Nina Godiwalla

Nina Godiwalla
Nina Godiwalla at the 2011 Texas Book Festival
Born
Nina Adil Godiwalla

(1975-04-16) April 16, 1975 (age 49)[1]
Houston, Texas, US
Alma materUniversity of Texas at Austin; Wharton School of Business; Dartmouth College
Occupation(s)CEO of MindWorks, public speaker, author
SpouseBoris Siperstein
ChildrenZubin Siperstein
HonoursTexas Women's Hall of Fame Business Inductee, 2012
Duke University Trailblazer Award, 2012
Wharton School of Business Distinguished Alumna Award, 2015
Websitehttp://mindworkscorp.com/

Nina Adil Godiwalla (born April 16, 1975) is an American author and businesswoman. She is CEO of MindWorks Leadership and the author of Suits: A Woman on Wall Street.

Background and education

Godiwalla, the third of four daughters of Adil and Arnavaz Bharucha Godiwalla, was born and raised in Houston, Texas.[2][3] She is an Indian-American of Parsi background.[4] Godiwalla attended the University of Texas at Austin (UT) where she acquired a Bachelor of Business Administration in 1997. She later went on to Dartmouth College where she earned a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies degree. She also earned a Master of Business Administration in 2006 from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.[5]

Career

Godiwalla began her career in investment banking with an internship at J.P. Morgan. Upon graduation from UT, she worked at Morgan Stanley from 1997 to 1999 in the corporate finance group.[6] After Morgan Stanley, Godiwalla continued her career at corporate institutions including Johnson & Johnson and Oxygen Media.

Godiwalla is now the CEO of MindWorks Leadership, which provides training in leadership, diversity, and stress management.[7]

Involvement

Godiwalla is on The Wall Street Journal Executive Task Force for Women in the Economy, a leadership instructor for The University of Texas MBA Program, and a writer for Wharton Magazine.[2]

In 2012 she accepted an invitation by the White House, Office of the President, to serve on their Leadership Roundtable.[8] She also served on Texas Governor Rick Perry's Business Council.[citation needed]

Writing

Godiwalla's immigrant upbringing, her two years as an analyst at Morgan Stanley, and the issues she faced as a woman on Wall Street are the major subjects of her first book, Suits: A Woman on Wall Street.[9] The book reflects an insider's perspective on women working on Wall Street from the outsider’s point of view of a second-generation Parsi Indian immigrant.[10]

Speaking

Godiwalla has spoken internationally at venues including The White House, NASA, The World Affairs Council, Smithsonian, Harvard, and TEDxHouston Conference. Her speaking topics include Women and Minorities in Corporate America, Leadership, Diversity, and Stress Management. In 2014, she was the keynote speaker at the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston's annual event celebrating Women's History Month.[7]

Awards

Texas Women's Hall of Fame Business Inductee, 2012[11]

Duke University Trailblazer Award, 2012

Wharton School of Business Kathleen McDonald Distinguished Alumna Award, 2015 [5]

References

  1. ^ Texas, Birth Index, 1903-1997
  2. ^ a b "Nina Godiwalla - Texas Women's Hall of Fame - Texas Woman's University". www.twu.edu. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
  3. ^ "Airport Design Expert and Civil Engineer Adil Godiwalla, 72, Passes Away | Indo American News". www.indoamerican-news.com. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
  4. ^ "Book review of Nina Godiwalla's Suits". Women's Web: For Women Who Do. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
  5. ^ a b Liu, Ruihong. "Wharton alumna shatters glass ceilings in finance and law". The Daily Pennsylvanian. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
  6. ^ Roose, Kevin (2011-03-08). "The Devil Wears Pinstripes: A Woman on Wall Street". Dealbook: New York Times. Archived from the original on 2011-03-11. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
  7. ^ a b "Godiwalla keynotes Celetrating Women event". The Jewish-Herald Voice. Houston, TX. February 27, 2014. p. 11. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
  8. ^ "Capture Your Flag - Video Interviews - Nina Godiwalla on White House Roundtable Lessons on Leadership". Capture Your Flag. SquareSource. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
  9. ^ "Book Signing and Speaker Event with Nina Godiwalla, Author of "Suits: A Woman on Wall Street"". The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
  10. ^ "Nina Godiwalla | Bringing down the Wall - Livemint". www.livemint.com. 16 December 2011. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
  11. ^ "Five Women Named 'outstanding'". The Ennis Daily News. Ennis,, TX. August 7, 2012. Retrieved July 24, 2017.