Investor, philanthropist and activist Jacki Zehner has a lot of wisdom to share about women and finance. In this interview, she reflects on her first job at Goldman Sachs, where she became the first female trader ever at the company and the youngest woman ever to be made partner, and how everyone can use money as a tool for social change.
Read MoreChina's Media Powerhouse Yang Lan on the Power of Asking 'Why Not'?
In this “Dangerous Women: Leading Onward” episode, I’m joined by the global powerhouse media personality Yang Lan, a woman often called the “Oprah of China.” In this candid interview, she talks frankly about how she bounced back from early failures to success with Sun Media Group, one of China’s leading privately owned media companies.
Read MoreThe InfluencHER Project: Q&A with Gloria Walton of The Solutions Project
In honor of Earth Day, I want to amplify this InfluencHER Project interview with Gloria Walton, a longtime community organizer and president and CEO of The Solutions Project, a national climate justice organization that supports climate changemakers, innovators, and 'solutionaries’ at the grassroots level. I met Gloria recently and she is one of the most inspiring young women climate activists/leaders I’ve met.
Read MoreEchoing Green’s Cheryl Dorsey on Finding Your Superpower
In this “Dangerous Women: Leading Onward” segment, I had the honor of interviewing Cheryl L Dorsey, a trailblazer in the global social entrepreneurship movement. She talks about finding your unique place in the continuum of social movement leaders and how she defines her own dangerousness in the role of cultural translator.
Read MoreTable for 12, Please: Madame Vice President Kamala Harris
"That's what I asked Kamala," Biden said. "I asked Kamala to be the last voice in the room. To always tell me the truth." According to the BBC, he appears to be keeping his word. "Biden has said 'there's not a single decision I've made yet' about his administration that he hasn't consulted with Ms. Harris on first. She has also interviewed each of Biden's potential cabinet nominees."
Read MoreWomen Leaders for Climate Justice: Shaping Solutions [VIDEO]
Climate change is a crisis that will impact all people, but its effects are being shaped by pervasive and entrenched inequalities. In this Skoll World Forum panel, I talked with activists, experts and Gina McCarthy, the first White House National Climate Advisor, about what we need to do to solve climate change in an equitable, just and sustainable way that provides good outcomes for all of us. As usual, women are leading the way.
Read MoreTable for 12, Please: Deputy Director of the Office of Management Shalanda Young
Many in Congress, on both sides of the aisle, have expressed support for making Young the permanent director, including the Congressional Black Caucus, the Democratic Women's Caucus, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and even Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who told her during her confirmation hearing that she would "get my support, maybe for both jobs, who knows."
Read MorePodcast: Breaking Glass - Media, Equity and Influence
I had the pleasure of speaking with Sabrina Merage Naim and Kassia Binkowski, the hosts of the new podcast Breaking Glass about women in media. I shared my thoughts on equity and how we might get there, and the responsibility that I believe women in positions of power have to drop the ladder behind them as they move up by mentoring and advocating for other women to advance.
Read MoreTable for 12, Please: Small Business Administrator Isabel Guzman
On March 16, the Senate confirmed Isabella Casillas Guzman, President Biden's pick to lead the Small Business Administration (SBA), an agency that has seen its profile grow enormously in response to the pandemic. "Now more than ever, our small businesses need us," Guzman said.
Read MoreTable for 12, Please: U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai
When President Biden announced Katherine Tai, a trade lawyer with a history of taking on China, as his pick for the country's top trade representative, he said, "She understands that we need...to be considerably more strategic than we've been in how we trade. And that makes us all stronger."
Read MoreTable for 12, Please: Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, Cecilia Rouse
On March 2, the Senate confirmed Cecilia Rouse to be the chair of President Biden’s Council of Economic Advisers. The vote was an overwhelming 95 to 4.
When Biden announced her as his nominee, he noted that she is “one of the most distinguished economists in the country, an expert on labor economics, race, poverty and education.”
Read MoreTable for 12, Please: Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm
Former Governor of Michigan Jennifer Granholm is the nation's new Secretary of Energy. The Senate approved her nomination on Feb. 25 by a vote of 64-35, with all Democrats and 14 Republican senators voting yes.
Read MoreActress Thandie Newton on What It Means to Be Brave in a Dangerous World
Join me in the premiere episode of Dangerous Women: Leading Onward as I speak with actress Thandie Newton. We discuss the “Me Too” movement and what it means to be brave in a dangerous world.
Read MoreTable for 12, Please: U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield
When President Biden announced Linda Thomas-Greenfield as his pick for U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, he lauded her as a "seasoned and distinguished diplomat with 35 years in the foreign service who never forgot where she came from growing up in segregated Louisiana."
Read MoreTable for 12, Please: HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge
Globally, there are currently 22 gender-balanced cabinets, 14 of which have at least 50% women ministers.* If Biden's nominees are approved, the United States will finally join this group, with 12 of the U.S.'s 23 Cabinet-level positions being held by women. In this Table for 12 series, I'm focusing on the 12 women and women of color in Biden's cabinet, the most ever. This week: Marcia Fudge.
Read MoreTable for 12, Please: Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland
If her nomination is confirmed, Deb Haaland will become the nation's most powerful Native American leader in our 243-year history. Haaland's meteoric rise in Washington started at the local level in New Mexico, first as a voting rights activist for nearly a decade.
Read MoreTable for 12, Please: Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines
Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines became the first of President Joe Biden's Cabinet nominees to be approved by the Senate on his very first day in office. Her path to the top position in the intelligence community is an interesting one.
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Seneca's 100 Women to Hear Podcast: Pat Mitchell
Seneca Women is a global leadership platform centered on the principle that advancing women and girls will fast forward us to a more equitable and prosperous world. I am honored to be a guest on Seneca’s 100 Women to Hear podcast this week. I talk about how to use our voices to advocate for other women, to take risks, and meet challenges.
Read MoreTable for 12, Please: Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen
America could soon see its most diverse cabinet ever. Altogether, Biden has announced 12 women in his cabinet, the most ever. To celebrate the historic number of women and women of color in Biden's cabinet, I'm kicking off a new series that I'm calling "Table for 12." This Week: Janet Yellen
Read More"There is always light if we are brave enough to see it. If only we are brave enough to BE it."
Among the significant changes that this inauguration of new leadership represents was the notable diversity of awesome women who participated in Wednesday’s ceremony... from our new Vice President to the 22-year-old supernova, Amanda Gorman, whose poem will become my daily meditation on all the ways we can meet this moment in the story of us.
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