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 and diverse talent management. She is author of twelve critically acclaimed books, including Forget a Mentor, Find a Sponsor (Harvard 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 managing partner at Hewlett Consulting Partners and executive vice president at the Center for Talent Innovation. A graduate of Harvard University and INSEAD's MBA program, Rashid spent over a decade as a management consultant and held senior positions at MetLife and Time Warner. She is coauthor of Winning the War for Talent in Emerging Markets (Harvard Business Review Press, 2011).

LAURA SHERBIN is chief financial officer and head of research at the Center for Talent Innovation and chief financial officer at Hewlett Consulting Partners. She is an economist specializing in work-life issues and gender. Holding a PhD from American University, Sherbin has taught at Columbia University. She has coauthored several Center for Talent Innovation reports and two Harvard Business Review Research Reports, including The Athena Factor: Reversing the Brain Drain in Science, Engineering, and Technology .