Women tend to collaborate, in my experience, more easily than gentlemen do.

Fundraisers treat men completely differently than women. As a matter of fact, many of them have the default on their direct mail set up to read "Mister," and it really rankles a lot of women.

What I saw a thousand times during the downturn was, 'We'd like to give her that opportunity, but we need to go with the sure thing - we can't afford diversity right now,'

Your adrenaline starts to go when the market opens in the morning. It's like sports programming.

As we work together and pool our resources, there's room for everyone to be successful.

You have six math Ph.D. Caucasian gentlemen from the Northeast of the country, great. You put one more in the mix, you haven't added much. It's only when you add something different that you really are able to accomplish more.

People say to me, 'Has being a woman helped or hindered your career?' And the answer is yes.