Angela Bassett will headline Simmons Leadership Conference

Actor and humanitarian Angela Bassett will join journalist Tina Brown, author Sheryl WuDunn and children’s advocate Mia Farrow at the 31st annual Simmons Leadership Conference, Friday, April 30, at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston. More than 2,000 women are expected to attend.

The one-day event, themed "Spirit of Resilience,” will also include concurrent sessions on marketing, money management, workplace leadership, work/life balance and wellness. Brown will discuss international markets with Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky. Other dialogues will focus on entrepreneurship and resilience.

NEW members Bobbie O’Hare and Christine Colwell from the New England group attended the conference last year with Network Client Services Director Nancy Krawczyk. O’Hare has attended the conference since graduating from the Simmons School of Management in 2002 and has been working on building bridges between Simmons and the Network ever since. Krawczyk praised last year’s event. "It was an energizing day with inspiring keynotes, panels and workshops that identified actions we could take to empower women here and around the world.”

"This year’s program continues the tradition with a power-packed day of information and inspiration for over 2,000 women from around the world,” organizers said. Proceeds help support Simmons graduate scholarships, advancing the development of tomorrow's corporate, organizational and civic leaders.

For registration and program information, visit simmons.edu/leadership.