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It started with a question. But before that, it started in the classroom. Tony Deifell (MBA 2002) loved the discussions in his LEAD course, taught by Professor (and now former Dean) Nitin Nohria; wanting to make them more tangible, Deifell adapted the idea of... View Details

Keywords: Photographed by Tony Deifell (MBA 2002); edited by Julia Hanna. Above: Heidi Brooks, photographed in 2003 and 2023.; life experience; family; leadership

24 May 2017
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Adebayo O. Ogunlesi, JD/MBA 1979

Head of Global Energy Group, Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) 2002 Named Global Head, CSFB Investment Banking Division 2004 Named CSFB Chief Client Officer 2006 Launches Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) 2009 GIP acquires Gatwick View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

11 Oct 2023
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Soldier On

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes In November of 2022, 33-year-old Phillip Jones (MPA/MBA 2021) was elected mayor of Newport News, Virginia, where he had spent part of his childhood. The son of two Air Force veterans, he served six years in... View Details

01 Mar 2024
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On the Radar

Illustration by Brian Stauffer Illustration by Brian Stauffer Our planet is teeming with trillions of viruses and bacteria, most of which are innocuous or even helpful, but some pose a significant risk to public health, animals, and crops. In recent decades,... View Details

Keywords: Janine White; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

25 Aug 2022
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The Great Priority Reset

1998), CEO of the global airports and travel retail group daa plc since 2017. (He starts a new role as CEO of UK-based food manufacturer Greencore this fall.) This idea of “travel with intention” is a key trend in the industry that... View Details

25 Aug 2022
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Comfort Zone

comfortable, that task has to fall to the airports. “Travel was stressful already, and even more so after COVID. The airports need to respond by making this time as relaxing as possible,” says Fraser, who is also a trained architect,... View Details

25 Aug 2022
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Ready for Departure

As millions of passengers return to the skies for long-delayed plans, they’ll be returning to an airport that’s likely a little different. The lockdowns of 2020 hit aviation harder than almost any other industry. Airports, as a subsector,... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustrations by Chris Gash; Air Transportation; Transportation

01 Mar 2025
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Agenda: Frank Lorenzo (MBA 1963)

In the early 1970s, Frank Lorenzo (MBA 1963) was CEO of Texas International Airlines, a struggling regional operation. There were whispers of change coming for the airline industry as Washington considered the pros and cons of ending regulation. “If there was a list of... View Details

Keywords: April White

06 Dec 2021
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Wheels Up

built in Europe in more than 20 years. As CEO of global airports and travel retail group daa plc, Dalton Philips (MBA 1998) leads operations in Dublin and airports in Cork, Riyadh, Dusseldorf, and Cyprus, as... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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