The Johnson School Club of Southern California and Los Angeles-area alumni clubs from Tuck and Haas schools of business held an event to benefit tsunami relief and raised $1,400 for that cause. The event, held on February 16, was organized by Dori Berlin, MBA '97, (at left) and featured speakers from the International Foundation for Human Rights and Tolerance, which is a leading agency benefiting the relief effort.
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Reunion 2005
June 9-12
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Director’s Message: Johnson regional alumni club network extends to Latin America
The Johnson School Regional Alumni Club Network warmly welcomes our newest member organization, the Johnson School Club of Brazil. The Johnson School Club of Brazil is the first Johnson alumni club in Latin America and is currently being led by a steering committee that includes Paulo Stanis Lopes, MBA '04, liaison to the Johnson School Alumni Office and local corporate community; Jose de Sa, MBA '94, Academic Affairs liaison in charge of connecting local alumni with NBA 592, a course taught by Jan Katz, the Suter-Staley Director of Global Business Education, which includes academic course work in Brazil; Camilo Pereira, MBA'03, liaison to the Johnson School Career Management Center; Andre Leme, MBA '04, liaison to the admissions office and the Latin American Business Association at the Johnson School; and Stanley Ting, MBA '01, the club’s U.S. liaison.
The Johnson School Club of Brazil hosted a kickoff event on March 17 at Le Caipirinha, Av. Helio Pelegrino, 1.207 (esquina com a Bibeirao Claro), Via Olimpio, Sao Paolo. The club's steering committee would like to connect with the Johnson and Cornell alumni community in Brazil, as well as with alumni who are originally from Brazil but who are now living/working elsewhere. The goals of the club are to connect alumni in the region to the Johnson School and greater Cornell community, promote networking and continued business education, and support the general mission of the Johnson School. To learn more about the Johnson School Club of Brazil, please contact Paulo Stanis Lopes.
The Johnson School Alumni Office thanks the members of the Johnson School Club of Brazil steering committee for their initiative and leadership, and looks forward to many exciting developments from the newest entrant in the Johnson School Regional Alumni Club Network. If you are interested in becoming involved with a Johnson School Alumni Club in your region, founding a new Regional Alumni Club, and/or becoming involved with a Cornell University Alumni Association in your region, please contact the Johnson School Alumni Office.
Risa M. Mish '85, JD '88
Director, Alumni
Relations
Farewell and congratulations to Jennifer Thurston
Jennifer Thurston left the Johnson School on March 25 to begin a position as an individual giving associate on the special gifts team of Cornell University’s Office of Central Development, where she will be providing support to development initiatives related to alumni of the Colleges of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Human Ecology, and Industrial and Labor Relations.
Jennifer has served as assistant director of Alumni Relations at the Johnson School since 1999, and in that capacity has provided superlative support to our regional alumni clubs, alumni class officers, and major alumni programs such as Reunion and the European Symposium. Those who have had the privilege and pleasure of working closely with Jennifer as colleagues or volunteers know very well what an outstanding contribution Jennifer has made to the Johnson School and its alumni program, and she will be sorely missed. Her hard work, dedication, good humor, and excellent judgment have been invaluable to the Johnson School's positive engagement of its alumni. We wish Jennifer all the best in her new role, and we thank her most sincerely for her hard work and excellent efforts on our behalf.
Alumni who want to offer their good wishes to Jennifer can do so at alumni@johnson.cornell.edu.
Professor Stuart Hart releases new book
Professor Stuart Hart has released his new book, “Capitalism at the Crossroads.” Hart, who is establishing the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise at the Johnson School, presents an insightful and interesting look at how we might solve many of the world’s most difficult problems through the economically profitable and environmentally sound actions of corporations, not governments. Read more
Camp $tart-Up needs alumni support
The student organizers of Camp $tart-Up 2005 (June 25 - July 2, 2005) and the Office for Women and Minorities in Business are seeking Johnson School alumni to fill the roles of business plan coach and entrepreneur panelist. Please help support this educational camp that teaches young women about business and entrepreneurship. In addition, please continue to spread the word about Camp $tart-Up to all young women you know between the ages of 13 and 19. To learn more about this great opportunity and how you can help, please e-mail the organizers at campstartup@cornell.edu or visit the web site at http://www.johnson.cornell.edu/owmb/campstartup/.
The Johnson School is hosting the third-annual Sustainable Enterprise Symposium: Sustainable Enterprise: An Agenda for Innovation on April 1. The program kicks off on Thursday, March 31 with keynote speaker Cornell President Jeff Lehman. Rather than viewing social and environmental issues as expensive luxuries, companies are increasingly seeking to implement business models that fuse social mission with competitive strategy. The Johnson Schools third-annual Sustainable Enterprise Symposium will explore how clean technology and base of the pyramid markets create a strategic opportunity for innovative firms. Researchers and practitioners will discuss lessons learned from on-going ventures, as well as efforts to create an infrastructure that mobilizes these ideas for private enterprise. For additional information visit www.johnson.cornell.edu/sge or contact Jen Freiman at jlf57@cornell.edu. To register for the symposium please visit: https://www.johnson.cornell.edu/students/orgs/ci/registration.cfm
Class of 1994-1999 alumni: we need your assistance
A group of graduate students in the ILR School have requested our assistance with research they are conducting to find out the factors that mid-career professionals taken into account when considering a move from one company to another. They have asked that we propose the following questions to you:
- Please list your current Job Title and Department
- How many years of work experience do you have?
- In the event of planning a move to another company - what factors would influence you to make that move?
- What information would you like to see/or do you think would be helpful on a company's career web page?
If you are willing to participate in this project, please send your responses to Anuja Garg, MILR ’05. Thank you!
Robert Metcalf, MBA ’61, is the vice chairman of the Cornell Alumni Federation Board. The federation is comprised of 65 members who represent all of the major Cornell alumni organizations, including Cornell clubs, college alumni associations, the Cornell Association of Class Officers, University Council, the Cornell Black Alumni Association, the Cornell Latino Alumni Association, the Cornell Asian Alumni Association, the Cornell University Gay and Lesbian Alumni Association, and the President’s Council of Cornell Women. The federation provides guidance to its constituent groups, promotes communication between the University and its alumni, encourages alumni participation, trains alumni leaders, and recognizes outstanding alumni commitment and leadership. In addition to his service to the CAF Board, Metcalf is also a member of the University Council, is a former president of the Johnson School Club of Rochester and the Cornell Alumni Association of Greater Rochester, and is a member of the Johnson School Dean’s Society. He and his wife, Katie, divide their time between the Rochester area and East Hartford, Connecticut.
Barbara Hanna, MPA ’77, is the owner of Hanna and Associates, a firm that provides governance consulting services for boards of directors and staff of elected and non-profit organizations. Hanna is the former mayor of the City of Banning, California, and was re-elected in December to a four-year term on the Banning City Council. She is the founding executive director of the Orange Blossom Festival Association, Inc., a regional turn-of-the-century themed event designed to promote economic development and tourism and was named CEO of the Year by the Inland Empire Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. Hanna is a member of the boards of directors of the Banning Rotary Club, the Professional Women’s Roundtable, and Jefferson Transitional Programs, and was the charter president of her local chapter of the International Toastmaster’s Club.
Jim Goldman, MBA '85, was appointed president, Godiva Chocolatier in March 2004. Goldman joined Campbell Soup Company (which owns Godiva) in 2001 as president of North American Sauces and Beverages. In this role, he helped grow the V8, Pace and Prego brands, including the introduction of new products such as V8 Splash, V8 Splash Smoothies, and Invigor8, as well as line extensions of Pace and Prego. Before joining Campbell, Goldman worked at Nabisco, where he served as President of the Life Savers Candy Company and held several other leadership positions. Prior to that, he worked at General Mills and at McKinsey and Company as a strategic consultant to consumer product companies.
Andrew G. Church, MBA '89, joined Oneida Ltd. in 2004 as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Oneida Ltd. is one of the world’s largest and most well known sources of stainless steel and silverplated flatware for both the consumer and foodservice industries. Oneida also is a leading source of a variety of dinnerware, crystal, glassware and metal serveware for the tabletop industries. Before joining Oneida, Church was interim vice president of finance for Saleslink Corporation. His previous positions also included serving as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Nurun, Inc.; vice president, planning and business development of Quebecor World Inc.; as well as various general management and financial positions at Millipore Corporation. Church also served on the board of directors of Mindready Solutions Inc., a Toronto stock exchange company. He began his career at Ernst & Young LLP, where he was a certified public accountant.
Dora Jih, ENGR '91, MEng '92, MBA '93Dora Jih, ENGR '91, MEng '92, MBA '93, is the owner and founder of Season Tees a company that specializes in clothing embroidered with popular Chinese characters/phrases such as love, beauty, peace, friendship, and mom. Jih began her post-Johnson School career as a management consultant with Arthur D. Little, a firm for which she worked for seven years managing strategy projects for clients in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. After having her daughter, Ava, Jih decided to tap into her passions for fashion and fitness. She began by embellishing Ava's clothes with her initials and symbols such as flowers. She had always loved the beauty of Chinese characters, so she made herself and Ava matching t-shirts embroidered with the Chinese character for love. The clothing garnered such praise from friends and neighbors that Jih decided to launch her own fashion line focuses solely on Chinese character designs embroidered onto high-quality, fashion-fitted clothing. She named her company "Season Tees," because her surname means "season" in Chinese. The clothing is sold in local Bay Area boutiques, an online infant boutique, and through her website. Jih's vision is for Season Tees to become an international brand. Of her Johnson School education, Jih says, "It gave me the 'entrepreneurial bug' that never went away. I was an idea-generator for as long as I can remember, but it wasn't until I was at the Johnson School that I had the chance to choose one of my ideas and write an actual business plan. Professor David BenDaniel's Entrepreneurship class taught me that you can come up with an idea, develop a 'plan of attack' and do it!"
Robert Frank is in the New York Times talking about the value of $100,000 salaries……BR Ventures’s Business Idea Competition is covered in the Syracuse Post Standard…..Professor Robert H. Frank has a monthly guest column in the New York Times and the first installment focuses on self-interest…..Andy Verhalen, MBA'81, made the Forbes list of Top 100 Tech Dealmakers….Professor Jerry Hass comments on the Oneida Ltd. flatware plant closing in the Utica Observer-Dispatch……and the Burlington Free Press reports the political rise of Johnson School alumna Gaye Symington.
For more Johnson School media hits, see Johnson School in the News.
April 7
Rochester, NY
The Johnson School Club of Rochester and the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine present “The Cats’ Meow: Opening and Managing a Niche Veterinary Practice” by Dr. Eileen Adamo ’93, DVM ’97, co-owner of the Cat Doctors veterinary practice in Penfield, NY. Time: 6:00 p.m. Location: Del Monte Lodge, 41 North Main Street, Pittsford, NY. Please RSVP Lois Niland at 585.383.8807 or lniland@frontiernet.net.
April 14
New York , NY
The Johnson School Club of New York invites all members to attend a special, invitation-only private equity breakfast reception organized by the Executive Forum at the Harvard Club in New York City entitled “State of the Private Capital Markets.” Time: Reception: 7:00 a.m.; Panel: 8:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.; coffee break and informal discussion: 9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Location: The Harvard Club of New York City, 27 West 44th St. Cost: The regular price for the reception is $189, but participants from partner organizations including Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Management pay only $90. To register, please go to: www.execforum.net.
May 3
Los Angeles, CA
The Johnson School Club of Southern California present “How to Make a Fortune Like Warren Buffett” by Whitney Tilson. Time: 6:30 – 9:00 p.m. Location: Regency Club, 10900 Wilshire Blvd., 17th Floor (SW corner at Westwood). Cost: $35.00 (includes hors d’oeuvres and hosted bar) for Cornell alumni; $45.00 after May 1. RSVP: www.johnson.cornell.edu/alumni/events or call 800. 847.2082 ext: 2. For more information contact Scott Taylor at sct22@cornell.edu.
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