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Integrating work into life

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Named one of banking’s 15 powerful women this year by American Banker, Becky Lansen of Synchrony in Stamford is part of a trend to move beyond the work-life balance to seeing work and life as part of a whole, even as she spearheaded the creation of Venmo’s first credit card.

A global perspective on the arts

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As Asia Society’s vice president for Global Artistic Programs at the society’s 14 centers, director of the society’s museum and co-founding artistic director of its triennial, Michelle Yun Mapplethorpe has bridged East and West for more than a decade. Now she looks to continue that international outreach at the Katonah Museum of Art as its new executive director, beginning Aug. 15.

A marriage of true minds

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David Gordon, M.D., regional chair of neurosurgery for Northwell facilities in Westchester County, and Marisha Pessl, The New York Times best-selling author of “Night Film,” “Special Topics in Calamity Physics” and “Neverworld Wake,” find common ground in the life of the mind and life with their three young daughters in Bedford Hills.