Ilene H. Lang

Ilene H.
Lang joined Catalyst as President in August 2003 and was named Chief Executive Officer in September 2008.
After over 10 years leading the organization, she stepped down as President & CEO in January 2014 and was appointed an Honorary Director.
She returned to the organization from March to August 2018 as Interim President & CEO.
Under Ms. Lang’s leadership, Catalyst’s revenue doubled, membership tripled, brand awareness quadrupled, and the number of Catalyst research reports and knowledge products increased tenfold.
To sustain that growth, Ms. Lang continued to work with Catalyst as a Senior Advisor to the “Changing Workplaces.
Changing Lives.” Major Gift Campaign, which she launched in 2012 in conjunction with Catalyst’s 50th anniversary.
She was the founding CEO of AltaVista Internet Software Inc., a subsidiary of Digital Equipment Corporation.
Prior to that position, Ms. Lang was Senior Vice President of the Desktop Business Group at Lotus Development Corporation, responsible for a $500 million global business.
In 2017, Ms. Lang received a Harvard Business School Alumni Achievement Award in recognition of her contributions to both business and society.
In 2013, she was awarded the Foreign Policy Association Medal.
She has served on numerous other corporate, private, and nonprofit boards.
She currently serves as an Advisor to the Women’s Venture Capital Fund II, Trewstar Corporate Board Services, and the Auschwitz Institute for the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities.
Ms. Lang earned an AB degree in History and Literature from Radcliffe College and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.
She is married and has three adult children and seven grandchildren.