SYLVIA ANN HEWLETT is an economist and the founding president and CEO of the Center for Talent Innovation (formerly Center for Work-Life Policy), a Manhattan-based think tank where she chairs the Task Force for Talent Innovation a task force of more than 75 global companies focused on fully realizing the new stream of talent in the global marketplace. She also directs the Gender and Policy Program at the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Century Association.
Hewlett is the founder of Hewlett Consulting Partners LLC (formerly Sylvia Ann Hewlett Associates LLC), a boutique consultancy that focus on helping organizations leverage talent across the divides of culture, gender and generation.