ERICA GROSHEN

Erica Groshen, born August 6, 1954, and a TBE member since 1993, is senior economics advisor at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations, and Research Fellow at the Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. She served as the 14th commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the principal federal agency responsible for measuring labor market activity, working conditions and inflation, from 2013 to 2017. Previously, she was vice president in the Research and Statistics Group of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

SARAH & EMILY HUGHES

Sarah Hughes, born May 2, 1985, began skating at the tender age of three on a rink her father built in their backyard. She became a Gold Medalist at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City when she was just 16. The 2003 graduate of Great Neck North High School is currently active with several social causes and sports organizations, including the Women’s Sport Foundation and the Hope organization, which holds skating events to raise funds for breast cancer research and awareness. Her younger sister Emily Hughes, born January 26, 1989, was also a competitive world figure skater, finishing seventh at the 2006 Winter Olympics. The 2007 Great Neck North High School graduate cowrote the book I Am a Skater in 2002 and currently serves on the U.S. Olympic Committee’s Athletes Advisory Council. Their older sister Rebecca became a bat mitzvah at TBE. ▶