Angela Scalpello grew up in Lyndhurst, New Jersey. She attended Rutgers College from 1972 to 1976. In her interview, she delves into dorm life in Hegeman Hall, majoring in English, memorable professors, and experiences in the first coed class at the college. She wrote theater, movie, and book reviews for The Targum, earned a women's studies certificate, and lived off campus junior and senior year.
Fifty years later, Scalpello is an irrefutable industry leader in talent development and performance management. She consults as a C-suite advisor and coach at her own firm, The Scalpello Group. She is the current chair of the Institute for Women’s Leadership Advisory Board and has been involved in the School of Arts and Sciences First Together Mentorship Program at Rutgers. She is also a Skillanthropist at the Business Council for Peace (Bpeace) and works with them to help grow businesses in crisis-affected countries.
Scalpello was interviewed by the Rutgers Oral History Archives in 2022 as part of the Pioneering Women of Rutgers College ‘76 Project, an oral history project documenting the experiences of the first women to attend Rutgers College after it became coeducational in 1972. The project is a collaboration between the Rutgers Oral History Archives, Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences, and the Institute for Women's Leadership.