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- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Ask the Expert: How to Build a More Diverse Board
issue as the founder and CEO of the executive search firm Trewstar, which places experienced and accomplished women on corporate boards. She offers her advice here. What tips do you have for senior female executives looking for a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Women and VC
director of the Women’s Venture Capital Fund (WVCF). The fund focuses on early-stage female entrepreneurs in digital media and eco-friendly businesses, two areas that the WVCF believes are “poised for exponential growth” because they are... View Details
- 26 Jan 2021
- News
Clubs See Wealth in FemTech; Health Care Alumni Look at COVID Response
says Greub. “We see outsized returns in female founders and women’s health companies, but the two are being ignored, or overlooked, or misunderstood.” For the HBSANC panel, Greub was joined by Stasia Obremskey (MBA 1987), Directing... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Bounce Back from a Blunder
the assurance that you’ll share the hard truths quickly. “It ultimately catalyzed them to have more trust in me because they knew I’d be honest.” Victoria Montgomery Brown is CEO and cofounder of the digital media company Big Think. Her new book is Digital Goddess: The... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Angela Ruggiero (MBA 2014)
strong enough to make the cut. My dad said, “Look, you can choose to give up. Or the next time, you can be the best player so there’s no way they can cut you.” After that I had focus, determination, and something to prove. Less than 5 percent of sports coverage in the... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019
History of the Christian Church: Two Thousand Years of Female Leadership by Elizabeth Muir (HRPBA 1958) University of Toronto Press Muir uncovers the rich and often tumultuous relationship between women and Christianity, as she traces... View Details
- 22 Jul 2019
- News
A Way Forward for Women
year, covering topics ranging from politics and financial crises to individual board member responsibilities over five intensive days on campus. HBS Professor Boris Groysberg, who co-chairs the Executive Education program with Professor Lynn Paine, said they conceived... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Safari Beauty
and caused many of us, especially those with children, to showcase the knowledge we’d gained from watching The Lion King. Our guides, and guidebooks, explained how the prides — the groups they live in — work: The males can copulate some one hundred times in a 24-hour... View Details
- 26 Jan 2015
- News
Paving the way for women on Wall Street
In the early days before she launched her own hedge fund, Nancy Havens-Hasty (MBA 1971) was one of only a few female investment bankers on Wall Street. (Published January 2015) View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Northern California Initiative Reaches Out to Women, Girls
women attribute the success of the Women’s Initiative in part to its close relationship with the HBSA/NC. “We work hand in hand with the club to put on events to address the interests of the membership,” says Schwartz. And while the group’s top priority is the some six... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Another First
DESJARDINS: Heads Air Force Academy. PHOTO BY DAVID BITTON/COLORADO SPRINGS GAZETTE Brig. Gen. Susan Y. Desjardins (TGMP 14, 2004), a veteran cargo- and refueling-plane pilot and commander, became the first female commandant of cadets,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Batteries and Chocolates
striptease parties; male faculty would occasionally and good-naturedly attribute female faculty members' teaching ratings to their physical features. It didn't really bother me, to be honest, and I settled quite happily into my own View Details
- 28 Nov 2018
- News
Elevating Women at Fidelity
of sexual harassment by a junior female employee. While the firm had named women to leadership positions and fund management roles before the misconduct allegations, the incident spurred Johnson to look even more closely at View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Respond to a Worthy Cause
CD will be donated to help end domestic violence. Respond II features 32 female artists, half of whom were nominated for Grammy Awards and all of whom donated their work to the project. It came together with the help of HBS research... View Details
- 17 Apr 2019
- News
Two Alumnae Among Time’s Most Influential of 2019
last two years: “(O)ver 35 new female general partners were added in 2018; 200 female venture capitalists and founders delivered more than 1,000 hours of mentorship; upwards of 1,000 founders pledged their... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Julie Bishop (AMP 151, 1996)
and in September 2013 was named Australia’s first female Minister for Foreign Affairs, both positions she continued to hold after a sudden leadership shift in September 2015. Bishop’s diplomacy and savviness in negotiating this change was... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; photography by X99/Zuma
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Making It Possible to Explore and Grow
to our office,” she explains. As a student at HBS, Khan decided to figure out a way to help female entrepreneurs access venture capital. In the summer of 2015, with support from the Rock Summer Fellows program, she started an accelerator,... View Details
- 06 Sep 2013
- News
More Seats at the Table
offices in April of 2012. In June, the company named its first female director, the company's chief operating officer, HBS alumna Sheryl Sandberg (MBA 1995). Facebook has since also added Susan Desmond-Hellmann, chancellor at the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
The Business of Love
Bagel has 60 percent female users and 40 percent male users, the inverse of Tinder. “Catering to women tends to enhance the experience for both parties,” says Kang. Coffee Meets Bagel has 60 percent female... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Tackling the data dilemma
In 2008, Meg Whitman (MBA 1979) was among those the New York Times identified as Most Likely to Be First Female US President. After a foray into politics—a gubernatorial bid in California—Whitman became president and CEO of... View Details