Kathleen Egan: Athlete, Activist, CEO

https://www.linkedin.com/in/egankathleen/'>Kathleen Egan</a> is a surfer, skier, environmental activist, and the CEO and cofounder of 'https://www.ecomedes.com/'>ecomedes</a>, a company whose mission is to reduce the cost and impact of buildings. She&apos;s also an alum of the 'https://engineering.lehigh.edu/ise'>industrial and systems engineering</a><b> </b>program at Lehigh. She got her MBA at Harvard Business School, grew seven venture-backed startups with three successful exits, and has held senior leadership positions at companies like Oracle, Revionics, Quri, and Wiser Solutions, Inc. In this episode, Egan talks about her journey to becoming a CEO, about learning to ask for what she wanted, becoming her authentic self (and finally dropping all the football talk), and how she counters the imposter syndrome that, incredibly, still haunts her. She offers advice for students on how to make the impressions that can give them an edge as they start their careers. And finally, she explains how she found her calling in the business of sustainability, and why she has hope that humanity can act in time to address climate change.