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- 24 Apr 2014
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Transforming the lives of the needy across Pakistan
best way to catalyze lasting change is to support people who are entrenched in local communities and will be there for the long term,” says Wasim, a managing director at the private equity firm of Hellman and Friedman. He currently serves on ADP’s View Details
- 16 Sep 2008
- News
Last Look - September 2008
Chester (MBA ’49).” Barooah thought the man with a striped tie is Robert James (MBA 6/’48) and identified the man with his hand in his pocket as Bert Grand (MBA ’49). Greg Pilkington, a Bulletin reader who is apparently not an alumnus, wrote: “The drawings on the View Details
Keywords: Keith Larson
- 07 Nov 2019
- News
Scranton Elects First Female Mayor
really seemed like the perfect storm where I would have the backing of the auditor general, who knows and has seen some of what’s going on in Scranton, where you still have this graft and this nepotism and this patronage network that has really been bringing down areas... View Details
- 17 Jun 2014
- News
Shedding light on business issues and opportunities in Asia
development banking at Citibank, Standard Chartered Bank, Swiss Bank Corporation, Union Bank of Switzerland, and the Asian Development Bank. He is currently a member of the HBS Asia-Pacific Advisory Board and other boards. (Published June... View Details
- 18 Mar 2008
- News
Election ’08, HBS Style
creating Wikis and message boards with IT. They also hope to increase operating hours in Spangler and Baker. The first half of the debate was a fairly sedate affair. One point of contention was the upfront $200 fee that incoming students... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Bounce Back from a Blunder
product, she hid that fact from her board and investors, and then, as is often the case, small untruths begat larger ones. But what if she had been honest from the outset? Brown suspects the board and... View Details
- 07 Aug 2019
- News
Vertex Appoints First Female CEO
the industry. Under Leiden’s leadership in recent years, Vertex has focused on increasing diversity and improving its corporate citizenship: Now, at Vertex, roughly 40 percent of those at the vice president level and above are women, as are two of nine View Details
- 01 Nov 2018
- News
Showing Girls the Possibilities
about children and my engagement serving on the board of National Boys and Girls Club, my engagement as a Big Sister working with young girls, and most recently, with Mother Caroline Academy in Dorchester, which is grade four to eight.... View Details
- 10 Aug 2015
- News
Giving Kids Tech Tools to Make an Impact
Amy Kadomatsu (MBA 1998) believes every student can be an innovator and use technology as a force for good. As chair of the board of directors at Mouse, a youth development nonprofit that empowers students to create with technology to... View Details
- 03 Feb 2014
- News
Eyes on Medical Breakthroughs
plan provider to self-insured employers that was later sold to health benefits giant Wellpoint. Krauss's relationship with HBS is much improved since her student days. She's supported the school financially, put HBS professors on the View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Alumni Books
of Corporate Boards Is Ruining American Business and Costing Us Trillions by John Gillespie (MBA ’83) and David Zweig (MBA ’83) (Free Press) The authors expose the flaws in the dysfunctional corporate board... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Repurposing Leaders to Attack Social Problems
of service.” Kanter was followed by Harvard Kennedy School professor David Gergen, an adviser to several presidential administrations. Gergen cited polls that reveal Americans’ deepening discontent with the quality of leadership across the View Details
- 07 Feb 2017
- News
Shaping Singapore
whole country, and then you are looking at specific areas,” she says. Currently CEO of Singapore’s Housing and Development Board (and a former CEO of its Urban Redevelopment Authority), Cheong was the first Asian to be awarded the Urban... View Details
- 04 Nov 2016
- News
Could Kurt Summers Jr. Be Chicago’s Next Mayor?
every dry-erase board in his office. “People can widely speculate all they want," Summers tells Crain’s about the possibility of a mayoral or gubernatorial run. "Meanwhile I will come in every day, bring my lunchbox and get to work." READ... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Measuring Impact
founders of firms that collectively have an indelible impact on the world economy by creating jobs, fostering prosperity, and bringing innovative products and services to market.” In addition to measuring alumni entrepreneurship, the study evaluated View Details
Keywords: April White
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Understanding the language of business
Company, where he was chairman and director, and for numerous years was a fellow and treasurer of the Harvard Corporation, chairman of the board of directors of Harvard Management Company, and cochair of The Harvard Campaign. In his role... View Details
- 15 Apr 2021
- News
Bringing Light to the Fight
underwent a mastectomy and survived, and Smyth kept the family secret for more than a decade. That’s all changed now—in part thanks to Smyth, who joined the volunteer board of the fledgling Breast Cancer Foundation NZ in the mid-1990s.... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Eileen M. Rudden
unless it saves a lot of money, just doesn't cut it. Pro bono work I'm on the board of Lesley University, which educates more teachers than any other institution in the United States, and I'm about to join the View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Fellowship Campaign Approaching Goal
raised $95 million for fellowships, helped by the work of an alumni and friends Fellowship Advisory Board, formed in 2003. “When I was a student, it was assumed you would earn a good living when you graduated and quickly repay your loans,” noted Byron Wien (MBA ’56), a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Hong Kong Club Thrives, Plans Next Global Alumni Conference
Kong or China to an HBS Executive Education program. With membership at two hundred, the HBSA-HK is thriving, thanks in part to a mentoring system that links active board members with young alumni. The board... View Details