Guest Speaker: Stories from the frontline: Resilience, grit and women who change their world” with Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
Jack and Nancy Becker Center for the Performing Arts
We are excited that our students will have the opportunity to hear from and talk with Gayle Tzemach Lemmon.
Ms. Lemmon, who serves as an adjunct senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, is the author of three New York Times best sellers, The Dressmaker of Khair Khana, Ashley’s War and recently, The Daughters of Kobani. She has written since 2005 on entrepreneurship in conflict zones, U.S. policy in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, and issues such as girls’ education, the imperative to spread economic opportunity, and the fight to end forced and child marriage.
She holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School and is a Fulbright Scholar, a Robert Bosch Fellow, and a member of the Bretton Woods Committee. Both Ashley’s War and The Daughters of Kobani are now in the process of screen adaptation. She speaks Spanish, German, and French and is conversant in Dari and Kurmanci.
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Ms. Lemmon, who serves as an adjunct senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, is the author of three New York Times best sellers, The Dressmaker of Khair Khana, Ashley’s War and recently, The Daughters of Kobani. She has written since 2005 on entrepreneurship in conflict zones, U.S. policy in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, and issues such as girls’ education, the imperative to spread economic opportunity, and the fight to end forced and child marriage.
She holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School and is a Fulbright Scholar, a Robert Bosch Fellow, and a member of the Bretton Woods Committee. Both Ashley’s War and The Daughters of Kobani are now in the process of screen adaptation. She speaks Spanish, German, and French and is conversant in Dari and Kurmanci.
Indian Creek School
Indian Creek school is a co-educational, college preparatory independent school, located in Crownsville, Maryland. Students in Pre-K3 through grade 12 receive a vibrant educational experience based on excellent academics steeped in strong student-teacher connections.
