Sylvia Ann Hewlett

Sylvia Ann Hewlett is an economist and the founding president of the Center for Work-Life Policy where she directs the "Hidden Brain Drain"—a task force of 35 global companies committed to fully realize female and minority talent. She also heads up the Gender and Policy Program at the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University. She is the author of six critically acclaimed nonfiction books, including When the Bough Breaks (winner of a Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Book Prize), The War Against Parents (co-authored with Cornel West), Creating a Life (named as one of the best books of 2002 by BusinessWeek) and, most recently, Off-Ramps and On-Ramps (Harvard Business School Press). She is the co-author of Harvard Business Review articles "Leadership in Your Midst: Tapping the Hidden Strengths of Minority Executives," and "Extreme Jobs: The Dangerous Allure of the 70-Hour Workweek." Her articles have also appeared in the New York Times, the Financial Times, and the International Herald Tribune. Hewlett blogs at Winning the Talent War.