Starting the Conversation: an Evening with the WSBA and Marianne Cooper

The WSBA welcomes Marianne Cooper, who will discuss the barriers women face trying to get to the top, the particular challenges women entrepreneurs experience, and what we can do better to support girls and women in achieving their goals and ambitions. Marianne Cooper is a sociologist at the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University. She was the lead researcher for Sheryl Sandberg?s book, Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead. Her forthcoming book, Cut Adrift: Families in Insecure Times, examines how families are coping in an insecure age.