Kellogg Women’s Forums

Forums are intended to provide alumni the space to learn, grow, and connect. Kellogg has always been at the forefront of supporting and advancing women, including its own leadership with two female deans. Kellogg was a pioneer in providing thought leadership and programming to support women with the founding of the Center for Executive Women more than 20 years ago.

Furthermore, the forums are inspired by Kellogg Professor Brian Uzzi’s research. Professor Uzzi’s findings, along with Yang Yang and Nitesh V. Chawla, show that for women to attain the highest levels of leadership in organizations they need a posse – “an inner circle of close female contacts”. Kellogg's culture of community and collaboration, make forums the perfect platform for alumni to support and lift each other up.

Thus, each forum will be built on a foundation of: 

  • Trust & psychological safety 
  • Openness & transparency 
  • Engagement & support 
  • Learning & development 
In addition to the forum, participants have access to: 
  • Curated resources to support learning and development. 
  • Exclusive faculty and speaker sessions specifically developed for forum participants. 
  • Priority access to register for the Kellogg Global Women’s Summit (more information to come) & access to special forum programming at the summit. 
How It Works 

Forum participants are dedicated to meeting, sharing and working through professional and personal challenges, building leadership and self-awareness skills, and forming meaningful relationships with each other that will drive career and individual growth. 
  • Each forum consists of 6–10 participants, led by one forum champion. 
  • Forums meet four times over the course of one year for one and a half to two hours. The specific cadence, timing, and location is determined by the group to best fit participants’ schedules. 
  • Forums will meet in person unless otherwise indicated. Forums cannot be hybrid.