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Kelly Greene (’91)

Kelly Greene (’91) joined Wake Forest Magazine as managing editor in 2023. Most recently, she was a CEO speechwriter at TIAA in New York. Before that, she was a reporter and columnist for nearly two decades at The Wall Street Journal, where she co-authored the best-selling “The Wall Street Journal Complete Retirement Guidebook” and contributed to the Journal’s Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Stories by Kelly Greene ('91)

Fair Ribbons

With inspiration from pop icons, Erin Greene (MA ’23) takes on the Carolina Classic Fair’s decorating challenge.
Fair Ribbons

An Alumni Guide to Outdoor Adventures

Unplug, de-stress and let time slow down, whether it's by spearfishing or skydiving.
An Alumni Guide to Outdoor Adventures

How We Are Nurtured by Nature

Four faculty members and a staff psychologist discuss the myriad physical, emotional and spiritual benefits of being outdoors, even when the rambles come in small doses.
How We Are Nurtured by Nature

Teaching lessons and touching lives

Teacher of the Year Kristin Salsberry ('99) builds community in her third-grade classroom and inspires her students to bloom.
Teaching lessons and touching lives

Camel City and More

Learning about the history of labor, racial conflict, folk music, advertising and Wake Forest — all through the lens of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
Camel City and More

Heading back to school

Teacher of the Year Cristofer Wiley ('03, MAEd '04) hopes students “understand their agency in their own outcomes, … empathize with people unlike themselves … and do the right thing whenever they can.”
Heading back to school

The Nashville Network

Songwriters who studied at Wake Forest have found inspiration in Music City — and they're cranking out the hits.
The Nashville Network

A musical conversation to transcend borders

Mark Allen (’88) and Andrea Engleson (’87) are chronicling their journey in a new PBS series.
A musical conversation to transcend borders

Golden Gavels

With an assist from Wake Forest students and faculty, a nearby retirement community has started a debate society that’s embracing research and divergent points of view.
Golden Gavels

Playing the Hand He Was Dealt

Dr. Perry Mandanis (’81) turned a delayed ADHD diagnosis into a career helping others — including a new deck of cards offering strategies he’s gathered across decades.
Playing the Hand He Was Dealt

Cracking the Code

Matt Zakreski (’06) is helping neurodivergent (including gifted) kids and teens navigate the “neurotypical” world.
Cracking the Code

From bugs and birds to drones and DNA

Harold Greeney (’93) took an untraditional path to build a research station in Ecuador — and helped win a $5 million prize for accelerating our learning about the rainforest.
From bugs and birds to drones and DNA