IWF Georgia Presents International Women's Day- March 24, 2026:  

She Dares- The Power of Courageous Women

Leadership

IWF Georgia IWD 2026 Chair

Susan O'Farrell

Independent Director and Audit Committee Chair. Retired Chief Financial Officer of a publicly traded company.  Susan currently sits on three corporate boards and is active in the local community.  



IWF Georgia IWD 2026 Committee Chairs

IWD 2026 Sponsorship Chair ​

Brittany Collins
Brittany Collins is the  Executive Director of the Betty and Davis Fitzgerald Foundation.  She is a trusted, strategic advisor and social impact strategist with over a decade of experience in urban public education, community development, and the non- profit sector. 

IWD 2026 PR/Communications Chair ​

Gina Espinosa-Meltzer

Gina is the CEO of Hope-Beckham Espinosa Inc.. She joined Hope-Beckham with the merger of the firm she founded 12 years ago, GPR Global, into HBI, now HBE. She’s a communications strategist and publicist who’s worked with for-profit companies and nonprofit organizations to increase awareness of their brand, increase sales and enhance messaging to both the Hispanic and mainstream markets. 

IWD 2026 Program Committee Chair

Amy Glennon

Amy Glennon is the former publisher of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and of Cox Media Group’s Vertical Businesses, a portfolio of digital content sites.

Glennon is on the Advisory Board of the James M. Cox Institute for Journalism Innovation, Management and Leadership at The University of Georgia; and is an Advisory Board member of the Salvation Army of Metro Atlanta.

IWD 2026 PowerTalk Chair ​

Monica Khant

Monica is the Executive Director of the Asian Pacific Institute on Gender Based Violence. She has a legal background in immigration and human rights and has extensive expertise in thoughtful, strategic, innovative, client-centered nonprofit management. 

IWD 2026 Venue Host 

Debra Lam

Debra Lam is the Founding Director of the Partnership for Inclusive Innovation, a statewide public-private partnership committed to investing in innovative solutions for shared economic prosperity. She continues to lead smart communities and urban innovation work at Georgia Tech. Prior to this, she served as Pittsburgh’s inaugural Chief of Innovation & Performance where she oversaw all technology, sustainability, performance, and innovation functions of city government. Before that, she was a management consultant at a global engineering and design firm, Arup. She has received various awards, including being named one of the top 100 most influential people in digital government by Apolitcal. 


IWD 2026 Virtual Host 

Sheila Weidman

Sheila is the Senior Vice President of Communications, Government and Public Affairs for Georgia-Pacific, one of the world's leading manufacturers and marketers of bath tissue, paper towels and napkins, and many other products.


IWD Event Director

IWD Event Director, 2020 - 2026

Jennifer Langley

Jennifer Langley is the IWF Georgia Forum Executive and Managing Principal of JL Events & Association Management.  She established her company with a focus on providing association and operations management as a contracted executive director for professional membership organizations. She is a senior executive with 20+ years of success building organizations and associations through strategic growth initiatives and effective operations management to thoroughly execute an organization’s mission and vision by assembling a support team and providing oversight. 


IWD Founding Chair

IWD Founding Chair, 2020

Roxanne Douglas
 (Retired)

Roxanne Douglas is retired from her legal career as Chief Counsel at McKesson Corporation, NCR and AT&T.  Roxanne has chaired the boards of directors of several non-profit organizations including Families First, OnBoard, Leadership Atlanta and the Georgia chapter of the International Women’s Forum.  

IWD 2026 Program Team Includes: 


Saleemah Abdul-Ghafur 

Lilicia Bailey

Leona  Barr-Davenport 

Susan Bell

Lisa Benjamin

Myra Bierria

Lori Billingsley

Amanda Brown-Olmstead

Molly Burke

Roxanne Douglas

Karen Duckett

Gina  Espinosa-Meltzer

Staci Fox

Amy Glennon

Ellen Hartman

Monica Khant

Debra Lam

Jennifer Langley

Penny McPhee

Laura Neuman

Elizabeth Noe

Susan O'Farrell 

DeRetta Rhodes

Natosha Reid Rice

Kanyatta Walker

Sheila Weidman

Nancy Zintak


QUICK CLICKS:

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

​IWD 2026 Agenda
IWD 2026 Sponsorship
IWD 2026 Speakers
IWD 2026 Mentorship
IWD 2026 Leadership
IWD 2026 Resources/Media


EXCITING 2026 EVENT VENUE! 
An in person Event Experience Hosted by Georgia Tech at The Kendeda Buildingand Virtual Event Experience Produced by Georgia-Pacific  


Building Address:

The Kendeda Building

422 Ferst Drive NW, Atlanta, GA 30313



TICKET PRICING: 

IWF Members:

Complimentary

IWF Patron:
Name Recognition / Reserved Seats (2), VIP Party, $500 

Non-Member:  
In person - $75


Virtual Attendee: 

Complimentary


PowerTalk Mentees: 

Complimentary for Young Career Women & College Students, Click here for details about our mentorship opportunity.  Use code MENTEE2026 to register.


Contact information:
Jennifer Langley, IWF Georgia Forum Executive and IWD Event Director, jlangley@iwfgeorgia.org,
404-314-3941

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