4x-Emmy winner. 3x-author. National speaker. Charity auctioneer. Proud mom.

Molly Grantham has been named “TV News Reporter of the Year” and juggles life with humor and poise, bringing clever wit to diverse crowds. She has delivered of hundreds of keynotes and interviewed over 15,000 people in her 25-years of television news.

She is adept at speaking live to 100,000 people a night, sitting beside Hollywood celebrities, NFL stars, and throughout her career has worked at ABC, NBC, and CBS affiliates. She has appeared on CNN, Today Show, CBS News, the CBS Morning Show, and in Huffington Post and People Magazine. Her social media is its own channel, with more than 200,000 combined followers. In 2024, she founded the “Bet On Yourself Summit,” a soul-filling experience to help women uncover power in themselves.

Molly’s three books are a popular series described as “raw and relatable” about not losing yourself while loving your career and raising children. She and her husband, Wes, have three children under the age of 13.

In her next life, Molly says she wants to be a mermaid.

UNC Head Women’s Lacrosse Coach & National Lacrosse Hall of Famer

Entering her 30th season as the North Carolina head coach in 2024-25, Hall of Famer Jenny Levy is without question among the best coaches in women’s lacrosse history.

The only head coach in UNC women’s lacrosse history, Levy built the Tar Heel program from scratch. She was named its first head coach in October 1994.

Over the past 29 completed seasons, Levy has guided Carolina to:
• 25 NCAA Tournament bids (including 19 straight from 2005-present)
• 42 NCAA Tournament wins (tied for second all-time by a head coach)
• 13 NCAA Tournament semifinal appearances (tied for third all-time)
• Three NCAA championship titles (tied for third all-time by a school, fourth all-time by a head coach)
• 10 ACC regular season titles, including seven outright
• Seven ACC Tournament titles (most by a head coach, second-most by a school) (tied for third all-time)

Vice President, Director of Athletics and Adjunct Professor of Business Administration at Duke University

Nina King was named Vice President, Director of Athletics and Adjunct Professor of Business Administration at Duke University on May 19, 2021. In this role she oversees Duke’s 27 varsity sports, Campus Recreation and Physical Education Program, and the Duke University Golf Course.

In addition to leading Duke Athletics, she served as Chair of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee for two years, and currently serves on the Arizona State University College of Law Sports Law and Business Program Advisory Board as well as the Durham Academy Board of Trustees.

The 2021 NCAA Division I FBS Nike Executive of the Year and 2018 Sports Business Journal Forty Under 40 Class member is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and received her juris doctorate degree from Tulane Law school. King and her husband, Rick, reside in Durham with their two children.

Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility and Communications at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina

Colleen Briggs is Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility and Communications at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC). In this role, she is responsible for advancing the company’s purpose to improve the health and well-being of customers and communities.

Prior to joining Blue Cross NC, she was Head of Inclusive Economies and Banking within the Office of Corporate Responsibility at JPMorgan Chase & Co. Colleen was responsible for helping establish and execute the firm’s strategies to promote inclusive products and practices, including advising the development and implementation of the firm’s $30 billion commitment to advance economic inclusion by harnessing the firm’s products, hiring, philanthropy and advocacy. She also led strategic initiatives for the JPMorgan Foundation, including developing and managing global strategies for community development, affordable housing, and small business.

Previously, Colleen was the Economic Policy Advisor to Senator Debbie Stabenow. In this role, she managed the Senator’s economic portfolio, including policy related to financial services, tax, small business, job creation, community development, manufacturing, and housing. Colleen managed the Dodd-Frank market reforms for the Senate Agriculture Committee, and helped draft the Recovery Act, TARP, the Dodd-Frank Act, and health care reform.

Colleen is on the Board of the Dix Park Conservancy. She earned an MBA from the Yale School of Management and a B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

SAS Institute, Inc., Software Development Manager

Portia is a Software Development Manager at SAS Institute Inc. where she enjoys building teams and solving complex problems.  She holds both a BA in Mathematics/Statistics and Economics from Smith College and an MS in Statistics from NC State University.  With over a decade of Software R&D and Analytics experience, she has served in a variety of analytical software testing, test automation, and management roles throughout her career.

She is a co-founder of the Black Initiatives Group (BIG) at SAS and a member of American Statistical Association’s Committee of Minorities and Statistics.  She is also a recipient of the 2022 CEO Award of Excellence, a peer nominated award for exhibiting SAS values and demonstrating a commitment to excellence.  Portia is invested in creating a diverse pipeline into the field and collaborates to recruit, retain, and develop the next generation of statisticians, data scientists, and computer scientists.

National Speaker and Empowerment/Life Coach

A 35+ year media veteran - DR. JENNIFER KEITT is widely known as one of the most passionate, engaging, and powerful communicators today. Dr. Jennifer has reached millions of listeners through her various syndicated radio shows and is a member of the National Speakers Association. She is on a mission to help people discover the best of who they are to flourish in life! Dr. Jennifer holds a Bachelor in Broadcast Journalism, a Master of Arts in Practical Theology, and a doctorate in Educational Psychology. She is CEO of the Keitt Institute: A Center for Emotional Development and Well-being that she co-founded, with her eldest daughter, Morgan Holmes. Together, the doctor-daughter duo uses the best practices from instructional design and educational psychology to create high-powered, engaging, research-driven experiences that help professionals flourish in life.