entrepreneurs
ROBIN ROBERTS
TO SPEAK AT
TEXAS
CONFERENCE FOR
WOMEN
Roberts joins renowned lineup
headlining state?s largest
gathering for women
Robin Roberts will appear as a keynote
speaker at the 16th annual Texas Conference
for Women on October 15, 2015 at the Austin
Convention Center. Roberts joins Academy
Award® winning actress Patricia Arquette and
Candy Chang, urban space artist, designer, TED
Senior Fellow, and founder of the ?Before I
Die...? project, who will also deliver keynotes at
the Conference.
Robin Roberts is co-anchor of ABC?s Good
Morning America and under her leadership,
ABC's "Good Morning America" has won four
Emmy Awards for Outstanding Morning
Program. She has conducted interviews with
countless newsmakers, musicians, authors,
athletes and celebrities and has done extensive
reporting around the globe. In 2014, Roberts
was honored with the Walter Cronkite Award
for Excellence in Journalism, was inducted into
the Broadcasting & Cable Hall of Fame, and
named one of Glamour?s Women of the Year.
She was voted the ?Most Trusted Person on
Television? by a Reader?s Digest poll in 2013.
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Robin Roberts
Roberts was diagnosed with breast cancer in
June 2007. Five years later she was diagnosed
with MDS or myelodysplastic syndrome, a
disease of the blood and bone marrow once
known as pre-leukemia. Roberts underwent a
bone marrow transplant in September of that
year. She was honored with a George Foster
Peabody Award, Gracie Award and CINE Award
for ?Robin?s Journey,? reports on her MDS that
inspired hundreds of potential bone marrow
donors to register. Additionally, Roberts was
recognized with the Arthur Ashe Courage
Award at the ESPY?s in July 2013.
In Robert's latest memoir Everybody?s Got
Something, Roberts tells the amazing story of
her courageous battle against a life-threatening
illness, the life lessons she continues to learn,
and her inspiring return to the GMA anchor
desk.
Roberts, Arquette and Chang are among 100+
speakers appearing at the Conference, The
speakers Include: (continued next page)