Symposium Speaker

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Vivian Riefberg

PROFESSOR OF PRACTICE, DARDEN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. | BOARD MEMBER, SIGNIFY HEALTH

Vivian Riefberg is a Professor of Practice at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia where she holds a David C. Walentas Jefferson Scholars Chair. In June 2020, she retired as a Senior Partner with McKinsey & Company where she was for over 31 years. Vivian is now a Director Emeritus with McKinsey.

Vivian is also a board member of Signify Health and K Health. In 2018, Vivian was elected as a general director to the board of the Public Broadcasting System (PBS). She also joined the Board of Trustees of John Hopkins Medicine. She is also an advisory board member for the National Education Equity Lab and was recently named as an Advisory Board Member for the Smithsonian's American Women's History Museum.

Vivian is a frequent keynote speaker at numerous conferences including the World Economic Forum at Davos. She is also a contributor to leading industry publications authoring many articles on government productivity and improving US healthcare. Vivian represented McKinsey on initiatives and research on women's leadership in the workplace and gender diversity. Most recently the Virginia Economic Review published a piece authored by Vivian "Potential permanent health care changes: Covid-19 longer term impact."

Vivian has a B.A., magna cum laude in history from Harvard-Radcliffe College and a M.B.A. with distinction from Harvard Business School.