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Q2 2025 Quarterly Review: Summer Inspiration
Greetings!
As you head into your summer months, we wanted to share a few things we've been up to at FWI that you might find timely and inspiring.
First, as we'd written in May, the FWI Reunions '25 interview this year was with a member of the FWI Advisory Board, Toni Townes-Whitley '85. She is CEO of Science Applications International Corp (SAIC), a defense-sector, global-technology leader. And as we expected -- and yet beyond all expectations -- the interview was deeply inspiring. We think you'll agree!
FWI is fortunate to be invited to the table for global discussions that shape societal and technological policy and human values. A recent example is David's being invited to give a presentation on our work at an international summit at the Vatican called "Shape the World Summit 2025" focusing on leadership and creative social impact, especially around AI.
We're also thrilled that the podcast that we cosponsor with Interfaith America and Park Piedmont Advisors, Money, Meet Meaning, recently won first place for Best Religion Podcast. We invite you to follow them for inspiring stories of how guests weave their faith traditions into their financial lives -- and how you can too.
Scroll down for more information. Wishing you and yours a special summer!
Gratefully,
Susan
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Susan Richardson, Ph.D.
Faith & Work Initiative
Princeton University
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"Curiosity and Commonality?": FWI director David W. Miller interviews Toni Townes-Whitley '85, CEO of SAIC
As part of FWI's annual Reunions Interview, part of Princeton University Reunions 2025, David W. Miller, lecturer and director of the Princeton Faith & Work Initiative, moderated a fireside chat with Princeton graduate Toni Townes-Whitley, '85. Toni is CEO of Science Applications International Corp (SAIC), a defense-sector, global-technology leader. Toni is the former president of U.S. Regulated Industries at Microsoft and today one of only two Black women CEOs in the Fortune 500. You can view the full video here.
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David Miller invited to Shape the World Summit 2025
at the Vatican
FWI director David W. Miller was part of an invitation-only gathering, Shape the World Summit 2025, in June 2025, as both participant and as presenter. Held in conjunction with the Great Jubilee of the Roman Catholic church and in collaboration with the Religious Freedom & Business Foundation and the FoRB Foundation of the United Kingdom, the summit brought together change-maker world leaders and senior executives in geopolitics, faith-based organizations, leadership, and social impact at the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome. The program, held over two days, focused on Creative Leadership for Social Impact and Dialogue.
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FWI-cosponsored "Money, Meet Meaning" wins first place in Best Religion Podcast
FWI is excited to announce that the podcast it cosponsors with Interfaith America and Park Piedmont Advisors, Money, Meet Meaning, was awarded first place for Best Religion Podcast by the Religion News Association, tied with Elizabeth Windom of RNS and Tony Ganzer of Faith Full Podcast. The podcast, headed up by Tom Levinson '96, Amber Hacker, and Jonathan Woodward, explores the surprising relevance of the world's religious and spiritual traditions on our life with money. The show spotlights conversation with guests who thoughtfully, creatively weave together their spiritual life with their financial life. The podcast is currently in production for its second season.
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George Bauer, Chairman, GPB, Ltd.
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Marc Belton, Founder, Wisefellows Consulting
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Yoni Benyamini '16, Mortgage Backed Securities Analyst, Citi
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Rich Berg, Executive Chairman and Co-Founder, Performance Trust Capital Partners
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Barbara Byrne S76 P10 P13 P15 P16, Independent Director, Paramount Global, PowerSchool, LanzaTech
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Laura Forese MD '83 P13 P18, COO (ret.), New York-Presbyterian Healthcare System
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Brill Garrett '88 S89, Jason Garrett Starfish Charities
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Pat Gelsinger, Executive Chair, Gloo; general partner, Playground; CEO (ret.) Intel
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Tom Horton P15, Partner, Global Infrastructure Partners
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Dale Jones, CEO Magna Vista Partners LLC
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Tom Levinson '96, Author, cofounder of LK Advisors
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Yung Bong Lim '87 P24 P25, Managing Partner (ret.), RDG Funds LLC
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Devon Naftzger McCourt '16 S15, Vice President at BDT & MSD Partners
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Lizzy McGee '18, Founder and CEO of TexasLand USA
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Mimi Pivirotto Murley '76 S72 P07 P10, Leading civic volunteer
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Robert Murley '72 S76 P07 P10, Vice Chairman and Senior Advisor, UBS
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Craig Philip '75 S76 P06, Director, Vanderbilt University Center for Transportation Research
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Marcus Stroud '16, Cofounder and CEO, TXV Partners
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Toni Townes-Whitley '85, CEO, Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC)
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John Tyson, Chairman, Tyson Foods, Inc.
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Kevin Weiss '79 S79, CEO, Sectigo, Inc.
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Jacob Worenklein, Chairman and CEO, US Grid Company
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Johanna Zeilstra, CEO, Gender Fair
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Princeton University
Keller Center for Innovation
Engineering Quadrangle
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544
fwi@princeton.edu
| | The Faith & Work Initiative is a teaching and research center within the Princeton University School of Engineering and Applied Science and the Keller Center committed to exploring ethics, values, and practices of exchange on the frontier of complex social challenges. We explore foundational meanings and promote ethical awareness across our constituencies at every phase of life and work. To do so, we look back—both in terms of the histories of ethical philosophy and also the varying authoritative traditions of religious communities. We approach such histories and wisdom traditions as beneficial for understanding as well as framing contemporary global challenges. With our team of ethical philosophers, philosophers of religion, and historians, as well as our global partners from a range of other disciplines, we commit to this rigorous portfolio of offerings for students, academic peers, religious communities, and leaders in the marketplace. | | | | |
