VS: We have a lot of women in senior leadership. I was the first female CEO. But our head of news is a woman, our general counsel is a woman, our new senior vice president of administration and finance is a woman, our head of communication is a woman. The spirit of Cokie and Linda and Nina and Susan very much pervades it.
LS: Can you describe yourself now versus when you were a younger woman?
VS: Are you familiar with the imposter theory? You feel, I’m getting away with something and when everybody figures it out one of these days I’m going to get caught. I suffered from imposter syndrome for a long time. I would get promoted and I would think, don’t they know? What are they thinking? Or I’d get a new job and I’d think, god, I’ve fooled them. Wait till they find out. It wasn’t with me all the time, but it was a hum in the back of my head. And maybe it comes with age, but I don’t have imposter syndrome anymore. I’m in this job, I’m the right person for this job. I feel completely comfortable in my own skin. It’s the first time I’ve ever really felt that way.
--Lynn Sherr, an award-winning broadcast and print reporter, is also a More contributor.
