Alumnae Achievement Awards 2024

The 2024 recipients of the Alumnae Achievement Award are Claire Parkinson ’70, climate change scientist and social justice advocate; Joanne Berger-Sweeney ’79, college president and professor of neuroscience; and Amy Weaver ’89, business leader and champion of equality.

EYES ON THE ARCTIC

EYES ON THE ARCTIC

A minor regret Claire Parkinson ’70 has from her time at Wellesley is that she waited until her senior year to take the class that ended up exciting her the most: astronomy. A climatologist for…More
A PIONEERING SCIENTIST AND COLLEGE PRESIDENT

A PIONEERING SCIENTIST AND COLLEGE PRESIDENT

When Joanne Berger-Sweeney ’79, president of Trinity College in Connecticut, applied to college in 1975, the Ivy League had finally started opening its doors to women, and much of her family had proudly gone to…More
LEADING WITH KINDNESS

LEADING WITH KINDNESS

When Amy Weaver ’89 was offered the role of chief financial officer and president of Salesforce in 2020, her first reaction was shock. “I immediately thought it was ridiculous,” she says. She knew there would…More