HOW Forum 2022 Women Lead Change

Prior to her work in the financial sector, Nana served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. As a Cryptologic Officer she led teams of communications specialists, linguists, and signals analysts. She studied Arabic at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California and graduated with a B.S. in English and Engineering from the United States Naval Academy. After leaving the Navy, she earned an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School. Nana lives in New York and serves on the Boards of The Mission Continues, Rebuild Foundation and the US Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation.

Ms. Attiga earned her Master of Laws Degree in Corporate Law from Columbia University in New York City. She is a member of New York State Bar Association. In addition, Ms. Attiga holds a Master of Law Degree in international Law from the University of Jordan in Amman. She received her Bachelor of Law Degree from Kuwait University.

She personally founded and managed multiple legal departments and teams over the past twenty years in the USA, MENA and GCC regions. In addition, she is a trusted advisor to investment teams and the C-Suite for startups and established corporations in the public and private sectors. Najwa currently holds the position of the General Counsel of the Emirates Investment Authority and is the Co-Founder of the Arab Women Lawyers Group Middle East, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting women in the legal profession in the Middle East. Ms. Attiga earned her Master of Laws Degree in Corporate Law from Columbia University in New York City. She is a member of the New York State Bar Association. In addition, Ms. Attiga holds a Master of Law Degree in international Law from the University of Jordan in Amman. She received her Bachelor of Law Degree from Kuwait University.

Ms. Attiga earned her Master of Laws Degree in Corporate Law from Columbia University in New York City. She is a member of New York State Bar Association. In addition, Ms. Attiga holds a Master of Law Degree in international Law from the University of Jordan in Amman. She received her Bachelor of Law Degree from Kuwait University.

Previously, she was a member of the Obama Administration serving as a Senior Advisor at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) where she focused on strategic communications on development as a part of national security, emergency response, and a reform agenda to increase sustainability throughout the Agency’s grant making and contracting. Before joining USAID, Ginny worked with the International Rescue Committee in the Democratic Republic of Congo; the Afghan Women’s Network in Afghanistan and Pakistan; and Sesame Workshop in New York on international Sesame Street co-productions in Asia, Africa, Middle East, and Latin America. She began her international career in the Dominican Republic as a Fulbright scholar studying parent participation in education. She completed her BA at Temple University and graduate degrees at Georgetown University’s MSFS and MA History programs.

Ms. Attiga earned her Master of Laws Degree in Corporate Law from Columbia University in New York City. She is a member of New York State Bar Association. In addition, Ms. Attiga holds a Master of Law Degree in international Law from the University of Jordan in Amman. She received her Bachelor of Law Degree from Kuwait University.

Burleigh got her start covering the Illinois Statehouse in Springfield, where the governorship often included a fitting for the prison stripes. She has reported from almost every state in the Continental U.S., written hundreds of works of journalism, essays and book reviews, on a wide array of topics including culture, politics, gender issues, science, and the environment. Two of her magazine articles were made into dramatic productions. Many of her books explore the tension between belief and science, religion and rationality in post-Enlightenment life, including 1830s American politics, among post-revolutionary French scientists in Egypt, Cold War era CIA conspiracy theories, fake Biblical archaeology in Jerusalem today, and the role of faith versus science in an Italian courtroom. She has also written about points where art, nature, history, and science intersect. In Mirage, she told the story of the scientists and artists behind the first great study of modern Islam and ancient Egypt, Description de l’Egypte, a landmark work of art and publishing produced by the scientists who went to Egypt with Napoleon in 1800. Her book Unholy Business is a Maltese Falcon style crime caper about a gang of forgers accused of applying new technology to alter and sell archaeological relics. A fellow of the Explorers Club, she has covered stories on six continents. She has published works about the Arctic and the Antarctic, the Amazon, where she wrote an essay about women, nature, and the human culture along the Amazon River in Peru and ayahuasca culture in Iquitos, posh Lagos, racism and rhino poaching in South Africa. She has written cover stories for Newsweek on Trump and Women, Trump as a tool of the New York billionaires, Trump and Evangelicals, Trump and the Law, Facebook and political big data mining, the #metoo movement, the melting of Antarctica, sea level rise in Florida, asteroid defense schemes and other current events. She has judged the J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards for nonfiction, and won several awards for her journalism and books. She was writer in residence at the Siena Art Institute in 2013 attached to the Above/Below Ground project with Mark Dion and Amy Yoes, including a symposium on the Art and Science of The Expedition. She was a Dora Maar Fellow in the arts in Menerbes, France, in 2014, where she worked on a novel. Mirage was selected by The New York Times as an editors’ choice and won the Society of Women Educators’ Award. Her writing has appeared in numerous publications including Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, Time, New York, The New York Times, Slate and Bustle. She has appeared on Good Morning America, Nightline, The Today Show, 48 Hours, MSNBC, CNN and C-Span, on NPR and many podcasts. Nina was born and educated in the Midwest, has been based in Washington, D.C., New York, and Paris, and has traveled and reported extensively in the Middle East and lived in Italy and France. She has been an adjunct professor at Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, a universitetlektor at the University of Agder in Norway and has lectured around the United States, in Italy, and in Mexico. She is adjunct professor at NYU’s Arthur J. Carter Journalism Institute beginning in 2021. According to Google Scholar, her work has been cited in hundreds of scholarly articles. Her latest book, The Trump Women: Part of the Deal, has been covered in The New York Times, New York Post, Entertainment Tonight, BBC, MSNBC, Yahoo and many other media outlets.

Ms. Attiga earned her Master of Laws Degree in Corporate Law from Columbia University in New York City. She is a member of New York State Bar Association. In addition, Ms. Attiga holds a Master of Law Degree in international Law from the University of Jordan in Amman. She received her Bachelor of Law Degree from Kuwait University.

Her investment banking and asset management clients have included Alger, Bank of China USA, Cartica Management, LLC, Eldridge Industries, Fiera Capital Inc, Natixis and Nomura. She has also provided communications counsel to Allergan Plc, Boyd Gaming Corporation, Crestone Peak Resources, Cushman & Wakefield, Darden Restaurants, Discovery Communications, Hewlett-Packard Inc, Journal Media Group, Key Safety Systems, Pitney Bowes Inc, PwC and Samsung Electronics. She spent the first part of her career as a leading financial journalist covering M&A deals, corporate governance and shareholder activism. During her time as a corporate board correspondent and team leader for M&A at Thomson Reuters, Nadia interviewed top leaders in corporate America and Wall Street. Nadia has been nominated for several journalism awards, including a Gerald Loeb Award, and has moderated and presented on dozens of panels around the world, including the World Economic Forum in Davos. As a champion for women in business, Nadia is a member of The Quorum Initiative, and promotes gender representation on panels including at the Cayman Alternative Investment Summit. Nadia earned an MA in International Journalism from City University of London and holds a BA Honors Cum Laude in Communications from Richmond, The American International University in London.

Paula brings a wide range of experience and a strong career track record. As the Chief Retail Officer of Folio, Paula brought insight, passion and proven experience to Folio Investing, a brokerage firm that delivers product and technology innovation to retail investors and those who serve them. Her understanding of a retail investor along with her financial industry experiences have fostered a deep appreciation and belief in the value of serving the retail investor through digital advice and online investing solutions. At LendIt, the world’s largest fintech conference, Paula led its women’s initiative with the goal of increasing the percentage of women in fintech by using LendIt’s industry platform. She supports women by offering tools for success and honoring those who are succeeding. During her tenure at TD Ameritrade, Paula created the vision for and launched the Save Yourself Program, a unique brokerage account and retirement plan for women co-branded with Suze Orman Media. In its first year, over one hundred thousand women opened an account and participated in the program. She actively participates in startup competitions and speaks at industry events. Paula resides in Connecticut with her husband and daughter.

Helen works with founders and leaders on programmes that bring purpose to life, deliver vision and strategy, amplify brand, increase employee engagement, and grow client relationships and market share. Always striving to bring a different perspective, Helen is passionate about taking a collaborative approach to strategy development and implementation and exploring the art of the possible.

Previously, Rebecca worked as the VP of Global consumer marketing for Mylan Pharmaceuticals. Prior to Mylan, Rebecca worked at PepsiCo where she was responsible for the Aquafina and SoBe brands, at Avon where she led global digital strategy and operations, and at McKinsey and Company as a consultant for media and technology companies. Rebecca has a BA in Political Science from Yale University.

Her tenure produced the first FDA Women’s’ Health Research Roadmap, outlining seven priority areas for new or enhanced research including biomarkers, nanotechnology, cardiovascular disease, and post market surveillance as well as a framework to assess its impact. Her colleagues applaud her ability to set a vision and guide the concept to reality. One FDA Commissioner stated, “She is elegant…not just in style but in character, confidence and compassion.” Ms. Henderson’s expertise in the development of public-private partnerships and culturally appropriate consumer engagement strategies led to the Women’s Health Take Time To Care Program, which has reached over 120 million people with FDA consumer information in 18 languages, and received awards from more than 96 national organizations. Her easy to read, science-based materials have been chronicled in Dear Abby, Parade Magazine, Hints from Heloise, and the IRS, as well as sponsored by external groups including the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, American Diabetes Association, Ford Motor Company, American Medical Association, and even Las Vegas casinos. Her novel efforts supported a one-stop Pregnancy Exposure Registries website to gather information about how prescription drugs or vaccines affect a pregnant woman and her fetus. In addition, she recently instructed her staff to expand the Science of Sex and Gender on-line accredited courses with the NIH/Office of Research on Women’s Health and to conduct FDA’s first “Scientific Conference: Opioid and Nicotine Use, Dependence, and Recovery: Influences of Sex and Gender” to address this national epidemic. She is the recipient of numerous awards including the Dr. Estelle Ramey Award for Women’s Health Leadership from Society for Women’s Health Research; “HerMANA” Award for innovative outreach to Hispanic women, and Pinnacle Award for exceptional leadership in medication use for patients and caregivers. The first non-pharmacist to receive the prestigious Jacob Miller Award from the American Pharmacists Association Foundation, she was also one of five Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal (Sammies) finalists from throughout the U.S. federal government. And as Chair of the national board of the YWCA USA, she led the U.S. delegation at the YWCA World Council quadrennial meeting in Bangkok, Thailand to focus on women’s issues. Prior to her FDA career, Ms. Henderson served as the Director of Evaluation for the Interagency Council on the Homeless; Director of Placement for the National Health Service Corps; Chief of Analysis and Information for the Bureau of Maternal and Child Health; and Senior Advisor to the Director of the Women’s Bureau at the U.S.

With her unique combination of subject matter expertise across investment products (derivatives, alternative investments, etc.) and functions (Equities trading, Wealth Management operations, etc.), delivered through her inclusive leadership style and passion for making work easier through innovation, Amy is proactively helping to build a sustainable financial services industry grounded in the principles of stakeholder capitalism. As exemplified by the DEI work throughout her career, Amy has been and continues to be an active servant leader. She is a rare three-time recipient of Bank of America’s prestigious D&I Award in 2015, 2019, and 2021. As the current Co-Chair of BofA’s Parents and Caregivers Network, Amy is passionate about helping clients and colleagues thrive in work and life through people-centered, action-oriented initiatives. Advocacy is a central pillar of her leadership style. She is also a strong supporter and alum of Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO), proud ally to LGBTQ+, and is active in mentoring. Outside of Bank of America, Amy is Vice Chair of the Board of Managers of the Chinatown Branch of the YMCA of Greater New York and chairs their Board Development Committee. Amy resides in Queens, New York, with her husband and their three school-age children. She received a B.S. in Finance and Management from New York University Stern School of Business and holds the Series 7, 63, and 24 FINRA licenses, as well as the Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) and Certified Private Wealth Advisor (CPWA®) designations.

Dr. Jenkins is a well-recognized expert in women’s health and sex and gender based medicine and has served in a variety of national roles such as Program Chair of the 2015 and 2018 National Sex and Gender Health Professional Education Summits and co-Chair of the Reproduction Workgroup of NASA’s Decadal Review, and as a member of the USM LE Women’s Health National Board of Medical Examiners Writing Group, HRSA expert panel advisories, and NIH expert panels. Dr. Jenkins has delivered over 150 scientific and consumer presentations and co-authored numerous research publications, scientific commentaries, and textbooks. She has been honored through numerous awards such as the American Medical Women’s Association Elizabeth Blackwell Award, the Women’s Health Congress Award for Public Policy and Advocacy in Women’s Health, and the Cedars Sanai Linda Joy Pollin Advancing Women’s Heart Health Leadership Award, and recognized multiple times as a Texas SuperDoc. Her academic credentials are stellar as she has served as the Associate Dean of Women’s Affairs for Texas Tech Health Sciences Center School of Medicine and Chief Science Officer of the Laura Bush Institute, and has been faculty with the Johns Hopkins MEdHP program where she also filled the capacity of CAPStone Program Director.

Andrea has created a suite of specialized tools and psychological inventories to facilitate discussions and improve communication with individuals, couples and families around money decisions, investing and estate planning. A regular guest speaker for global MNCs, Chambers in Singapore and Hong Kong and private webinars, Andrea splits her time between Singapore and Washington DC. Andrea’s first book, ​Own Your Financial Freedom, was published in 2014, and is being translated into Chinese for a mainland audience in 2022.

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Relevant Qualifications Bachelors degree Psychology Masters International Affairs and Economics Master Certification in Financial Behavior Therapy Certified Financial Planner, Singapore and Hong Kong Financial Advisor, Singapore.

With over 15 years of Economics and Leadership Consulting experience, Katrina guides people “north of neutral” – to a place of optimal performance. Passionately committed to spurring organizational excellence, team unity and transformative self-awareness, she counsels pure business strategy while helping her clients maximize their leadership potential. Katrina’s counsel spans industry and scope. Select client highlights include: • IBM, Verizon, Atlassian, Snap, Ueno/Twitter, AutoDesk, Ogilvy, Yahoo!, Sisense, Therabody, Arch Insurance, Goldman Sachs, Paul Hastings, The Council of Urban Professionals, and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. • The Australian Trade & Investment Agency (Austrade), The Department of Economic Development and Commerce of Puerto Rico (DDEC), The Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development, Brick City Development Corporation (Newark, NJ), The New York City Economic Development Corporation. Katrina earned her BSBA in Business and Spanish from The College of Saint Rose, has taught leadership at NYU’s Stern School of Business and co-chairs the Tarrytown Nursery School. A native Vermonter, Katrina’s work has taken her to five continents while building her home community in New York City and the Hudson Valley.

Since assuming leadership of BIO on June 1, 2020, Dr. McMurry-Heath has positioned BIO as a leading champion of scientific innovation and the bio-revolution, which aims to use technological breakthroughs to cure patients, protect our climate, and nourish humanity. A common thread throughout McMurry-Heath’s career has been her focus on broadening access to scientific progress so more patients from diverse backgrounds can benefit from cutting-edge advancements. She calls the distribution of scientific progress “the social justice issue of our age.” Before coming to BIO, Dr. McMurry-Heath worked at Johnson & Johnson, where she served as Global Head of Evidence Generation for Medical Device Companies and then Vice President of Global External Innovation and Global Leader for Regulatory Sciences. She was also instrumental in bringing J&J’s incubator, JLABS, to Washington, DC. She led a global team of 900 with responsibilities in 150 countries around the globe. Prior to her time at J&J, Dr. McMurry-Heath was also a key science policy leader in government. The Obama-Biden transition team tapped her to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the National Science Foundation’s policies, programs, and personnel. President Obama then named her associate science director of the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health under Commissioner Peggy Hamburg. In that role, she championed clinical trial evolution, the use of real-world evidence in product evaluation, and an embrace of the patient’s voice in health research so new medical products deliver outcomes that matter to them. McMurry-Heath was the founding director of the Aspen Institute’s Health, Biomedical Science, and Society Policy Program. She received her early training in science policy from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and later served as Senator Joe Lieberman’s top legislative aide for science and health. In that role, she drafted legislation to protect the country from biological attacks. McMurry-Heath received her MD/PhD from Duke’s Medical Scientist Training Program, becoming the first African American to graduate from the prestigious program. She spent 12 years working at the research bench before taking policy and leadership roles in government and industry. McMurry-Heath lives in Washington, D.C. with her husband Sebastian Heath, a veterinarian, and their daughter, Isabella. To relax, she enjoys yoga, snorkeling and her daughter’s sporting events.

In 2019, Meg won the Financial Times’ Innovative Lawyer Legal Intrapreneur of the year award and is a Fellow of the Aspen Institute’s First-Mover Fellowship program that focuses on the development of corporate social intrapreneurs. As the Chief Business Development, Marketing and CSR Officer at Paul Hastings, Meg was responsible for strategy, growth and innovation in legal services. She oversaw business and client development programs, public relations, brand management, and communications that promoted the firm’s international reach and commitment to client service. She also led the Diversity & Inclusion and Corporate Responsibility efforts of the firm. Before joining Paul Hastings, Meg was based in Europe for ten years. During that time, she was the Director of Marketing for the EMEIA region at Andersen. In addition, Meg held director positions in business development, marketing and export for a major French clothing manufacturer, the largest French shoe manufacturer, and an American venture capital firm. Meg is an advisory council member for Child HELP Partnership and served on the steering committee for The Aspen Institute Socrates Program.