Conversations with Seven Sisters

On today’s episode of Conversations with Seven Sisters we have Valerie Kay (Vassar ℅ ‘89), a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley, who shares advice on how to get your career started, being your own CEO and being intentional with your career. Valerie shares about how her career on Wall Street got started with an ad in the paper, being a woman in finance in the ‘90’s, and developing her personal bra...

This week on Conversations with Seven Sisters Shastia Azulay (recent ℅ 2023 Smith graduate) tells us all about how she saw immense food waste problem on campus and found a way to use her resources as a student to combat it. She founded the Food Rescue Network that has successfully donated over $25,000 worth of meals to local shelters in Northampton. She discusses how she does it, how you can get i...

This episode of Conversations with Seven Sisters Amy Walsh (Vassar ℅ ‘87) shares about her career trajectory starting as a philosophy major at Vassar, going to Fordham Law, working in the Southern District of New York as a young lawyer and eventually making her way to partner of an international law firm. This episode is filled with interesting stories of cases ranging from violent homicides, to t...

This week on Conversations with Seven Sisters Jen recaps her weekend at the Smith College reunion and discusses the value of connecting with your fellow alums, seeing campus changes, and how reunions are a  great way to get involved with the community. Here is the article on Maya Lin and the new Smith Library Did you attend a Seven Sisters College?  Want to learn more about the Seven Sisters Alum...

This week on Conversations with Seven Sisters Lori L. Tharps (Smith College ℅ 94) shares her story starting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to her current home in Malaga, Spain! Lori and Jen discuss what drew her to Smith, pursuing a career in journalism, balancing kids and writing, living as a Black woman in Spain, and much more.     Lori L. Tharps is a Smith graduate as well as a journalist, author and...

On this episode on Conversations with Seven Sisters Winter Miller (Smith College ℅ ‘95) joins us to discuss traveling to Chad with The New York Times’ Nicholas Kristof to do research for her award winning play, In Darfur , being mentored by Gloria Steinem, writing the play “When Monica Met Hillary,” and authoring a children’s book about her cat Gato, Not a Cat.   Winter is a founding member of the...

On this episode of Conversations with Seven Sisters, we are joined by Karen Armstrong (Mount Holyoke College ℅ ‘87) to discuss her love for Mount Holyoke, how a visit to career services changed her life, the changing amount of compromise in politics, how being a Seven Sister Alum has served her well, and what her favorite Mount Holyoke traditions were.  Karen Armstrong is Executive Vice President...

On the inaugural episode of Conversations with Seven Sisters, Jaqueline Woo (Wellesley College ℅ ‘96) joins us to discuss working at Goldman Sachs as a member of the LGBTQ+ Community, being in the right place at the right time, making big career pivots, how Wellesley Swimming impacted her long-term, and more. Jaqueline is the Chief Financial Officer at Acumen , a global non-profit that uses entrep...

Introducing the podcast to amplify the voices of the Seven Sisters Alum community. Hosted by Jennifer Pollock McNally, founder of the Seven Sisters Alum Association and a graduate of Smith College, who holds conversations with a different alum each episode covering their careers, lives, and how the Seven Sister experience has impacted them. Stay tuned for fascinating conversations full of stories...