Each Fall and Spring, the Women in Business group at the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah partners with the Alumni Relations team to put on an event for alumni, students, staff, and faculty — essentially the entire Eccles School community.

This Spring, the event brought in Senior Associate Editor at Harvard Business Review (HBR), Nicole Torres, as well as Lianna Kinard, VP of Marketing at The Buckner Company and president of the David Eccles Alumni Network. I was fortunate enough to participate in and moderate a discussion among these intelligent and strong women leaders.

While the event itself was amazing (check out the recap here), I also had the opportunity to get to know Nicole a little better over dinner after the event. She’s as curious and capable as her title and experience would suggest, but she’s also humble, kind, and generous.

I look forward to hearing Nicole again (at least virtually), as Season 3 of the Women at Work podcast kicked off this week with an episode on Managing Burnout. Check it out here!