Books
"It’s about a new model of female leadership that focuses on risk taking, embracing failure, and lifting one another up." — Reshma Saujani
Alyse Nelson ON Books
President & CEO, Vital Voices Global Partnership
Q: Which book has had the most significant impact on your life and why?
A: When I read Amartya Sen’s Development Is Freedom, I was struck by how pioneering his perspective was. Sen won the Nobel Prize in Economics, and at the time he was among the first to bring the case for investing in women to the mainstream. READ MORE »
Agapi Stassinopoulos ON Books
Author & Speaker, Unbinding the Heart
Q: If you were to write a book, what would it be about?
A: My most recent book, Unbinding the Heart, is about what would your life would be like if you were to share your story and know that it matters? I wrote this book to encourage one another to share our stories, and in sharing, realize that we are not alone and be able to unbind our hearts. READ MORE »
Kathy Caprino ON Books
Founder & President, Ellia Communications, Inc.
Q: Which book(s) has had the most significant impact on your life and why?
A: As an English major and a lover of books, and in my current line of work, I’ve read hundreds of books, and love to explore new ideas, experiences and perspectives. But of all the books I’ve read, I believe it’s the little book called Man’s Search for Meaning, by Viktor E. Frankl, that made the most enormous impact on my ... READ MORE »
Susan McPherson ON Books
Senior Vice President and Director of Global Marketing, Fenton
Q: Which books have had the most significant impact on your life and why?
A: Too many to name. I would say the daily New York Times has influenced me my entire life. Starting with the fact that my father and mother never missed a day reading it. My father was a history professor and my mother was a PR director for various PBS stations. Growing up in upstate New York, the Times wasn’t exactly a ... READ MORE »
Susanna Harwood Rubin ON Books
Visual Artist, Writer & Certified Yoga Teacher, Susanna Harwood Rubin
Q: Which book(s) has had the most significant impact on your life and why?
A: I read voraciously - mostly literature, but also lots of yoga texts, biographies, food writing, and essays. Proust definitely is my all-time favorite writer. And, yes, I really read it all. His exquisite prose, his close attention to the quotidian, his finding beauty in a particular note, taste, or gesture, and his brilliant descriptions of the metaphysical experience of memory being ... READ MORE »