Donna C. Redel

Board of Visitors

Donna C. Redel
Founder
Strategic@50

Donna C. Redel Donna Redel is the founder of Strategic@50, a social impact venture focused on professional women 50+.  Ms. Redel was the former Managing Director and Board Member of the World Economic Forum and the only woman elected Chairman the Board of The Commodity Exchange. She served as Chief Information and Technology Officer at Prudential Securities for both the international and derivatives divisions. Ms. Redel, through her experience at a variety of companies and non-profit boards, has considerable operational and strategic acumen. Ms. Redel has been instrumental in women's issues for over 20 years; she founded the Women's Leadership Initiative at the World Economic Forum, created the Women's Health program at NY Presbyterian Hospital and continues her involvement in financial literacy programs.

Ms. Redel is on the Board of Penn State’s Smeal College of Business, The Alliance Francaise (FIFA), the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, Columbia University's Paris Alliance Program, an Advisory Council member of NY Presbyterian Hospital, well as on its Dean's Council and serving as President of the Lying-In Hospital.

Ms. Redel received her law degree from Fordham Law, where later she developed and taught a course on Risk Management and Derivatives; an MBA from Columbia University School of Business and an BA from Barnard College.