The Team
Janet Hanson
Widely respected as a leading entrepreneur, Janet Hanson is recognized as a unique voice and champion for women globally. As CEO and Founder of 85 Broads, Janet has built a global network community of 30,000 trailblazing women who want to leverage their best personal and professional relationships to create greater success for themselves and each other.
Launched in 1997, the “founding members” of 85 Broads were women who worked for Goldman Sachs at 85 Broad Street, the firm’s NYC headquarters. Today, students and alumnae of the world’s leading colleges, universities, and graduate schools are invited to join 85 Broads from every corner of the globe and from every possible career path. Together, these women make up the most powerful, intellectually savvy network of women in the world. As a multi-cultural, multi-generational network, 85 Broads members live, work, and study in 82 different countries and work for thousands of for-profit and not-for-profit companies worldwide.
After graduating from Wheaton College and Columbia Business School, Janet joined Goldman Sachs in 1977. In 1986, she became the first woman in the firm’s history to be promoted to sales management. Following her 14-year career at Goldman Sachs, Janet founded Milestone Capital Management, a $2 billion institutional money management company. From 2004 to 2007, Janet was a Managing Director and Senior Adviser to the President of Lehman Brothers.
Janet is a member of the Kellogg Center for Executive Women’s Steering Committee. She is a member of the Forbes Executive Women’s Board. She is a former member of the Board of Trustees of Wheaton College and a current member of the Board of The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation. She is an Associate Fellow of Pierson College at Yale University and serves on the Advisory Board of The Center for Work-Life Policy’s Hidden Brain Drain Task Force. She has received a number of awards and honors, including an honorary degree from Middlebury College in 2007.
Janet’s greatest passion are her two spectacular children. Meredith is a recent graduate of Wheaton College and Christopher is a junior at Dartmouth College.
Janet is invited to speak regularly at corporate events, on campuses, and in the media about the profound impact of this inspirational network. For speaking engagements, email info@85broads.com.
Krista Sande-Kerback
Krista Sande-Kerback is the Head of Strategy for 85 Broads. She oversees the global operations of 85 Broads, advising 85 Broads regional chapters and campus clubs run by volunteers around the world. She develops new strategic programs and partnerships; organizes professional networking events, conferences, and webinars; manages website development projects in line with strategic business objectives; and helps promotes the 85 Broads mission through social media tools and strategic networking.
Krista is a Dartmouth ‘05, and majored in geography and minored in German and Public Policy. While on campus she was actively involved as president of Panhellenic Council, a Rockefeller Leadership Fellow, co-chair of Women in Leadership, and in a number of other campus organizations. Before joining the 85 Broads team, she pursued a Fulbright Grant in Hamburg, Germany and worked as a management consultant for Opera Solutions in NYC
She can be reached at ksande-kerback@85broads.com
Follow her on twitter: @kristasande
Connect with her on LinkedIn
Meghan Doherty
Meghan Doherty joined the 85 Broads team in September 2010 as the Head of Business Development. In this role she works as part of a small team handling the day to day operations of the organization, securing new members and corporate partners, launching new global chapters and working with the chapter and club officers to promote the 85 Broads brand. Prior to 85 Broads, Meghan was a consultant at the Hay Group in their Leadership & Talent Practice. Meghan graduated from Harvard College in 2008 with a degree in Psychology. During her time there Meghan was an active member of Harvard Undergraduate Women in Business, Habitat for Humanity, Kappa Alpha Theta and the Harvard College Fund.
She can be reached at mdoherty@85broads.com
Follow her on twitter: @megdoherty
Connect with her on LinkedIn
