2019

Michelle
Gadsden-Williams

Managing Director – Human Resources, North America Inclusion & Diversity Lead Accenture

Sang J. Lee

Chief Executive Officer, Volta Talent Strategies, LLC; Co-Founder, jurdu.com; Co-Founder, SJL
Attorney Search, LLC

Carolyne Murff

Senior Vice President, Head of Asset Management, LS Power

Cara Stein

Chief Talent Officer, NBC Universal

Heidi Wood

Senior Vice President, Strategy and Technology, L3 Technologies

2018

Sandra Altine

Managing Director, Global Diversity and Inclusion, Moody’s

Suzanne Gluck

Co-Head, Worldwide Literary Department, WME

Hope Goldstein, CPA

Co-Partner-in-Charge, Nonprofit, Government & Healthcare Group, Marks Paneth

Renee LaRoche-Morris

Chief Operating Officer, BNY Mellon Investment Management

Alicia Tillman

Chief Marketing Officer, SAP

2017

Stacy W. Blain, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, SUNY Downstate Medical Center; Co-founder, CONCARLO Holdings, LLC

Lorraine Chow Hansen

Head of Ultimate Rewards and Loyalty Solutions, Chase

Jessica Rodriguez

EVP and Chief Marketing Officer, Univision Communications Inc.

Susanna M. Suh

Partner, Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP

Sue Townsen

Partner, Advisory, & Chief Diversity Officer, KPMG LLP

2016

Leslie Dougherty Biddle

Partner, Serengeti Asset Management

Judith Harrison

Senior Vice President, Diversity & Inclusion, Weber Shandwick

Elisa Padilla

Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer, Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment

Stephanie K. Schnabel

Principal, Corporate Development Lead, KPMG LLP

Sylvia Smith

FAIA, LEED AP, Senior Partner, FXFOWLE

2015

Avon Products, Inc.

Sarah E. Cogan

Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Valerie Rainford

Managing Director, Banking Operations Executive, JPMorgan Chase

Karen Ross

President & CEO, Sharp Decisions
Deborah Snyder- Managing Director, Accenture

Tiffany R. Warren

Sr. VP, Chief Diversity Officer, Omnicom Group Founder & President, ADCOLOR

2014

Beth Bovis

Partner, A.T. Kearney

Elisabeth DeMarse

President, Chairman, & CEO, TheStreet, Inc.

Amy Hall

Director of Social Consciousness, EILEEN FISHER, Inc.

Amanda N. Persaud

Counsel, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen, & Katz

Catherine Walsh

Chief Communications Officer, Coty Inc.

2013

Felita Harris

Senior Vice President, Global Sales, Donna Karan International

Samantha Kappagoda

Chief Economist, Risk Economics, Inc., Visiting Scholar, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Co-Lead Scientist, RiskEcon® Lab for Decision Metrics, NYU

Nicola Palmer

Chief Technical Officer, Verizon Wireless

Laurel Rossi

President, Havas Worldwide Strat Farm

Cheryl L. Swiatkowski

Vice President, Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc.

2012

Stephanie Breslow

Partner, Schulte Roth & Zabel

Linda M. Gadsby

VP & Deputy General Counsel, Scholastic Inc.

Tracey Gray-Walker

SVP & Chief Diversity Officer, AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company

Claudia Poccia

President & CEO, Gurwitch Products

Carol A. Sawdye

Chief Financial Officer and Vice Chair, PwC

2011

Sharon Bush

Founder and CEO, Teddy Share

Lauren Bush Lauren

CEO, Creative Director, Co-Founder, FEED Projects LLC

Beth McCabe

VP/Director, Social Marketing and Technology, Digitas

Ranjini Pillay

SVP, Chartis

Ann Shoket

Editor-in-Chief, Seventeen Magazine

2010

Terri D. Austin

Vice President, Diversity & Inclusion, The McGraw-Hill Company

Barbara J. Cooperman

Global Chief Marketing Officer, LexisNexis Group

Arlene Isaacs-Lowe

Senior Vice President, Moody’s Investors Services

Vanessa Lau

Group Chief Financial Officer, Alcoa

Nadja Swarovski

Vice President, International Communications and Creative Director, Swarovski

2009

Kathy Brand

Community Leader

Vita Harris

Chief Strategy Officer, Draftfcb New York

Nancy Hill

President, 4A’s

Liz Kaplow

President and CEO, Kaplow

Meredith Moore

Director of Global Diversity, Weil, Gotshal and Manges LLP

Myrtle Potter

President and CEO, Myrtle Potter & Co.

Valerie Salembier

SVP and Publisher, Harper’s Bazaar

Susan Schor, PhD

Facilitating Leader and Chief Culture Officer, EILEEN FISHER

2008

Maryam Banikarim

Chief Marketing Officer, Univision Communications

Susan Chapman

Global Head of Operations & Global Project Management, Citi Realty Services

Wanda Hill

Managing Director/Director of Strategic Initiatives, BNY Mellon Wealth Management

Sara Queen

Senior Asset Manager, Brookfield Properties

Deborah Roberts

ABC News Correspondent/ Anchor

Shana M. Swanson

Civic Leader

2007

Dale B. Bernstein

EVP, Global Human Resources, NYSE Euronext

Kimberly Bishop

Senior Client Partner, Korn/Ferry International

Lisa I. Cuevas

Director of Strategic Associate Programs, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Leslie A. Mays

Vice President, Global Diversity and Inclusion, Pfizer Inc.

The Hon. Christine C. Quinn

New York City Council Speaker

Davia Temin

President and CEO, Temin and Company, Incorporated

Linda Kaplan Thaler

CEO and Chief Creative Officer, The Kaplan Thaler Group

2006

Donna J. Blank

Chief Financial Officer, FGIC Corporation

Dr. Vishakha N. Desai

President, Asia Society

Heide L. Gardner

Vice President, Diversity Management, Interpublic Group

Patricia J. Lancaster

Commissioner Department of Buildings, City of New York

Louise M. Matthews

Vice President, Global Real Estate, Avon Products, Inc.

Wenda Harris Millard

Chief Sales Officer, Yahoo!

Tricia Tilford

Director of Financial Services Reporting and Analysis, Moody’s Corporation

2005

Maria Bartiromo

Host and Anchor, CNBC

Deborah I. Fine

CEO, Victoria’s Secret PINK, Limited Brands

Adrienne Germain

President, International Women’s Health Coalition

Nancy Glaser

SVP, Global Communications, Avon Products, Inc.

Wendy Lewis

VP, Strategic Planning, Recruitment & Diversity, Major League
Baseball

Warrie Price

Founder and President, The Battery Conservancy

2004

Diane T. Ashley

Vice President and Director of Citigroup Supplier Diversity

Madeline de Vries

Chairman and CEO, De Vries Public Relations

Cholene Espinoza

Captain, United Airlines

Atoosa Rubenstein

Editor-in-Chief, Seventeen Magazine

Lillian Vernon

Founder, Lillian Vernon Corporation

2003

Joanna Barsh

Director, McKinsey & Company

Carol Bellamy

Executive Director, UNICEF

Kathleen A. Corbet

Executive Vice President and CEO, Alliance Fixed Income Division, Alliance Capital Management, LP.

Marcelite J. Harris

Major General USAF (Retired); Former Chief of Staff, New York City Department of Education

Amy Herman

Head of Education, The Frick Collection

Anna Quindlen

Columnist and Novelist

Vicky Ramos

Division Sales Manager, Avon Products, Inc.

2002

Jane T. Elfers

President and CEO, Lord & Taylor

Joan Hamburg

A.M. Host, WOR Radio

Dr. Kerry Kelly

Chief Medical Officer, New York City Fire Department

Katherine N. Lapp

Executive Director and coo, Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Claire P. McGrath

SVP and Deputy General Counsel, American Stock Exchange

Marie J. Toulantis

President and CEO, Barnes & Noble.com

Gerri Warren-Merrick

VP AOL Time Warner Community Relations and VP AOL Time Warner Foundation

2001

Trish McEvoy

Founder, Trish McEvoy Ltd.

Tracey S. McNamara, DVM

Head, Department of Pathology, Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx Zoo

Shirley Rodriguez Remeneski

Deputy Commissioner, Office of Community Partnerships, New York City Department of Housing & Development

Joan Rivers

Businesswoman, Author, Comedienne, Actress, Playwright, and Mother

Terrie Williams

President and CEO, Terrie Williams Agency

Gail Steinel

Global Managing Partner, Andersen Business Consulting

2000

Jane Alexander

Author, Actress

Dr. Jo Ivey Boufford

Dean, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University

Natasha Chen

Marketing Manager, Colgate-Palmolive

Mayra DiRico

Senior Vice President, HSBC Bank USA

Rossana Rosado

Publisher and CEO, el diario / LA PRENSA

Rebecca Tillet

Director, Event Marketing & Sponsorship, Pfizer Inc.

1999

Roz Abrams

Anchor, Channel 7 Eyewitness News

Mary Ann Crotty

Vice President of Operations, PB Aviation, Inc., Parsons Brinckerhoff

Barbara Paddock

Vice President, Chase

Lisa Quiroz

Publisher, PEOPLE en Espanol

Carol Reuter

President and CEO, New York Life Foundation

Deborah C. Wright

President and CEO, Carver Federal Saving Bank

1998

Kathy Dwyer

President, Revlon Consumer Products, USA

Emme

Plus-Size Fashion Model

Daisy Exposita-Ulla

President & Chief Creative Officer, The Bravo Group

Alanna Heiss

Founder & Director, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center and Clocktower Gallery in Manhattan

Westina Matthews

First Vice President & Senior Director of Corporate Responsibility, Merrill Lynch & Co.

Grete Waitz

New York City Marathon champion, Olympic Silver Medalist & World Record Breaker

1997

Toni G. Fay

Vice President, Community Relations, Time Warner Inc.

Mary Rose Main

National Executive Director, Girl Scouts of the U.S.A.

Elizabeth Barlow Rogers

Founder, Central Park Conservancy & Founder and President, Cityscape Institute

Mary Travers

Singer, Peter Paul and Mary

Lynette Woodard

Olympic Gold Medalist, WNBA Player and Stockbroker, Magna Securities

1996

Tina Chen

Actor, Director and Producer

Anne Kursinski

World Renowned Equestrian and Olympic Silver Medalist

Joanne Mazurki

Creator & Director, Avon’s Breast Cancer Awareness Crusade

Ganga Stone

Founder and President, God’s Love We Deliver

Leslie Uggams

Emmy Winning Actress and Singer

1995

Betty Buckley

Tony Award Winning Actress

Dr. Loraine E. Hale

Co-Founder, Hale House

Ann F. Kaplan

Partner, Goldman Sachs & Co.

Sandy Hill Pittman

Mountain Climber & Contributing Editor, Allure Magazine &
Conde Nast Traveler

Patrice Tanaka

CEO and Creative Director, PT & Co.

1994

Dr. Denise Barbut, M.R.C.P.

Professor of Neurology, New York Hospital

Mary Rodas

Vice President of Marketing, Catco, Inc.

Martha Stewart

Founder, Martha Stewart Living

Vera Wang

Designer and Founder, Vera Wang

Rolonda Watts

Nationally Syndicated Talk Show Host

1993

Camille Duval-Hero

Five-Time World Champion Water Skier

Janet Fish

Painter

Sally Hernandez-Pinero

Chairwoman, New York City Housing Authority

Darla D. Moore

Managing Director, Chemical Bank’s Retail Industries Group

Phylicia Rashad

Award Winning Actress, Singer and Dancer