Amy Siskind

Amy Siskind is a national spokesperson, writer and expert on helping women and girls advance and succeed. A highly successful Wall Street executive, she’s Co-founder and President of The New Agenda, a national organization working on issues including economic independence and advancement, gender representation and bias, sexual assault and domestic violence. Some of her television and radio appearances include: CNN, Fox News, CNBC, PBS, TheStreet.com, NPR and Marketplace Radio. A frequent source for national press, Siskind has been quoted in the Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, POLITICO, U.S. News & World Report, RealClearPolitics, the Boston Globe and The Hill.

She’s a regular featured contributor at The Huffington Post. Amy speaks on college campuses and to young women about economic empowerment, and delivers inspiration keynotes and speeches to professional women on how to succeed. She serves on Cornell University’s highly prestigious President’s Council of Cornell Women and Cornell University Council, and was recently honored by the Westchester County Legislators for her LGBTQ advocacy.

A pioneer in the distressed debt trading market, she has a lifetime of experience with failure and remarkable success and knows what it takes to win. She became the first female Managing Director at Wasserstein Perella at the age of 31, and later ran trading departments at Morgan Stanley and Imperial Capital, where she was also a partner. She received a BA in Economics from Cornell University and an MBA in Finance from The NYU Stern School of Business.

Karen Gerringer

Karen Gerringer is a founding member of The New Agenda, with a particular interest in the “safety” and “leadership” aspects of the organization. She is an Executive Director in Risk Management at Morgan Stanley, where she has worked for 16 years variously in technology, investment banking, firm management, and fixed income. Karen has a BS in Marketing and Management from Wharton/UPenn and an MBA in Finance and Technology from Stern/NYU.

Lauren D. Myers

Lauren D. Myers is the Owner of The Myers Group, Inc. where she focuses in both Human Resources Consulting and Sports and Entertainment Marketing Partnerships and Development. During Lauren’s tenure with The Myers Group, Inc., she has increased her responsibilities from solely developing both active and retired NFL players through their brand management/image consulting endeavors (PR, media tours and training, foundation creation and development, career counseling including internships, events, marketing and sponsorship opportunities and fundraising endeavors) to now include musicians and a celebrity/award winning chef.

Prior to developing The Myers Group, Inc. Lauren served as an Executive Search and Human Resources Consultant for various Fortune 500 companies, as well as the Director of Marketing and Player Development for Sports West Football in Oakland, CA. At The Myers Group, she continues to consult with various clients nationwide addressing Human Resources and Talent Acquisition gaps. Through volunteer and philanthropic activities locally in Philadelphia and nationwide, it affords her the opportunity to expand her reach in creating career plans for her clients.

A native of Philadelphia, PA, Lauren is a graduate of Cornell University, School of Industrial and Labor Relations. She is also a member of the Cornell University Council, and the Cornell Association of Class Officers where she chairs Diversity and Inclusion. She is a frequent speaker on campus discussing Sports and Entertainment Marketing /Development and the challenges with leading, influencing and navigating with athletes for life during and after their professional athletic careers. She resides in Philadelphia raising her four young children.

Marla Isackson

Marla Isackson is a seasoned marketing executive with over 25 years’ experience creating innovative marketing campaigns for world-famous brands including Citibank, American Express, Barnes & Noble, and WebMD.

A longtime passionate supporter of girls’ initiatives, Marla is the founder of Like a Boss Girls, a website providing young women the tools, information and inspiration they need to define, explore and connect with their goals — including finding (or creating) their dream job, becoming entrepreneurs, social activists, leaders, basically pursuing success however they may define it. A mother of two and an entrepreneur herself, Marla created Like a Boss Girls, formerly known as Heart of Gold, because she believes that young women have the strength, determination and talents to play a bigger game, make a big difference in the world, and “make it big” by achieving real greatness in their lives.

Prior to founding Like A Boss Girls, Marla was the Chief Marketing Officer for Barnes & Noble during the successful expansion of “Readers’ Advantage,” the industry’s largest consumer loyalty program. While at Barnes & Noble, Marla also oversaw the development and execution of key multi-channel retail promotions and sponsorships.

As Senior Vice President for WebMD — the leading consumer Website in the healthcare industry — Marla oversaw all marketing activities, including advertising, media, promotions, user acquisition and retention and partner marketing.

During her 12-year tenure at American Express, Marla worked on numerous high-profile programs to expand and evolve the company’s consumer credit card portfolio. She oversaw the development and execution of all consumer loyalty, usage and retention initiatives, including the management of “Membership Rewards,” the largest and most diverse travel and retail rewards program in the marketplace. Marla also led several new product introductions, including the 1999 launch of “Blue from American Express,” the company’s most significant and successful effort to attain leadership in the credit card category.

Marla holds a B.A. from Union College and an M.B.A. from Fordham University. She lives with her husband in New Jersey. Marla is a newly elected member to the board of The New Agenda Foundation, a 501(C)(3) organization dedicated to improving the lives of women and girls by bringing about systemic change in the media, at the workplace, at school and at home.

Heather Capell Bramble

Heather Capell Bramble is a seasoned attorney and senior executive with more than 20 years of legal and management experience in government, private law firms, and politics. She is currently Head of Regulatory Affairs for Mattel, Inc. Prior to working at Mattel, Heather was Senior Corporate Counsel for Global Product and Food Safety & Compliance at Amazon.com. Heather also worked as a trial attorney in the Division of Enforcement at the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission and as Chief Counsel to the Commissioner at the US Consumer Product Safety Commission. She has spent time as a litigator and regulatory attorney at private law firms and senior campaign staff on national political campaigns.

While working in the government and private firms, Heather has spent much time mentoring many women and diverse lawyers. She was very involved in the women’s groups at her employers and has initiated many networking activities for younger lawyers and law students over the years. She is extremely excited about her position as a board member for The New Agenda to work to fulfill its mission to “improve the lives of women and girls by bringing about systemic change in the media, at the workplace, at school and at home.”

Heather received her J.D. from The University of Texas Law School and her B.A. with Highest Honors from the State University of New York at Binghamton. She also studied overseas in Israel at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in the One-Year Program. She lives with her spouse, Jocelyn, and their two children, Jonah and Vera, in Washington, D.C.

Paul Kingsley

Paul Kingsley is a research scientist in the field of blood cell development and response to injury. He received a BA from Reed College, and an MS and PhD while training in developmental biology at the University of Rochester. Paul’s responsibilities include performing experiments, as well as teaching and training new scientists. Throughout Paul’s professional life, he experienced a variety of working and training environments in academic settings, and witnessed the power of mentoring, and the positive and negative consequences of effective or ineffective guidance, as well as the overarching consequences of policy and leadership on career development. Paul is a co-parent of a teenager and a young adult, and has been active in social and political causes focusing on equality of gender, race, and sexual identity. Paul has been proud and honored to work with The New Agenda since 2013.