SHERYL SANDBERG served as chief operating officer at Meta (previously called Facebook), overseeing the firm's business operations. Prior to Meta, Sheryl was vice president of Global Online Sales and Operations at Google, chief of staff for the United States Treasury Department under President Clinton, a management consultant with McKinsey & Company, and an economist with the World Bank. Sheryl received a BA
summa cum laude from Harvard University and an MBA with highest distinction from Harvard Business School. Sheryl is the co-author of
Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy with Wharton professor and bestselling author Adam Grant. She is also the author of the bestsellers
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead and
Lean In for Graduates. She is the founder of the Sheryl Sandberg & Dave Goldberg Family Foundation, a nonprofit organization that works to build a more equal and resilient world through two key initiatives,
LeanIn.Org and
OptionB.Org. Sheryl serves on the boards of Meta, the Walt Disney Company, Women for Women International, ONE, and SurveyMonkey.
Adam Grant is a psychologist and the
New York Times best-selling author of
Originals and
Give and Take. His new book,
Option B with Facebook COO and
Lean In author Sheryl Sandberg, debuts April 24, 2017. As Wharton's top-rated professor for five straight years, Adam is a leading expert on how we can find motivation and meaning, and live more generous and creative lives. He has been recognized as one of the world's 25 most influential management thinkers and received distinguished scholarly achievement awards from the American Psychological Association and the National Science Foundation. Adam received his
B.A. from Harvard University with Phi Beta Kappa honors and his
Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. He serves as a contributing op-ed writer for
The New York Times on work and psychology. His keynote speaking and consulting clients include Facebook and Google, the NBA, Teach For America, and the
U.S. Army and Navy. Adam is a former Junior Olympic springboard diver. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife, their two daughters, and their son.
