Women Of The C-Suite: Philanthropist and Jewelry Designer Joan Hornig of Pave the Way Jewelry On The Five Things You Need To Succeed As A Senior Executive

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As a part of my series about strong female leaders, I had the pleasure of interviewing Joan Hornig.

Joan began her career as a professional fundraiser for Harvard University and Columbia Business School before spending 19 years on Wall Street. Since 2003, Joan combines her love of jewelry and design, business skills and experience with non-profit organizations as Founder and CEO of her philanthropically-driven companies, Joan Hornig Jewelry — Philanthropy is Beautiful® and Pavé the Way®. Both Joan’s designs and social enterprise business model have been honored by non-profits, educational institutions and the media. She allows customers to designate any charity of their choice to receive 100% of her profit on each piece sold. Joan’s designs have been shown by The National Jewelry Institute in New York and Paris. In 2012, the New York Stock Exchange invited Joan to ring the closing bell. In 2014, Joan was…