Program Agenda

Hour 1

12:00 to 1:00 p.m. ET

9:00 to 10:00 a.m. PT

Summit Welcome

Marlee Matlin, Oscar-Winning Actress, Author, and Activist

Meredith Jacobs, JWI CEO

Mayim Bialik, Actress and Bestselling Author

Women on the Week News Roundtable: Jewish Women Journalists Discuss the Year Ahead for Women and Girls

Jodi Rudoren, Editor-in-Chief, Forward

Philissa Cramer, Editor-in-Chief, JTA

Meredith Jacobs, CEO, JWI & former Editor-in-Chief, Washington Jewish Week

Allison Kaplan Sommer, Journalist, Haaretz

Entrepreneurship as a Path for Women

Rebecca Minkoff, Fashion Designer

Stephanie Kaplan Lewis, Co-Founder & CEO, Her Campus Media

Taking Charge: Owning Your Finances and Your Future

Michelle P. Cooper, Director and Co-Founder, XML-W (Women’s Financial Services)

Bobbi Rebell Kaufman, Certified Financial Planner; Author, How to Be a Financial Grownup

Deborah Rosenbloom, Chief Program Officer, JWI

Hour 2

1:00 to 2:00 p.m. ET

10:00 to 11:00 a.m. PT

Love U: Healthy Relationships on College Campuses

Campus Advocates TBA

Ariella Neckritz, Senior Manager of Prevention and Training Programs, JWI

Our Money, Our Impact: Women’s Power to Drive Social Change

Tiffany Harris, Chief Program Officer, Moishe House

Nicky Goren, President & CEO, Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation

Lisa Eisen, Co-President, Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies

Hour 3

2:00 to 3:00 p.m. ET

11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. PT

Making Laws, Making Change: Jewish Women in Congress

Rep. Lois Frankel, U.S. Congress (D-Fla.)

Sen. Jacky Rosen, U.S. Senate (D-Nevada)

Rep. Jan Schakowsky, U.S. Congress (D-Ill.)

Dorian Karp, Senior Advocacy and Policy Manager, JWI

Mid-Summit Stretch & Power Pose

Pam Sherman, The EDGE™: Explore, Dream, Grow & Excite Programs

Sugar & Spice & Chicken & Rice: Cooking for Shabbat

Gail Simmons, Top Chef Judge; Author, Talking With My Mouth Full: My Life as a Professional Eater

Hour 4

3:00 to 4:00 p.m. ET

12:00 to 1:00 p.m. PT

How Women Lead and Succeed

Marissa Orr, Author, Lean Out: The Truth About Women, Power, and the Workplace

Mid-Summit Deep Breaths

Sandy Abrams, Breathwork Teacher and Author, Breathe to Succeed

Announcement of the 2021 Women to Watch Honorees

Andy Cohen, Emmy Award-Winning Host, Producer, and Author

Savor the Summit: Avaline Wine Tasting

Liz Minkus, VP National Accounts, Avaline LTD

Cameron Diaz, Actress, Wellness Author, Co-Founder of Avaline Wine

Katherine Power, Founder & CEO of Who What Wear and Versed; Co-Founder of Avaline Wine

Hour 5

4:00 to 5:00 p.m. ET

1:00 to 2:00 p.m. PT

Jazz Performance

Rain Pryor, Entertainer, Director, Writer, Playwright, Speaker, Activist

Find Your Center: Breathing & Rituals

Ellie Burrows Gluck, Co-Founder and CEO, MNDFL

Erica Keswin, Author, Rituals Roadmap

Virtual Shabbat Candle Lighting with Women Around the World

Rabbi Sherre Hirsch, Author, We Plan, God Laughs

Rabbi Dana Saroken, Founder, The Soul Center

Starting at 5:00 p.m. in each U.S. Time Zone

Local Virtual Shabbat Happy Hours

hosted by former Women to Watch honorees and JWI’s nationwide Young Women’s Impact Networks