Life As Leadership

Dr. Marisa Porges is known for her work on leadership, education, and national security. She is the head of The Baldwin School, a 130-year-old all-girls school outside of Philadelphia renowned for academic excellence and for preparing girls to be leaders and changemakers. Prior to joining Baldwin in 2016, Marisa has served at the White House, was a visiting fellow at Harvard Kennedy School and at the Council on Foreign Relations and served in the US Navy as one of eight female aviators in an air wing of about two hundred. She has just written a book called What Girls Need: How to Raise Bold, Courageous, and Resilient Women.