2026 Session Speakers

Amila de Saram-Larssen

ICF-Certified ADHD & Executive Function Coach; CALC-Trained ADHD Life Coach; Disability Inclusion Specialist; Co-Founder of CoachBridge

Amila de Saram-Larssen is an ICF-certified ADHD and executive function coach, holding Associate Certified Coach (ACC) credentials along with additional certifications as a Certified ADHD Life Coach (iACT Center) and Certified Executive Function Coach (EFCA). She brings over 20 years of experience in international disability inclusion and public policy, working across governments, global institutions, and education systems to advance equity and participation for people with disabilities.

Amila holds degrees from Mount Holyoke College, Middlebury College, and The Ohio State University...

Chrissy Galli

Dr. Chrissy Galli is a human capital and higher education expert with over a decade of experience supporting thousands of multigenerational students and employees. She has served as a faculty member, student affairs professional, and project manager, bringing a cross-functional perspective to education and workforce development.

She spent over ten years at various higher education institutions, including UC Berkeley, where she worked extensively with Millennial and Gen Z student employees. She is also the founder of 21st Century Learning...

Liliana (Lili) Iglesias

Liliana (Lili) Iglesias has been working at UC Berkeley for over 11 years and has held roles in the Undocumented Student Program (USP) and the Latinx Thriving Initiatives. In her current role as Director for USP, Lili supports USP staff and students, and works with student leaders and partners on and off campus to develop strategies to further meet the needs of undocumented students and their families. Lili approaches her work through multicultural, student/person-centered, and strengths-based frameworks. She loves spending quality time with her son,...

Laura Hassner

Laura Hassner is the Strategic Advisor to the Chancellor of UC Berkeley. She is also the Executive Director of Innovation & Entrepreneurship at UC Berkeley and the Berkeley Changemaker academic program. Hassner co-created and co-leads the Berkeley Changemaker® academic program. Berkeley Changemaker’s identity-making curriculum activates students’ passions and helps them develop a sharper sense of who they want to be and how to make that happen. She holds a BA, with honors, from Stanford University and an MBA,...

Mayra Hernandez

Mayra Hernandez Coaching, Founder & Leadership coach

Mayra Alexandra Hernandez is an ICF-certified coach (ACC, CPCC) and bilingual facilitator specializing in leadership and mindset development. She helps professionals build emotional intelligence and self-awareness so they can lead with confidence, clarity, and impact.

With over 15 years of experience leading diverse, multilingual operations teams as a chemical engineer, Mayra brings deep, real-world insight into the challenges working professionals face. Born in Venezuela and fluent in English and Spanish, she creates inclusive and supportive coaching environments...

LaToia Burkley

Your Big Debut, LLC, CEO / Executive Coach

LaToia Burkley specializes in activating, educating, and elevating the voices of high-achieving professionals so they can serve at their highest sense of self while gaining clarity and confidence along their career journey. A goal-oriented, certified Executive and Career Coach, LaToia is deeply passionate about pouring into her community through coaching and holding space for career pathing for individuals of all identities, backgrounds, and socioeconomic statuses.

Drawing on her expertise in Human Resources and Business Operations, LaToia helps clients identify and...

Lorraine Armijos

LAR Insights, Executive Coach

Lorraine Armijos helps leaders stop firefighting and start leading. A U.S. Air Force veteran, her coaching journey began in the military, where she discovered a principle that still guides her work today: real growth happens when leaders feel both supported and challenged.

With 20 years of experience leading operations and developing leaders in complex organizations - including Fortune 500 healthcare systems - Lorraine transforms reactive operations into high-performing organizations by strengthening management infrastructure and growing the leaders who run it. She has coached and...

Alex Ojeda

Alex Ojeda is a leadership and executive coach who partners with educators and professionals to strengthen leadership capacity, collaboration, and human-centered effectiveness. He brings over a decade of experience developing people within complex organizations, including seven years at Apple facilitating learning and coaching teams across North America in English and Spanish. At Compass, he scaled and led a rapidly growing team through significant organizational change. Today, Alex works with high-performing individuals, managers, and senior leaders using the evidence-informed...

Kellye Franklin

Kellye Franklin is a Leadership Strategist and Performance Coach who helps highachieving professionals close the hidden gaps that stall performance, visibility, and career growth. With 20+ years leading programs and teams in Fortune 50 environments, she brings a practical, systems-minded approach to influence, communication, and sustainable results— especially in complex, mission-driven workplaces like higher education. Kellye is known for real-talk facilitation and tools people can use immediately (scripts, frameworks, and simple planning methods). At NOW, she’ll help...

Jennifer Johnson-Hanks

Jennifer Johnson-Hanks is a professor of demography and sociology. She is a cultural demographer with interests in fertility and family, epistemology, and the history of population thought. Her publications include the books Uncertain Honor: Modern Motherhood in an African Crisis; Understanding Family Change and Variation: Structure, Conjuncture, and Action; and a forthcoming book, How We Count: Why Quantitative Social Science Matters.

Johnson-Hanks served as Chair of the Committee on Academic Planning and Resource Allocation...