Author of New Book “How Remarkable Women Lead” at Babson

The Center for Women’s Leadership Hosts Joanna Barsh October 22

Joanna Barsh, senior partner at McKinsey & Company and author of How Remarkable Women Lead: The Breakthrough Model for Work and Life (Crown Business, to be released 9/29/09), will speak at Babson on Thursday, October 22, 6-8 p.m., in the Sorenson Theater. The event is free and open to the public. Register here.

Barsh has served a range of consumer-facing clients since joining McKinsey in 1980. Her client experience spans mergers and acquisitions, development of corporate growth strategy, and performance and operations transformation.  She also spearheads the Centered Leadership Project.

A dedicated contributor to the New York community, Barsh has served the Partnership for New York City, the New York City Economic Development Corporation, the American Museum of Natural History, and the Manhattan Theatre Club, as well as St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the Alaska Conservation Foundation.  She has been a trustee of Sesame Workshop, the non-profit that has brought Sesame Street to the world for 15 years.

Barsh is a strong advocate for women at McKinsey and beyond.  In 2002, she was appointed to the New York City Commission on Women’s Issues by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. She is the recipient of the Girl Scouts Council Woman of Distinction Award, the NCRW's Achievement Award, and the NY Women’s Agenda STAR Award.

Prior to joining McKinsey, Barsh held positions at Macy’s and at Bloomingdale’s.  She holds degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Chicago and Harvard Business School, where she was a Baker Scholar. 

At the top of Barsh’s list of important things is her family and women’s leadership.  She lives in New York with her husband David and two daughters, Gaby and Jetta.