Women’s Leadership Council

The Stony Brook University Women’s Leadership Council is a mentoring program that pairs outstanding undergraduates with accomplished female friends and alumni of the University. The Council seeks to create personalized mentor and peer networks that will support our student participants and provide them with opportunities and social capital to succeed, enabling them to reach their full potential.

As these impressive students graduate, they become alumni leaders and mentors in their own right, forming professional networks and enhancing opportunities for the next generation of Stony Brook students.

Hear what some of our past and present members have to say:

“The WLC is full of exceptional women who go above and beyond to help mentees grow in both their professional and personal lives. It has been an absolute privilege to be so generously welcomed into such a strong community that embraces challenge, strives to build leaders, and fosters lasting relationships between members.”

—Current Mentee Jasjeet Kaur ’26

“Being a mentee and now an alumna of the Women’s Leadership Council has surrounded me with fellow mentees who are all ambitious and achievers in their field. I have also been exposed to different off-campus experiences and have built relationships with other mentors who have such a great devotion to Stony Brook University. I am so grateful for my time as an undergraduate mentee and actively work to maintain relationships and build new ones with incoming mentees.”

—Alumna Mentee and WLC Alumni Executive Board Chair Nylette Lopez ’21, ’22

“The Women’s Leadership Council has been a completely gratifying experience in my life. It’s a unique privilege to meet such intelligent and inspiring young women and watch them make real progress in achieving their professional aspirations.”

—Mentor Emerita and generous challenge gift donor Laurie Olson ’84