Deborah Lehr
Straight Talk with Hank Paulson
Sherrie Rollins Westin on Early Childhood Education and Sesame Street
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Nature’s Ledger explores how business and conservation can work together for a sustainable and prosperous future. Host Deborah Lehr, Vice Chairman and Executive Director of the Paulson Institute, speaks with inspiring guests to spotlight people, projects, and solutions that prove nature is an asset we can’t afford to lose. Grounded in the belief that valuing nature is key to resilient economies, the podcast shares bold ideas and real-world actions to regenerate the planet. Sherrie Rollins Westin (President, Sesame Workshop) joins Hank on the podcast to discuss the mission and ambition that drives her, the global reach and universal appeal of Sesame Street, creating the largest early-childhood intervention in the history of humanitarian response, and her quarantine hobbies.
Host
Henry M. Paulson Jr.
Founder and Chairman | Paulson Institute
Henry M. Paulson, Jr., is a business leader, conservationist, statesman, and author who is the founder and chairman of the Paulson Institute and executive chairman of TPG Rise Climate. He served as the 74th U.S. Secretary of the Treasury from 2006 to 2009, where he led the response to the...
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Episode Guest
Sherrie Rollins Westin
President | Sesame Workshop
Sherrie Westin is President and CEO of Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind Sesame Street, where she leads global efforts to deliver research-driven early learning to children in more than 190 countries through media and community-based programs. Appointed CEO in 2024, Westin is the first woman to lead the organization since...
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