Academics
Signature Programs
Leader in Residence
The Polly Wheeler Guth ’44 Leader in Residence program provides an exceptional opportunity to learn from women who shape the world - culturally, socially, artistically, and politically. Hearing their stories, their ideas, and their voices provides a remarkable window through which you can begin to envision your own future.
Learn about our Writer in Residence program here.
Learn about our Writer in Residence program here.
Past Leaders in Residence
List of 20 items.
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2023-2024
Evy Poumpouras
Former Secret Service Special Agent & TV Correspondent -
2022-2023
Lisa Leslie
WNBA Legend & Author -
2021-2022
Tiffany Shlain
Filmmaker & Author -
2019-2020
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Author & Historian -
2018-2019
Ann C. Phillips
Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy -
2017-2018
Sallie Krawcheck
Founder & CEO of Ellevest -
2016-2017
Reshma Saujani
Founder & CEO of Girls Who Code -
2015-2016
Ashley Judd
Actress & Political Activist -
2014-2015
Katty Kay
Lead Anchor of the BBC World News America -
2013-2014
Sherry Lansing
Former Movie Industry Executive & Philanthropist -
2012-2013
Venus Williams
Professional Tennis Player -
2011-2012
Gloria Steinem
Feminist, Writer, & Activist -
2010-2011
Judith Jamison
Artistic Director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater -
2009-2010
Zainab Salbi
President of Women for Women International -
2008-2009
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga
Former President of Sri Lanka -
2007-2008
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
President of Liberia -
2006-2007
Benazir Bhutto
Former Prime Minister of Pakistan -
2005-2006
Nancy Brinker
Founder of Susan G. Komen Foundation -
2004-2005
Jane Goodall
Primatologist -
2003-2004
Mary Robinson
Former President of Ireland & U. N. High Commissioner for Human Rights
Reshma Saujani, Founder & CEO of Girls Who Code
These girls are just incredibly compassionate, and they’re leaders. They are thoughtful and they are smart. I hope to vote for them one day - or invest in their companies, donate to their nonprofits...because I think you have just trained a generation of leaders.
Beyond Speeches
Leaders in Residence don't simply stand behind a podium and deliver prepared remarks when they visit our School; their time with us is much more intimate. In addition to in the lecture hall, they meet and converse with students in class, in small-group discussions, and over meals.
800 Chatham Hall Circle • Chatham, VA 24531
+1 434.432.2941 • admissions@chathamhall.org
Day and boarding school for girls grades 9-12 in the Episcopal tradition.
+1 434.432.2941 • admissions@chathamhall.org
Day and boarding school for girls grades 9-12 in the Episcopal tradition.
