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Building AI-Ready Skills: Women Leading Transformation

December 10, 2025
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online
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North America
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12:30-14:00
EST
ROUNDTABLE

PEOPLE SHAPING THE CONVERSATION

Sarah Tijou
Senior Vice President
Panelle
Trena Minudri
Vice President & Chief Learning Officer
Coursera
Ashley Nicol
Director, Enterprise Sales
Coursera
KT Johnson
Vice President - Senior Product Manager, HR Digital Experiences & Solutions
T Rowe Price
Anne Higgins
Head of Cyber Risk
BNY
Sarah Hogue
Senior Vice President - Reporting and Analytics
Citi
Sarah Bandy
Director, Chief Data Office, Product Management and Data
IBM
Lyndal Davis
Director, Engineering, Chief Data Office
IBM
Debarati Raha
Vice President, Financial Risk
Citi
Shivani Sharma
Head of IT Transformation and AI Enablement
Walgreens
Kim Crozier
Senior Director, Perishable Network Strategy and Transformation
Walmart
Sarah Bastian
Senior Director IT, Commercial and Data
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Prapti Sen
Chief of Staff - Engineering
Adobe
Stephanie Iredale
VP, Global Product & Technology Transformation, Global Product, Innovation & Strategy
Visa
Sreeja Kaimal
Senior Director, Enterprise Data and Machine Learning
Capital One
KT Johnson
Vice President, HR Digital Experiences and Solutions
T. Rowe Price

AGENDA

Overview

As AI reshapes the way we work, learn, and compete, organizations are facing a critical inflection point. The ability to scale AI and digital capabilities across the workforce has become a strategic imperative, and inclusive leadership is the key to making it happen.

Women leaders in L&D, HR, Tech, IT, and Data & Transformation bring a distinctive strength to this challenge. They lead with both precision and empathy, blending technical vision with human-centered leadership. In doing so, they foster trust in AI adoption, inspire continuous learning, and create environments where innovation and inclusion reinforce one another.

In this roundtable, we will bring together senior women leaders driving the future of work to explore how organizations can accelerate AI skill development and digital readiness at scale. Together, we will unpack what it takes to lead transformation that is not only technologically advanced but also equitable, sustainable, and future-focused.

Through candid dialogue and shared experience, we will examine how women are guiding their teams and their organizations to embrace AI skill development with confidence, curiosity, and purpose.

The conversation

  1. How urgent is AI skill development in your organization, and what are the risks of delaying upskilling?
  2. What challenges do you face in building AI readiness across your teams, and how are you addressing them?
  3. Where is AI creating the most measurable value today—and what’s preventing broader adoption and scale?
  4. How are you fostering AI literacy, confidence, and ethical use across managers and frontline teams?
  5. How do women have the edge as leaders shaping transformation agendas, that align technology, talent, and governance for long-term impact?
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Building AI-Ready Skills: Women Leading Transformation

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