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Kelly Greene (’91)

Kelly Greene (’91) joined Wake Forest Magazine as managing editor in 2023. Before that, she was senior director of executive communications for TIAA and a director of marketing for BlackRock in New York. In her 25 years as a journalist, Greene was a staff writer and columnist at The Wall Street Journal, where she contributed to the Journal’s Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and co-authored a New York Times bestselling book about retirement planning. She was a Carswell Scholar at Wake Forest with majors in History with Honors and Politics.

Stories by Kelly Greene ('91)

The Original Golden Girls 

These two families have cheered on Wake Forest football for 68 years — in the same seats.
The Original Golden Girls 

Back to School

These four Deacs see big opportunities for Wake Forest and its new president.
Back to School

The Presidents go to Washington

Deacs who ran Student Government have a powerful advantage when they land in the nation’s capital — the leadership lessons they learned at Wake Forest.
The Presidents go to Washington

The Next Generation

100+ first-year students are following in their parents’ footsteps.
The Next Generation

The family doctors

"I held the papers up and just stared at (my dad) and he just started crying."
The family doctors

The small-town dentist

"I hope that in 20 years, I'm meeting many more Wake grads in small towns."
The small-town dentist

The mentor

"It wasn't a windfall. It was hard-earned money. But I got it at a different time than I expected to. So, this was math of the heart."
The mentor

The architect who came home

"I have some pretty deep country roots and just sort of a fascination with what the South is, what North Carolina is..."
The architect who came home

The debater turned lawyer

"I wanted to be helping people, and what better way to help people than to focus on the bedrock of our society, which is family?"
The debater turned lawyer

Timeline: Wake Forest's legacy of opportunity

The North Carolina Gateway to Wake Forest extends a longstanding tradition of financial support for worthy students.
Timeline: Wake Forest's legacy of opportunity

The path Susan Wente walked

A scholarship made an undergraduate degree attainable for Wake Forest’s first woman president, driving her commitment to increase financial aid and its transparency.
The path Susan Wente walked

Becoming a graduate

At Commencement, Wake Forest sent the Class of 2026 off with a challenge to cultivate the sense of belonging they found here.
Becoming a graduate