Looking to the Future as We Celebrate Progress

Title IX 50 Years In will address the effects and evolution of the 1972 civil rights law against sex-based discrimination in federally funded education programs. Speakers with experience in higher education, academia, law, and athletics will reflect on how Title IX has impacted campuses and workplaces over the last several decades. Title IX 50 Years In will also explain how the law has both succeeded and failed to support those facing discrimination, harassment, and violence.

Moderator: Janet Jakobsen ’81

Panelists​: Ann Fromholz ’90, Alexandra Garrison Barnett ’07, Anouk Patty ’91, and Susan Stuebner ‘93

Location: Hopkins Center, Alumni Hall

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About the Panel
Janet Jakobsen

Janet R. Jakobsen is the Claire Tow Professor of Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies and co-director of the Center for Research on Women at Barnard College, Columbia University. Jakobsen’s most recent book is The Sex Obsession: Perversity and Possibility in American Politics, a 2021 finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in LGBTQ Studies. In her service as director of the Barnard Center for Research on Women, she cofounded the journal Scholar & Feminist Online and the New Feminist Solutions series of policy reports. She has served as dean for faculty diversity and development at Barnard and has taught as a visiting professor at Wesleyan University and Harvard University. Before entering the academy, she was a policy analyst and organizer in Washington, D.C.

Ann Fromholz

Ann Fromholz is president of The Fromholz Firm in Pasadena, California. Her career in employment law has covered investigations into complaints of sexual harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and other workplace misconduct. She also conducts investigations under Title IX for colleges, universities, and K-12 schools. Fromholz works with executives and professionals to negotiate complex employment agreements and compensation packages. She is a member of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. Fromholz has been selected as a Southern California Super Lawyer since 2014 and has been named a Best Lawyer in America since 2020. In her free time, she works on building up her proficiency in Spanish.

Alex Barnett

Alex Barnett is a partner at Alston & Bird LLP in Atlanta where she represents employers in a wide variety of labor and employment matters. She was selected to the Georgia Super Lawyers “Rising Star” list for five consecutive years. In 2022, Law360 recognized Barnett as a “Rising Star,” and the Daily Report recognized her on its “On the Rise” list. Barnett currently serves as president-elect of the Dartmouth Alumni Council. She graduated from Dartmouth magna cum laude and earned her law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law.

Anouk Patty

Anouk Patty is the Chief of Sport for U.S Ski & Snowboard where she has oversight for everything in the sports from the Olympic National team to the Development teams as well grassroots programs. She has a long and distinguished career at several blue-chip corporations previously as Head of Strategic Partnerships at HP, Inc. and prior to that as the GM of Quicken and Quickbooks for the Mac. Her foundational professional experience was developed at both Bain & Company in San Francisco and J.P. Morgan in New York City and Melbourne, Australia. Anouk is on the board of Park City-based POWDR, an adventure lifestyle company. She competed on the U.S. Alpine Ski Team in the 1980s and raced for Dartmouth College, where she was a three-time All-American and won the NCAA Skiing Championship in 1988. She has her MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A in Economics from Dartmouth College. Anouk continues to love the outdoors and on any given day can be found skiing, playing golf, mountain biking or trail running.

Susan Stuebner

Susan D. Stuebner was named president at Colby-Sawyer College in 2016. Since her arrival at Colby-Sawyer College, President Stuebner has introduced a strategic plan, increased the endowment by nearly $30 million to $62.8 million, refreshed the liberal education requirements, and identified a strategic direction for the institution in the health sciences.

Stuebner earned her A.B. in psychology from Dartmouth College. She completed her graduate work at Harvard University Graduate School of Education earning an Ed.M. in administration, planning, and social policy and an Ed.D. in higher education. While at Dartmouth, Stuebner was a four-year participant on the women’s basketball team serving as captain for one year. She also was a member of Casque and Gauntlet.