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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Chelsea Orcutt is the Vice President of High School Programming for New York Women in Communications and a member of the B2B Operations team at Betterment, the largest independent online financial advisor ...

Ashley is a life-long status quo challenger. Ashley is President of New York Women In Communications and most recently served as the Global Chief Business Officer at Thrive Global, reporting directly to Founder/CEO Arianna Huffington, leading worldwide sales, marketing and ...

An accomplished and award-winning communications executive, Laura exerts influence that shapes the modern-day narrative at one of the world’s most-storied media brands. She has nearly a dozen years of significant corporate communications/reputation management experience, gleaned from in-house and agency roles, ...

Katina Corrao is an actress, comedian, writer, and co-host of the stand-up show Lasers in the Jungle. The New York Times calls Katina a “staple of the New York comedy scene.” ...

Lorna Kapusta is Head of Women and Investing at Fidelity Investments, a leading provider of investment management, retirement planning, portfolio guidance, brokerage, benefits outsourcing and other financial products and services to more than 28 million individuals, institutions and financial intermediaries ...

Patty Chang Anker is a nationally recognized fear facing expert who empowers people to live their biggest, bravest lives. She the author of the memoir Some Nerve: Lessons Learned While Becoming Brave  (Riverhead Books, “Downright inspiring” –Oprah.com) about pushing through her fears and ...