Donald Fehrs is currently serving as the Chief Investment Officer at Cornell University. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing the management of the University's $3.3 Billion endowment.
Prior to his position at Cornell, Fehrs worked at Prudential Insurance in internal auditing and the treasury department. After completing an MBA and PhD, Fehrs taught finance at the University of Notre Dame. He eventually made the switch from working on faculty to working in the Office of Investments. He came to Cornell University in 1998.
Fehrs received an undergraduate degree in economics from Cornell University. He also hold an MBA and a PhD in Finance from Florida State University.
Jessica Feinstein is AVP of Marketing for L\'Oreal Jessica Feinstein received her undergraduate degree from Cornell University and her MBA from Columbia University.
David Feldshuh has been artistic director at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts at Cornell University since 1984.
His play, Miss Evers' Boys, has been produced throughout the U.S., received the New American Play award, was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and won seven Emmy awards as an HBO movie. He co-produced the video Susceptible to Kindness, for which he interviewed observers as well as survivors of the Tuskegee syphilis study. In 1994 the video won three awards: the Cine Golden Eagle, the Intercom Gold Plaque, and the International Health and Medical Film Festival award.
David's television script Harmony was written for an educational television project dedicated to teaching science to children and sponsored in part by the National Science Foundation. His short story "Are You Satisfied, Thomas Becket?" was recently published in a collection of stories by physician-writers.
Although full-time at Cornell, David continues to practice medicine and lectures frequently on the subject of human experimentation and the use of theatre in exploring important social issues. He trained as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, is a member of Actor's Equity, and began his career at The Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis where he also served as an Associate Director.
David Feldshuh received his M.D. and Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota.
Robert Felton co-founded the San Francisco-based Indus in 1988 as a provider of application software packages for customers in the electric utilities, petrochemical, heavy manufacturing, transportation and packaged goods industries. The company grew rapidly and, in 1993, was ranked third in Inc. magazine's list of the 500 fastest-growing privately held companies. As CEO, Felton played a key role in preparing the company's initial public offering, which occurred in February 1996. During this critical period, Felton kept all 450 employees updated on the IPO, sharing with them confidential information. Felton is a firm believer in open lines of communication in all levels of the corporation. To that end, Indus employees regularly post work summaries on an electronic bulletin board where colleagues may read and offer comments on various projects. Felton's belief that open employee communication offers a vital competitive advantage to Indus was the subject of a column in the Jan. 10 issue of The Wall Street Journal. Felton earned a Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Cornell University in 1961 and a Master's degree in nuclear engineering from the University of Washington in 1971.
Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., is President and Chief Executive Officer of TIAA-CREF, the leading provider of retirement services in the academic, research, medical, and cultural fields and a Fortune 100 financial services organization.
Mr. Ferguson is the former Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve System. He represented the Federal Reserve on several international policy groups and served on key Federal Reserve System committees, including Payment System Oversight, Reserve Bank Operations, and Supervision and Regulation. As the only Governor in Washington, D.C. on 9/11, he led the Fed's initial response to the terrorist attacks, taking actions that kept the U.S. financial system functioning while reassuring the global financial community that the U.S. economy would not be paralyzed.
Prior to joining TIAA-CREF in April 2008, Mr. Ferguson was head of financial services for Swiss Re, Chairman of Swiss Re America Holding Corporation, and a member of the company's executive committee. From 1984 to 1997, he was an Associate and Partner at McKinsey & Company. He began his career as an attorney at the New York City office of Davis Polk & Wardwell.
Roger Ferguson received his B.A., J.D., and Ph.D, from Harvard University.
<p>Ted A. Fernandez is founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Answerthink, a consulting firm. From 1979 to 1997, Mr. Fernandez worked at KPMG. He served as the National Managing Partner of KPMG's Strategic Services Consulting from May 1994 to January 1997. </p>
Antonio Francisco Ferreira Neto is partner and director of Unigen Tecnologia do DNA Ltda., a firm devoted to providing services such as DNA human parenthood diagnosis and DNA sexing and molecular-based pathogen identification for fowls and birds, and producing kits for biological sample collection for veterinary exams. Engene, a spin-off of Unigen is devoted to developing vaccines based on recombinant DNA.
In 1991 while in college, Ferreira Neto founded with his colleagues the first undergraduate student-directed biology firm in Brazil. Nowadays these firms are fairly common in most large universities around the country. Before starting Unigen, Ferreira Neto worked for 3 years as a commercial representative for large multinational pharmaceutical companies. Unigen materializes the dreams of its owners of providing innovative market-oriented services and professional expertise in biology outside the traditional field of academic research and teaching Unigen's mission statement is anchored in providing high standards in regards to quality of services and products, sharing a corporate culture that values human character and professional ethics. Unigen is part of the Economy of Communion (EdC) movement (http://www.edc-online.org/)
Antonio Francisco Ferreira Neto holds a BS in Biology and Medical Biology from Unicamp and a specialization in Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering from CBMEC-Unicamp, both in Brazil.
<p>Russ Finkelstein joined the staff of Action Without Borders in August 1995 to help build the site and to train nonprofit and community-based organizations on how best to use the internet. After ten years in the New York City office he moved west to open an office in Portland, OR. Currently, he manages work supporting those working in and seeking work in the nonprofit sector, including human resources professionals, graduate and fellowship programs, nonprofit career fairs, volunteerism, and the range of professional development trainings. </p> <p> He previously served as program director for the Higher Achievement Program, an educational and social enrichment program for inner city children in Washington, DC. </p> <p>Russ Finkelstein has his B.A. from Connecticut College and a Masters in Public Administration (MPA) in Education and Nonprofit Management from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs.</p>
David Fischell is the CEO of Angel Medical Systems. Fischell is a serial entrepreneur who has founded nine biomedical device companies in the last 15 years, including Angel Medical Systems, a company which has developed an implantable heart attack detection and patient alerting system.
Other companies include Neuralieve, Inc (2002) to develop Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation systems for Migraine Headaches; and NeuroPace, Inc. (1997) to develop implantable brain pacemakers to treat epilepsy.
David Fischell was at Bell Laboratories in 1979 where, for 11 years, he performed and directed a wide range of research and development projects. He left Bell Labs in 1991 to work full time on medical devices. He currently holds 85 issued U.S. patents, and has published numerous papers in the fields of telecommunications, cardiology, radiobiology, and radiation dosimetry.
David Fischell's comments are from a panel entitled "Bootstrapping to Success: Starting a Business on a Shoestring and a Prayer" that took place during Entrepreneurship at Cornell Celebration in April 2010.
David Fischell earning his Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Cornell University.
Stuart Flack is the Executive Director of the Chicago Humanities Festival. He joined the Chicago Humanities Festival as executive director in October 2007.
He was a partner at McKinsey & Company, where he provided consulting services in the areas of public affairs and marketing and, as its publisher and editor-in-chief, he built The McKinsey Quarterly into a leading international journal of business, economics and public policy. During his 25 years as a playwright, he has written "Homeland Security," "Sydney Bechet Killed a Man," "Jonathan Wild," "Floaters" and "American Life and Casualty." His plays have been produced at some of the leading theatres in the US including Victory Gardens (in Chicago), Southcoast Repertory Company (Costa Mesa, CA), Culture Project (New York, NY), Contemporary American Theatre Festival (Washington, DC) and Interact Theatre (Philadelphia, PA). His honors as a playwright include a McDowell Foundation Grant, a Joseph Jefferson Award Nomination, and a Los Angeles Dramalogue Award.
Stuart Flack earned a Master of Fine Arts in playwrighting from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy from Cornell University.
Jessica Jackley Flannery is a co-founder of Kiva with her husband Matt, and the spirit behind the organization. Flannery first saw the power and beauty of microfinance while working in rural Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda with Village Enterprise Fund and Project Baobab on impact evaluation and program development.
Previously, Flannery worked in the Stanford Center for Social Innovation to launch the inaugural Global Philanthropy Forum, and at Amazon.com, Potentia Media, the International Foundation and World Vision. Flannery has spoken widely on microfinance and social entrepreneurship, and has seen microfinance at work in a variety of communities in more than 30 countries.
Jessica Flannery holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business with Certificates in Global Management and Public Management, and a BA in Philosophy and Political Science from Bucknell University.
Joanne Florino is the Executive Director of the Triad Foundation.
Prior to her role at the Triad Foundation, Florino began her work in the nonprofit sector in 1984 at Atlantic charities before taking a position with the Park Family Foundation. She worked for the Park Family Foundation until it split into two and became the Triad Foundation and the Park Foundation.
Joanne Florino holds a master's degree from Cornell University.