Kelly Madden

The BOLD Womens Leadership Network, founded by Ithaca College President Shirley M. Collado, is an intergenerational initiative across five institutions of higher education led by women presidents who have demonstrated their commitment to collaboration, innovation, diversity and inclusion. With the goal of full employment across the BOLD Network, each scholar will have the opportunity upon graduation to apply for a Helen Gurley Brown Fellowship, which would provide funding of up to $40,000 per recipient for employment at an organization that embodies the values of the BOLD vision. For more information about the BOLD Womens Leadership Network, visit www.boldwomenlead.org.

Flora Brown was the first student to register for the Ithaca Conservatory of Music, signing up on September 19, 1892. She also was the first graduate to give money to Ithaca, contributing the first dollar toward the $500,000 needed for an endowment.