FORTUNE COO Summit 2026
SPEAKERS
Venkatesh Alagirisamy
Executive Vice President and COO
Nike Inc.
Brittany Bagley
Chief Operating Officer and CFO
Axon
Robin Bailey Jr. (Ret.)
Former Chief Operating Officer
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Aayush Bhatnagar
Global Head, Customer Experience
Sysco
Jon Blotner
President
Wayfair LLC
Diane Brady
Executive Editorial Director
Fortune
Deepika Chopra
Behavioral Scientist and Bestselling Author, The Power of Real Optimism
Adrienne Down Coulson
Chief Operating Officer
Rakuten
Kelly Esten
Chief Marketing Officer and COO, Enterprise
Toast
Earl Fitzhugh
Chief Operating Officer, Cloud and AI Solutions Advisors, Small and Medium Businesses,
Microsoft
Sarah Franklin
Chief Executive Officer
Lattice
Dan Helfrich
Chief Operating Officer
U.S. Soccer Federation
Francine Katsoudas
EVP and Chief People, Policy and Purpose Officer
Cisco
Eric Kelleher
President and COO
Okta
Jason Kidd
Chief Operating Officer
Chipotle
Charles Kirol
Chief Operating Officer
Peloton
Sid Kosaraju
President
Crisis24
Rashmi Kumar
SVP and Global Chief Information Officer
Medtronic
Ravi Kumar S
Chief Executive Officer
Cognizant
Anna Lassiter
Managing Director and Partner
Boston Consulting Group
Tom Maguire
Vice President, Head of Operations
Instacart
Patrick Maier
Vice President, Operations, Custom Critical
FedEx Freight
Laura Clayton McDonnell
President, Corporates
Thomson Reuters
Sara Minkara
Founder
Sara Minkara LLC
Ayesha Molino
Chief Operating Officer
MGM Resorts International
Olivia Nottebohm
Chief Operating Officer
Box
Ollie O'Donoghue
Head, Research
Cognizant
Lukas Petersson
Co-Founder and CEO
Andon Labs
Dan Peyovich
President and CEO
Dycom Industries
Skip Potter
Senior Vice President and COO
Bose
Geraldine Rhodes
Managing Director and Partner
Boston Consulting Group
Terika Richardson
Executive Senior Vice President and COO
CommonSpirit Health
Tony Roach
Executive Vice President Chief Customer and Brand Officer
Southwest Airlines
Scott Roe
Chief Operating Officer and CFO
Tapestry
Janelle Sallenave
Chief Operating Officer
Chime
Jacob Silverman
Chief Executive Officer
Kroll
Kristin Stoller
Editorial Director
Fortune
Rosanna Trasatti
Founder
Eleva Executive Leadership Advisory
Ruth Umoh
C-Suite and Leadership Editor
Fortune
Phil Wahba
Senior Writer, Leadership
Fortune
Sushant Warikoo
Chief Business Officer, AI
Cognizant
Dennis Woodside
Chief Executive Officer
Freshworks
Joanne Wright
Senior Vice President, Transformation and Operations
IBM
Jackie Zhu
Senior Vice President, North America Supply Chain Officer
Schneider Electric