GENERAL SESSION: All in Her Head

ICE Mortgage Technology

Kerri Girouard is the vice president of client management and client success at ICE Mortgage Technology. Girouard is dedicated to helping her customers smoothly adopt new solutions, maximize the technology they have in place and drive real ROI. She is known across the organization for embodying ICE’s customer-first values and going above and beyond for her clients. Not only is she a charismatic leader who consistently hits the goals set for her and her team, but she also takes personal time to mentor people throughout the organization. Girouard has been with ICE Mortgage Technology for more than 10 years.

Vice President, Conference Programs and Experiences, Mortgage Bankers Association

Dawn Williams, AMP, is the Vice President of Conference Programs and Experiences at the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), where she leads the strategy and execution of conference programming, registration services and attendee experience across more than 15 annual events. She collaborates closely with MBA leadership, members, and industry experts to ensure conferences reflect the most pressing issues in mortgage finance and deliver measurable value to attendees. She earned her Accredited Mortgage Professional (AMP) designation in 2015 and was recognized as MBA’s Employee of the Year in 2017. Prior to MBA, she was Executive Director of the Default Attorney Group (DAG), a consortium of creditors’ rights law firms, and a marketing and events consultant for law firms and small businesses. Earlier in her career, she held marketing and advertising management positions with Time Life Books and May Company department stores. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Rhetoric and Communication Studies from the University of Virginia.

Physician-Scientist, Associate Professor of Medicine, Medical Historian; Co-director, Mignone Women’s Health Collaborative,, New York University

Dr. Elizabeth has dedicated her medical career to saving the lives of women. Her meticulous research shows that women’s health is often overlooked and misunderstood, leading to life-threatening consequences in the form of delayed or inaccurate diagnoses. Dr. Comen’s book “All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women’s Bodies and Why It Matters Today,” is a USA Today bestseller and on Oprah’s Book Club list. In a world where women weren’t required to be included in clinical trials until 1993, and heart disease symptoms common in women are still called atypical because they don’t often present in men, Dr. Comen works to right the wrongs of centuries of what she calls “insidious incuriousity” about women’s health. Dr. Comen is the recipient of numerous grants and awards, and her research has been published in prestigious scientific journals. She has been recognized as a Top Doctor and has appeared in media outlets including Good Morning America, The Today Show, Wall Street Journal online, Fox News, and more. She earned her BA in the History of Science from Harvard College, her MD from Harvard Medical School, then completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital, and her fellowship in oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. She is the co-director of Mignone Women’s Health Collaborative at NYU.