Colleen Ammerman is director of the Harvard Business School Gender Initiative, which catalyzes and translates cutting-edge research to transform practice, enable leaders to drive change, and advance equality in business and society. Ammerman oversees the initiative's portfolio of activities, including alumni engagement, events, scholarly collaborations, and research dissemination. Since the launch of the Gender Initiative in 2015, its research has been featured in outlets including the New York Times, the Washington Post, MSNBC, CBS, WNYC, and WBUR. Ammerman has authored teaching materials on gender and work and is a researcher with Life & Leadership After HBS, a longitudinal study of the lives and careers of Harvard Business School alumni.