General Panels:

Reunion: HBS in the Rearview Mirror. Did I make the right choices?

Panel Chairs:

Elise Bergeron & Caroline Wilson

Moderator:

Jana Kierstead, Managing Director, MBA Career and Professional Development,

Harvard Business School

Our lives at HBS and beyond are filled with decisions – some seemingly small ones that turn out

to be critical and others that we didn’t even realize we were making at the time. Find out which

decisions mattered for HBS women 5-25 years out. How did they make those decisions, who did

they rely on for advice, and what would they change if they had it to do all over again?

Panelists:

Amee Chande, Senior Vice President, Strategy, Staples

Mikey Kindler, Director, Gilbarco Veeder-Root, Danaher

Leigh-Ellen Louie, Former President, Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions

Patricia Santos, Director, Highland Capital Partners

Anne Zahner, Managing Member, Radiant Partners, LLC

The Great Work-Life Balance Illusion

Panel Chairs:

Taylor Apfel & Radka Dohnalova

Moderator

: Julie Battilana, Assistant Professor, Harvard Business School

Having a personal life within the very demanding expectations of leadership is a real question for

many women.

Is it possible not to give up home life while still pursuing a successful career? Is

work life balance a myth? Come to experience a life changing conversation about how several in-

spirational and successful women have been able to create a successful and sustainable life.

Panelists:

Patricia Bell, Senior Vice President, Merrill Lynch

Bea Benkova, Founder and CEO, Extraordinary Women

Merrilyn Datta , Global Leader, Innovation Management, Life Technologies

Donna Levin, Vice President of Operations, Care.com

Anne Weisberg, Director of Talent, Deloitte

Dynamic Duos: Can we really put the Blackberry down?

Panel Chair:

Candice Bradley

Moderator:

Amy Cuddy, Assistant Professor, Harvard Business School

Life beyond HBS will inevitably involve tough trade-offs between work and family. Can couples

have exciting, ambitious careers, intelligent, well-adjusted children and a mutually beneficial rela-

tionship? Our panelists will share their perspectives on work-life balance and whether this con-

cept is just theory.

Panelists:

Tom Eisenmann, Professor, Harvard Business School

Jill Greenthal, Senior Advisor, The Blackstone Group LP

Debby Sharpe, Manager, Steinsharpe LLC

Jim Sharpe, Entrepreneur in Residence, Harvard Business School

Harry Slatkin, President,

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Laura Slatkin, CEO, Nest Fragrances