Kelly Greene ('91), Author at Wake Forest Magazine

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)

Running for Freedom

by Kelly Greene ('91)

Claire O’Brien (’11) and her sisters have long lamented the plight of women in Afghanistan — and they organized a run this fall to help.

Around the world on points

by Kelly Greene ('91)

How an intrepid alumni couple travels in luxury on a shoestring.

A skeptic’s take on tech

by Kelly Greene ('91)

In a new book, Stuart Whatley (’07) argues that we put too much faith in finding new technology to fix problems we could tackle with the tools we have already.

Bringing Home Bronze

by Kelly Greene ('91)

WNBA star Dearica Hamby ('15) is the first Wake Forest woman athlete to win an Olympic medal.

Betting on the future

by Kelly Greene ('91)

Abby Merk (’22) is turning poker into a career

Creating a wellspring of leadership

by Kelly Greene ('91)

Karin Kohlenstein Hurt (’89) turns fees from leadership training into clean water in Cambodia.

Bringing It Home

by Kelly Greene ('91)

Abrea Armstrong (MSM ’16) is tapping her wide-ranging experience to build awareness and appreciation of Winston-Salem’s Black history and culture.

An unexpected turn toward Venice

by Kelly Greene ('91)

Dennis Romano (’73) wound up at Casa Artom in 1972 as his Plan B — and has spent the rest of his life digging into the history of Venice.

Plugging into Pro Humanitate Days

by Kelly Greene ('91)

Wake Forest Magazine Managing Editor Kelly Greene (’91), back in Winston-Salem after 30 years, experiences a “new” tradition for the first time.

Weaving Hope

by Kelly Greene ('91)

How Mark Dirks (’83) made the connection between a beautiful woven basket and fundraising to build preschools in rural Rwanda

Walking alongside elders

by Kelly Greene ('91)

Jen Wallace Dowda (’93) is expanding her firm to improve the lives of older adults and their families across Richmond, Virginia — free of charge.

Restoring the Coastline

by Kelly Greene ('91)

J. Taylor Ryan (’62, P ’96) is leading work to stave off erosion and pollution, one bag of oyster shells at a time.

The Voice of Barbie

by Kelly Greene ('91)

For Carrie Buse (’89), a career at Mattel has been “Kenough,” providing a path from copywriting to design and innovation.

Inside baseball (and we like it!)

by Kelly Greene ('91)

The team’s impressive 2023 season, the support behind the scenes and stories from the 1955 championship at the Men’s College World Series