Young Women Leadership Council
2011 Young Women Leadership Council
Meet the leadership of The New Agenda on Campus, our college women.
- Prerika Agarwal
- Keren Baruch
- Bridget Liberty Halligan
- Christine Pitner
- Gianna Santelli
- Jennifer Suh
- Michelle Sweat
- Samantha Wishman
Prerika Agarwal
Boston University, B.A Economics, ’01
Prerika Agarwal is a budding entrepreneur and MBA Candidate at Georgetown University. Prerika’s professional experience includes a wide variety of companies and industries including consulting, telecom and media and banking.
Keren Baruch
Barnard, B.A. Economics and Social History ’13
Keren Baruch has completed her second year at Barnard College studying Economics and Social History. A Dean’s List student, Keren will spend her junior year at Oxford University studying Economic History. Outside of the classroom, Keren is on the Student Advisory Board for Barnard’s Athena Center for Leadership Studies and is the Vice President of Alumnae for Smart Women Lead, a student organization that promotes women’s leadership in all fields. As part of Keren’s involvement with The New Agenda, she has completed an internship with the organization and has helped spearhead their College Women chapter at Barnard.
Bridget Liberty Halligan
Villanova University, B.A Political Science, ’11
Bridget Liberty is a 2011 graduate of Villanova University, where she received a B.A. in Political Science, with minors in Philosophy and Arab and Islamic studies. She was elected Student Body President, and she and her Vice President served as the first female team in that position. It was through this process that she learned first hand the importance of female leadership, friendship, mentorship and solidarity. With a background in grassroots campaigning, Bridget is a creative intellectual with genuine interests in empowering women and combating sexism, particularly in the world of politics.
Christine Pitner
Cornell University, B.S. Biological Engineering, ’11, M.Eng Biomedical Engineering, ’11
Christine Pitner recently graduated from Cornell University with a B.S. in Biological Engineering. She is currently a graduate student at Cornell University, and will be earning her Masters of Engineering in Biomedical Engineering. She is extremely involved in the Cornell’s Society of Women Engineers (SWE), and was President of Cornell’s SWE section in 2010-2011. She is very excited to be involved in the New Agenda, and looks forward to the development of the New Agenda on Campus.
Gianna Santelli
Rutgers University, B.A. Environmental Policy, Institutions and Behaviors, ‘12
Gianna Santelli is student at Rutgers University with a passion for environmental protection and conservation, she is looking forward to working in the field in either the public or private sector after graduating. She also has a strong interest in women’s issues and fighting for equality between the sexes. In her spare time she likes to blog, read and exercise.
Jennifer Suh
University of Michigan, B.A. in English and African American Studies, ‘04
Jennifer Suh is the Managing Director at HeadCount, an organization that registers voters at concerts and connects young music fans with relevant political information. She has extensive experience working in the non-profit sector with a focus on youth development and civic participation. Jennifer is a 2011 New Leaders Council Fellow and an organizer for the Brooklyn chapter of Drinking Liberally.
Michelle Sweat
Barnard College, B.A. History, ’12
Originally from Little Rock, Arkansas, Michelle Sweat is a rising senior at Barnard College pursuing a career in the financial services industry, specifically in equities sales and trading. Currently, she is a equities Sales & Trading intern and fellow at Morgan Stanley.
Samantha Wishman
University of Pennsylvania, B.A. English, ’10
Samantha Wishman graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Arts in English and will begin studying at Columbia Law School in the fall of 2011. She is the Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Susie B. Magazine, a website where ambitious women in their twenties inform and inspire one another by sharing their experiences and opinions.
