April 8th | Chairman's Council Speaker Series Breakfast

April 8, 2025 @ 8:30AM — 10:00AM Eastern Time (US & Canada) Add to Calendar

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Join us for Dr. Samantha Boardman in conversation with Linda Flanagan

Dr. Samantha Boardman is a Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry and Assistant Attending Psychiatrist at Weill-Cornell Medical College. She has a BA from Harvard University, an MD from Cornell University Medical College and a Masters Degree in Applied Positive Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of Everyday Vitality: Turning Stress Into Strength.

Linda Flanagan is a freelance journalist, a former cross-country and track coach, and the author of Take Back the Game: How Money and Mania Are Ruining Kids’ Sports—and Why It Matters. A graduate of Lehigh University, Flanagan holds master’s degrees from Oxford University and the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy and was an analyst for the National Security Program at Harvard University. She is a founding board member of the New York City chapter of the Positive Coaching Alliance, a contributor to Project Play at the Aspen Institute, and a regular writer for NPR’s education site MindShift. Her columns on sports have appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, and Runner’s World, and she is currently co-producing a documentary series on mental health in collegiate women athletes. A mother of three and a lifelong athlete, Flanagan lives in Summit with her fabulous husband, Bob, and a small menagerie of pets. She is still floating over Malcolm Gladwell’s recent claim that Take Back the Game was one of his favorite books last year.

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April 8th | Chairman's Council Speaker Series Breakfast

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Join us for Dr. Samantha Boardman in conversation with Linda Flanagan