Meet our speakers from DataConnect Conference 2026

Melanie Kolp

SVP, Chief Data Officer and Chief Technology Officer, Technology Enterprise Solutions

Nationwide Insurance

Bhavna Mehta

Chief Data Officer

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Elizabeth Wadsworth

Vice President, Decision Intelligence & Transformation

Suzannah Hicks

Senior AI CoE Manager

Polly Allen

Ex-Alexa AI Principal PM

AI Career Boost

Jane Alexander

Chief Digital Information Officer

Cleveland Museum of Art

Nyah Macklin

Senior Developer Advocate

Haleigh Schwartz

Analytics Consultant

Kim Aagaard

Analytics Architect

Carolyn Stillwell

Lead Data Visualization Specialist

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Pooja Doctor

Stellar Development Foundation

Melissa Bauer

Executive Director

FosterUnity, Inc.

Jaime Swygert

Vice President -Compliance Program Execution, Regulatory Management

Aashika Varadharajan

Sr Data Scientist

Sumaiya Shrabony

Technical Program Manager

University of Colorado Denver

Hima Ganga Yarlagadda

Principal AI Scientist

Samridhi Vats

Business Intelligence Engineer II

Stacie Christensen

Senior Data & Engineering Leader

Purva Chiniya

Applied Scientist

Swetha Sekhar

Staff Data Engineer

Cynthia Balusek

VP Success Engineering

Maggie Grandominico

Consultant, Data Governance Advisor

Kristy Hollingshead

Senior Data Science Lead