December 5, 2012 - 8:30am - 11:30am | The Washington Post, 1150 15th Street NW
On December 5, Washington Post Live convened exceptional women across diverse fields -- from business to politics to arts. This high profile forum highlighted standouts; leaders in different fields who happen to be women. The forum provided an opportunity for other women, young and old, to hear directly from successful women about their challenges, motivations and thinking.
Photo highlights
Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler quips, "The entire Capitol is a man cave!" (Jeff Martin/for The Washington Post)
Solis told she wasn’t college material, to take secretary path
Hilda Solis, Secretary of Labor, talks of how a high school counselor discouraged her from going to college and told to set her sights lower.
Kwan: “I was invincible in some ways”
Michelle Kwan, Olympian figure skater, discusses the discipline and dedication she had when training for the olympics as a teenager.
Rep. Herrera Beutler: “The entire Capitol is a man cave”
Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-Wa) describes her experiences as a woman in politics.
Marne Levine: I’ve meandered with a sense of purpose
Marne Levine, VP of Global Public Policy, Facebook, describes her career path - including working at the White House and for Larry Summers.
Jackson recalls career path - from collecting bumble bees to MIT
Shirley Ann Jackson, President, Rensellaer Polytechnic Institute, said, “I was told a colored girl should learn a trade [by a professor at MIT].... so I decided I would learn a trade and that would be physics.”
Nancy-Ann DeParle on her favorite part of the healthcare reform
Nancy-Ann DeParle, Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy at the White House, describes her personal experiences that influenced her work on healthcare reform.
Denyce Graves on listening to Puccini for the first time
Denyce Graves, mezzo-soprano opera singer, recalls the first time she heard opera music, when she was in high school, and thought “I don’t know what this is, but I would love somehow to be part of this.”
Susan Lyne describes her career path
Susan Lyne, CEO and Chairman of Gilt Groupe, explains how she made career decisions, saying, “If I could be where change was happening, I would be a happier more challenged person.”
Solis: Breaking through the glass ceiling is still an issue for women
Hilda Solis, Secretary of Labor, says women have to help women out in order to break through the glass ceiling.
Andrea Mitchell on what it’s like to be a woman on TV
Andrea Mitchell, chief foreign affairs correspondent, NBC News, said, “Women of all sizes and descriptions are doing very important on-camera work because they’re smart.”
Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis talks with Mary Jordan at the Women in 2012 Summit.
Women in 2012: Panel discussion with DeParle, Jackson, and Mitchell
Nancy-Ann DeParle, White House deputy chief of staff; Shirley Ann Jackson, president, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and Andrea Mitchell, chief foreign correspondent, NBC News, spoke on a panel.
Panel discussion: Katharine Weymouth, Susan Lyne, Denyce Graves
Washington Post Publisher Katharine Weymouth moderated a discussion with Susan Lyne, CEO and Chairman of Gilt Groupe, and Denyce Graves, mezzo-soprano opera singer at the Women in 2012 summit.
Panel: Michelle Kwan, Marne Levine, and Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler
Full panel discussion with Michelle Kwan, Marne Levine, and Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler at Washington Post Live’s Women in 2012 Summit.
Olympian figure skater and Senior Advisor and Public Diplomacy Envoy at the U.S. Department of State
Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff, Executive Office of the White House
We asked advice from exceptional women in the arts, academia, business, media and politics. Here’s what they said.
(Bill O'Leary / WASHINGTON POST)
Successful women discuss their careers - from collecting live bumble bees to meandering with purpose.
