the DEI Health of Your Organization Michelle Bogan—Equity at Work |
2:00-2:10pm | Energy Break Deep Breathing and Meditation |
2:10-2:45pm | Up Close & Personal—Fireside Chat Dr. Pierre Theodore—J&J |
2:45-3:00pm | Closing Thoughts Anu Hans—J&J |
3:00-4:00pm | Happy Hour – Virtual Game Room by invitation only |
Our Speakers
DISCOVER Summit Planning Team

Rakhi Agarwal

Amol Jagdale

Odi Ikpe

Carol Ardila

Maria Hill

Yahne Marie Henry

Kait Mastrianni

Lisa Slater

Umang Srivastava

Barry Blake

Allison Lynch Sr.

Dayo Olateju

Chun (Mansa) Liu

Myriam Surprise

Kinzi Dorr

Ashlesha Tambde

Kartik Sharma

Paino-Jimenez Andrea
