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Rakhshan Zahid
Now I’m a believer. For instance, I wouldn’t have volunteered to take a course on operations. But after taking the course, I can see that operations are fundamental to any business you might be involved in. The second thing is that HBS... View Details
Keywords: Financial Services
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Rye Barcott
themselves have the solutions to the problems they face," Rye says. He returned to North Carolina to raise money, then came back to Kibera to launch the program, Carolina for Kibera. Today, the organization is thriving "under community leadership and the... View Details
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Brittany Williams
volunteering as a nonprofit consultant with MEDIAGIRLS, a nonprofit that “encourages middle-school girls to build self-confidence and challenge the negative images they see in media. I’m working on ways to scale the curriculum... View Details
Keywords: Financial Services
- 14 Jan 2016
- Blog Post
Liberal Arts Major Pursues an MBA
strategy, operations, and entrepreneurship. And, for any fellow actors out there, HBS professors love a good role play! I could always advance the class discussion by volunteering to improvise a meeting or pitch a sale from the... View Details
- 05 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Reinventing the Dowdy Savings Bond
course of four weeks, representatives at two Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) sites offered filers the option of splitting their refunds, depositing all or some of their refund into an existing or new savings account with the Bank... View Details
- 06 May 2002
- Research & Ideas
Profits for Nonprofits: Earning Your Own Way
stems from the Catholic Worker movement's personalist tradition, which means that Haley House staff and volunteers work intensely with small numbers of people as a way of trying to create deeper change in them. Haley House launched the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Model Teamwork
commitment of two motivated veteran volunteers. Longtime class leader (and former HBS Fund Chair) Mike Johnston was joined by new cochair Bill Spears last summer. Invested in the future of the MBA Program, the two leaders and their team of View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Spangler Elected President of Harvard Overseers
Business School. Cronin Also newly elected to the board is Michael F. Cronin (MBA 1977), cofounder and managing partner of Boston-based Weston Presidio, a leading private-equity firm. Cronin, one of six new overseers, is a graduate of Harvard College. He has also... View Details
- 16 Oct 2014
- News
Innovating for International Aid
monitored refugee camps and volunteered in AIDS orphanages. He spent eight years as president of Aim High, an educational organization focused on inner-city, disadvantaged children. He was also cofounder of a Gates Foundation–funded... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Navigating Success in Volatile Times
of Ogilvy Consulting, who praised the contributions of some fifty volunteers as well as top sponsors Accenture and Citigroup Private Bank. "We are determined to move forward and make a difference. I believe everyone walked away with a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Robert Goodwin
Now, the former Air Force officer is drawing on his military, White House, State Department, and humanitarian aid experience as cofounder and CEO of Executives Without Borders, an organization that matches business leaders who volunteer... View Details
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Harvard Business School
the case method of instruction and attend presentations by HBS administrators and alumni. AASU students entering their second year have also volunteered for the program to help participants through the process of case analysis. Corporate... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Revitalizing America
chopping block. "We shouldn't pay volunteers" was one eternal argument. AmeriCorps members are volunteers only in the same sense that the military is "all-volunteer"—people are not drafted or conscripted; they sign on voluntarily. Once... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
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Diversity | Employment
advancing the well-being of indigenous peoples through self-determination, academic achievement, and community service. Volunteering & Community The volunteer group Harvard Neighbors helps both newcomers and... View Details
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Justin Bardin
his fellow MBA students? "What's really struck me here is how eager students are to help you," Justin says. "I thought it would be super competitive. Yes, we want to do our best, but we also support each other. People View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
HBS Alums Help Jailhouse Entrepreneurs Go Straight
presentations, exams, and hours of daily homework. Taught by volunteers from the Texas business community, PEP graduates boast a 93 percent employment rate and a recidivism rate of less than 5 percent. Says Rohr, who made a PEP... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Strategic Networking
Most alumni are aware that graduates of the School can be found in leadership positions all over the world, in organizations of every size and description. Not everyone, however, may know that more than 25,000 are members of the Alumni Advisory Network who have View Details
Keywords: Networking
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Helping one child led to improving the lives of thousands
Gerald Chertavian (MBA 1992) volunteered as a Big Brother and saw firsthand how urban youth suffered from a lack of job options. He wrote his HBS application essay about starting a program to connect those young adults with a growing need... View Details
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Megan Gardner
partnerships with Disney, Facebook, Google and Diapers.com reaching 10+MM consumers.Megan holds a BA from Smith College and serves in a variety of volunteer roles for her alma mater. She is a board member of Young President’s Organization... View Details
- 24 Oct 2016
- News
Health Care Pioneer Giusti Named McCance Senior Fellow at HBS
research, K–12 education, and environmental conservation. A longtime HBS volunteer and donor, he established the new chair in honor of his 50th HBS Reunion. “I believe in the momentum of the School,” said McCance upon making this recent... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young