CAI 2022 Washington, DC Conference Advancing Technologies to Impact the World
Our Second Conference
The From Soccer to C-Suite™ conference series has commenced! The From Soccer to C-Suite™ conferences bring together and celebrate passionate leaders from around the nation. Join us for our second conference on July 12th in Washington, D.C. as we work towards creating more opportunities to benefit girls’ mental health and future careers. The July 12th conference will be held at the Children’s National Research and Innovation Campus from 1:30-4:30pm ET, and admission is free! The event is provided by The Center for Advancing Innovation and will feature speakers, such as Rosemarie Truman, the Founder and CEO of The Center for Advancing Innovation, and Dr. Gregory Charlop, the Founder of From Soccer to C-Suite™. The July 12th conference aims to launch the next generation of social impact startups and nonprofits to build a better world for children. Our goal is to bring together leaders, innovative thinkers, investors and entrepreneurs to develop businesses meant to help young girls grow into the powerful women of our future. The From Soccer to C-Suite™ July 12th conference will provide you with the opportunity to network with like-minded individuals striving to develop tools for young girls to thrive in any society and ensure their success.
To attend the conference, log in to LinkedIn, and register at linkedin.com/events/6947657973527678976/.
When:
The conference will be held on July 12th from 1:30-4:30pm ET.
Where:
The conference will be held at the Children’s National Research and Innovation Campus in Washington, DC.
Registrants will receive more information about logistics, timing, speakers, and the afterparty.
Founder and CEO, The Center for Advancing Innovation
Rosemarie Truman is an entrepreneur, growth strategist, distinguished corporate executive, angel investor and prolific startup catalyst. Currently, Rosemarie is the Founder and CEO of the Center for Advancing Innovation (CAI), a 501c3 non-profit which has been coined “Tinder for Startups” and “Shark Tank on Steroids.” CAI’s mission to identify breakthrough inventions and maximize their commercial potential.
Under Rosemarie’s leadership, CAI has earned numerous awards and recognition from Health and Human Services, the White House, the Federal Laboratory Consortium and more. CAI has also been featured in the Washington Post, Wired, Huffington Post, Nature, and several other publications.
Rosemarie’s specialty is growth and investment strategy, having led growth strategies for 50 of the global Fortune 100 companies in over 15 countries. The strategies that Rosemarie led have resulted in $300+ billion in “net new” top line yearly revenue and 190+ new products on the market.
Prior to launching her own firm, Rosemarie spearheaded IBM’s Innovation strategy practice globally. At IBM, she was awarded IBM’s most laudable honor, the Golden Circle Award. In addition, she has also held notable leadership roles at Booz Allen Hamilton, Oracle, PRTM, and Marsh & McLennan, where she served as VP of global strategy. Rosemarie began her career at Goldman Sachs. Her core competencies are in leadership, strategy consulting, investment banking and entrepreneurship.
In her spare time, Rosemarie also writes for Forbes and sits on company boards.
Founder, From Soccer to C-Suite and Women’s Sports Forum
As a physician and father of two daughters, Dr. Greg is committed to girls’ health and wellness. With research showing that over 90% of c-suite women played youth sports, Dr. Greg made it his mission to promote girls’ athletics and leadership.
Dr. Greg is a widely recognized wellness expert, speaker, and author. Featured on ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX, Dr. Greg improves women athletes’ lives with expert advice on nutrition, sleep, and mental health.
Philanthropy is at the core of Dr. Greg’s work. Allied with leading charities and impact investors, Dr. Greg is launching From Soccer to C-Suite™, a multi-state conference series to support children.
Dr. Greg’s media team creates TV shows, podcasts, events, and books featuring stories about powerful women athletes and business leaders.
He co-founded the Women’s Sports Forum with Olympian Myriam Glez. This monthly Q&A event tackles women athletes’ unique health and business challenges. Dr. Greg is also the founder of Retired Athlete Health and created the Seven-Week Wellness Program to fill the team void for retired athletes.
He is the author of Why Doctors Skip Breakfast: Wellness Tips to Reverse Aging, Treat Depression, and Get a Good Night’s Sleep. His latest book, From Soccer to C-Suite™, is scheduled for publication in late 2022.
Former EVP of Innovation and Technology, IBM
Mr. Donofrio joined IBM as a college co-op student in 1964 and worked on the memory technology for the legendary IBM System/360 mainframe computing system. Hired full-time in 1967, he spent the early part of his career in integrated circuit and chip development as a designer of logic and memory chips. He held numerous technical management and executive positions in several of IBM’s product divisions and led many of the company’s major development and manufacturing teams—from semiconductor and storage technologies, to microprocessors and personal computers, to IBM’s entire family of servers.
In 2008, Mr. Donofrio received the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration’s Gold Medal, the first presented to a non-U.S. government employee. The same year, he received the National Security Agency’s Director’s Memento of Esteem for substantial contributions to the Department of Defense. He was selected one of BusinessWeek’s 25 Top Innovation Champions in 2006. IndustryWeek named him Technology Leader of the Year in 2003.
An advocate for advancing education, employment, and career opportunities for minorities and women, Mr. Donofrio served for many years on the board of directors for the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering and was board chair from 1997 to 2002. He was a long-time board member of INROADS, a non-profit organization focused on training minority youth for professional careers in business and industry. In 2005, the U.S. Department of Education appointed him to the Commission on the Future of Higher Education, a 20-member delegation of business and university leaders charged with developing a national strategy for post-secondary education to meet the needs of America’s diverse population and workforce. He is a senior fellow at the Kauffman Foundation and board co-chair of the New York Hall of Science, the city’s only hands-on science and technology center.
A holder of seven U.S. technology patents, Mr. Donofrio is a fellow of the UK-based Royal Academy of Engineering, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the IEEE. In 2010, he was named a member of the U.S. Secretary of Energy Advisory Board. He is a member of the U.S.-based National Academy of Engineering; a member of the board of directors of the Bank of New York/Mellon; a member of the Republic of China’s Advisory Board of Science and Technology; a member of the board of trustees of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; a member of the board of directors of Liberty Mutual; a member of the board of directors of AMD; and a member of the board of managers of Delphi Automotive LLP.
He holds a master’s degree and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Syracuse University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, respectively. He has received honorary doctorates from Marist College, Pace University, Polytechnic University, the University of Warwick, the University of Edinburgh, and Drexel University.
Co-Founder, Resonance Philanthropies
Sheri Sobrato Brisson, eldest daughter of John and Sue Sobrato, is passionate about working with children facing serious illnesses and their families. She is the founder of Digging Deep Project, co-author of Digging Deep: A Journal for Young People Facing Health Challenges, and creator of Shadow’s Edge — a mobile game for teens with medical conditions.
Sheri is a member of The Philanthropy Workshop, a Dame of Honor of the Knights of St. John, and an alumna of the Pipeline Fellowship. She holds a B.A. from Stanford University and an M.A. from Santa Clara University.
Vice President Research Administration, Children’s National Hospital
Kerstin Hildebrandt — Vice President Research Administration, Children’s National Hospital, Children’s National Research Institute — is an accomplished and result-driven leader with over 25 years of wide ranging healthcare, capital assets development, research administration and regulatory experience. She has a proven track record of exceeding operating and financial goals leading strategic initiatives and high performance matrix teams who deliver strong quality and safety results. She possesses an excellent balance of business acumen, healthcare and research administration knowledge. Kerstin is an intuitive and practical problem-solver skilled in analyzing processes, identifying customer requirements, risk management, negotiating, and conflict resolution with a collaborative leadership style.
Executive Founder, Wellville; Tech Guru
Esther Dyson has devoted her life to discovering the inevitable and promoting the possible. As an investor/commentator, she focuses on emerging technologies and business models, emerging markets and emerging companies. In 1994, she was one of the first to explore the impact of the Net on intellectual property in her own (paid-subscription) newsletter Release 1.0 and in Wired. In 1997, she wrote a book on the impact of the Net on individuals’ lives, Release 2.0: A design for living in the digital age.
She donates time and money as a trustee to emerging organizations (the Santa Fe Institute, the Sunlight Foundation, StopBadware.org and the Eurasia Foundation). From 1998 to 2000, she was founding chairman of ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the international agency charged with setting policy for the Internet’s core infrastructure (technical standards and the Domain Name System) independent of government control. She also sits on the Russian government’s commission to establish a Russian Silicon Valley, to which she contributes both enthusiasm and skepticism.
After graduating from Harvard in economics, Dyson began her serious education in 1974 as a fact-checker for Forbes and quickly rose to reporter. In 1977 she joined New Court Securities as “the research department”, following Federal Express and other start-ups. After a stint at Oppenheimer covering software companies, she moved to Rosen Research and in 1983 bought the company from her employer Ben Rosen, and renamed it EDventure Holdings.
The daughter of an English physicist and a Swiss mathematician, Dyson started traveling in Eastern Europe in 1989 and eventually helped to fill the small but vital vacuum at the intersection of Eastern Europe, high-tech and venture capital…and space travel. From October 2008 to March 2009, she lived in Russia’s Star City training as a cosmonaut.
Retired NFL Cornerback; Community Leader
Leigh Bodden was born in Washington DC and at the age of 10 moved to Prince George’s County, MD, with his mother and three siblings and has been a residence of PG County ever since. As a 10 year old, in 1991 Leigh witnessed the airing of The Rodney King beating on local news stations and that tragic incident sparked his initial interest in fairness, justice, and advocating for human rights. Leigh recognized that supporting his community and views required increasing his knowledge and broadening his understanding of organizations and group dynamics. So, after graduating from Northwestern High School in Hyattsville, MD, Leigh was provided the opportunity to attend Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA and he seized it.
Leigh received a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration while excelling as an athlete and earning entrance in the National Football League (NFL) through his dedication, perseverance, and work ethic.
Leigh is a former American football cornerback. He was originally signed by the Cleveland Browns in 2003. He played college football at Duquesne. He has also played for the Detroit Lions and the New England Patriots.
SVP Media and Content, Washington Commanders
Julie Donaldson is the Senior Vice President of Media and Content for the Washington Commanders. A member of Washington’s executive leadership team, Julie oversees the entire broadcast and editorial operation in the organization along with being a permanent member of the gameday radio broadcast. The first female to be a regular on-air member of an NFL radio broadcast booth, Julie also adds her input and vision towards all of the club’s in-house creative content.
