National Conference 2025
Learn from the women rewriting the social equation — where the next generation meets today’s trailblazers.
Leaders, Olympians, CEOs, AI-defining engineers, Animators
Key Conference Information: Registration, Dates, Exclusive Perks/Bonuses
Important Conference Information
Date: Saturday, November 1
Time: 11 AM - 3 PM EST
Format/Location: Virtual Platform (Joining information is sent out after registration)
SCHEDULE IS BELOW.
Early Bird Registration
Registration Period: Friday, October 10 – Friday, October 17
Middle, High School, and College Students: Free
Professionals/Parents/Other: $2
Early access to schedule to 1:1 meetings with keynote and panel speakers.
Get first access to Mission:MathMinds 2025–2026 Leadership Team and Young Ambassador Program applications.
Receive NC25 merch before other participants.
Regular Registration
Registration Period: Saturday, October 18 – Sunday, October 26
Middle, High School, and College Students: Free
Professionals/Parents/Other: $5
Join small-group mentorship discussions with speakers and industry professionals.
Access to post-conference resources, recordings, and leadership opportunities.
Eligibility to apply for the 2025–2026 Leadership Team and Young Ambassador Programs (after early-access window closes).
NC25 SCHEDULE
Keynote –– Engineering Confidence & Power
How Ancestry.com’s ex-CEO & Former Facebook VP Deborah Liu Built Her Power
In this conversation, Deborah Liu—ex-CEO of Ancestry, former Facebook VP, author of Take Back Your Power, and graduate of Stanford Graduate School of Business— shares her journey from software engineer to one of Silicon Valley’s most influential women. She opens up about the challenges of leading while underestimated, the lessons behind building global products, and how reclaiming your voice can reshape your life.
Keynote –– Brave Enough to Be Anxious
How 31× Diving World Medalist & BraveGang™ CEO Molly Carlson Turned Fear into Fuel
Molly Carlson—31× World Medalist, professional cliff diver, and CEO of BraveGang™ with 4.6M+ followers across platforms— shares how she learned to turn fear into fuel, anxiety into advocacy, and pressure into purpose. From standing on 90-foot cliffs to launching a global movement for mental health, Molly dives deep into what it means to embrace imperfection and redefine being brave enough to be anxious as an entrepreneurial strength.
Fireside Chat — The Math Behind Storytelling & Movie Magic
How Sony Imageworks’ Marlene Chazot Used Math-First Thinking to Bring Spider-Man and K-Pop: Demon Hunters to Life
In this fireside chat, Marlene Chazot—Lead Creature FX Artist at Sony Imageworks— unveils the role math and physics play in creating the realism behind your favorite films. From simulating hair, fabric, and motion in Spider-Man and The Hunger Games to crafting new worlds in K-Pop: Demon Hunters, Marlene shares how every frame begins with numbers, algorithms, and imagination. She explores how analytical problem-solving fuels creative expression—and why the future of storytelling belongs to those who can think creatively like both an artist and an engineer.
Fireside Chat — The Algorithm of Impact
How UC Berkeley Engineer & Founder of @Fatimahs.Guide Turned a TikTok Idea into a Startup Empowering 100K+ Students
Fatimah Hussain—UC Berkeley engineer, startup founder, and creator of @fatimahs.guide with over 100K followers— shares how she transformed her search for mentorship into a movement helping students navigate college, careers, and confidence. From launching her first startup to building one of the fastest-growing education communities online, Fatimah reveals what it means to build in public, find your niche, and turn curiosity into creation—reminding every student that innovation starts with the questions no one else thought to ask.
Panels
Software Engineering — Debugging the Status Quo
How Women Engineers from Netflix, OpenAI, Disney, DoorDash, and Uber Are Rewriting the Rules of Tech
From streaming to scaling, these engineers are breaking barriers one line of code at a time. Featuring Maria Izzi (Netflix), Anshita Saini (OpenAI), Emily Castanares (Disney Streaming), Ellen Chen (DoorDash), and Selaine Rodriguez (Uber), this panel dives into what it means to build the systems that shape our world—and to question the ones that don’t. Together, they share how creativity, collaboration, and a little bit of debugging can transform not just products, but possibilities.
C-Suite, Product, and Growth — Inside the C-Suite: Women Steering the Systems That Move the World
From Climate Tech to Consumer Giants, Meet the Females Powering the Platforms Behind Everyday Life
From global boardrooms to product labs, these leaders are redefining how innovation, strategy, and empathy shape the world’s most influential companies. Featuring Luna Maroun, Product @ Adobe, MIT Sloan alum, and former Kearney management consultant driving innovation at the intersection of AI and design; Carolyn Mahr, Consulting @ Financial Times and former strategist at Twitter, Tesla, and Microsoft redefining growth in media and tech; Samantha Yang, Product Growth @ Kroolo and former Adobe, Anthropic, and IBM Z builder creating smarter, more human-centered systems; Jennifer Holmgren, CEO of LanzaTech and UChicago Booth alum pioneering a carbon-smart future through industrial biotechnology; and Airla Fan, Product Designer @ Carnegie Mellon and former JPMorgan Chase technologist reimagining how design can drive sustainability and impact.
Founders — Youth, Capital, and Confidence = Startups
YC Startups, Ivy Dropouts, Global Impact — Six Females Building What Doesn’t Exist Yet
From dorm rooms to demo days, these founders are redefining what it means to build, fund, and scale from the ground up. Featuring Zoey Zhang, Co-Founder @ Flick (YC F25) and award-winning AI filmmaker using technology to democratize storytelling; Neha Suresh, building @ April (YC S25), CMU technologist and former Zoho engineer reimagining consumer fintech; Eva Zheng, Founder @ Empact and ex-Notion impact producer turning empathy into a growth strategy for mission-driven brands; Nakshathra Suresh, Co-Founder @ eiris, international AI and cyber safety speaker advancing ethical innovation; and Vai Jaiswal, Columbia CS + Neuroscience student, Founder of Epiphany, and Diana Award recipient exploring the intersection of cognition and computation.
Behavioral – Gears of Progress: Behavior, Philanthropy, and the People Powering Change
Inside the behavioral strategies and partnerships reshaping how we learn, lead, and give back.
From high-school classrooms to global platforms, these leaders are disrupting how education, social change, and behavior shift take root. Featuring Alice Paipa-Lenard, former Regional Manager of Microsoft Philanthropies TEALS who scaled CS access across 77 schools and hundreds of students; Nicki Anselmo, Impact Strategist at Google.org shaping investments in people and communities; Shelly Ruff, Strategic Partnerships lead at Adobe building bridges between education and industry; Nicole D. Smith, Editorial Director at Harvard Business Review driving audience growth and narrative impact; Cristina Perez, Chief of Staff, Uber Freight, orchestrating strategy and cross-functional execution in logistics and leadership; and Cherryl Pereira, Organizational Development specialist at Kaiser Permanente and advisor in people-centered growth. Together, they’ll uncover how behavioral insight, narrative strategy, and philanthropic rigor combine to fuel sustainable social impact.
Our Partners & Sponsors
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Monet Goode
FOUNDER
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Emmett Marsh
DESIGN DIRECTOR
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Eleanor Parks
SUSTAINABILITY DIRECTOR
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Jamie Kokot
CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER
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Karl Holland
SALES MANAGER
