A Director in McKinsey & Company's New York office. She serves as a leader of McKinsey's Consumer, Retail and Organization Practices. Since joining the firm in 1980, Joanna has served a broad range of consumer-facing clients. A dedicated contributor to the New York community, Joanna has served the Partnership for New York City, the New York City Economic Development Corporation, the American Museum of Natural History, and the Manhattan Theatre Club, as well as St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the Alaska Conservation Foundation. She has been a trustee of Sesame Workshop, the education organization responsible for Sesame Street, for 15 years. Prior to joining McKinsey, Joanna held positions at Macy's and at Bloomingdale's. She holds degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Chicago and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, where she was a Baker Scholar.