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![Latoya West-Blackwood](/sites/default/files/styles/square_160/public/2024-03/West-Blackwood_Latoya.jpg.webp?itok=AImRRJ5N)
Amplifying impact through lifelong learning
To position herself for greater impact in her community and beyond, Latoya West-Blackwood seized the opportunity to attend Yale’s Women’s Leadership Program.
![Isaac Chen](/sites/default/files/styles/square_160/public/2024-03/Chen_Isaac.jpg.webp?itok=ybK7-NFH)
Progressing from acclaimed editor to operational leader
To successfully navigate a new leadership role within the shifting and challenging film industry, Isaac Chen turned to Yale’s Business Perspectives for Creative Leaders Live Online.
![Kehli Harding Woodruff](/sites/default/files/styles/square_160/public/2024-01/Woodruff_Kehli.jpg.webp?itok=DYK9fub4)
Business leadership to boardroom impact
Determined to make her mark in the boardroom with her passion and expertise, Kehli Harding Woodruff joined Yale SOM’s Women on Boards program.
![Enrique Sánchez-Rivera](/sites/default/files/styles/square_160/public/2023-11/Sanchez%20Rivera_Enrique.jpg.webp?itok=aDQdzLE8)
Driving positive change through purposeful leadership
Equipped with the insights he gained in the Yale Global Executive Leadership Program, Enrique Sánchez-Rivera is channeling his entrepreneurial spirit into a new mission-driven venture.
![April Randall](/sites/default/files/styles/square_160/public/2023-10/Randall_April.jpg.webp?itok=ZpXsK8BW)
Charting a path forward in leadership
Striving to advance her career, April Randall joins Yale’s Women’s Leadership Program and unearths powerful insights into herself and how to lead successfully.
![Ashley C. Allen](/sites/default/files/styles/square_160/public/2023-09/Allen_Ashley.jpg.webp?itok=zuGekhCM)
Forging invaluable connections
In Yale SOM’s Women on Boards program, Ashley C. Allen taps into a network of fellow trailblazers who extend guidance and inspiration as she navigates her career journey.
![Valerie Thompson](/sites/default/files/styles/square_160/public/2023-07/Thompson_Valerie.jpg.webp?itok=jX6xWUsP)
Harnessing the power of negotiation
After learning a fresh new way to negotiate in Yale’s Business Perspectives for Creative Leaders Live Online program, Valerie Thompson secured a promotion.
![Kell Bliss, Women's Leadership Program](/sites/default/files/styles/square_160/public/2023-07/Bliss_Kell.jpg.webp?itok=xkDs5ugR)
Preparing for the next level of leadership
Lieutenant Commander Kell Bliss shares why she chose Yale’s Women’s Leadership Program to equip her for success in a new leadership role.
![Richard Winchell](/sites/default/files/styles/square_160/public/2023-06/Winchell_Richard_0.jpg.webp?itok=qMNFEXJ4)
From Executive Education to EMBA
Richard Winchell shares how joining the 2019 cohort of Business Perspectives for Creative Leaders ultimately drove him to pursue the EMBA program at Yale SOM.
![Christopher M. Naghibi](/sites/default/files/styles/square_160/public/2023-06/Naghibi_Christopher_0.jpg.webp?itok=CjAF54OL)
Surpassing self-imposed limits
Christopher M. Naghibi explains how the Yale Global Executive Leadership Program pushed him to challenge his self-imposed limits and evolve as a leader.