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We’re thrilled that the following experts will join us at Marymount School of New York to share their perspectives and thought leadership with us.
9:00-10:00 a.m.
Wanda M. Holland Greene is Head of School at The Hamlin School in San Francisco, a mission-driven institution dedicated to best practices and innovation in the education of girls and young women. She is a nationally recognized and respected leader in education with a passionate voice and powerful presence that inspire communities to achieve equity and excellence for all children. For the past thirty-five years, Holland Greene has focused her professional time and attention on a wide and varied range of issues in education: K-12 curriculum design and instruction; mental health and emotional well-being; anti-racism and cultural humility; neurodiversity and learning differences; gender equity and stereotype threat in the classroom; effective non-profit governance; performance appraisal systems for teachers; and global citizenship. She has taught, mentored, and inspired thousands of children and hundreds of adults on the east and west coasts, and her writing, speeches, seminars, and professional presentations have permeated the educational and political landscapes from San Francisco to New York City to Cape Town.
Prior to Holland Greene’s tenure at Hamlin, which began in 2008, she served for eleven years as a senior administrator at The Park School in Brookline, MA. She began her career in education in New York City at The Columbia Greenhouse Nursery School and continued thereafter at The Chapin School, where she was a teacher and the school’s first Director of Student Life. Currently, she serves as a member of the Board of Regents of Bishop O’Dowd High School and the Board of Trustees for the Center for Spiritual and Ethical Education. Past trusteeship includes: Vice-Chair of the Columbia University Board of Trustees; Head-Royce School, Lick-Wilmerding High School; Concord Academy; The Chapin School; and Hamilton Families. A former faculty member of the National Association of Independent School’s Aspiring Heads Fellowship, Holland Greene continues her mentorship and vigorous advocacy for heads of school as an executive coach.
A leading feminist legal theorist, Laura Ann Rosenbury is Barnard College’s ninth president. She began her tenure on June 12, 2023. Previously, she served for eight years as the Dean and Levin, Mabie & Levin Professor of Law at University of Florida Levin College of Law. She was the first woman in that role.
One of her goals was to raise the national and international profile of Florida’s flagship law school. Under her leadership, UF Law extended its reach around the globe, increased incoming applications by 200%, enrolled seven of the most accomplished and diverse classes in UF Law’s 113-year history, and hired 39 new faculty members. Since 2016, UF Law has jumped 27 spots in the U.S. News rankings and ranks among the top 25 law schools in the nation.
Before joining the UF Law community, Rosenbury was a professor of law and vice dean at Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. She also has served as a visiting professor at Harvard Law School, Stanford Law School and University of Chicago Law School. Rosenbury’s research and teaching focus on the law of private relationships, exploring how law and social norms interact in family law, employment discrimination law, and property law. Her work has been published in the Yale Law Journal, Michigan Law Review, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Cornell Law Review, and in many other journals and books. Rosenbury was elected to the American Law Institute in 2010 and was named a fellow of the American Bar Foundation in 2014. In addition, she has taught courses on negotiation, nonadversarial communication, team building, and leadership for practicing lawyers and other executives.
Prior to entering academia, Rosenbury was a litigation associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York City and clerked for Judge Carol Bagley Amon of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York and Judge Dennis Jacobs of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Rosenbury received her A.B. summa cum laude in women’s studies from Harvard-Radcliffe College and her J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School, where she served as a primary editor of the Harvard Law Review.
Janelle Bradshaw is a native of The Bronx, NY and an experienced educator with over 20 years of experience and commitment to education reform. She is currently the CEO at Public Preparatory Network, the first and only PK-8 single gender charter school network in NYC, working to ensure all of its students are on a predictable path to and through college. In this role, Janelle oversees the vision and strategic direction that ensures strong student achievement for students, alumnae, and families. Janelle was the Founding Superintendent of Public Prep Network. Before joining Public Prep, Janelle launched her career in education as a 4th and 5th grade teacher in the Boston Public Schools, and served in various administrator roles in the Cambridge Public Schools. Janelle worked as an education consultant with SchoolWorks where she led school quality reviews in schools and districts throughout the country, led the company’s leadership coaching work, and supported foundations in disseminating best practices in urban education.
Janelle has been an active volunteer for Smith College, where she has served in numerous roles since graduation, including president of her class, Alumnae Admissions Coordinator, Class Fundraising Agent, and President of the Central MA Smith Club. Janelle currently serves as a Smith College Trustee.
Janelle holds a bachelor’s degree from Smith College, a master’s degree from Simmons College, and a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study in Education from Simmons College. In 2023, Janelle was selected for the Fellowship for Public Education Leadership by the Broad Center/Yale School of Management.
3:00-3:45 p.m.
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Lauren Smith Brody is the CEO and founder of The Fifth Trimester, which advances gender equality in the workforce through support for caregivers. Lauren’s work grew out of her bestselling book The Fifth Trimester: The Working Mom’s Guide to Style, Sanity, and Success After Baby (Doubleday), written in the sunset of her first career as a media executive (RIP, print magazines). These days, she brings her research and expertise frequently to the national media (NYT, WSJ, GMA, CNN), and her consulting clients include a broad spectrum of businesses in tech, big law, education, media, and finance. Lauren is also a co-founder of the Chamber of Mothers, a national nonpartisan nonprofit that mobilizes Americans around public policy solutions for parents, bringing local-chapter advocacy to Capitol Hill. Raised in Ohio, Texas, and Georgia, she lives in New York City with her husband, two sons, and a highly-medicated rescue dog.
Drawing on her own career transformation, evidence-based research, and countless lessons from others in big life transitions, Brody offers a clear, actionable plan for how to come out on the other side of uncertainty with purpose and power. This inspirational rally cry of a keynote is for anyone who’s ever wondered: Can I be part of the solution?