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- 01 Aug 2001
- News
T.J. Dermot Dunphy (MBA '56)
social causes that have played a prominent role in his life since the late 1960s, when he served briefly as a speechwriter in Robert F. Kennedy's presidential campaign. It was in those turbulent years that Dunphy, with fellow members of the HBS Club of Greater New... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
John Batcha: Sowing the Seeds to Fight Hunger
John Batcha (MBA '54) was ready to grow his own organization. With a $50,000 grant from the Kellogg Foundation, he teamed with Partners of the Americas, the largest private volunteer organization in the Western Hemisphere, to develop a... View Details
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
strength of this greedy signal is normally unobserved, the answer is theoretically unclear, and corresponding empirical evidence is mixed. I overcome this ambiguity by examining individuals for whom the greedy signal strength is likely weak—those with public... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Mar 2022
- News
Clubs Mark a Milestone and the Lunar New Year
recognized that it took tireless leadership and volunteer commitment by alumni throughout our club’s history,” Stidman says. “He expressed his heartfelt admiration and appreciation for the club. Just the fact that he took the time to... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
industries are represented, with a strong contingent from the financial and consulting communities. In terms of their involvement with the School, current Board members have participated in a number of volunteer capacities (thus the... View Details
Keywords: Cathy Connett
- 26 May 2016
- News
W. James McNerney Jr., MBA 1975
Boeing, he will keep mentoring future generations, including at HBS, and he’s excited to have more time to apply his leadership skills to his community as a board member and through volunteer activities. McNerney will also, no doubt,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
to campus for the Volunteer Conference in early November. The latter was a wonderful event that included updates on School initiatives and hands-on, practical sessions. The highlight was an extraordinary multimedia presentation, narrated... View Details
- 11 Jul 2012
- News
A Man, and a Plan, in Africa
to a decision within a strictly limited time—just like real life!” A volunteer for his class's 40th Reunion planning committee, Bloom will have a chance to share additional HBS memories when the Class of 1972 meets on campus this October. View Details
- 09 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Learning Curve
collaboration and training in the success of the students as well as the high rates of staff retention. (Though she was still grateful when some parents began to volunteer for lunch duty.) “It was a lot of small battles, a lot of blocking... View Details
- 13 Apr 2017
- News
Solving Nigeria’s Skilled Workforce Challenge
first year in New York and then moved to London, where she worked on projects in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. In 2010, she took a sabbatical, returning to West Africa to volunteer with TechnoServe’s Ivory Coast office, where she... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
alumni volunteers through the club system. Perry Driggs (MBA '61) skillfully led the Lifelong Learning Committee in discussions on how alumni perceive lifelong learning, what role HBS might play in that arena, and how best to market the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
A Wider Net
body, which he joined as a volunteer in 2007 after a lengthy career in global finance, including more than 25 years at Goldman Sachs. “For many of us, it was another reminder that things needed to change—not just with the men’s team but... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Short Takes
Fortune 500 companies, and studied the nonprofit involvement of executives in twelve companies. He found that 81 percent of the Harvard MBAs were volunteering and that 57 percent of the surveyed graduates were active board members. "Our... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 20 Jun 2016
- News
Having an Impact on Development and Poverty Issues
71, 1975), chairman of Tata Group, one of India’s largest conglomerates. With Tata’s support, Gandhi started the Indian chapter of AIESEC, a nonprofit organization that helps young people learn leadership skills through global internships and View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 18 May 2021
- Book
Launching a Career in the COVID Economy? Here Are 5 Tips.
Volunteer for work: New projects are opportunities to show your competence and your commitment. But be careful not to over-commit. Volunteer only if you have the time to follow through. 5. Claim an... View Details
Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
while I was making the decisions. Let’s just say,” he notes, “I’m a big believer in serendipity.” Murphy went to Africa as a Peace Corps volunteer after graduating from Georgetown University with a degree in business and working briefly... View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Charles O. Rossotti, MBA 1964
to volunteering for a potential "suicide mission"-as one journalist put it-as the 45th commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service. By the late 1990s, the IRS had become accustomed to being excoriated from all sides. Errors were... View Details
- 18 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Embracing Activism for Social Change
Response, the organization has drawn on the knowledge of 1,200-plus MBA volunteers from 20 schools to help small businesses and nonprofits navigate challenges through the pandemic. “There’s a history of student involvement with large... View Details
- 29 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
The HBS Community - Student Initiatives
our community even closer. Traditionally, MyTakes were only done within each section: students would volunteer to tell a personal story or discuss a topic about which they were passionate. The Community MyTakes initiative broadens this... View Details
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An Educated Investment | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
volunteers between the ages of 16 and 25—to boost enrollment, retention, and learning outcomes for all girls. Since its launch, Educate Girls has expanded to 4,600 villages with 8,500 schools and has impacted 2.8 million children in... View Details