Rebecca Lowell Edwards

Chief Communications Officer, ACLU

The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap
by Mehrsa Baradaran

[The book is] helping me to consider the programmatic expansion possibilities of [the ACLU’s] Systemic Equality initiative.

Parent Like It Matters: How to Raise Joyful, Change-Making Girls
by Janice Johnson Dias, PhD

This one will probably also be my go-to gift for new parents.

You Are Enough! Reclaiming Your Career and Your Life with Purpose, Passion, and Unapologetic Authenticity
by Charlene Wheeless

As the only Black woman in many a corporate meeting room, I’m sure this one will be relatable, minus the cancer.

How Beautiful We Were: A Novel
by Imbolo Mbue

Just about to finish Behold the Dreamers, Mbue’s first novel, and savoring it.

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Acknowledgments

It takes a village to curate amazing lists from this rather busy group of leaders from all over the world. We would like to thank Kris Coratti, Chantal De Soto, Rimjhim Dey, Melanie Newman, Joellen Perry, and Jayne Rosefield for their help.

Within McKinsey Global Publishing, Eleni Kostopoulos led the effort to make this year’s list come alive, with collaboration and support from Mike Borruso, Nancy Cohn, Victor Cuevas, Torea Frey, Mary Halpin, Drew Holzfeind, Kathleen O'Leary, LaShon Malone, Philip Mathew, Janet Michaud, Kanika Punwani, Sarah Thuerk, Duane Tomaszewski, Petra Vincent, and Nathan Wilson.

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