Category:

Thasunda Brown Duckett’s Life Work Is Providing the Opportunity Her Father Never Had

Thasunda Brown Duckett, one of the most powerful women in finance, is the President and CEO of TIAA, a retirement and financial services company for academic, research, medical, and governmental workers. She has held the position since 2021 and has participated in 154 internal and external events to talk about the importance of secure retirement income, leadership, ESG investing, and bringing TIAA customers the full value of the enterprise…

Posted On : Published By : Women We Admire
Category:

Hailing From an Unexpected Corner of the Globe, Simona Halep Is One of Tennis’ Best

Romanian professional tennis player Simona Halep has gone toe-to-toe with some of the biggest racket holders of her time and emerged as one of the most successful players of this decade. She ranked world number one in singles twice between 2017 and 2019, for a total of 64 weeks, eleventh most in the history of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) rankings…

Posted On : Published By : Women We Admire
Category:

Sarah Waters’ Novels Are Dark but Delightful

Award-winning Welsh author Sarah Waters knows how to keep her readers turning the pages of her delightfully salacious novels — and she has fun doing it. She has authored six books: “Tipping the Velvet,” “Affinity,” “Fingersmith,” “The Night Watch,” “The Little Stranger,” and “The Paying Guests.” Her first three novels are known for their lesbian protagonists set amidst Victorian Society…

Posted On : Published By : Women We Admire
Category:

A Childhood Passion and a Supportive Mother Led Dorothy Hodgkin to a Nobel Prize

British chemist Dorothy Hodgkin was a pioneering scientist best known for her work in developing the crystallography of biochemical compounds, which became essential for structural biology. Her most influential discoveries include the confirmation of the structure of penicillin and determining the complicated structure of vitamin B12…

Posted On : Published By : Women We Admire
Category:

Colleen Wegman Worked Her Way Through the Ranks to Run Her Family’s Supermarket Chain

Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. is a privately held American supermarket chain headquartered in Gates, New York, and was founded in 1916 in Rochester. At the helm of the family-owned company since 2017 is CEO and President Colleen Wegman. Taking the reins from her father Danny, she is the fourth generation to lead the 105-year-old company…

Posted On : Published By : Women We Admire