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- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Funding His Purpose
of directly making loans, the organization provides the infrastructure for crowd-sourced loans and investments to both nonprofit and for-profit positive impact companies. “Our board complains that we’re always innovating,” says Letelier... View Details
- 30 Sep 2010
- News
Can’t We All Just Get Along?
Quick .who was the recipient of the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize? Until a few days ago, I had no clue and I’m not proud of that. That’s one reason I went to see and hear the former president of Finland, Martti Ahtisaari, as he took part in two panel discussions at HBS a few... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Engaging with Students to Share Insights About Africa
also chairs the advisory board of Harvard’s Center for African Studies. “As alumni, we need to give students the benefit of our judgment so that they aren’t always reinventing the wheel.” That meeting Belo-Osagie had with Faust two years... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Rationale for Non-Rationality: Why We Make Bad Choices
The same neurochemicals that made our prehistoric ancestors flee the saber-toothed tiger now percolate in our brains when we bristle at a spouse's criticism or negative comments in a board meeting, according to research by HBS professor... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton (MBA '88)
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Faculty Updates
Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard, he is a past member of the board of directors of the National Bureau of Economic Research. He has also served on the executive committee of the Asia Center at Harvard University... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Fred Lazarus: Art Work at the Office
integration, and the creation of opportunities for minorities. On a national level, Lazarus is chairman of the board of Americans for the Arts. "I've long been frustrated by a national lack of understanding and appreciation for the arts,"... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey Lazar
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Ink: Framing the Full Picture
Filipinos have been in the United States for longer than the country is old. As far back as 1763, sailors from the Philippines started arriving in the Gulf of Mexico as indentured servants on Spanish galleons. Life on board was so brutal... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 22 Dec 2022
- News
LGBTQ+ Alumni Forums Expand; 2023 Alumni New Venture Competition Is Underway
Clubs News Clubs News The HBS Pride Alumni Association is expanding its slate of LGBTQ+ Alumni Forums after the successful launch of two initial forums in 2021 sparked broader interest among its members. Akin to having a personal board of... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 18 Nov 2020
- News
Networking Goes Truly Global; Confronting Institutional Racism with Case Method Webinar
Vice President on the Asset Stewardship Team at State Street Global Advisor, focusing on social investing. “When we talk about mass incarceration, there’s not necessarily a clear picture of who is impacted by it,” says Ivy Jack (MBA 2004), a View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
domestic hub, a woman who looked to be in her 80s saw Sender's name badge and approached her. "Oh, daughter, can you help me?" Carrying a bag nearly as big as she was, she handed Sender her boarding pass and told her she was taking the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Reaching Out
1960s. Nundy attended boarding school in India and later worked there during college summers. Her years in India have caused her to reexamine her priorities. "For me, closing a billiondollar merger transaction between two large corporate... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Retirement's Changing Face
Trust board and acts as chair of the organization’s clinical expansion, a part of its capital campaign. The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is another beneficiary of her management expertise; in addition to sitting on the View Details
Keywords: Personal Services
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Microfinance's Big Payoff: Michael Chu and ACCION International
ACCION's helm in 1994. You left Wall Street for ACCION. Why? During 4 a.m. leveraged-buyout marathons at KKR, I'd occasionally wonder if I might be doing something else, however small, that could help make the world a better place. At the time, I was a View Details
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Gerald Chertavian, MBA 1992
Launches Year Up 2012 Publishes A Year Up, which becomes a best seller 2013 Named Chairman, Roxbury Community College Board of Trustees 2014 Year Up will serve 2,100 young adults Gerald Chertavian takes the adage “what doesn’t kill us... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Looking for a Leader: The Role of Executive Search Firms
field research. Over a period of six years, he interviewed nearly forty board members of Fortune 500 companies who, together, had participated in more than a hundred CEO successions. Subsequently, he visited leading executive search... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
HBSAAA Conference Addresses Pathways to Power
no national reputation — was appointed,” Ferguson recalled. “But he listens to everyone, judges ideas on their quality rather than on their source, and makes better decisions because of that.” Financial consultant Andrew Brimmer, the first African American appointed to... View Details
- 31 Jan 2023
- News
Female Founders' Dilemmas; UK Tech Startups
Clubs News Clubs News The HBS Association of Boston (HBSAB) recently presented a virtual panel discussion exploring the unique challenges that women entrepreneurs encounter when founding their companies. The conversation, titled “The Realities Facing Female Founders,”... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Turning Point: Makeover
rebuilt our team, held space for my people during a wave of AAPI hate, and tripled our growth rate. I will never again doubt my ability to lead and am committed to helping others see themselves clearly too. Vicky Tsai is the founder of Tatcha and a global View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Of Myth and Merlin: T.A. (Tom) Barron's Literary Odyssey
left him. Barron scribbled in taxicabs, elevators, and board meetings. After a decade in the business world, he decided to pursue his literary muse. His initial effort, a book based on his round-the-world travels after Oxford, garnered 32... View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick