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- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Karen Gordon Mills
a firm that invests only in women-owned companies,” says Mills. “What we've done is build a network — beyond our usual network — of powerful women executives, including HBS classmates Orit Gadiesh and Ann... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Job One: Alumni Engagement
Cooper I am often asked, “What does the Alumni Board do?” HBS professor Mal Salter, senior associate dean for External Relations, describes us as a “working board.” Our forty-plus members — past and present volunteers and active alumni... View Details
Keywords: Peter Cooper
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Working to improve California's public education system
Katherine Welch (MBA 1988) found her passion in working to improve public education in California. In this video she reviews how she arrived at this personal and civic mission, serving as a board member of the advocacy group Educate Our... View Details
- 31 Oct 2019
- News
Business Success Means Community Success in Wisconsin; GNN Roundup
simultaneously deploying resources to serve local nonprofits and community groups. “I just had this idea to get these two different leaders from very different organizations together to hear how they work to benefit our community,” says Phil Hway (MBA 1970), a current... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 21 May 2021
- News
See Us Unite for Change
Lirio Marcelo (MBA 1998), the founder of Care.com and TAAF board member, is an executive producer of the event. “Not only are business leaders, activists and talent coming together to support this cause, but we have View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Nancy M. Barry, MBA 1975
the board of WWB—a role that influenced the way she formulated her strategy at the World Bank. "I applied what I was learning in the young WWB to create a network for learning and change at the Bank in areas... View Details
- 12 Nov 2019
- News
Seismic Shift
Denmark West (MBA 1998), founding partner of Connectivity Ventures and Culture Shift partner and advisor (photo by Brian Ach) It’s a common scenario: A company wants to increase diversity on its board or in its C-suite, and its... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 30 Jan 2018
- News
Four Alumni Named as Presidential Leadership Scholars
Coleman MBA 2010), managing director and chief administrative officer for alternatives and institution at Invesco and board member of the National Monuments Foundation Erik Pickering (MBA 1999), president of Tracers Information... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Social Enterprise Visionary
retirement as chair of the SEI Advisory Board last January, Whitehead, who will stay on as chair emeritus, noted, “I am very proud of what the School has accomplished with the Social Enterprise Initiative. The progress we have made, and... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Action Plan: A New ’Cue
passion.” That passion didn’t become a business for Corsello until 2016. The idea had come to him as he drove home from an OPM unit. On the expressway he saw signs for McDonald’s, Burger King, and Wendy’s. Why, he wondered, was there no barbecue option? At home, he... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 05 Apr 2018
- News
A Philanthropic Eye Reframes African American Abstract Art
registrar to track the movement and catalogue the provenance of the work. “We’re self-taught and, though we don’t use advisors, we are not unadvised. I have a network that informs every collecting decision I make,” she says. “I keep my... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 20 Oct 2022
- News
Lebanon Alumni Host US Ambassador for Dinner and Discussion
maritime borders.” Since the US is playing a critical role in all of these matters, Ingea says the club’s board knew a conversation with Ambassador Shea would be of great interest to the 55 alumni and guests in attendance. US Ambassador... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
How Do We Win the Cyberwar?
“This has to be a shared mission,” Obama told attendees at the White House Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection at Stanford University, where he signed the order onstage. “So much of our computer networks and critical... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai
- 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... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Steven Murch: Philanthropist-in-Training
financing and build a network of 25,000 vacation properties.” VacationSpot's success appealed to Murch's former colleagues at Expedia, who bought it in March 2000 for $82 million in stock options and brought Murch back on View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?
for innovation to fulfill that promise. Charter schools, in other words, might just need a better business plan. School Ties A loosely knit HBS charter network links alumni nationwide. Greg Thompson (MBA 2005) leads the Tennessee Charter... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Three Profs Win McKinsey Award
observing, experimenting, and networking — distinguish the most creative entrepreneurs from other executives. Not to worry if you’re not born with innovator’s DNA, they assert. It’s something you can cultivate on your own. Why Amazon’s... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Piloting new career horizons for women in aviation
speak at schools and career fairs and try to help women get into aviation," she says. "I see a lot of myself in the girls I meet." Eaton also serves on the board of the Eastern Region Helicopter Council and several aviation organizations,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Career Services Steps Up Alumni Support
every stage of career transition, including a Board of Directors Résumé Database. “At least 80 percent of jobs are found by networking,” notes Sullivan, “so the necessity of tapping into tools like Alumni Navigator and the new HBS Alumni... View Details
- 27 Aug 2019
- News
Sweating It Out in Philly; Whiskey Flights in Portland
part of the club’s June networking event, which included a fireside chat with Freeman, founder and CEO of boutique fitness studio SLT (Strengthen, Lengthen & Tone). SLT combines cardio, Pilates, and strength training on individual... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley