Connie Kadrovach Duckworth

At-a-Glance

Founder and CEO of ARZU STUDIO HOPE, a social enterprise empowering women weavers in rural Afghanistan, employing some 500 women.
Founded ARZU STUDIO HOPE in 2004.
Retired in 2001 as a Partner and Managing Director of Goldman Sachs, the first woman to be named a sales and trading partner in the firm’s history.
Published author and angel-investor.
Serves as a Trustee of Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company and a Director of Russell Investment Group and Steelcase Inc.
Serves on the boards of The Wharton School, Interfaith Youth Core, and NorthShore University HealthSystem, where she was the first woman Chairman.
Holds an M.B.A. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. from the University of Texas.

Biography

Connie K. Duckworth is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of ARZU STUDIO HOPE, a social enterprise she established in 2004. Serving pro bono as Chairman and CEO, Ms. Duckworth founded ARZU, which means “hope” in Dari, to empower destitute women weavers in rural Afghanistan.