Join Lydia Fenet as she discusses her new book, Claim Your Confidence, an actionable guide to overcoming your fear and finding confidence within. Her address will be followed by a Q&A, book signing, and cocktail hour.
Barnard Trustees and Gala Co-Chairs Caroline Bliss Spencer ’09 and Amy Crate ’94, P’24, P’27 will be hosting this event and are thrilled that Lydia will be the auctioneer at this year's Annual Gala.
About Lydia Fenet
Lydia Fenet is a global thought leader who has led auctions for more than six hundred organizations, raising almost a billion dollars for nonprofits globally. Lydia takes auctions all over the world as a Christie’s ambassador and also took the collectible car world by storm as the Principal Auctioneer for Broad Arrow Auctions.
Lydia's widely acclaimed book, The Most Powerful Woman in the Room is You, was published by Simon & Schuster and purchased by Netflix in February 2022. Lydia’s second book, Claim Your Confidence, launched in March, and her eponymous podcast launched in January in collaboration with Newsstand Studios in Rockefeller Plaza. She continues to grow her media brand as an author, podcast host, speaker, and executive producer on the upcoming Netflix series, Sold.
Lydia is represented by CAA and travels internationally as a keynote speaker helping people unlock their sales potential and empowering women in the workplace. She was named one of New York’s most influential women by Gotham magazine and has been featured in the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes and Crain’s, and has appeared in Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Vanity Fair and Town & Country.