Please join us to listen to what was an extraordinary lecture with Professor Nancy Koehn. With deep expertise in business history, leadership, entrepreneurship, innovation, and brands and branding, Professor Koehn has coached leaders in the highest echelons of business and government. She speaks frequently at major summits ranging from the World Economic Forum in Davos and the World Business Forum to the Aspen Ideas Festival, and has appeared frequently on “American Experience,” the PBS “NewsHour,” A&E's "Biography," ABC’s "Good Morning America," Bloomberg Television shows, CNBC's "Moneywheel," CNN's "Money Line," among other programs. She has written and supervised cases on Starbucks, Ernest Shackleton, Oprah Winfrey, Bono and U2, Whole Foods, Wedgwood, Estée Lauder, Henry Heinz, and other successful leaders and organizations, and regularly contributes to The New York Times, The Washington Post, Huffington Post, and The Harvard Business Review, and is a weekly commentator on National Public Radio.

An accomplished author, Professor Koehn has written award-winning books ranging from Ernest Shackleton: Exploring Leadership, Oprah (Brand) Renew, The Story of American Business, Brand New: How Entrepreneurs Earned Consumers' Trust from Wedgwood to Dell, and, most recently, Forged in Crisis: The Power of Courageous Leadership in Turbulent Times, which Scribner published in October 2017.

Professor Koehn received her undergraduate degree from Stanford and her MPP, MA and PhD from Harvard. She lives in Concord and is a dedicated equestrian.