Dr. Marisa Porges, author of “What Girls Need: How to Raise Bold, Courageous, and Resilient Women'' and Head of School of the prestigious all-girls private school, The Baldwin School, has devoted her life to public service and has had a prolific career in many different capacities. After graduating from Harvard with a degree in geophysics, Dr. Porges began her career as an active-duty member of the U.S. Navy, and was later promoted to a Naval Flight Officer. She went on to become a Harvard Kennedy School International Security Research Fellow, Counterterrorism Policy Advisor at the U.S. Department of Treasury, and Senior Policy Advisor on cybersecurity at the National Economic Council in the Obama White House. In this episode, Dr. Porges shares some of her experiences interviewing former members of Al Qaeda and the Taliban (and what it was like to fly naval aircraft), discusses the importance of thinking boldly and taking risk, and reflects on embracing moments of failure - which ultimately led to many of her successes.
