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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)

Plugging into Pro Humanitate Days

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

Weaving Hope

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

Walking alongside elders

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

Restoring the Coastline

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

The Voice of Barbie

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

Inside baseball (and we like it!)

The team’s impressive 2023 season, the support behind the scenes and stories from the 1955 championship at the Men’s College World Series
Inside baseball (and we like it!)