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As an undergraduate at Princeton, Jennifer Wheler majored in art history and did a thesis in photography. She received her MD from Cornell followed by an internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Columbia-Presbyterian,

Karen Roter Davis is part of the leadership team at X and works on early stage projects, helping moonshot technologies make the transition to successful businesses. She returned to Alphabet after Google’s 2016 acquisition

Ashley Higginson is an attorney at Riker Danzig in Morristown, New Jersey. She focuses her practice in urban development, specifically land use and education law, representing many school districts throughout the state. A three-time,

Cathy Chute is executive director of Harvard’s Institute for Applied Computational Science, home of master’s degree programs and a center for interdisciplinary work at the intersection of applied math, statistics and computer science. She

Katherine J. Chen is the author of the novel, Mary B (Random House), which was published in late July 2018. After graduation, she worked for two and a half years as a literary assistant

Jenn Reeder completed a residency at University of Pittsburgh in Internal Medicine with a focus on Women’s Health. Her time spent in the breast cancer clinic during that time cemented her interest in Medical

Rachel Bernard is a program officer at the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), where she administers fellowship programs for scholars in the humanities and humanistic social sciences. Most of her work focuses on

Nancy Peretsman is a managing director of Allen & Company LLC, a closely-held private investment bank, based in New York City. She has served as an advisor to many of the world’s leading consumer,

Jane Farrington is an attorney-adviser in the Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State. Prior to joining the State Department, she served as a law clerk to Judge McKeown on the Ninth

Laura Ellsworth is Partner-in-Charge of Global Community Initiatives for Jones Day, one of the largest law firms in the world, with 43 offices on five continents. She has been a trial lawyer for 35