Ripa Rashid is a Managing Director and Head of Inclusion and Diversity at Cowen, an investment bank and financial services company. Ripa is an internationally recognized subject matter expert and practitioner in the space of workplace diversity and inclusion, with a focus on gender, race and global talent engagement and development strategies. Ripa speaks regularly as a member of the INSEAD Women in Business Club in New York City and we are thrilled this podcast allows her voice to be heard globally. Prior to joining Cowen, Ms. Rashid was Managing Director at Culture@Work, Working Mother Media and Bonnier’s strategic advisory and custom research group. Previously, she was co-president at the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI) in New York City, a premier think tank and content provider that studies global workplace inclusion and diversity. She has also served as a management consultant with Booz & Company, PwC and Mitchell Madison Group, and has held senior diversity and inclusion positions at MetLife and Time Warner. Ripa holds an AB cum laude in astronomy and astrophysics from Harvard University, an MA in anthropology from New York University and an MBA from INSEAD. Liana and Ripa have collaborated on helping women in business as volunteers for for INSEAD alumni since 2008.  

In the Stories Podcast, we are collecting stories and having conversations with women in business to inspire, inform and connect women and men who want to achieve their goals and success in business and for social good. With Liana Slater Growth Executive, Co-Founder Momunmentalme.com and Co-Founder INSEAD IWiB Global Club and Chris Thorpe, Founder Brick Investment Partners. Music by Patrick Prouty.