Women in Leadership Panel Connects Students With Executives
On Thursday, October 23, Archer’s Advancement department hosted a Women in Leadership panel for 9th, 10th, and 12th grade students as part of The Force is Female: Archer Leadership Speaker Series. Two to four times a year, the Advancement department hosts student-moderated panels with impactful industry leaders so students can connect, learn, and feel inspired to discover their passions and realize their true potential. In her introductory speech at this week’s panel, Head of School Elizabeth English referenced tennis player Billie Jean King’s famous adage, “If you can see it, you can be it,” and highlighted that the panels are an opportunity for students to consider their “purpose,” which is Archer’s theme of the year.
This week’s panel of female executives was moderated by Olivia H.-G. ’26 and featured Marian Lee, Chief Marketing Officer at Netflix, Michelle Weiner, Co-Head of the Books Department at Creative Artists Agency (CAA), and Susan Ramaker, Executive Director of International Marketing at Panda Restaurant Group. In answering questions from the moderator and the audience, the panelists spoke about their unexpected professional trajectories and shared a wide range of insights, including the importance of self-advocacy for women in male-dominated spaces, the power of relationships, and the surprising ways their high school lessons have impacted their careers.
This week’s panel of female executives was moderated by Olivia H.-G. ’26 and featured Marian Lee, Chief Marketing Officer at Netflix, Michelle Weiner, Co-Head of the Books Department at Creative Artists Agency (CAA), and Susan Ramaker, Executive Director of International Marketing at Panda Restaurant Group. In answering questions from the moderator and the audience, the panelists spoke about their unexpected professional trajectories and shared a wide range of insights, including the importance of self-advocacy for women in male-dominated spaces, the power of relationships, and the surprising ways their high school lessons have impacted their careers.
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