2011 Keynote Speakers

The 2011 WLC will feature three keynote speakers:

Friday evening

Annie I. Anton is a professor in the Computer Science Department of the College of Engineering at NC State University (NCSU), where she is Director of the CSC Policy and Compliance Initiative and a member of the NCSU Cyber Defense Lab. She is currently chairing the NCSU Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure Committee. In 2008, she chaired the NCSU Public Policy Task Force. Anton is the founder and director of ThePrivacyPlace.org, a research group of students and faculty at NCSU, and Purdue University. In 2009, Anton was named an ACM Distinguished Scientist and a Non-Resident Fellow of the Center for Democracy and Technology in Washington, DC. She was named an NSF CAREER Award winner in 2000, a CRA Digital Government Fellow in 2002, and the "Woman of Influence in the Public Sector" in 2005 by CSO Magazine & the Executive Women's Forum. Annie is a three-time graduate of the College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology, receiving a Ph.D. in 1997 with a minor in Management & Public Policy, an M.S. in 1992, and a B.S. in 1990 with a minor in Technical and Business Communication. She is a 1984 graduate of Saint Pius X Catholic High School in Atlanta, Georgia.

Recently Dr. Anton was named one of the 2011 "eHow Shift 100". Click this link to find out more. Congratulations!

Saturday breakfast

Gail Evans learned the business game in the male-dominated world of television journalism. She began working at CNN at its inception in 1980. By the time she retired in 2001, she was its Executive Vice President. During that time, Gail was responsible for program and talent development at all CNN's domestic networks overseeing national and international talk shows and the Network Guest Bookings Department, which schedules about 25,000 guests each year. She has written two books, "Play Like A Man, Win Like A Woman" has been translated into 18 languages and has been a bestseller around the world. When it comes to the success of women in the workplace, Evans is a leading source. She has appeared on The Today Show and Larry King Live, and has been featured in The New York Times and USA Today. Evans' status has been enhanced by her newest book, "She Wins, You Win" as well as her weekly radio segment "It's Not Just A Man's World," which is syndicated to 1900 CNN Radio affiliates across the United States. She has spoken and given lectures to many of the world's leading companies including GE, JP Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo, KPMG, BellSouth, The Southern Company, and Scana Energy. Evans is currently an associate professor at Georgia Tech's School of Management. Her business advice columns appear in Worthwhile and PINK Magazines. In addition to speaking and teaching, Evans stays busy serving on numerous charitable boards including Radio and Television News Directors Foundation, the Society for Women's Health Research, the Atlanta Girls School and the Ga. State University Law School and the Breman Jewish Heritage Museum. Gail is also a founding board member of Greenstone Media, FM talk radio for Women. She was also appointed by President Clinton to the Commission on White House Fellows. She is the former chairperson of the Georgia Endowment for the Humanities and worked at the White House in the Office of the Special Counsel to the President during the Lyndon B. Johnson Administration.

Saturday lunch

Laura Finney is CEO of We Can Do That and Laura Finney Enterprises, administrative coaching, consulting, and training enterprises. With over 27 years of administrative, executive, personal, and virtual assistant experience, Laura has assisted many Fortune 500 companies by enhancing productivity levels for the executives she supported. Continuing to make an impact on businesses globally, Laura is committed to ensuring that the services she delivers will bring about increased productivity, profits, and morale. These services include entrepreneurial seminars, management and administrative team training, and administrative seminars. Laura is a member of Toastmasters at the Square, Toastmasters International. She also serves on the panel for "Mock Interviews" at Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.