Zone Chat: Northeast U.S.A. and Canada

“New Ideas in Non-Profit Program Management”
with Casey Holmes Fee, M.S.

Wednesday, November 19, 2025
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Eastern

Zone 1 Co-Chairs Adina Isenberg and Cheryl Archbald invite you to join the upcoming Zone Chat discussion, lead by Casey Holmes Fee, M.S. Casey will discuss new ideas in Non-Profit Program Management.

What are Zone Chats? 

Our Zone Chats were created to continue the momentum from our ANHW Harvard Alumni Day Meetup on June 6, 2025, a wonderfully inspiring session during which Alumnae-i across disciplines shared their passions and connected on topics of mutual interests. Each Zone Chat showcases one or more Alumnae-i providing an informal presentation on a topic, theme or current project, followed by interactive discussion promoting collaboration, equity and leadership opportunities for women. 

Interested in presenting at a future Zone Chat? Please email us at northeastusa-can@anhw.org.

ANHW Minnesota

Friendsgiving Potluck
Como Park, St. Paul, MN

Friday, November 21, 2025
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Central

Hosted by: Tricia Kaufman

We are thrilled to gather for a cozy ANHW Friendsgiving this year — a space to share warmth, gratitude, and community with fellow ANHW women. A special thank-you to Tricia Kaufman, who has generously offered to host in her home in beautiful Como Park, St Paul.

This will be a potluck-style gathering. Please bring a dish or beverage to share. Please use the sign-up sheet to let us know of food, drinks, and serving items you may be able to bring, so we have a balanced spread.

RSVP & Potluck Sign-Up Spreadsheet - Exact address will be shared with confirmed attendees only.

We hope you’ll join us for a relaxed evening of connection, gratitude, and delicious food together.

ANHW Corporate Board

Former NBCUniversal Vice Chair Bonnie Hammer
on Life Lessons for Getting Ahead

Monday, November 24, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Eastern
via Zoom

Bonnie Hammer didn’t climb to the top of NBCUniversal by playing it safe—she challenged every rule in her way. In this candid conversation, she will share the hard-earned lessons that shaped her work and her life—on ambition, leadership, and what it really takes to win without losing yourself. Raw, direct, and refreshingly human, she will offer an unconventional playbook for success and balancing work and life without clichés.

Bonnie Hammer is an author, business woman, and media executive. Previously she was vice chair of NBCUniversal, where she spent decades transforming every facet of the television business. Under her leadership, the company’s cable group and studios achieved record-setting profits, garnered 167 Emmy nominations, and launched hit series including Suits, Psych, The Sinner,Battlestar Galactica, Mr. Robot, and hundreds more.

Bonnie Hammer’s legendary career spans five decades in a turbulent, male-driven industry. Today, Bonnie is a powerful leader at the very top of her field, and women at all levels constantly ask her: What is your secret to success?

Bonnie’s new book is 15 Lies Women Are Told At Work…And The Truth We Need to Succeed

ANHW Boston Fall Salon

Workplace Culture: Modeling Positive Change to Support Women

Tuesday, December 2, 2025
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM Central

Location: The Harvard Club of Boston
374 Commonwealth Ave

Ticket Price: $35 (plus ticketing fees)

You're invited to join us at this year's ANHW Boston's Fall Salon 2025, presented in collaboration with the Harvard Club of Boston and the New Girls Network.

Join us for an engaging and thoughtful evening focused on how we can build workplaces that truly uplift and support women every day. Together, we will explore themes of inspiring leadership, creative approaches to organizational change, fairness and equity, meaningful mentorship, and empowering collaboration.

Come and connect with professionals and leaders who share a commitment to advancing women’s success and well-being in the workplace.

The conversation will be accompanied by light appetizers, with a cash bar available for refreshments.

Questions? Email ANHW Boston at boston@anhw.org.

ANHW Corporate Board

Former US Ambassador to Russia
Michael McFaul
on Putin: How He’s Changed and What He Wants Now

Friday, December 5, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Eastern
via Zoom

Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul offers a rare, firsthand view of Vladimir Putin — his rise, his fears, and his vision for Russia’s place in the world. Ambassador McFaul has known and studied Putin for decades. He will share what drives Putin  now and what he wants. He will also share on the new alliance between Russia, China and North Korea. 

Michael McFaul is a professor at Stanford and Director of Stanford's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, and a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He is also an international affairs analyst for NBC News.

Ambassador McFaul served for five years in the Obama administration rising to become US Ambassador to Russia.

He has authored and co-authored several books, including, most recently Autocrats vs Democrats and From Cold War to Hot Peace: An American Ambassador in Putin’s Russia. 

His current research interests include great power relations between China, Russia, and the United States, the relationship between democracy and development, and American foreign policy.

Ambassador McFaul was born and raised in Montana. He received his B.A. from Stanford University and then, as a Rhodes Scholar, earned his D. Phil. in International Relations at Oxford University.