I loved working on Wall Street. I loved the meritocracy of it and the camaraderie of the trading floor.

I unapologetically and unabashedly am deeply biased toward my mother.

I do really well in the traditional board games: Backgammon, Checkers.

I am excited to work with NBC News to continue to highlight stories of organizations and individuals who make their communities and our world healthier, more just and more humane.

I hope to make a positive, productive contribution, as cheesy as that may sound.

We need women who are at the head of a boardroom, like at the head of the White House, at the head of kind of major scientific enterprises so that little girls everywhere can then think, you know what? I can do that, I want to do that, I will do that.

I was working full time and going to school at night and on the weekends. It was just crazy. At one point a month had gone by, and Marc - my then boyfriend, now husband, and I hadn't gone out on a date. I was like, I don't want to be this person. I want to be a person who cares where she's investing her time and energy. And I want to be a good wife, daughter, and friend.