public and private sectors' effects on economic growth. Spar also spearheaded the initiative in Rwanda, where cabinet members learned about executive education. Leadership During her inaugural address on October 23, 2008, Spar cited a number of goals for her term as President of Barnard College. Paramount were her desire to make Barnard a more internationally recognized institution for women, as well as expand and improve the current Barnard Leadership Initiative (BLI). She followed up on this goal by converting BLI into Barnard's Athena Center for Leadership Studies. Spar also served as a member of the Board of Directors of American investment bank Goldman Sachs from June 2011 to April 2017. Works The Baby Business, Harvard Business School Press, 2006 Ruling the Waves: Cycles of Discovery, Chaos, and Wealth from the Compass to the Internet The Cooperative Edge: The Internal Politics of International Cartels Beyond Globalism: Remaking American Foreign Economic Policy Wonder Women: Sex, Power, and the Quest for Perfection, 2013 Work Mate Marry Love: How Machines Shape Our Human Destiny, 2020 References External links Debora Spar profile | Barnard College "Debora Spar collected news and commentary" Columbia Spectator Living people Presidents of Barnard College Walsh School of Foreign Service alumni Harvard University alumni Columbia University faculty Harvard Business School faculty Academic staff of the University of Pretoria Directors of Goldman Sachs American Jews Year of birth missing (living people)