Sima Sistani, Trinity ‘01 and a successful businesswoman, returned to Duke this semester as an adjunct professor, teaching a new course empowering future women leaders and entrepreneurs.
Sistani is the cofounder of Houseparty, former CEO of Weight Watchers, Head of Media for Tumblr and a member of the Board of Directors at Best Buy, Inc. For her, the class Innovation and Entrepreneurship 290, Special Topics Women’s Leadership Lab, is an opportunity to “give back to the Duke community and particularly women.”
“That’s an area that is close to my heart,” Sistani said. “The more we empower future female leaders, the better off we are as society.”…