Podie Lynch ’67
Board of Trustees Member, Strategic Planning Committee Co-Chair
Podie has over 30 years of brand management experience in the health, beauty, and fashion industries. She served as a chief operating officer for over 13 years: as president of Danskin, Inc., chief operating officer of LeRoi Princeton, Inc., and SVP general manager of merchandising for Victoria’s Secret Fragrance, a division of Victoria’s Secret. She currently serves as a director on two corporate boards: Steve Madden, LTD, the publicly traded fashion shoe company; and General American Investors Company, Inc., an NYSE closed-end fund. She recently stepped down after 10 years as president of her Princeton class and served on the Board of Directors of the Princeton Varsity Club for 15 years. Podie is a member of the US Foreign Policy and Women Advisory Council at the Council on Foreign Relations. She served as a trustee for Concord Academy from 2015 to 2021 and has served as a non-trustee member of CA’s Audit and Investment Committees since then. Podie rejoined CA’s Board of Trustees in fall 2023 and serves as co-chair of CA’s Strategic Planning Committee. She is a graduate of Princeton University and received her MBA from Harvard Business School.
