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Vanessa Loder

2015 Speaker

VANESSA LODER is an entrepreneur and former private equity investor and the co-founder of Mindfulness Based Achievement, the New MBA, a company that provides in-person and online educational tools and programs to help high potential women leaders learn how to be successful without burning out. Through meditation, visualization and coaching, Loder and her cofounder, Lisa Abramson, teach women how to quiet their minds, set boundaries without feeling guilty, let go of the pressure to be “perfect” and get more of what they want in life. Loder’s Tedx talk is titled, “How to Lean In Without Burning Out.” Her personal transformation, subsequent research and work has led to thousands of women finding more passion, success and love with greater ease. Loder earned an M.B.A. from Stanford University and a B.A. in economics from Columbia University where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude. @vanessaloder