SPOTLIGHTS ARCHIVE

SPOTLIGHT: MARGO GEORGIADIS
Margo Georgiadis is the President and CEO of Ancestry and serves on the company’s Board of Directors. For over 30 years, Ancestry’s global market-leading family history subscription and consumer genomics services have empowered tens of millions of consumers to discover ...

SPOTLIGHT: DAWN ROBERTSON
Dawn Robertson has been leading companies for more than 30 years both in the U.S. and internationally. She has been a global business leader for major retailers and wholesale companies, holding positions such as President of Old Navy and Managing ...

SPOTLIGHT: ROLAND S. MARTIN
Over the course of a career that has seen him interview multiple U.S. presidents to top athletes and entertainers, Roland S. Martin is a journalist who has always maintained a clear sense of his calling in this world. Martin is ...

SPOTLIGHT: ANTONIO LUCIO
Carla Hassan joined Citi in 2018 as Chief Brand Officer, leading efforts to bring Citi's mission of enabling growth and economic progress to life around the world. In her role, Carla leads Corporate Branding, Advertising, Experience and Media, as well ...

MATRIX SPOTLIGHT: BARRI RAFFERTY
During her 25 years at Ketchum, Barri Rafferty climbed the ladder to become the first woman CEO of a top five public relations agency. Not satisfied with being alone at the top, Rafferty has been a vocal advocate for gender ...

MATRIX SPOTLIGHT: LINDA YACCARINO
As Chairman, Advertising Sales and Client Partnerships at NBCUniversal and the daughter of a fierce Italian mother, Linda Yaccarino learned early on to race toward where the business was going, while bringing a whole lot of humanity, compassion, and style ...

MATRIX SPOTLIGHT: TINA TCHEN
A lawyer by trade, NYWICI's 2020 Incite Award honorree Tina Tchen’s career has sent her on an unexpected journey. Currently the President and CEO of TIMES UP Now and the TIMES UP Foundation, she co-founded the TIMES’S UP Legal Defense ...

MATRIX SPOTLIGHT: SUSAN ZIRINSKY
Susan Zirinsky, or “Z” as she’s affectionately known, walked into the CBS News Washington bureau at 20 years old, just two weeks after the Watergate break-in. It started what has been a whirlwind career that has given her a front ...

MATRIX SPOTLIGHT: CAROL H. WILLIAMS
Carol H. Williams has had a career full of impressive “firsts.” She was the first female and first African American Creative Director and Vice President at Leo Burnett Company, the legendary advertising agency. For Williams, who created iconic ad campaigns ...

MATRIX SPOTLIGHT: CARLA HASSAN
Carla Hassan brings her whole self to work. As Chief Brand Officer at Citi, she oversees brand campaigns that drive Citi’s reputation and change the dialogue around issues such as pay equity and sustainability. Coming from a family that fled ...

MATRIX SPOTLIGHT: ANN LEWNES
It’s not too often that someone can hack it in Silicon Valley for more than a decade, but that’s just what Ann Lewnes has done. As Executive Vice President and CMO at Adobe, she’s already accomplished so much during her ...

SPOTLIGHT: LINDA DESCANO
Linda Descano, CFA®, is a past president of New York Women in Communications and currently serves as the organization’s Vice President of Strategic Planning. Linda’s day job is as Executive Vice President at Havas PR ...