As Director, Nancy leads the strategic and academic focus of The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, a Harvard Kennedy School research center dedicated to exploring and illuminating the intersection of press, politics and public policy in theory and practice. Nancy is the former Managing Editor for TIME magazine, an award-winning American essayist, speaker, and…

Yvonne serves as Chief of Staff to State Street’s CEO, Ron O’Hanley and as Global Head of Internal Communications.  Prior to State Street, Yvonne served as Director in Marketing and Distribution Strategy for Liberty Mutual and as Vice President for Bank of America’s China Construction Bank Strategic Assistance Program. In that role, Yvonne and her…

Betty Francisco is an entrepreneur, business executive, attorney and community leader, and the co-founder of Amplify Lantinx, the movement whose mission is to build Latinx economic and political power by significantly increasing Latinx civic engagement and representation in leadership positions across sectors. She is known as a powerful convener and change maker, unapologetic about creating visibility…

Chef Tiffani has made a name for herself nationwide for her dynamic personality, culinary prowess, and fierce work ethic, and the Chef and Owner of restaurants Sweet Cheeks, Tiger Mama, Fool’s Errand, and Orfano in Boston. Under Big Heart Hospitality, her Boston based restaurant group, she creates restaurants that are warm, inspired, and instantly lovable.

As Affectiva’s Co-founder and CEO, Rana El-Kaliouby is on a mission to bring artificial emotional intelligence to our digital world, creating a new partnership between humans and AI. Emotion AI is the next frontier of artificial intelligence, with commercial applications in several industries. As CEO, she is responsible for translating the company’s vision into an executable strategy that…

Jane is well known in the Boston community and has been a leader in diversity and workforce development for more than 20 years. At Babson, she is responsible for performing a variety of high level functions supporting the overall operations and efficiency of the Boards of Governance and serves as liaison between President Kerry Healey,…

After watching the city’s iconic Back Bay neighborhood evolve and grow, Sandy noticed that one thing remained elusive: high-end rental properties that were luxurious, elegant, and most importantly, felt like home. As the President of Hexagon Properties, with an abiding reverence for quality, craftsmanship, and beautiful design, she has built a portfolio of short- and long-term…

As CEO of MassChallenge, Siobhan sets and manages strategy for the largest zero-equity startup accelerator in the world. MassChallenge has supported the growth of startup ecosystems across five continents, and it has partnered with hundreds of organizations to grow their innovation agendas.

Alison Davis-Blake is the eighth President of Bentley University. She has devoted her career to scholarship and teaching and describes herself as in the business of changing lives in positive and powerful ways by expanding students’ visions of what is possible. Alison joined Bentley in 2018. She is the former business school dean at the Universities…

Beth’s leadership and vision as CEO and President of YW Boston recently led the organization to refine their strategic direction. She has developed programs that educate and empower individuals, organizations and corporations to take action towards a more equitable society, from exploring personal bias to changing policies and practices. Read more about her work at…