From the IIE Blog - Women in the Global Economy: Leading Social Change

Executive Director of IIE San Francisco Trish Tierney writes about how the 2011 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Women in the Economy Summit inspired IIE’s newest book, Women in the Global Economy: Leading Social Change. 

"I thought about the many topics and women leaders that inspire me and might also inspire others. As the book's outline began to take shape, I reached out to a handful of incredible women, some new and some familiar. Whether we'd met before or were speaking for the first time, what amazed me about these women—aside from their intelligence and achievements—was their eagerness to sign on, to write a chapter, to add more work to their already full plates—all with the common goal of making a difference by sharing their experiences," she writes. 

Read the full post on Opening Minds.