James Dicke II is Chairman and CEO of Crown Equipment Corporation which, under his leadership, has become the largest manufacturer of forklift trucks in the United States and the fifth-largest in the world.
Dicke also has served on the Board of Directors of the Smithsonian American Art Museum Commissioners, the Anderson-Cooke Air Force Museum Foundation, the Dayton Power and Light Company, the National Museum of American Art, the Advisory Committee for the Arts at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Arts, and the Bicycle Museum of America. Appointed by President George W. Bush, he also serves on the President's Export Council.
Jim Dicke is a graduate Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas.
Charlotte Dieroff works in the area of Business Development at the International Food Network (IFN)in Ithaca, NY.
Her early career at IFN included product development in the areas of frozen desserts, weight-loss and dry mix beverages. She later joined Tastemaker (acquired by Givaudan) and worked in food flavor applications. Upon returning to IFN Charlotte's efforts morphed into the areas of business development including sales and behind the scenes marketing.
Charlotte Dieroff holds a B.S. in Food Science from Cornell University and an MBA from Xavier University.
Itai Dinour is the Executive Director at City Year New York. In this role, Itai oversees the site's external affairs, development, programs and community partnerships.
Dinour previously served as the Chief of Staff of City Year New York and as the Executive Director of On Site Volunteer Services, a student-run, independent, not for profit that promotes volunteerism and philanthropy throughout Tompkins County, New York.
Itai Dinour is a graduate of Cornell University. He was the recipient of the Cornell Class of 1964 John F. Kennedy Award for Leadership and Public Service, and was a Torchbearer during the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics Torch Relay. An American-Israeli, Itai was born in Mexico.
Brian Distelburger is Co-Founder & President of Yext. He has extensive experience with startups and publicly traded companies in the online media and database marketing space.
Brian is a graduate of Cornell University.
Donald Doane is the CEO of ConnectYard. Founded in 2007, ConnectYard specializes in helping colleges and universities tap the power of social media for student recruitment, retention and alumni re-engagement.
Previously, Doane founded OpenDemand in early 2000 and served as the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer. Doane has been involved with testing and analyzing the performance of Web sites and applications since the first commercial Web load/stress testing tools were introduced on the market and was one of the early visionaries to recognize the business need for companies to quickly adapt to the "open", or unlimited, demand of the Internet.
Prior to OpenDemand, Doane held various senior-level and key management positions with companies including Ovid Technologies, Qwest Communications, Icon CMT Corp. and Interworld Technology Ventures, and has provided consulting services to large accounts such as UBS, CBS, CitiCorp, Bear Stearns, US Clearing Corp., and PR Newswire.
Donald Doane received a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from the Cornell University, College of Engineering.
Andrew (Andy) J. Dolce founded Dolce International in 1981. Dolce turned the company into the world's leading conference center company in the hospitality industry, with 21 properties throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe.
Dolce began his career in the meetings and hospitality industry while working for the American Management Association, where he managed 600 conferences a year, throughout the U.S. While there, Dolce recognized the need for both outstanding hotel facilities and a well-orchestrated meeting experience.
Dolce went on to become executive vice president for Harrison Conference Services. From there he moved to Houston and was responsible for the development and operation of the Houstonian, the first integrated hotel, conference center, spa and fitness center. After the successful completion of this project, Dolce made the final and decisive move to the meetings segment of the hospitality industry and started his own company.
Andrew Dolce studied Economics at Iona College. He earned a Master's Degree from Cornell University where he wrote and published a book on economics for the food industry. Dolce served in the U.S. Marine Corps, earning the rank of Captain.
Greg Dollarhyde is the Executive Chairman of the board of directors of Pacific Island Restaurants, Inc., a chain of 93 Pizza Hut and Taco Bell locations in Hawaii and Guam, acquired through a successful LBO financed by Bank of America and private equity firm Brentwood Associates.
Dollarhyde is a 36 year veteran of the restaurant industry in the United States, having had hands-on responsibility for all major aspects of that business during his career. He has been Chairman or Chief Executive Officer of five separate restaurant companies and Chief Financial Officer of two publicly-held restaurant companies, among other responsibilities.
Prior to his current endeavors, Dollarhyde was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Fresh Enterprises, Inc. , the holding company of BAJA FRESH, a rapid growth, "fast-casual" Mexican food chain headquartered in Southern California. Dollarhyde, in partnership with Catterton Parters, Oak Investors and others, purchased the company in November 1998 and, after accelerated growth exceeding 40% CAGR, sold the company to Wendy's International in July 2002 for $275 million; more that seven times their original investment.
Pursuing other entrepreneurial ventures, Dollarhyde is currently lead investor and Chairman of the board of Riot Games, Inc., an early stage, MMORPG video game development company, and is a principal of B Cellars, a newly emerging winery specializing in Napa Valley appellation blends. Additionally, Dollarhyde is a private investor and liaison to private equity funds seeking investments in the restaurant and service retail sectors.
Dollarhyde has been an alumnus of restaurant concepts that are household names such as TGI Fridays (CFO, Initial Public Offering in 1983), Pizza Hut (VP & GM New Concepts, VP Acquisitions), and Kenny Roger's Roasters (Exec. VP & Vice Chairman). Additionally, he has led regional favorites Rusty Pelican Restaurants (CEO 1990 and CFO 1987, Southern California) and Country Harvest Buffets (CEO 1995, Seattle), stewarding the sale of both of these companies to industry competitors.
Greg Dollarhyde is a graduate of Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration and The Johnson School of Business.
<p>Amy Domini is Founder and CEO of Domini Social Investments. She is widely recognized as the leading voice for socially responsible investing. In 2005, Time magazine named her to the Time 100 list of the world's most influential people. Also in 2005, President Clinton honored her at the inaugural meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative for helping protect children and the environment through the Domini Fund for International Giving. </p> <p>Domini is the author of "Socially Responsible Investing: Making a Difference and Making Money" (Dearborn Trade, 2001) and "The Challenges of Wealth" (Dow Jones Irwin, 1988), and a coauthor of "Investing for Good" (Harper Collins, 1993), "The Social Investment Almanac" (Henry Holt, 1992), and "Ethical Investing" (Addison-Wesley, 1984). She is a frequent guest commentator on CNBC's Talking Stocks and various other radio and television shows.</p> <p>Amy Domini holds a B.A. in international and comparative studies from Boston University, and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.</p>
Nick Donofrio is a 44-year IBM veteran who led IBM's technology and innovation strategies from 1997 until his retirement in October 2008. He also was vice chairman of the IBM International Foundation and chairman of the Board of Governors for the IBM Academy of Technology.
Donofrio's most recent responsibilities included IBM Research, Governmental Programs, Technical Support & Quality, Corporate Community Relations, as well as Environmental Health & Product Safety. Also reporting to Donofrio were the senior executives responsible for IBM's enterprise on demand transformation. In addition to that strategic business mission, Donofrio led the development and retention of IBM's technical population and enriched that community with a diversity of culture and thought. In 2008 IBM Chairman Sam Palmisano elected Donofrio IBM Fellow, the company's highest technical honor.
Donofrio joined IBM as a college co-op student in 1964 and worked on the memory technology for the legendary IBM System/360 mainframe computing system. After being hired full time at IBM in 1967, he spent the early part of his career in integrated circuit and chip development as a designer of logic and memory chips. He held numerous technical management positions and, later, executive positions in several of IBM's product divisions. He has led many of IBM's major development and manufacturing teams from semiconductor and storage technologies, to microprocessors and personal computers, to IBM's entire family of servers.
Rick Donofrio earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1967 and a Master of Science in the same discipline from Syracuse University in 1971.
Jeremey Donovan is a group vice president with Gartner, responsible for marketing the company's $865 million research business. His team takes a rigorous analytical approach to all phases of the marketing cycle, including demand generation, cultivation, alliances and field marketing. At Gartner, Mr. Donovan has led teams responsible for new product strategy and for product management. In addition, Mr. Donovan was a Gartner analyst for eight years, covering the communications supply chain, including semiconductors and systems.
Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. Donovan founded the market strategy consulting firm InfoUnity. At InfoUnity, he served on technical advisory boards for a number of venture-based firms that were subsequently acquired by public semiconductor companies. Previous to that, he was a device engineer at Xilinx, where he was responsible for deep-submicron process integration and foundry interface in the programmable logic company.
Jeremey Donovan received his undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University. He received a Masters in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago
Rick Doody is the Chairman and Founder of Bravo/Brio Restaurant Group (BBRG). Doody, his brother Chris, and Executive Chef Phil Yandolino opened their first BRAVO! Cucina Italiana Restaurant in Columbus, Ohio in 1992. In 1998, the partners were operating eight BRAVO! units when a real estate developer asked if they would create an upscale Italian concept to be one of the centerpieces of Easton Town Center, a premier retail shopping center in Columbus. Thus, the BRIO Tuscan Grille concept was born.
BRIO was honored with the Nation's Restaurant News "Hot New Concept" award in 2002, paving the way for further development. Today, the restaurant group has 48 BRAVO! Cucina Italiana and 37 BRIO Tuscan Grille restaurants, with one BRIO under construction. BBRG, which recently became a publicly traded company, continues to seek opportunities for growth and development, and Doody is often quoted, saying "the best of BBRG is yet to come."
Doody holds a Masters of Professional Studies degree from the Cornell School of Hotel Administration.
<p>Rachel Doyle is the President and Founder of GlamourGals Foundation, Inc. GlamourGals is a nonprofit organization that connects young volunteers to the elderly in unique and rewarding way. Through GlamourGals, teenage girls provide complimentary facials and makeovers to women in nursing homes, assisted living, and senior centers across the country. </p> <p>In recognition of her work in founding GlamourGals, Doyle was featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show and CBS's The Early Show. In addition, Doyle's work has been profiled in numerous publications, including the New York Times, Glamour, and CosmoGirl . She was named one of the first "CosmoGirls of the Year." She was also the recipient of the Prudential Spirit of Community Service Award in 2001.</p> <p>Rachel Doyle is a graduate of Cornell University. </p>