Jessica Stender

Jessica Stender

Legal Director for Nonprofit Organization The most significant lesson that my mother and grandmother have given me is the importance of treating people with dignity and kindness. As my grandmother wrote in a letter: “If I could leave you with any advice, it...
Karen King

Karen King

Chief Legal Counsel, Silver Lake Group My mother was a blonde-haired, blue-eyed woman from Minnesota who moved to Tokyo and married a man who had never been outside of Japan. From the day I was born, she taught me to have an open mind, to embrace other cultures and to...
Karen King

Karen King

Chief Legal Counsel, Silver Lake Group My mother was a blonde-haired, blue-eyed woman from Minnesota who moved to Tokyo and married a man who had never been outside of Japan. From the day I was born, she taught me to have an open mind, to embrace other cultures and to...
Nancy Biffar

Nancy Biffar

Writer, Editor and Mother My mother was intensely curious and passionate regarding everything she cared about, and this list seemed endless. She was the first one in the family with a computer, back before we even understood what they were for. Highly educated,...
Srijana Angdemby

Srijana Angdemby

Founding Member of El Shadai Whenever I have to make a tough decision and especially when I am going through a transition, I always hear the wise words of my former employer, Dianne, who became my “mom”, a friend, a mentor and my go-to person for any...