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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)

Playing the Hand He Was Dealt

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

Turning the Tables on Teaching

In the internet’s early days, when professors needed to get up to speed on computers, and do it fast, student mentors saved the day — with funding from a secretive billionaire.
Turning the Tables on Teaching

Running for Freedom

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.
Running for Freedom

Around the world on points

How an intrepid alumni couple travels in luxury on a shoestring.
Around the world on points

A skeptic’s take on tech

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.
A skeptic’s take on tech

Bringing Home Bronze

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

Betting on the future

Abby Merk (’22) is turning poker into a career
Betting on the future

Creating a wellspring of leadership

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

Bringing It Home

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

An unexpected turn toward Venice

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.
An unexpected turn toward Venice