Class of: 1979

Nina Tassler

Nina Tassler (CFA’79, Hon.’16) of Encino, Calif., former chair of CBS Entertainment and a BU trustee, published What I Told My Daughter (Atria Books, 2016), a collection of advice and anecdotes she edited with Cynthia Littleton. The book features contributions from Whoopi Goldberg, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Brooke Shields, Pat Benatar, and others. The longest-serving woman leader in broadcast history, she helped shepherd hits from The Good Wife to The Big Bang Theory to CSI.

From the Fall 2016 issue.