Speakers

Dr. Kerry Murphy Healey's career spans higher education, elected office, and foreign and domestic policy. Healey is currently the Executive Chair of the Forward Party National Committee. She teaches Values-Based Leadership at Princeton's School of Public and International Affairs and Tufts' Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. From 2019-2022, Healey was the inaugural president of the Milken Center for Advancing the American Dream in Washington, D.C., which opened to the public in 2025.

In July 2019, she capped six years as the first woman president of Babson College, the 100-year-old business school consistently ranked as the country's leading institution in entrepreneurship education. During her tenure at Babson, Healey championed women entrepreneurs, created greater affordability and access for students, and oversaw a dramatic $200 million renewal of the Wellesley campus. Additionally, in 2021, she was elected President Emerita of Babson College.

Previously, Healey served as Massachusetts' 70th Lieutenant Governor, where she led bipartisan efforts to improve services for the homeless, tackle the opioid crisis, and increase protections for victims of child abuse, drunk driving accidents, and sexual and domestic violence. She was also integral in crafting the state's pioneering health care reform legislation.

Dr. Healey has been a fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government's Institute of Politics and Center for Public Leadership. She currently serves as an independent director for Apollo Global Management (NYSE:AGO), Pershing Square Inc. (NYSE:PS), and Marti Technologies (NYSE:MRT). She holds an AB in government from Harvard College and a PhD in political science and law from Trinity College, Dublin. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Trilateral Commission, the Leadership Council of Concordia and is a trustee of the American University of Bahrain.