Lorraine Hariton Named New Catalyst President & CEO, Continuing 56-Year Legacy of Accelerating Positive Change for Women in Business

Catalyst has just announced Lorraine Hariton as its new President & CEO.

Lorraine (who says her career has benefited from Catalyst’s work) held senior-level positions in Silicon Valley, including serving as CEO of two Silicon Valley start-ups. Most recently she was Senior Vice President of Global Partnerships for the New York Academy of Sciences, where she was instrumental in creating the Global STEM Alliance and its 1000 Girls, 1000 Futures program, a global mentoring initiative to help girls pursue careers in STEM. She also served as Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs at the US Department of State, where she established The Global Entrepreneurship Program, the WECREATE program for women entrepreneurs, and the Secretary’s Council on Women’s Leadership. She sees this new role as an opportunity to pay it forward in an area that has been a lifelong passion.