President and CEO

Neil Gorsuch's Supreme Court confirmation began this Monday and we FEATURE Fatima Goss Graves. Fatima is Senior Vice President for Program, where she leads the Center's broad program agenda to eliminate barriers in employment, education, health and reproductive rights and lift women and families out of poverty. Prior to being named Senior Vice President, Ms. Goss Graves led the Center's anti-discrimination initiatives, including work to promote equal pay, combat harassment and sexual assault at work and at school, and advance equal access to education programs. She uses a number of advocacy strategies in her work on these issues ranging from public education and legislative advocacy to litigation, including briefs in the Supreme Court and federal courts of appeals. Media includes: Washington Post, USA Today, NPR, CNN, CNBC, CSPAN (Washington Journal).

Board Member, Atlantic Council

UK Prime Minister Theresa May is beginning formal negotiations to have the UK leave the European Union this March 29th and we FEATURE Sally Painter. Sally is Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at Blue Star Strategies, LLC. Ms. Painter has worked throughout Central Europe on security and policy issues, including successfully representing many of these countries on their NATO and EU bids, as well as an historic Visa Equity Coalition of seven countries which allows their citizens to enter the US visa-free. Ms. Painter has managed many large-scale public-private projects, including as senior advisor on the global NATO Summits and remains a member of the Board of the US Committee on NATO. Media includes: Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Fox News, Huffington Post, Financial Times, Politico.

Founder and Partner

With two executives, including Uber president Jeff Jones, leaving the company amidst scandals, we FEATURE Tracy Chadwell. Tracy is the Founder and Partner at 1843 Capital. She has the distinction of being one of the first women to ever be a Partner of a venture capital fund - Baker Capital, which had more than $1 Billion under management. Tracy was thrilled to be included in the documentary “Dream, Girl” about female entrepreneurs. Tracy is a frequent judge of startup competitions. Most recently she was a judge for the Cornell (Johnson)Business School Women in Tech Competition, and a Mentor at MentorHerNYC. She also was a Vice President with Robertson Stephens, a San Francisco based investment bank.

Director

Sesame Street is introducing a new character to it's show and it's an autistic character. To discuss, we FEATURE Annie Harris-Meachem. Annie is a dedicated and persistent advocate for women who, for a variety of reasons find themselves living on the margins of society due to the social stigma of their disability or race. Having earned her graduate training at the Pennsylvania State University in 1985, she went on to do to work as a clinician with the chemically dependent. Her work with this population put her in the position to be a member of the management team at the prestigious World Institute on Disability (WID). Her memoir, it’s Easier to Dance –Living Beyond Boundaries, the first book to contain a chronological view of the historical development of the civil rights movement from three different perspectives; as a woman, a minority, one living with a developmental disability.