Tania Tetlow

Tania Tetlow was named the 33rd president of Fordham University on February 10, 2022, and took office on July 1. She is the first layperson, and the first woman, to hold the office at Fordham.

Patty Heyda

Patty Heyda is a professor of urban design and architecture at Washington University in St. Louis, where she is also a faculty scholar with the Center for Race, Ethnicity and Equity, the Center for the Environment, and the American Culture Studies Program.

Carol Graham

Carol Graham is Senior Fellow in Economic Studies at Brookings, College Park Professor at the University of Maryland, and a Gallup Senior Scientist. She served on a National Academy of Sciences panel on well-being metrics in 2012-13, received Pioneer Awards from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in 2017 and 2021, and a Lifetime Distinguished Scholar award from the International Society of Quality-of-Life Studies (2018), and is currently a member of a UN Commission developing progress indicators to complement GDP.

Jim Cramer

Jim Cramer is a bestselling author, financial expert, and media personality. He is the host of CNBC’s Mad Money and cohost of Squawk on the Street. He is also the founder of CNBC Investing Club and TheStreet.

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