Emily Johnson, Associate Director of the Institute of Public Policy, is scheduled to speak about pay equity in a session entitled Pay Equity: Leveling the Playing Field at the Women in Leadership conference being held at the Holiday Inn Executive Center, 2200 Interstate 70 Dr. SW in Columbia, MO 65203 on July 12, 2019. Other segments include Know Your Worth: How to Ask for the Salary You Deserve by Dr. Becca Castro, Castro Coaching & Consulting; Leading with Purpose, Col. Denise Wilkinson, Missouri National Guard and Col. Grace Link, Missouri Veterans Commission; Breaking Barriers: Women in the Political Arena, Lauren Gepford, Missouri Democratic Party, Catherine Hanaway, Husch Blackwell, Maida Coleman, Missouri Public Service Commission and Casey Wheat, Missouri House Republican Campaign Committee. The keynote address, The Status of Women in Missouri, will be given by Wendy Doyle, CEO of the Women’s Foundation, Kansas City.