St. Thomas More - Golden Center | Room: Lecture Hall — 268 Park St.
In celebration of our 30th year reunion and the 50th anniversary of Yale accepting women as undergraduates, hear from a dynamic panel of Yale ’89 women who will share the various twists and turns of their lives since leaving Yale 30 years ago. We will delve into the professional and the personal and explore how our aspirations played into the risks we did and didn’t take. We will reveal our regrets and how the circumstances we’ve faced and the choices we’ve made have shaped our lives and those around us. You will leave this session inspired to think about your own path with a new lens as well as the hopes and dreams you still plan to pursue.
Our panelists and moderator include:
Debbie Epstein Henry ’89 (moderator). Debbie is an expert, consultant and public speaker on careers, women and law. For 20 years, hundreds of news outlets have featured her work including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. Debbie wrote two ABA best-selling books, LAW & REORDER (author) and FINDING BLISS (co-author). She runs the DEH Speaker Series that hosts programming in NYC and by webcast, attracting 1,000+ participants per quarter. She also co-founded Bliss Lawyers, a company employing high caliber lawyers to work on temporary engagements for clients. She’s on the Board of the Forum of Executive Women and lives in the Philadelphia suburbs with her husband; they have three sons.
Dena Bravata ’89. Dena is the co-founder of Lyra Health where she also served as the Chief Medical Officer from 2015 to 2016. She was the Chief Medical Officer and Head of Products at Castlight Health from 2009 through 2014. Dena was a practicing internist for 16 years in her own private practice and an attending physician at Stanford University and the Palo Alto VA. As a senior research scientist in Stanford’s Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research and a nationally recognized health services researcher, Dena published widely on the clinical effectiveness of a variety of key clinical and public health topics. She has served on the Governing Council of the Stanford-UCSF Evidence-based Practice Center, the board of trustees of the Society for Medical Decision Making, and was an assistant public health officer for Santa Clara County. Dena currently sits on the Aspen Institute’s Healthcare Strategy Group and advises health care technology and services organizations. She was the 2018 recipient of the Yale Science and Engineering Alumni Association Award for Distinguished Service to Industry, Commerce or Education. Dena has an M.D. from Columbia University, and a master’s degree in health policy from Stanford University. She completed her Internal Medicine Residency and Ambulatory Care Fellowship at Stanford University.
Karen Hough ’89. Karen is the Founder & CEO of ImprovEdge, one of the Top 1% of women-owned businesses in the US. The company provides business training with an improv twist, serves the Fortune 100 and international clients, and has a presence in four cities. She is an Amazon bestselling author of three books, contributor to the Huffington Post, Mashable and Thrive Global, recipient of the Athena Award, and the Stevie International Award for Most Innovative Business of the Year. She serves on numerous boards that focus on systemic change and advancement for women and girls, and lives with her husband and three children in Ohio.
Brande Stellings ’89. A leading expert on women’s advancement and workplace inclusion, Brande has held senior roles in both the private and public sectors at Catalyst, NBC and Cravath, Swaine & Moore. Currently, Brande is a co-founder and principal at Vestry Laight, a consulting firm that partners with organizations to assess and address sexual misconduct. She previously led Catalyst’s consulting and corporate board practices, advising F500 companies, prominent professional service firms and senior executives and board directors on strategies to advance women and promote inclusion in the workplace and the boardroom. In 2018, she was appointed as an independent expert to the Fox News Workplace Professionalism and Inclusion Council, reporting to the company’s board of directors. She lives in New York City with her husband, two teenagers and French bulldog. She received her J.D. from Harvard Law School.
Jennifer Taub '89. Jennifer is a legal scholar and advocate. She is devoted to making complex business law topics engaging inside and outside the classroom. Her research and writing focus on bank reform, corporate governance, financial market regulation, and white-collar crime. Similarly, her advocacy centers on “follow the money” matters –– promoting transparency and opposing corruption. She appears frequently as a guest legal expert on cable news networks including CNN, MSNBC, and BBC World News America to discuss the Mueller investigation. Jennifer's first book Other People's Houses was published in May 2014 by Yale University Press. She received her J.D. from Harvard Law School.
Pratima Raghunathan ’89. Pratima is Deputy Director of Science and CDC’s lead for Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS). Dr. Raghunathan recently completed her second tour as the CDC Ebola Response Team Lead in Guinea. From 2012-2015, she served as Deputy Director for Program within CDC’s Division of Global HIV/AIDS, where she helped to provide strategic oversight to CDC’s HIV programs in 37 countries. During her tenure with CDC, she also served as CDC Country Director in Rwanda (2008-2012) and CDC Country Representative with the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention in Cameroon (2005-2008). Before joining CDC, Dr. Raghunathan co-founded and served as the Executive Director of a nonprofit organization, Sustainable Sciences Institute, dedicated to strengthening scientific capacity in developing countries. She holds a BS in biochemistry from Yale College, a PhD in biochemistry from the University of California, San Francisco, and a Master’s in Public Health in epidemiology from the University of California, Berkeley.
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2019-05-25T15:30:00
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“Yale Women: The Paths We Took.”
In celebration of our 30th year reunion and the 50th anniversary of Yale accepting women as undergraduates, hear from a dynamic panel of Yale ’89 women who will share the various twists and turns of their lives since leaving Yale 30 years ago. We will delve into the professional and the personal and explore how our aspirations played into the risks we did and didn’t take. We will reveal our regrets and how the circumstances we’ve faced and the choices we’ve made have shaped our lives and those around us. You will leave this session inspired to think about your own path with a new lens as well as the hopes and dreams you still plan to pursue.
Our panelists and moderator include:
Debbie Epstein Henry ’89 (moderator). Debbie is an expert, consultant and public speaker on careers, women and law. For 20 years, hundreds of news outlets have featured her work including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. Debbie wrote two ABA best-selling books, LAW & REORDER (author) and FINDING BLISS (co-author). She runs the DEH Speaker Series that hosts programming in NYC and by webcast, attracting 1,000+ participants per quarter. She also co-founded Bliss Lawyers, a company employing high caliber lawyers to work on temporary engagements for clients. She’s on the Board of the Forum of Executive Women and lives in the Philadelphia suburbs with her husband; they have three sons.
Dena Bravata ’89. Dena is the co-founder of Lyra Health where she also served as the Chief Medical Officer from 2015 to 2016. She was the Chief Medical Officer and Head of Products at Castlight Health from 2009 through 2014. Dena was a practicing internist for 16 years in her own private practice and an attending physician at Stanford University and the Palo Alto VA. As a senior research scientist in Stanford’s Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research and a nationally recognized health services researcher, Dena published widely on the clinical effectiveness of a variety of key clinical and public health topics. She has served on the Governing Council of the Stanford-UCSF Evidence-based Practice Center, the board of trustees of the Society for Medical Decision Making, and was an assistant public health officer for Santa Clara County. Dena currently sits on the Aspen Institute’s Healthcare Strategy Group and advises health care technology and services organizations. She was the 2018 recipient of the Yale Science and Engineering Alumni Association Award for Distinguished Service to Industry, Commerce or Education. Dena has an M.D. from Columbia University, and a master’s degree in health policy from Stanford University. She completed her Internal Medicine Residency and Ambulatory Care Fellowship at Stanford University.
Karen Hough ’89. Karen is the Founder & CEO of ImprovEdge, one of the Top 1% of women-owned businesses in the US. The company provides business training with an improv twist, serves the Fortune 100 and international clients, and has a presence in four cities. She is an Amazon bestselling author of three books, contributor to the Huffington Post, Mashable and Thrive Global, recipient of the Athena Award, and the Stevie International Award for Most Innovative Business of the Year. She serves on numerous boards that focus on systemic change and advancement for women and girls, and lives with her husband and three children in Ohio.
Brande Stellings ’89. A leading expert on women’s advancement and workplace inclusion, Brande has held senior roles in both the private and public sectors at Catalyst, NBC and Cravath, Swaine & Moore. Currently, Brande is a co-founder and principal at Vestry Laight, a consulting firm that partners with organizations to assess and address sexual misconduct. She previously led Catalyst’s consulting and corporate board practices, advising F500 companies, prominent professional service firms and senior executives and board directors on strategies to advance women and promote inclusion in the workplace and the boardroom. In 2018, she was appointed as an independent expert to the Fox News Workplace Professionalism and Inclusion Council, reporting to the company’s board of directors. She lives in New York City with her husband, two teenagers and French bulldog. She received her J.D. from Harvard Law School.
Jennifer Taub '89. Jennifer is a legal scholar and advocate. She is devoted to making complex business law topics engaging inside and outside the classroom. Her research and writing focus on bank reform, corporate governance, financial market regulation, and white-collar crime. Similarly, her advocacy centers on “follow the money” matters –– promoting transparency and opposing corruption. She appears frequently as a guest legal expert on cable news networks including CNN, MSNBC, and BBC World News America to discuss the Mueller investigation. Jennifer's first book Other People's Houses was published in May 2014 by Yale University Press. She received her J.D. from Harvard Law School.
Pratima Raghunathan ’89. Pratima is Deputy Director of Science and CDC’s lead for Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS). Dr. Raghunathan recently completed her second tour as the CDC Ebola Response Team Lead in Guinea. From 2012-2015, she served as Deputy Director for Program within CDC’s Division of Global HIV/AIDS, where she helped to provide strategic oversight to CDC’s HIV programs in 37 countries. During her tenure with CDC, she also served as CDC Country Director in Rwanda (2008-2012) and CDC Country Representative with the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention in Cameroon (2005-2008). Before joining CDC, Dr. Raghunathan co-founded and served as the Executive Director of a nonprofit organization, Sustainable Sciences Institute, dedicated to strengthening scientific capacity in developing countries. She holds a BS in biochemistry from Yale College, a PhD in biochemistry from the University of California, San Francisco, and a Master’s in Public Health in epidemiology from the University of California, Berkeley.
St. Thomas More - Golden Center | Room: Lecture Hall — 268 Park St.
