Press Coverage
Harvard School of Business: Data Design Institute
Leading with AI: AI Regulation
During the conference, a panel moderated by Mitchell B. Weiss, Richard L. Menschel Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School, panelists Anita Lynch, Board Member at Nasdaq U.S. Exchanges, Jonathan Zittrain, George Bemis Professor of International Law at Harvard Law School, and Noah Feldman, Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, discussed the future of AI regulation.
Yahoo Finance
Meet Anita Lynch, One Of The First African American Women To Serve As A Chief Data Officer For A Public Company
Anita Lynch was far from your typical tween during her upbringing. At just the age of 10, she fell in love with technology because at the time her father worked at Hewlett-Packard (HP). Although he was in the sales department, he was encouraged by sales engineers to buy her a computer to learn how to code. Lynch was given a Radio Shack TRS-80, which resembles an electric typewriter, along with a book of programs to build her own creations.
Santa Clara University: Leavey School of Business
Black Corporate Board Readiness Program Taps into the Power of Community to Impact Global Business World
Ask alumni of the Black Corporate Board Readiness (BCBR) program at the Leavey Executive Center what sets it apart from other board training programs, and you get one common answer: the network.
The program may be relatively young — the center launched BCBR in February 2021 — but its curriculum and community of leaders and mentors have had an outsized effect on participants and boardrooms across the country. BCBR alumni occupy 158 board seats, both public and private. The program has educated 317 leaders in its short three-and-a-half years of existence.
Harvard Business School: Working Knowledge, Business Research for Business Leaders, Op-Ed
Post-CrowdStrike, Six Questions to Test Your Company's Operational Resilience
When cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike distributed a faulty software update in July, it impacted a staggering 8.5 million devices. The crisis rippled through commercial airline operations, package delivery logistics, ecommerce, and health care, to name a few.
This incident serves as a stark reminder that business disruptions are not just potential threats, but common occurrences that demand immediate attention from CEOs, C-suite teams, and boards. It's time for leaders to take stock of their companies’ operational resilience—their ability to withstand disruptions and crises.
Harvard School of Business Portrait Project
“Tell Me, What is it You Plan to Do with Your One Wild and Precious Life?”
I am not graceful or coordinated, but dancing allows my soul to transcend. To dance is to rise above obstacles and stretch beyond my reality. To dream. To take risks. To seek change.
I grew up with my mom as a single parent so after school I was usually home alone. A thousand times I danced my way around the house warding off the loneliness and fear to gain a feeling of hope, connectedness, and belonging to something greater than myself. I now realize how much an inner sense of belonging in the world inspires me to achieve great things.
Snowflake
Mobilizing Data at Disney+
Join Anita Lynch, Vice President, Data Governance for The Walt Disney Company's direct-to-consumer businesses to learn about the central role data governance plays in building a data culture at scale for Disney+. Anita will discuss how the Data Cloud enables the scale, data governance, and modern data sharing needed to generate deeper product insights and better customer experiences for Disney+ globally.
Ever wonder how Disney does data governance? In this episode, Anita Lynch, Vice President of Data Governance at Disney Streaming, talks about the importance of first-party data, the nuances of data governance and privacy, how to prioritize data, and much more.
Laurie McGraw is speaking with Inspiring Woman Anita Lynch about changing company cultures and having that sense of belonging even when you are one of few, or only, in leadership.
Anita Lynch is dedicated to making life better and business more resilient through technology, operations, and data. Her expertise includes implementing digital transformation, finding positive solutions that benefit all stakeholders to mitigate risk, and increasing shareholder value. A technophile at heart with an intuitive sense of systems and processes, she has an innate ability to bridge technology and business with diverse perspectives. She identifies intelligent investments that protect and leverage data to maximize profitability and ultimately add value to corporations at all stages
Silicon Valley Talent Partnership Volunteer of the Quarter : Anita Lynch
Anita Lynch, Senior Manager, Product Analytics, Yahoo! and volunteer, Harvard Business School Community Partners shares her experiencing volunteering on two projects with Silicon Valley Talent Partnership: City of Santa Clara Marketing and Branding project and City of San Jose Parks, Recreation, and Neighborhood Services (PRNS) Marketing and Sponsorship Project. "I gained a lot from the experience. It’s a great way to give back to the community. I enjoy doing it and I will continue doing it for as long as I can. The leadership skills I develop benefit me personally and the organizations I work with, across private, non-profit and public sectors."
“Anita demonstrates great leadership ability to work effectively across large multi-constituent organizations. She has great product vision, but perhaps her most valuable skill is being able to break down that vision into realistic actionable goals--this is why she consistently delivers positive results on her work.”
—Jackson Hsieh, group project manager at Google