Inaugural Mary Warga Symposium

This first annual symposium honors Pittcon founder Dr. Mary Warga, celebrating women whose innovation and leadership continue to reshape science and entrepreneurship.

Anne Chow, founder of The Rewired CEO, former AT&T CEO, and IBM Board Member, is the bestselling author of Lead Bigger, brings more than three decades of transformative leadership experience to Pittcon. Anne Chow’s presentation begins at 11:00 AM.

Invent, Build, Lead: What It Really Takes to Build Businesses in Science
8:40 AM to 9:10 AM
Andrea Wagner · Herizon Funding

The Breakthrough Formula: How to Create a Legacy With a Team You Didn’t Choose
9:20 AM to 9:40 AM
Jenn Landis · JennLandis

Seen on Purpose: Claiming Visibility and Agency for Women in STEM
9:50 AM to 10:20 AM
Jennifer Andrews · FreshLeaf Marketing

The Science of Leading Well: The Self-Care Blueprint for Women Leading in STEM and Entrepreneurship
10:30 AM to 11:00 AM
Christi Venable · SMILE Therapy Services

Lead Bigger: Innovation, Transformation, and Impact
11:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Anne Chow · The Rewired CEO, Former CEO, AT&T Business Board Director, 3M, CSX, FranklinCovey Senior Fellow and Adjunct Professor of Executive Education, Northwestern Kellogg School of Management

Don’t miss your chance to get a signed copy of Anne Chow’s Lead Bigger at Pittcon! The first 500 attendees of her session will receive a copy already signed by Anne.

Any remaining books will be available at her table outside Pittcon Central where she will be available for a short meet and greet.

Anne is a transformative business leader whose trailblazing corporate career spans over three decades in the technology and business sectors. She is currently Lead Director on the Board of Directors of FranklinCovey (NYSE: FC) and also serves on the Board of Directors of 3M (NYSE: MMM) and CSX (NASDAQ: CSX). Anne is a Senior Fellow and Adjunct Professor of Executive Education at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and actively supports numerous local and national organizations, including serving on the Dallas Mavericks Advisory Council and Georgia Tech’s President’s Advisory Board.

In her prior role as CEO of AT&T Business, she was the first woman of color CEO in AT&T’s 140+ year history, responsible for leading a $35B global operating unit comprised of over 35,000 people. Appointed to this position in 2019, she guided her team, through the pandemic amid unprecedented market upheaval around the world, to serve customers with communications solutions across all sectors. This includessmall and medium sized businesses, global multinational enterprises, the public sector and nearly all of the Fortune 1000. Anne’s leadership experiences and expertise over the decades span product management, marketing, sales, strategy, customer service, operations, network engineering and more.

Widely recognized for her role model inclusive leadership and her impact in driving success at the intersection of people, culture, and technology, Anne was named to Fortune’s Most Powerful Women in Business twice, Forbes inaugural CEO Next List of Leaders set to revolutionize American business, Most Inspiring Woman in Communications by Light Reading, and is one of LinkedIn’s Top Voices. Her recent accolades include being recognized by The Johnson School at Cornell University with the L. Joseph Thomas Leadership Award for Lifetime Achievement, the highest honor for distinguished alumni, being awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award for Women in Business by the Dallas Business Journal and becoming the first leader of Asian descent to be inducted into the Dallas Business Hall of Fame since it’s inception in 1999.

As a lifelong learner committed to inspiration and impact, Anne engages with local, national, and global audiences through keynotes, panel discussions, and published works. She is the national best-selling author of LEAD BIGGER: The Transformative Power of Inclusion, by Simon & Schuster and co-author of The Leader’s Guide to Unconscious Bias: How to Reframe Bias, Cultivate Connection, and Create High-Performing Teams. Anne holds B.S. and M.Eng. degrees in Electrical Engineering as well as an MBA with Distinction from Cornell University and is a graduate of the Pre-College Division of the Juilliard School of Music.