Archives: Speaker

M. Robin Krasny ’73
Robin Krasny has worked primarily in financial services since graduating from Harvard Business School in 1981. Over the course of her career she worked in institutional sales in fixed-income markets with Morgan Stanley in

Betsy Kenny Lack ’83
Betsy Kenny Lack has been Head of Global Brand Strategy at Snap Inc. since 2016. Before joining Snap Inc., Lack was a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, overseeing the magazine’s Silicon Valley and technology

Janay M. Watts ’10
Janay is a doctoral student at the University of Pennsylvania pursuing Interdisciplinary Studies in Human Development. As a graduate researcher with the Racial Empowerment Collaborative and Dr. Howard Stevenson, Watts is using film and

Alice Eve Cohen ’76
Alice Eve Cohen ’76 is a memoirist, playwright and solo theatre artist, whose plays and solo works have been performed for over 250,000 people on four continents. Cohen’s memoir, “What I Thought I Knew”

Sandra Sobieraj Westfall ’89
Sandra Sobieraj Westfall was a six-year White House correspondent for The Associated Press whose tenure was book-ended by President Clinton’s impeachment scandal and the September 11 terrorist attacks when, in 2003, she moved to

Cynthia (Cindy) L. Drakeman ’02
Cindy Drakeman is the founding CEO of DoubleXEconomy, LLC, a research and consulting firm committed to women’s economic inclusion. She was the lead author of the second report for the UN Secretary General’s High-Level

Margaret Wheeler Johnson ’05
Margaret Wheeler Johnson began her editorial career as an extremely ineffective assistant at Vogue. She earned a master’s degree in journalism from the NYU Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute’s Cultural Reporting and Criticism program,

Diana N. Contreras ’83
Diana Contreras is an innovative, solutions-driven leader with a focus on implementing system-wide clinical programs and quality initiatives in women’s health. Striving to achieve cultural change and transformational goals, Contreras is improving women’s health

Ciara Burnham ’88
Ciara Burnham is a senior managing director with Evercore with over 20 years of leadership experience in investment banking and investment management. Burnham joined Evercore shortly after its inception, and has played a significant

Jackie Garrett ’01
Jackie Garrett is a board certified allergist and immunologist with a focus on pediatric allergy. She has authored and co-authored several scientific papers for recognized medical journals in the field of allergy and immunology.