Event Timeline

6:30pm Theater opens

7:00-7:10pm Q&A with 2024 TEDxTalker Katie Goar, CEO, Quadel on the theme of "Vulnerability in Leadership."

Emcee explains the evening.

7:10-7:15pm TED film

7:15-7:30pm 30 second video

SPEAKER 1 Sonal Bhatia, MD

"Breaking the Cycle of Normative Misery"

7:30-7:45pm SPEAKER 2 30 second video

Patrizia Casubolo

“Adaptable Conviction: How to Build Something from Nothing”

7:45-8:00pm SPEAKER 3 30 second video

Janet Kim

"The Power of Being 'the other' and 3 Korean Words"

8:00-8:15pm SPEAKER 4 30 second video

Bridgett Strickler

"If You Want to Go Back to School, Community May Be the Medicine"

8:15-8:30pm SPEAKER 5 30 second video

Beth Cocuzza

"How Fiction Helped me Recover from a Toxic Workplace"

8:30-8:45pm Q&A with the speakers

8:45pm Closing remarks and Wrap

Frequently Asked Questions

It’s finally here — TEDxWomen | TEDxYorkville takes the stage this Thursday!

Five extraordinary women have spent the past year writing, editing, doubting, refining, rehearsing — and now, they’re ready. Their ideas are brave. Their stories are personal. Their voices are needed.

We’re so honored to have you join us for this unforgettable evening.

Event Details

Date: Thursday, November 13

Arrival Time: Doors open at 6:30 PM. Talks begin promptly at 7:00 PM.

Venue: The Town School, 540 E 76th St, NY, NY @York Street

Parking: Use Spothero.com to book a nearby parking garage. For example: 535 E 75th St. - Valet Garage is the nearest garage

Transit: Subway, take the Q train to 72nd Street. It's a 14 minute walk to the Town School

Check-In: Please have your ID. If you bought a ticket or sponsored, your name is on our guest list. There will be 2 people doing guest check in in the lobby.

Livestream

Can’t make it in person? You can still be with us.

Watch live here: https://www.twitch.tv/tedxyorkville

Dress Code

Smart casual

Event Overview:

Join us for an inspiring TEDx Women event in the heart of the Upper East Side of New York City. This exclusive gathering will take place on the stage of a prestigious private school, providing an intimate setting for a series of talks focused on vulnerability in leadership.

We’ve long been told that leaders should be decisive, unshakable, and always in control. But what if the real power of leadership lies in something quieter—something braver?

Vulnerability.

This series explores the strength it takes to admit you don’t have all the answers, to ask for help, to say, “I was wrong.” In a culture that rewards polished exteriors, we’re celebrating the leaders who choose honesty over perfection, connection over control.

Through their stories, we’ll witness how vulnerability can drive trust, fuel innovation, and transform workplaces—and lives. These talks are not about breakdowns, but breakthroughs. About the courage to be seen, even when it's uncomfortable. Especially when it matters most.

This is not leadership as usual. This is leadership, redefined.

Join us for an evening of powerful talks, networking, and inspiration.

Contact: For more information, please contact info@tedxyorkville.com

We look forward to welcoming you to TEDx Women: The New Face of Leadership: Leading with Vulnerability

Why Attend?

Be inspired by senior women leaders who dared to be vulnerable in their work life and shared leadership lessons from it
Engage in a discussion on what's okay and what's not when being vulnerable during the Q&A
Network with like-minded individuals and professionals after the talks

Who Should Attend?

Professionals interested in being more vulnerable in their own leadership
Individuals looking to gain new perspectives on what brand of vulnerability is okay in the workplace
You believe in the collective power in elevating women's voices

Patrizia Angela Casubolo

Inventor
CEO, Gloria International

Patrizia Angela Casubolo is an inventor. Her divorce devastated her whole world, but put her on a path to reinvention herself.

While pregnant with her first child Francesca, she went seeking waistband extenders for her skirts and pants to alleviate the discomfort.

She recalled an invention her father made back in Italy, created for extending men's collared shirts. She replicated the prototype for her own maternity clothing and Voila! COCHIC waistband extenders were born.

She is on a mission to show other inventors how to bring their ideas to market successfully and become self actualized in the process.

https://cochic.com/

Bridgett Strickler

National Non-Profit Leader, Adult Learner Space

Bridgett Strickler sits in the "adult learner space" as someone who has walked the walk.

When she got sober 14 years ago and understood for the first time, her diagnosis of ADHD, she started on a mission to rebuild her life—and help others do the same. She went back to get her MBA late in life. Today, she helps others do the same and places non-traditional talent into traditional jobs in the oil and gas industry.

Bridgett firmly believes the traditional career trajectory, where a person stays at a job for 30 years is no longer the case. Today, re-skilling and up-skilling are key to the future of work in the US.

Janet Kim

Digital transformation Lead, Stanford University

Janet Kim is a technology leader at Stanford University.

With her coaching business, SaeRise Consulting, she helps other emerging tech leaders working in legacy institutions and companies be seen, heard, and valued.

It was a core value of hers growing up as the youngest of 3 sisters and 1 brother in an Asian family.

She had to fight to be seen, heard and valued.

Today, she is a leader, organizing digital transformation projects for success and a master at navigating multiple stakeholders.

After years of questioning her own worth, she’s discovered her purpose. Now, she’s building the path she once searched for — and helping others — especially Asian women leaders — to be seen, heard and valued as well.

www.janet.kim

Beth Cocuzza

Author, Promises Broken, and Founder, Almavina Strategic Partners

From the time her younger brother was old enough to sit at a desk, Beth Cocuzza knew she was a teacher. She worked in the classroom until 2002, and then pivoted to work in higher education management.

She helped set the standards for testing math skills in 48 states.

Today, she leverages her 20+ years in education management to help mission-driven leaders diagnose and treat toxic culture, and to make "work" a place people are happy to come to.

www.almavina.com

Sonal Bhatia, MD

Former Chief Medical Officer, Pfizer

Founder, Ojas Vida

Sonal Bhatia, MD is introducing mindful leadership as the norm, rather than the exception. She was a physician first. Then the first woman to serve as Chief Medical Officer in Pfizer’s Rare Disease division. She spent 20 years there bringing life-saving therapies to patients.

She observed women leaders, even in her own company, desperately needing ways to recharge as menopause set in. In 2024, she returning for her Master’s in Science, Integrative Health, and Ayurveda. Today, Sonal is on a mission to find a non-pill prescription to better health. She helps those with a western mindset to embrace the tenets of Eastern medicine.