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- 08 Aug 2013
- News
Cause Marketing Gets Personal
resulted in a breast cancer diagnosis, and Langer's battle against the disease led her to volunteer at the then-pioneering National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations (NABCO) in 1988. "We had the first extensive, disease-specific...
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Rosita Najmi
struggle. I learned, however, that in America, I would count. Our journey was uncertain; a small Bahá'í community in Idaho volunteered to help us find our way. I was fearful, I spoke no English, but exhilarated as I took my first steps...
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Jack C. Massey
Stock Exchange. In addition to HCA, Massey took Kentucky Fried Chicken public and subsequently, listed Volunteer Capital Corporation (a holding company of Wendy’s fast food franchises).
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- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Gerald Chertavian, MBA 1992
Up stems from his experience as a volunteer in the Big Brother Big Sister program. After earning a degree in economics from Bowdoin College, Chertavian worked at Chemical Bank in New York City, where he View Details
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Susan Young
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Cecily Kovatch
volunteering my time to organizations like Dress for Success and Big Brothers & Sisters, organizations that show less fortunate people that success is possible and give them confidence and hope. In the office, I want to work hard and...
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- 10 Jan 2017
- News
Capturing the Personal Side of the MBA Experience
portraits and essays launched the HBS Portrait Project. “I’m interested in vulnerability,” says Deifell, whose 15-year (and counting) commitment to the project involves working with a team of student volunteers who solicit essays and...
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- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Honoring a Visionary Thinker Who Took Time for Students
veteran volunteer HBS fundraiser, for moving the fellowship campaign forward. Davis says he enjoys touching base with classmates through reunion activities. “It’s a great way to stay connected with your HBS friends, keep informed about...
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Alumni Clubs Supporting & Connecting | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
United States. Amelia Angella, MBA 2001, Executive Director of Boston’s Community Action Partners (CAP) program (also celebrating its 20th anniversary), notes that since CAP’s founding “more than 1,000 volunteers have shared their skills...
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- 01 Dec 2016
- News
HBS Alumni Contribute to Business and Society
human spirituality/religion. The study showed that roughly 20,000 non-founder alumni are logging an estimated 295,000 volunteer hours each month in US and international organizations. Reflecting on the results of the study, Lerner says,...
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Stephanie Parker
I stood behind a wall of bananas, a fortress of fruit erected for the thousands of people participating in my volunteer event. As I stood there, banana in hand, I briefly pondered my situation. What am I doing here? Shouldn't leaders...
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- 01 May 2013
- News
C. Bruce Johnstone, MBA 1966
Many generous donors support the School. Some go further, assuming responsibility for fundraising at HBS. As HBS Fund Chair from 1998 to 2003, Bruce Johnstone led almost 1,000 volunteers each year and helped set a succession of...
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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
One by one, connecting veterans to opportunities
While working as an intern at LinkedIn, Ben Faw (MBA 2014) took advantage of the company’s InDay—an opportunity one day a month at work where one can explore new ideas or volunteer in the community—to support veterans. Faw, a veteran of...
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- 31 Mar 2022
- News
A Community Hunger Solution with Global Ambitions
Every evening on the streets of Pune, in western India, a 67-year-old man coordinates a food drive to benefit the people in his community. As a local leader in the Robin Hood Army, a nonprofit volunteer organization, he’s on the front...
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- 12 Nov 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Marketing of a President
positive and unruffled demeanor, and his compelling biography attracted the attention and empathy of voters. Second, Obama converted this empathy into tangible support. More citizens volunteered time and money to help the Obama campaign...
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- 01 Oct 1999
- News
HBS Clubs Help Nonprofits Succeed
is the Community Partners (CP) program of the HBS Association of Northern California. Founded in 1986, CP has involved more than four hundred alumni in providing pro bono consulting services to nearly 130 nonprofit organizations. CP View Details
Michael Kaplan
actively involved in initiatives like The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research where he serves on the foundation's leadership council. Kaplan is also a volunteer for Manhattan School of Music and a member of After Arts, a...
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Sophia Virani
Even as she worked in investment banking and hedge funds, Sophia Virani felt drawn to science and medicine. "I really wanted to be in a career that was more service-oriented, that allowed me to interact with people," she says. Sophia View Details
- 07 Oct 2021
- News
Bringing Light to the Fight
part thanks to Smyth, who joined the volunteer board of the fledgling Breast Cancer Foundation NZ in the mid-1990s and became its chair in 2009. Her work with the charity has been informed by her business career, she says. A partner at...
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- 31 Oct 2018
- News
Preaching with a Choir
volunteer experience as a musician with my background in consumer package goods marketing and my Harvard MBA training. “What we were looking to do is to take the Cadillac brand that is the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, re-energize it,...
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- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Serving through TechnoServe
attract resources to support the experts in the field. In addition to managing fundraising efforts, he has developed an extern program where volunteers from companies like Liz Claiborne, McKinsey, and Young & Rubicam work with...
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