On Love, Loss and Legacy. “Sometimes I am a mess when it comes to not being the perfect wife, the perfect mother, the perfect sister, the perfect friend, the perfect daughter. But that mess means I’m giving it all that I have. I’m leaving it all out there, mess and all—because when you love and when you’re giving your best, best comes with mess. The mess helps me to appreciate the beauty.” - thasunda ESSENCE Ventures President and CEO Caroline Wanga wangawoman and President and CEO of TIAA Thasunda Brown Duckett open up about embracing the mess in order to truly appreciate the journey during their Chief to Chief interview, which explores Black women as chief executive officers of home, culture and community, and focuses on helping every Black woman recognize the chief that already exists within her—by introducing the ones who live among us. Thasunda is only the third Black woman to ever be CEO of a Fortune 500 company and only one of two currently serving in that role. She most re...