Emily Smith Pirrello | September 2026
Visionary Speaker: Emily Smith Pirrello
Join us on September 15 at 12pm Pacific | 3pm Eastern for a Visionary Speaker Session with special guest Emily Smith Pirrello.
Impact Table Visionary Speaker Sessions are private member and invite-only gatherings that bring respected women leaders in impact to share about their personal leadership and impact journey and important lessons learned along the way.
Our guests share an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at their own leadership and impact journey and share tips and tools they’ve learned, giving members the real talk, connection, and truth we all crave and inspiration you can take with you on your own path.
Following the speaker’s share is an open Q&A with the speaker and time for members to break out into small groups.
About Impact Table Visionary Speaker Sessions
Too many women in social impact are under-resourced and under-supported, navigating their leadership and impact journey alone, or in a silo. We know, doing the world’s most important work isn’t a solo gig. One way we can stop patching together a leadership journey built on trial and error and instinct alone is to listen and learn from others share the truth behind how they’ve navigated own leadership and impact journey, and share about our own experiences. Through Impact Table Visionary Speaker Sessions, we remove the veil and the misconceptions of what it takes to lead an impact journey that truly transforms lives and we inspire and equip Impact Table members to elevate their own leadership.
About Emily Smith Pirrello
Emily Smith Pirrello is a seasoned strategist, non-profit leader, and management consultant, making her uniquely positioned to help organizations thrive in a rapidly evolving business environment.
Most notably, Emily helped build a global health partnership from its inception at the United Nations Foundation and became its first chief of staff. Following additional leadership roles in the non-profit space, she transitioned to the private sector, working for Deloitte Consulting in M&A before joining the executive leadership team at the Sundance Institute, host of the esteemed Sundance Film Festival, where she led the search for the new festival location.
Emily's experiences are built on a foundation of educational excellence, graduating with Highest Distinction (Summa Cum Laude) with a Bachelor of Science from Purdue University, a Master of Science from The University of Georgia, an Executive Certificate from Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford, and an Organizational Leadership Certificate from Northwestern University.
