59 | WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE: REPORT AUTHORS Report authors RACHEL THOMAS is president of LeanIn.Org, the nonprofit she LAREINA YEE is the chief diversity and inclusion officer and co-founded with Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg to empower senior partner at McKinsey & Company. She is also the global women to achieve their ambitions. Under her leadership, the leader of the firm’s tech hardware and services practice. Lareina Lean In community has grown to over 2 million women and has led McKinsey’s research on women since its inception, men—and more than forty thousand peer support groups called championing change across the firm through McKinsey’s North Lean In Circles—in more than 169 countries. Rachel speaks American women’s program and McKinsey Academy for Women. regularly on issues that affect women and is the host of Tilted, a She has written numerous articles on technology and advancing podcast exploring the uneven playing field and gender bias that women in business and frequently speaks on the topic across women face. the globe. MARIANNE COOPER, Ph.D., is a contributor to ALEXIS KRIVKOVICH is the managing partner for McKinsey’s LeanIn.Org, a LinkedIn Influencer, and a contributing writer to Silicon Valley office and a leader in the Financial Services The Atlantic. She served as lead researcher for the book Lean Practice, overseeing FinTech efforts in North America. She In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead. An expert on gender, serves financial services and technology companies as they women’s leadership, and diversity and inclusion, Marianne is a seek to align their organizations for growth and productivity. sociologist at the VMware Women’s Leadership Innovation Lab Alexis is a thought leader on financial innovation and diversity at Stanford University and an affiliate at the Stanford Center on and is passionate about advancing women in leadership. Poverty and Inequality. IRINA STARIKOVA is a partner in Digital McKinsey’s Silicon ELLEN KONAR, Ph.D., is an advisor to LeanIn.Org and chairman Valley office. She helps clients across technology, health care, of the board of Mindset Works. Ellen is an experienced and retail sectors address their toughest technology challenges executive who developed the global data science and marketing and use technology to enhance innovation and productivity. Irina programs at Google, IBM, and Intel, where she was the first is an active contributor to McKinsey’s research and publishes woman and non-engineer to be honored as an Intel Fellow. She frequently on topics including cloud infrastructure and digital has conducted research and taught at the Stanford Graduate operating practices. School of Business, Haas School of Business, and the University of Western Ontario. KELSEY ROBINSON is a partner in McKinsey’s San Francisco office. She works with leaders across the consumer and retail MEGAN ROONEY is a writer and strategist for LeanIn.Org. space, advising executives on digital marketing, CRM, and Prior to serving as a speechwriter for President Barack Obama, analytics. Kelsey is a frequent author on digital marketing topics, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, and First Lady as well as on McKinsey’s research on women, diversity, and talent. Michelle Obama, she was a senior writer at West Wing Writers, a Kelsey also co-leads McKinsey’s West Coast Gender Initiative. communications firm in Washington, D.C. Megan gives voice to the organization’s messages of equality and empowerment. MARIE-CLAUDE NADEAU is a partner in McKinsey’s San Francisco office. She co-leads the firm’s Payments Practice in MARY NOBLE-TOLLA, Ph.D., leads Education at LeanIn.Org, North America, and as such advises payments leaders across where she turns gender research into concrete, actionable steps banking, technology, and retail sectors on both strategic and companies and individuals can take to level the playing field for operational questions. Marie-Claude has published previous women. Before LeanIn.Org, Mary ran editorial at a news media work on digital payments topics, as well as on advancing women startup and taught English and politics at Oxford and Princeton. in financial services. She has also published articles on politics and social justice. NICOLE ROBINSON, Ph.D., is an engagement manager in ALI BOHRER is chief of staff at LeanIn.Org. In this capacity, McKinsey’s San Francisco office. She is a member of the North she makes sure the organization stays focused on its strategic America Organization Practice and a member of McKinsey’s priorities and successfully executes its large-scale initiatives. West Coast Women’s Initiative. For more than ten years, Nicole Ali is passionate about changing the landscape for women in has researched and published articles on the impact of gender corporate America. Prior to joining Lean In, she was an analyst issues on cultures, language, and careers. at McKinsey & Company.