Women at Tuck

You can take a Tuck MBA and run with it—wherever you choose. Start your own business. Change careers. Make a difference in your community. A Tuck MBA is about effective leadership, and every organization needs leaders. There's no limit to the doors it can open.

Tuck positions women for successful careers by helping students and alumnae make the best connections—with each other and with businesses. We are active in a range of organizations and offer many advantages and opportunities for Tuck women.

Inspiring Women Business Leaders

Women at Tuck and Beyond
Learn more about life at Tuck and after graduation from the women who have lived it.

•Deborah Brooks T'86: One of America's top businesswomen

•Pamela Carrington Scott T'75: Some risks pay off

•Stacey Crawford T'07 (MD/MBA): Combining business and healthcare

•Melanie Escopete T'05: Using business skills for community service

•Martha Fransson T'70: Tuck's first female student

•Suni Pedersen Harford T'88: A career in global finance

•Pamela L. Peedin T'98: Investing for education

•Brooke Szostak T'08: Social co-chair

Women in Business Club
Tuck students aim to empower women in the area of professional development, and to make Tuck the number one business school for women. The group holds its annual Women in Business conference in October.

•Women in Business club
•Women in Business conference
•Career Advice for Women

Tuck and the Forté Foundation
Tuck is a founding member of the Forté Foundation, an organization committed to helping more women pursue business leadership roles. The foundation also offers scholarship opportunities to women at Tuck.

•More about Tuck and Forté
•More about the Forté Foundation

Ascent: Leading Multicultural Women to the Top
Tuck Professor Ella Bell is behind this new national initiative to build alliances among women of different ethnic, racial, and cultural backgrounds. Ascent aims to achieve organizational equity and improved status for all women.

•More about Ascent
•More about Professor Bell

Tuck Executive Education at Dartmouth
Tuck alumnae and many other professional women turn to Tuck when it's time to further enhance their business skills. The Back in Business: Invest in Your Return program and the Smith-Tuck Global Leaders Program for Women help female executives build on and refresh their management and leadership capabilities.

•More on executive programs for women