Sylvia Ann Hewlett is the founder and CEO of the Center for Talent Innovation and Hewlett Consulting partners LLC. A Cambridge-trained economist, her research focuses on global talent management and the retention and acceleration of highly qualified women and other previously excluded groups. She is the author of 12 critically acclaimed books, including Forget a Mentor, Find a Sponsor (Hervard Business Review Press, 2013). Hewlett has taught at Columbia and Princeton universities. In 2014 the European Diversity Awards Honored her with its Global Diversity Award. Ripa Rashid is senior vice president of the Center for Talent Innovation and managing partner at Hewlett Consulting Partners LLC. A graduate of Harvard University and INSEAD's MBA program, Rashid spent over a decade as a management consultant and has held senior positions at Metlife and Time Warner. She is coauthor with Hewlett of Winning the War for Talent in Emerging Markets (Harvard Business Review Press, 2011).