"The Liberal Arts and the Professions"
A Panel Discussion

Ms. Kelly Evans Chemi '07
Journalism

Kelly Evans Chemi joined CNBC in 2012 and currently serves as co-anchor of "Closing Bell." Prior to CNBC, she worked for The Wall Street Journal, penning the "Ahead of the Tape" column and covering the real estate and economics beat during the 2007-08 financial crisis. Evans graduated in 2007 from Washington and Lee, where she was a George Washington Honor Scholar, co-captain of the lacrosse team, and inducted into national leadership society Omicron Delta Kappa. She was also raised in Lexington, and now resides in Manhattan.

Mr. William H. Miller III '72
Finance

Bill Miller, CFA is the founder of Miller Value Partners. He also currently serves as chairman, chief investment officer and portfolio manager for Opportunity Equity and Income Opportunity Strategy. Prior to Miller Value Partners, Miller and his partner, Ernie Kiehne, founded Legg Mason Capital Management and served as portfolio managers of the Legg Mason Capital Management Value Trust from its inception in 1982. Miller took over as sole manager in December 1990 and served in this role for the next 20 years.

He was the director of research for Legg Mason from October 1981 through June 1985 and assumed overall responsibility for Legg Mason's equity funds management division in 1990. Prior to joining Legg Mason in 1981, he served as treasurer of the J.E. Baker Company, a major manufacturer of products for the steel and cement industries.

Miller earned his economics degree from Washington and Lee University, where he graduated with honors in 1972. Subsequent to graduation, he served as a military intelligence officer overseas and then pursued graduate studies in philosophy in the Ph.D. program at Johns Hopkins University. He received his CFA designation in 1986. Miller is chairman emeritus of the board of trustees of the Santa Fe Institute, where he served as chairman from 2005 to 2009. He owns Jake (the world's smartest bulldog), is an avid Ravens and Orioles fan, and collects books.

Dr. Harold E. Varmus
Medicine

Dr. Harold Varmus, co-recipient of the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for studies of the genetic basis of cancer, joined the Meyer Cancer Center of Weill Cornell Medicine as the Lewis Thomas University Professor of Medicine in April 2015. He is also a senior associate member of the New York Genome Center, where he helps to develop programs in cancer genomics. Previously, Varmus was the director of the National Cancer Institute for five years, the president of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center for 10 years, and director of the National Institutes of Health for six years.

A graduate of Amherst College and Harvard University in English literature and of Columbia University in medicine, he was further trained at Columbia University Medical Center, the National Institutes of Health, and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), before becoming a member of the UCSF basic science faculty for more than two decades. He is a member of the U.S. National Academies of Sciences and Medicine, is involved in several initiatives to promote science and health in developing countries, and serves on advisory groups for several academic, governmental, philanthropic and commercial institutions.

The author of scientific papers and five books, including a recent memoir entitled "The Art and Politics of Science," Varmus was a co-chair of President Obama's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, a co-founder and chairman of the board of the Public Library of Science, and chair of the scientific board of the Gates Foundation Grand Challenges in Global Health.

The Hon. Gregory H. Woods
Law

The Hon. Gregory H. Woods is a graduate of Williams College and Yale Law School. He received his B.A. magna cum laude from Williams College in 1991 and his J.D. from Yale Law School in 1995. At Yale, Woods was essays editor on the Yale Law Journal and was awarded prizes for Best Brief and Best Oralist in the school's moot court competition.

Woods worked as a trial attorney in the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice from 1995 to 1998. From 1998 to 2009, he worked at the law firm of Debevoise & Plimpton in New York City, becoming partner in 2004. He served as deputy general counsel at the U.S. Department of Transportation from 2009 until 2012, when he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve as general counsel of the U.S. Department of Energy. He held that position until his appointment to the bench.

On May 9, 2013, on the recommendation of U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, President Barack Obama nominated Woods to serve as a U.S. District Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The Senate Judiciary Committee reported his nomination to the full senate by voice vote on Aug. 1, 2013. On Nov. 4, 2013, the full senate voted to confirm Woods in a voice vote. He received his commission on Nov. 18, 2013.

Dr. Suzanne Keen
Dean of the College and Thomas H. Broadus Professor of English

Suzanne Keen joined the faculty of Washington and Lee University in 1995 and now serves as dean of the college and Thomas H. Broadus Professor of English. Keen earned undergraduate degrees in English Literature (with honors) and Creative Writing from Brown University before going on to receive a master's and a Ph.D. in English Language and Literature at Harvard University. Prior to coming to W&L, she taught English at Yale University.

Keen's administrative accomplishments at W&L include the formation of a Digital Humanities Initiative that involves librarians, faculty and IT professionals; a collaboration with the U.Va. Scholars' Lab; and planning and initiatives for enhanced global learning. She has published six books and dozens of scholarly articles, and has edited or co-edited numerous journals, including the prestigious Contemporary Women's Writing. Among her many honors and awards is a Commonwealth of Virginia Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council of Higher Education in Virginia.