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- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Serving through TechnoServe
top-notch board of directors who bring management and strategy expertise to the organization. Getting this group together, he says, is very rewarding. “We meet and brainstorm, and then we take trips to see... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
A Casual Approach to Success
Francisco Foundation, and has been a director of more than a dozen corporations. If pressed, however, Hellman will fess up. Although he insists that his father — Marco F. Hellman (MBA ’29) — helped him get his only job offer out of HBS,... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 30 May 2024
- News
Women’s Association Goes Nationwide; Connecticut Club Hosts Beshears
a panel of speakers—Angela Crispi (MBA 1990), Executive Dean for Administration at HBS; Jana Pompadur Kierstead, Executive Director for MBA and Doctoral Programs and External Relations at HBS; and Heather Myers (MBA 1992), President of... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Urban Renewal
yin and yang between the improvement of the built environment and the preservation of nature,” says Rosenfeld, a member of the California advisory board The Trust for Public Land. “I’d like to think we’re protecting the natural world... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Lesson Plans
ISSUE FOCUS: EDUCATION INNOVATION Stacey Childress (MBA 2000) Deputy Director of Education, Next Generation Learning, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington Illustrations by Peter Hoey TAILORED TEACHING "One of our anchors... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Ink
will get you 80 percent of the results, and forget the rest.” —Laurie Stach (MBA 2011), founder and executive director of MIT Launch, an entrepreneurship program for high-school students, discussing startup time management during a TEDx... View Details
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Peter Harf, MBA 1974
detergent part of Benckiser public. Subsequently, in 1999, this company merged with Reckitt & Colman, forming Reckitt Benckiser. The new firm thrived, reaching a total shareholder return of 16.5 percent per year over a period of 10 years. In 2002, Harf joined the View Details
- 18 Mar 2020
- News
Leading Change
the NASA Tournament Laboratory at the Harvard Institute for Quantitative Social Science. He is on the Board of Directors of Mozilla Corporation and several AI-based startups. Sharing their research on... View Details
- 06 May 2019
- News
Startup Talk in Chicago
25 years of experience in numerous industries, Pritzker founded Vi Senior Living, and cofounded the Parking Spot and Artemis Real Estate Partners. She is a member of the board of Microsoft; chairman of the View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
September 11: A Community Reflects
Institution, served on the New Jersey Board of Higher Education, and was a director for the Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville, New Jersey. In retirement, Peterson devoted himself to community service... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Margaret Hanson Costan: A Whole New World
management skills to work for good causes. She helped a health-care start-up with its finances, served on the board of directors of a local choral group, and is the senior warden (head of Vestry) at Christ... View Details
Keywords: Young, Susan
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Turning Point: Make Your Life Count
Rosita Najmi (MBA 2009) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Rosita Najmi (MBA 2009) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) We were refugees. Mom scraped together all we had (three suitcases and $3,000) and bundled my three siblings and me onto a plane bound for Idaho. My father... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Bad Times for Business
are trying to do the right thing. How do we make boards even stronger? Some good ideas I've heard recently call for getting the independent directors to meet alone without management and having somebody... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
Director Cognetti that the board will follow state and federal procurement laws to bid out for ongoing and as-needed services, with target dates to send out requests for proposal. It passes after some... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
East to West
(“Shiggi”) Yawata moves Sumida toward a U.S.-inspired “committee system” for its board of directors — the first Japanese company to do so. The case was a collaborative project undertaken by Professor Lynn... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Donella Rapier to Head External Relations
the Alumni Board, the Visiting Committee, and the Board of Directors of the Associates. “I’ve enjoyed working with the talented External Relations staff, and it has been a real privilege to have met so many... View Details
- 23 Feb 2023
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Hometown Reboot
African American Directors Forum, which connects companies with Black board candidates and builds community among Black board members across the country. Motley’s Pittsburgh... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Case Study: Let’s Dance
content being added to an ever-expanding list of platforms that it could be dizzying for a viewer to try to pick something to watch. As director of product, Liang spent her days building tools to help organize the chaos: Say you were in... 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 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018
the Top: How Director Conversations Shape Culture by Melinda Muth (MBA 1981) and Bob Selden Australian Institute of Company Directors The authors examine how director... View Details