Kathryn Kolbert

Kolbert graduated from the Kingswood School Cranbrook in 1970, received her Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University's School of Arts and Sciences From 1979 to 1988, she was a Staff Attorney with the Women's Law Project and Community Legal Services in Philadelphia. From 1998 to 2008, Kolbert oversaw a program on law and American life at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg Public Policy Center. She was the Executive Producer of Justice Talking, a radio program distributed by National Public Radio, and directed an educational website called JusticeLearning.org, which received a Webby Award in 2005. Prior to working at Barnard, Kolbert spent a year in Washington, D.C. as president and CEO of the People for the American Way and People for the American Way Foundation. She resigned as president and CEO on April 3, 2009. ==Awards and honors==

Kolbert has been recognized by the National Law Journal as one of the "100 Most Influential Lawyers in America," and by the American Lawyer as one of 45 public-interest lawyers "whose vision and commitment are changing lives." In 2011, Kolbert received the Edith I. Spivack Award from the New York County Lawyers' Association's Women's Rights Committee. ==References==