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  Above All
  My friends, and some of my professors, even, are not on campus with me anymore. But the trees are.More
  
  On the Frontlines of Feminism
  For 50 years, researchers at what is now the Wellesley Centers for Women (WCW) have conducted groundbreaking interdisciplinary studies on social issues such as the effects of placing children in child care, gender equity in education, and the role of social media in adolescents’ lives. From the beginning, its mission has been to deploy rigorous academic research to address real-world problems.More
  
  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…More
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Laura Wood Cantopher ’84
Mount Pleasant, S.C.
President Elect, 2020–21
President, 2021–24

Recently retired from a career in educational publishing and philanthropic consulting
M.B.A., Harvard University
Wellesley activities: chair, 2019 search committee for WCAA executive director; former WCAA board member, interim executive director, and staff (director of clubs); current class of ’84 Wellesley Fund representative; former ’84 president, reunion chair, nominating chair, Durant giving chair; former member of the National Development and Outreach Council.

Laura Sue Cohen D’Annunzio ’85
San Antonio, Texas
Director, 2020–22

Former executive vice president and chief people officer, Rackspace
M.B.A., University of Chicago
Wellesley activities: member and former co-chair, Business Leadership Council; mentor on the Hive; alumnae admission representative and interviewer, Chicago, Atlanta, Texas; former class of ’85 president, vice president, and reunion committee member; former member, Wellesley in China host committee

Lauren Young Durbin ’99
Richmond, Va.
Director, 2020–22

Founder/career transition coach, Tyche Career Coaching
J.D., New York Law School
Wellesley activities: Co-chair of the WCAA’s Inclusion and Diversity Engaging Alums (IDEA) Working Group; mentor on the Hive; mid-Atlantic rep for Wellesley Alumnae of African Descent (WAAD); former president, vice president, admissions rep, and webmistress for Wellesley in Central and Coastal Virginia

Amy Huang ’99
Washington, D.C.
Director, 2020–22

Senior manager, Marsh and McLennan Companies Global Technology Infrastructure
M.B.A., New York University
Wellesley activities: member and admission interviewer for Washington Wellesley Club; mentor on the Hive; mentor, panelist, and assistant matching interns with mentors for Wellesley in Washington internship program

Leilani Stacy ’18
Cambridge, Mass.
Young Alumnae Director, 2020–2023

Americorps Foodcorps service member at the Mayor’s Office of Food Access in Boston. Plans to attend the University of Southern California’s Gould School of Law in the fall
Wellesley activities: mentor on the Hive; while at Wellesley, an inaugural Ministrare Fellow for Career Education’s Office of Civic Engagement, where she coordinated student volunteer opportunities at the South Middlesex Correctional Center

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