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Cara Morey
Cara Morey was named the head coach of Princeton women’s hockey in June 2017, after serving six years as an assistant and associate head coach. Morey has spent the last six years helping to

Melissa Lane
Melissa Lane is the Class of 1943 Professor of Politics at Princeton University, and director of the University Center for Human Values. She is also an associated faculty member in the Department of Classics

Lori Dauphiny
Two-time National Coach of the Year Lori Dauphiny will enter her 23rd year as the head coach of women’s open crew in 2019, and she has led the Tigers to an unprecedented era of

Nora Odendahl *85
Nora Odendahl received a Ph.D. in English from Princeton in 1985 and has pursued an “alternate” career path. After working as a journalist and as a freelance writer and editor, she joined Educational Testing

Aili McConnon ’02
Aili McConnon is the author of ROAD TO VALOR (Random House) about the Italian cycling legend Gino Bartali who secretly saved Jews in Italy during WWII. Road to Valor was a national bestseller, has been published

Whitney Colella ’97
Whitney G. Colella, Ph.D., M.B.A. serves as President and Principal Research Engineer of Gaia Energy Research Institute (Gaia). Colella has over 20 years of research and development experience in academia, government, and private industry

Kathy Roth-Douquet *91
Kathy Roth-Douquet is an advocate for the role of the military in civil society; she is an author, nonprofit leader, attorney, and former government official. Currently she is CEO of Blue Star Families, the

Michal (Mara) Fox Smart ’87
Michal (Mara) Fox Smart ’87 is a leader in the field of Jewish Education, serving as Director of Ayeka North America and a former Associate Principal of Bi-Cultural Day School in Stamford, CT. She

Pepper Binkley ’01
Pepper is a performer, writer and director who has worked extensively in film, television, theater, and commercials. As a storyteller she loves working collaboratively and experimenting with styles and genres. “It’s Freezing Out There”

Christa Weil Menegas ’82
Christa Weil Menegas ’82 has worked as an editor in New York City, Paris, and London (her current hometown) for fifteen years prior to writing her first book, on vintage fashion (Secondhand Chic in the US, It’s