Guests & Speakers
Angela Brockmann - Workshop Leader
Climate Justice
​Angela has been an active member of Zonta beginning in 2000, with the Zonta Club Of Louisville, D5. She joined the USA Caucus when it first being established. With the 2021 release of Zonta International’s statement on Women and Climate Change, a committee was formed within the Caucus. Working within the committee, she attended District 23’s Think Tank to learn and engage with Australia and their work on Gender Equal Climate Justice. After those meetings, the Caucus committee began building and presenting “think tanks” to help engage North American clubs in understanding the program of Gender Equal Climate Justice and the impacts including violence against women caused by climate change. The committee is available to present to clubs and districts as we continue to address and understand the cause and effects of climate change on gender inequalities.
Lingxi Chenyang - Friday keynote
Feasting on Fish: The Egalitarian Roots of American Environmental Law
Lingxi Chenyang's research interests lie at the intersection of property law, environmental law, and food law. Originally from Chengdu, China, Chenyang joined the University of Utah’s S.J. Quinney College of Law in June 2022 as Associate Professor where she teaches courses on environmental and property law. Professor Chenyang received her J.D. from Yale Law School, where she studied environmental law and published work on the merits of reducing meat demand as a climate policy strategy. Chenyang holds a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Dartmouth College and a Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of Michigan. She has worked with the Meridian Institute and the Forethought Foundation on climate change research.
Lebo Goad - Saturday keynote
Yoga Forward
Lebo is a proud South African and accomplished yoga educator—an E-RYT (Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher) and RPYT (Registered Prenatal Yoga Teacher)—deeply passionate about supporting wellness through yoga and mindfulness. She serves as an ambassador for lululemon and Prenatal International, and holds leadership roles as executive director of Yoga Forward and trainer with Yoga Assets. Through these platforms, Lebo is advancing equity in yoga by offering trauma-sensitive classes and leading workshops and training programs, including at the Utah State Correctional Facility, Recovery Centers, The Utah Refugee Center, YWCA, as well as community classes in and around Salt Lake City. Lebo has also been featured in Bold Journey Magazine, where she shared her personal journey and mission to expand access to mindful movement and healing.
Megan Radavich - Zonta International representative
Megan Radavich is executive director of Zonta International and Zonta Foundation for Women. As the chief staff executive, she oversees the work of the international headquarters team and collaborates with volunteers and staff to develop organizational membership and fundraising strategies to support the Zonta International and Zonta Foundation for Women Boards in reaching their strategic goals. Megan has been with Zonta International for 16 years and has served as executive director since 2023. She has a Bachelor of Arts in English and Political Science with minors in Spanish and Women’s Studies from Loyola University Chicago; and, in 2022, she received her Certified Association Executive credential from the American Society of Association Executives.
Anna Taylor - 2025 Sharon Langenbeck Amelia Earhart Fellow
Anna Taylor is a Ph.D. student in planetary sciences at the University of Arizona, where she studies the upper atmospheres of exoplanets. Her research examines how hydrogen and helium escape from hot Jupiter-sized exoplanets under intense stellar radiation, using hydrodynamic simulations, stellar flux models, and spectroscopic observations to explore planetary evolution and star–planet interactions. Ms. Taylor earned her Bachelor of Science in honors in physics, with minors in mathematics and computer science, from North Carolina State University in 2023. As an undergraduate, she conducted research on binary star hydrodynamics and stellar chromospheres. In 2022, she interned at NASA Goddard, using the PHOENIX code to model stellar atmospheres. Her work earned her recognition as a John Mather Nobel Scholar, and her first-author paper on stellar Mg II line formation was published in The Astrophysical Journal in 2024.