Step into leadership.
GIRLS SAVE THE WORLD TM
This Is Leadership in Action.
A global youth leadership summit where girls lead with purpose, creativity, and confidence.
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We're turning the tables at this event and providing attendees with the unique opportunity to join in the discussion on the future of HealthTech, AI, CleanTech, Life Sciences, Smart Life, and Tech innovations for a better tomorrow.
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This is an innovation event for founders, business leaders, industry professionals, business owners, corporate executives, venture capitalists, investors, and innovators - across healthcare, energy, consumer, sciences and technology markets. Come learn, be inspired, and join the discussion on the latest technologies and business innovations that may impact your business.
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As we work to transform markets & industries, we're partnering with startups, investors, governments, universities and corporate businesses to positively impact people and the planet.
We're leveraging the many voices and different perspectives to help guide us toward better technology solutions that will benefit everyone. And we're building an ecosystem to support technology innovations for positive change and the bold businesses that will get us there.
Come be inspired and energized to build a better tomorrow.
Agenda
04/21/2026 01:00 PM
Introduction and Welcome by Chonnie Richey
Introduction and Welcome by Chonnie Richey
Welcome to the Girls Save the World Global Youth Summit!
Chonnie Richey
CEO, Girls Save The World
Chonnie Richey
CEO, Girls Save The World
Chonnie Richey is a healthcare and nonprofit leader with over 25 years of executive experience in value-based care, youth development, and sustainability. She is the Founder & CEO of Independence Gardens, a nonprofit advancing fresh food access, STEAM education, and leadership development for students nationwide. Chonnie is also the creator of Girls Save The World™, a global leadership and climate innovation initiative empowering girls to design solutions for a more sustainable future. She is the Principal of Crescendum Management Group, where she supports organizations in growth strategy and purpose-driven leadership.
04/21/2026 01:05 PM
Annabel Slaughter - GSTW Student Presenter
Annabel Slaughter - GSTW Student Presenter
Welcome to the Catalyst Stage Annabel Slaughter
04/21/2026 01:17 PM
Sanehi Khivasara - GSTW Student Presenter
Sanehi Khivasara - GSTW Student Presenter
Welcome to the Catalyst Stage - Sanehi Khivasara
04/21/2026 01:29 PM
Drithi Challapalli - GSTW Student Presenter
Drithi Challapalli - GSTW Student Presenter
Welcome to the Catalyst Stage Drithi Challapalli
04/21/2026 01:41 PM
Aditi Mudugere - GSTW Student Presenter
Aditi Mudugere - GSTW Student Presenter
Welcome to the Catalyst Stage Aditi Mudugere!
04/21/2026 02:00 PM
THE REAL D.E.A.L. for Educators, Mentors, and Parents
THE REAL D.E.A.L. for Educators, Mentors, and Parents
From Purpose to Power — Students Are Not Just Attending… They're Leading.
The Real D.E.A.L. for Educators, Mentors, and Parents sprint equips educators, mentors, and parents with practical leadership strategies they can implement immediately to empower students to grow, lead, and take action.
04/21/2026 02:00 PM
Angie Cox - Rotary District 5790 Incoming District Governor
Angie Cox - Rotary District 5790 Incoming District Governor
Welcome to the Catalyst Stage Angie Cox!
Angie Cox
Rotary District 5790 District Governor Elect, Rotary 5790
Angie Cox
Rotary District 5790 District Governor Elect, Rotary 5790
04/21/2026 02:20 PM
Shampaigne Graves, Founder, Boldbabes!
Shampaigne Graves, Founder, Boldbabes!
Welcome to the Catalyst Stage Shampaigne Graves, Founder, Boldbabes!
Shampaigne Graves
Founder, Boldifi
Shampaigne Graves
Founder, Boldifi
04/21/2026 02:40 PM
Dr. Patrick Walsh - Cristo Rey Dallas
Dr. Patrick Walsh - Cristo Rey Dallas
Welcome to the Catalyst Stage Dr. Patrick Walsh!
04/21/2026 03:00 PM
Norm Headlam - Fidelity Investments
Norm Headlam - Fidelity Investments
Norm Headlam, Fidelity Scholars Mentor and former TX RLT Co-Lead, will share from his own experience using an outline developed by Cris Charbonneau, titled “Invest in Yourself: The Confidence to Lead Your Future.”
04/21/2026 03:40 PM
Rosey Jinnah
Rosey Jinnah
Welcome to the Catalyst Stage Rosey Jinnah
04/21/2026 04:00 PM
Jamahl Williams and Bryan Lysinger - Fidelity Investments
Jamahl Williams and Bryan Lysinger - Fidelity Investments
Volunteer Leader Network leads Jamahl Williams and Bryan Lysinger, both Team Leaders in Brokerage & Wealth Client Services, will deliver a TED-style session they developed leveraging Invest in Girls, a CEE program focused on our relationship with money. The session will include an interactive Kahoot! component.
04/21/2026 04:20 PM
Ted Blackmon - Inspire Robotics
Ted Blackmon - Inspire Robotics
04/22/2026 08:00 AM
Impact + Innovation Day Registration Opens
Impact + Innovation Day Registration Opens
Summit open for Check-in and Registration
04/22/2026 09:00 AM
The Level Up Lounge: Powered by Purpose - Opens
The Level Up Lounge: Powered by Purpose - Opens
From Life, Funded (presented by Fidelity Investments), Life, Branded (Headshots, Social Media, and how to build a Social Media Empire), to Life, Grounded (From Letting Go to Letting Grow) and more, the Level Up Lounge provides students (and attendees) strategies to help them step into their Leadership era.
04/22/2026 09:00 AM
Ignite Impact Mindfulness Moment with Maret Backhaus
Ignite Impact Mindfulness Moment with Maret Backhaus
Start with Yoga for Intention, then bring your ideas to life through action, innovation, and purpose-driven leadership.
04/22/2026 09:15 AM
Reclaimed Runway STEM Innovation Lab
Reclaimed Runway STEM Innovation Lab
Sustainable Fashion
04/22/2026 09:15 AM
Watts & Water STEM Innovation Lab
Watts & Water STEM Innovation Lab
Energy Creation + Clean Water
04/22/2026 09:15 AM
Robotics for Health STEM Innovation Lab
Robotics for Health STEM Innovation Lab
Develop prototypes for environmental or healthcare.
04/22/2026 09:15 AM
Agents of Influence STEM Innovation Lab
Agents of Influence STEM Innovation Lab
Digital Media + GSTW Magazine. This STEM Lab will begin 4/21/26
04/22/2026 09:15 AM
Urban Bio-Lab STEM Innovation Lab
Urban Bio-Lab STEM Innovation Lab
Food Systems + Science + #freshfood4all
04/22/2026 09:15 AM
Glo-Lab STEM Innovation Lab
Glo-Lab STEM Innovation Lab
Skincare + Science
04/22/2026 11:30 AM
Redefining Success: When Girls Lead with Purpose - Panel Luncheon
Redefining Success: When Girls Lead with Purpose - Panel Luncheon
When girls lead with purpose, this Earth Day panel redefines success through GD Purpose - measuring impact not just by what we produce, but by who we uplift.
Taeshima White
SVP, General Manager, Workplace Investing, Fidelity Investments
Taeshima White
SVP, General Manager, Workplace Investing, Fidelity Investments
Taeshima White brings a powerful voice to the future of financial empowerment and purpose-driven leadership. As Senior Vice President and Site General Manager at Fidelity Investments. she is passionate about helping the next generation, especially young women, understand how money, mindset, and purpose intersect. On the Main Panel, she will explore how redefining success through financial literacy and intentional decision-making equips girls to lead with confidence, build wealth with purpose, and create lasting impact in their communities and beyond.
Camille K
Artist & Singer-Songwriter, Camille K
Camille K
Artist & Singer-Songwriter, Camille K
04/22/2026 02:30 PM
Lululemon + Mindfulness
Lululemon + Mindfulness
04/22/2026 03:00 PM
Pitch for Purpose: Innovation in Action
Pitch for Purpose: Innovation in Action
Students take the stage to present bold, purpose-driven solutions, showcasing their ideas, leadership, and impact in front of judges and a live audience.
04/22/2026 06:00 PM
AmplifyHER Music Fest
AmplifyHER Music Fest
AmplifyHER is a high-energy musical celebration where rising voices and powerful stories take center state, inspiring confidence, creativity, and the courage to lead.
04/22/2026 09:00 AM
The Level Up Lounge: Powered by Purpose - Opens
The Level Up Lounge: Powered by Purpose - Opens
From Life, Funded (presented by Fidelity Investments), Life, Branded (Headshots, Social Media, and how to build a Social Media Empire), to Life, Grounded (From Letting Go to Letting Grow) and more, the Level Up Lounge provides students (and attendees) strategies to help them step into their Leadership era.
04/22/2026 09:15 AM
Watts & Water STEM Innovation Lab
Watts & Water STEM Innovation Lab
Energy Creation + Clean Water
04/22/2026 09:15 AM
Robotics for Health STEM Innovation Lab
Robotics for Health STEM Innovation Lab
Develop prototypes for environmental or healthcare.
04/22/2026 09:15 AM
Agents of Influence STEM Innovation Lab
Agents of Influence STEM Innovation Lab
Digital Media + GSTW Magazine. This STEM Lab will begin 4/21/26
04/22/2026 09:15 AM
Urban Bio-Lab STEM Innovation Lab
Urban Bio-Lab STEM Innovation Lab
Food Systems + Science + #freshfood4all
04/22/2026 09:15 AM
Reclaimed Runway STEM Innovation Lab
Reclaimed Runway STEM Innovation Lab
Sustainable Fashion
04/22/2026 09:15 AM
Glo-Lab STEM Innovation Lab
Glo-Lab STEM Innovation Lab
Skincare + Science
04/22/2026 11:30 AM
Redefining Success: When Girls Lead with Purpose - Panel Luncheon
Redefining Success: When Girls Lead with Purpose - Panel Luncheon
When girls lead with purpose, this Earth Day panel redefines success through GD Purpose - measuring impact not just by what we produce, but by who we uplift.
Taeshima White
SVP, General Manager, Workplace Investing, Fidelity Investments
Taeshima White
SVP, General Manager, Workplace Investing, Fidelity Investments
Taeshima White brings a powerful voice to the future of financial empowerment and purpose-driven leadership. As Senior Vice President and Site General Manager at Fidelity Investments. she is passionate about helping the next generation, especially young women, understand how money, mindset, and purpose intersect. On the Main Panel, she will explore how redefining success through financial literacy and intentional decision-making equips girls to lead with confidence, build wealth with purpose, and create lasting impact in their communities and beyond.
Camille K
Artist & Singer-Songwriter, Camille K
Camille K
Artist & Singer-Songwriter, Camille K
04/22/2026 02:30 PM
Lululemon + Mindfulness
Lululemon + Mindfulness
04/22/2026 03:00 PM
Pitch for Purpose: Innovation in Action
Pitch for Purpose: Innovation in Action
Students take the stage to present bold, purpose-driven solutions, showcasing their ideas, leadership, and impact in front of judges and a live audience.
04/22/2026 06:00 PM
AmplifyHER Music Fest
AmplifyHER Music Fest
AmplifyHER is a high-energy musical celebration where rising voices and powerful stories take center state, inspiring confidence, creativity, and the courage to lead.
SPEAKERS INSPIRATIONAL LEADERS
Shampaigne Graves
Founder, Boldifi
Chonnie Richey
CEO, Girls Save The World
Chonnie Richey is a healthcare and nonprofit leader with over 25 years of executive experience in value-based care, youth development, and sustainability. She is the Founder & CEO of Independence Gardens, a nonprofit advancing fresh food access, STEAM education, and leadership development for students nationwide. Chonnie is also the creator of Girls Save The World™, a global leadership and climate innovation initiative empowering girls to design solutions for a more sustainable future. She is the Principal of Crescendum Management Group, where she supports organizations in growth strategy and purpose-driven leadership.
Angie Cox
Rotary District 5790 District Governor Elect, Rotary 5790
Camille K
Artist & Singer-Songwriter, Camille K
Taeshima White
SVP, General Manager, Workplace Investing, Fidelity Investments
Taeshima White brings a powerful voice to the future of financial empowerment and purpose-driven leadership. As Senior Vice President and Site General Manager at Fidelity Investments. she is passionate about helping the next generation, especially young women, understand how money, mindset, and purpose intersect. On the Main Panel, she will explore how redefining success through financial literacy and intentional decision-making equips girls to lead with confidence, build wealth with purpose, and create lasting impact in their communities and beyond.
Event Sponsors
Fidelity Investments
Life, Funded.Step into a space where your future isn’t just imagined—it’s activated.As the Presenting Sponsor of Girls Save The World 2026, Fidelity Investments brings Life, Funded. to life—empowering the next generation to connect purpose, passion, and possibility with real-world pathways.This isn’t about money.It’s about confidence, choice, and building a future that aligns with who you are and what you stand for.
LuluLemon
Lululemon | Matcha & Mindset ExperienceReset. Refocus. Rise.In the middle of innovation, energy, and big ideas—there’s power in the pause.Welcome to Matcha & Mindset, an intentional reset space designed by Lululemon to help you reconnect with yourself, regulate your energy, and lead with clarity.Because leadership isn’t just about what you build—it’s about how you show up.
Conscious Capital Foundation
At Conscious Capital Foundation, we believe in entelechy—the outward expression of inner purpose.
Our work is about awakening that purpose within individuals, organizations, and communities, and connecting it into a larger movement.
Vision: Advancing human consciousness through alignment to Purpose.Mission: To transition from a material-driven, knowledge-based economy to a wisdom-based society, where technology serves humanity, purpose becomes the new currency, and every individual has the opportunity to live a meaningful life.
Independence Garden
Anchoring the Girls Save The World Summit Independence Gardens' Mission is to provide all children—especially those in underserved communities—access to fresh food and empower them through nutrition education, leadership development, and innovative solutions that address food insecurity, health equity, and climate impact.#freshfood4all
Si:Zen
Si:zen (pronounced season) was created around a simple truth: life moves in seasons. Some are busy, some are calm, some are challenging — and through every si:zen, we all want to feel comfortable, confident and supported in our everyday routines.At Si:zen Naturals, we believe in saying yes to a more balanced, intentional way of living. Not perfect. Not complicated. Just thoughtful choices that support your body and make daily life feel easier.
Inspire Robotics
A global platform empowering entrepreneurial youth through AI,robotics, and immersive AR - transforming exploration and learning into real-world change and measurable impact.
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Impact Zones
Life, Funded
Money is a tool. Your purpose is the goal.
Life, Funded. is an interactive financial wellness experience that helps young people understand how money supports freedom, choice, purpose, and stability—not just income or college paths. This is financial literacy without pressure and without shame.
Life, Funded. is an interactive financial wellness experience that helps young people understand how money supports freedom, choice, purpose, and stability—not just income or college paths. This is financial literacy without pressure and without shame.
silent-disco experience where each playlist is tied to a cause (Climate, Equality, Food Justice).
Vote with your headphones
Vote with your headphones
Music + Meaning Jam
Coffee + Climate
Cold brew + climate data visualization:
“How much water did this cup not waste?”
Parents = sustainability metrics
Kids = instant impact stats
“How much water did this cup not waste?”
Parents = sustainability metrics
Kids = instant impact stats
Sip + Slow Down
Matcha tastings paired with a 5-minute guided reset: breathwork, journaling prompts, or “design your calm” cards.
Parents love: stress literacy Kids love: aesthetic + ritual
Matcha tastings paired with a 5-minute guided reset: breathwork, journaling prompts, or “design your calm” cards.
Parents love: stress literacy Kids love: aesthetic + ritual
Matcha+ Mindset
Not a booth. Not a brochure. Not a branded pen you’ll lose in your backpack.
Plants+PurposeBar
Pot a seedling + assign it a goal (Food
Access, Pollinators, Community).
Take home plant + purpose card
Create digital or physical art, then remix it using ethical
AI tools.
Prompts: “What does the future need?”
Art+AI
GameSense
Your brain is your strongest muscle.
Reframing esports as a space where strategy,
emotional regulation, teamwork, and decision making matter more than reflexes alone.
This treats gamers like thinkers—not
distractions.
This is where you confront the stuff nobody talks about —
and build the stuff nobody can take from you.
DrivenForward
Your path. Your pace. Your purpose.
Driven Forward is an interactive future-mobility and
life-path experience that helps young people explore
how movement—physical, economic, and personal—
shapes opportunity
Confidence is a muscle. Build it.
A leadership-forward activation focused on confidence, voice,
and self-advocacy—especially in spaces where girls are often
underestimated, overlooked, or told to “play nice.
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This is about claiming space, not asking for it.
OwntheWin
ThePressureValve
Say it. Release it. Don’t carry it alone.
A quiet, intentionally designed Vent Space
where students can anonymously release the
stress, fear, and expectations they feel about
money, success, and “figuring life out.
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