Sarah Kaplan, PhD

Distinguished Professor and Director, the Institute for Gender and the Economy (GATE), Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

Dr. Sarah Kaplan is Distinguished Professor and Director of the Institute for Gender and the Economy at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management. She is author of the business bestseller, Creative Destruction and, more recently, The 360º Corporation: From Stakeholder Trade-offs to Transformation, both of which address the challenges of innovation and organizational change in our society. She frequently speaks and appears in the media on topics related to achieving a more inclusive economy and was named one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women by Women Executive Network in 2022. As a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community, Professor Kaplan has dedicated her work to supporting women and people who belong to all marginalized groups. Formerly a professor at the Wharton School, and a consultant for nearly a decade at McKinsey & Company in New York, she earned her PhD at MIT’s Sloan School of Management. Her current work focuses on applying an innovation lens to understanding the challenges for achieving gender equality and other social goods.