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- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Encouraging Women Leaders
from multiple fields to problem-solving. I also felt encouraged by the School’s entrepreneurial spirit, which inspired me to start my own company.” Considering the value that Serra has gained from her HBS experience, it is not surprising that she View Details
- 05 Aug 2015
- News
Mobilizing the Public to Fight Bribery
not knowing which offices are the most honest. To address that, Bantay has three main initiatives: City Watch recruits students and volunteers to grade government offices on everything from their air conditioning to the prices of bribes.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Encouraging Young Entrepreneurs
Martignetti, who is a mentor in HBS’s Rock Accelerator program. Philanthropy and community service are priorities for Martignetti. He is an active volunteer in Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay and a View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Recognizing the Value Proposition
Henry McCance (MBA 1966) As a student, Henry McCance (MBA 1966) thrived at HBS. “The combination of terrific students, inspirational faculty, and the case method made for a wonderful learning experience,” says McCance, a longtime HBS View Details
- 30 Nov 2021
- News
Cold Calculations
the pole—can increase the amount of solar radiation the region deflects and slow global temperature rise. It’s an audacious idea,” says Steve Payne (MBA 1985), chair of the board of the 12-year-old nonprofit. Payne joined the project as a View Details
- 19 Jun 2014
- News
Turning "Black Gold" to Green
manager in Silicon Valley for a few years before his green impulse kicked in again. In 2001, California was in the middle of a full-blown energy crisis, complete with 800 percent wholesale price spikes and rolling blackouts, so Dawe View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President’s Report
director of HBS Alumni Communications, to develop an in-depth, informative, and lively CD-ROM presentation about HBS that can be delivered effectively by alumni volunteers through the club system. Two other significant committee... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
South Florida and Minnesota Launch Community Programs
can adapt it to their situation,” she observes. “It’s a question of managing the projects and assembling strong groups of volunteers to achieve quality output for each project.” Twenty–seven volunteers... View Details
- 19 May 2015
- News
Getting Ready for Success
Leanne Huebner (MBA 1997) was just out of college, working at her first job and volunteering her free time with foster children when a little girl asked: “Will you adopt me?” Just 22 and single, Huebner wasn’t in a position to raise... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
New Ways to Stay Connected
participate in the HBS curriculum. As members of a mock board of directors, alumni volunteers work with small teams of students who act as case protagonists and propose solutions to issues facing their company. MBA students and alumni... View Details
- 22 Jun 2023
- News
Book Smart
David Risher (MBA 1991) was on a family trip to Ecuador in the spring of 2009, volunteering and touring a local orphanage in Guayaquil, when he noticed a padlock on a nearby building. It turned out it was the local library—and no one was particularly keen on using it.... View Details
- 29 Mar 2023
- News
Giving Hope and Comfort
volunteer with the organization. In 2021, the organization gave away 2 million items to more than 225 other nonprofits. He estimates that staggering number will meet less than 10 percent of the true need in Massachusetts. "A solution... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Research Brief: Unveiling the Truth about Transparency
discuss their wages with coworkers. In Massachusetts, the Equal Pay Act also prohibits employers from asking about salary history. Intended to protect employees from being low-balled, Cullen says the law may backfire in practice. Although employers can’t ask,... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 04 Jan 2016
- News
Taking Time Out for a Challenge
for pediatric and maternal care—provide essential non-Ebola care in a manner that protected the safety of staff and patients,” Manning says. “I’m proud that we were able to partner with volunteer groups in poor urban communities on... View Details
- 20 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
Cherokee—is the first woman. It's an epic history that has its continuing point at this moment in late July, in an unassuming volunteer garden on the site of a reclaimed golf course in suburban Omaha, Nebraska. This garden is a living... View Details
- 07 Aug 2019
- News
“The Star of the North”
including Granite Equity itself, to be sustainable for 100 years or more); and investment in community (often businesses owners or senior officials contribute to the community financially and through volunteer positions on local boards).... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 21 May 2018
- News
Community Partners Delivers “Expert Goodness” to the Bay Area
Clubs News Clubs News Since its launch in 1986, the HBS Association of Northern California’s Community Partners (HBSCP) program has deployed the expertise of more than 1,000 alumni volunteers to enhance the impacts of hundreds of Bay Area... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Working to improve California's public education system
time working on repairing California’s broken public education system. That’s where I’ve finally found my passion,” Welch says. “I’ve always been interested in education at some level—as a volunteer and then as a parent. It was when I put... View Details
- 04 Nov 2016
- News
The Competitiveness of Lost Causes
sense here that, if there is a problem, you don’t just complain and wait for government to step in,” he continues. “It’s on your conscience to solve it. That’s something we want our children to embrace. One of our daughters is in college now, and she is doing View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 18 Jul 2014
- News
Team Players
"We had 100 volunteers who worked almost around the clock," says Lehrer, who also helped host visits from HBS's Business of Sports Club and the annual Tech Trek. "There were lots of people answering questions from the same brand, so we... View Details