The Hollander Lecture Series in Women’s Leadership is coordinated by the Women’s Institute at Chatham University and is made possible by funding from the endowed Barbara Stone Hollander ’60 Women’s Leadership Fund. Established in 1993 by Barbara and her husband, Thomas Hollander, Esq., the fund supports initiatives that encourage the preparation of Chatham University students as leaders in their fields by bringing outstanding women leaders to the campus and by providing grants for student activities related to leadership development.

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 Past Lectures include:

2022-2023 Academic Year:

  • Dr. Angela Reynolds, CEO of YWCA Greater Pittsburgh

  • Mai Khoi, Vietnamese Artist and Activist, Creator of Bad Activist

2021-2022 Academic Year:

  • Dr. Lisa Levenstein, Director of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality studies and Historian at University of North Carolina Greensboro

  • Kristy Trautmann, Executive Director of the FISA Foundation

Dr. Kathi Elliot

2020-2021 Academic Year:

  • Dr. Lisa Tetrault, Associate Professor, History, Carnegie Mellon University

  • Dr. Kathi Elliott, DNP ‘14, CEO, Gwen’s Girls and Trustee, Chatham University

2019-2020 Academic Year:

  • Betsy Crone ‘67, one of the Founding Mothers of EMILY’S List in conversation with Ashleigh Deemer’05 and Marita Garrett MAP’15

Vivian Lowery Derryck

2018-2019 Academic Year:

  • Teresa Younger, President and CEO of Ms. Foundation for Women, named one of the “50 Most Powerful Women in Philanthropy”

  • Vivian Lowery Derryck ‘67, Founder and President of The Bridge Institute, served as President of the African American Institute

2017-2018 Academic Year:

  • Dr. Jeanne Jordan HCLD(ABB), MT(ASCP), Director of the International Institute for Public Health Laboratory Management, Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at The George Washington University School of Public Health

  • Dr. Alison Brooks, Paleoanthropologist and Paleolithic archaeologist, Professor of Anthropology at George Washington University

Callie Crossley

2016-2017 Academic Year:

  • Callie Crossley, Emmy award winning broadcast producer, journalist, and NPR reporter

2013-2014 Academic Year:

  • Carol R. Brown, former President, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, led the transformation of downtown Pittsburgh

2011-2012 Academic Year:

  • The Honorable Allyson Schwartz

Ann Garrels

2006-2007 Academic Year:

  • Ann Garrels, National Public Radio senior foreign correspondent and author of Naked in Baghdad

2004-2005 Academic Year:

  • Joan Blades, co-founder of MoveOn.org

2002-2003 Academic Year:

  • Former Lieutenant Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend

2000-2001 Academic Year:

The Honorable Cynthia A. Baldwin

  • The Honorable Monica McWilliams, member of the Northern Ireland Parliament and co-founder of the Northern Ireland Women’s Coalition political party

1998-1999 Academic Year:

  • The Honorable Cynthia A. Baldwin

1996-1997 Academic Year:

  • Former Congresswomen Marjorie Margolies Mezvinsky

Student Leadership Award

The Barbara Stone Hollander ’60 Student Leadership Award is awarded annually in memory of Barbara Stone Hollander in recognition of her life-long commitment to providing opportunities for women to assume significant leadership roles. The $2,500 Hollander Student Prize is awarded each year to a student for a practical experience in leadership development.

Students can learn more on myChatham.

About Barbara Stone Hollander:

Barbara Stone Hollander graduated from Chatham in 1960 with a degree in English. She went on to earn her Ph.D. and was instrumental in establishing a new branch of consulting services and academic scholarship focused on family-owned enterprises. Barbara was a faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Applied Research, the Washington and Lee Business Institute, and the Owner-Managed Business Institute. She was a consulting editor to the Jossey-Bass Publishers’ series on family business management and wrote articles and columns for business publications. She was also very active in women’s rights. Barbara was a Trustee at Chatham University and received a Trustee Award for Distinguished Service as well as a Distinguished Alumna Award.