Alan G. Hevesi was elected New York State Comptroller in 2002. Under his stewardship as sole trustee, the nation's second largest pension fund grew from $95 billion to $119.2 billion, a 29 percent gain, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2004.
Some of the Comptroller's responsibilities include managing and protecting the state pension fund, auditing the spending practices of all state agencies and local governments, reviewing the New York State and City budgets, reviewing and approving all state contracts, and administering the State Oil Spill Fund.
Before his election as State Comptroller, Hevesi served two terms as New York City Comptroller. Under his stewardship, the city's pension funds grew from $49 billion to nearly $100 billion. Hevesi more than doubled the number of audits conducted by his Office, identifying hundreds of millions of dollars in savings.
Hevesi also spent 22 years in the State Assembly, where he authored 108 laws and established himself as a champion for affordable health care, education reform and the rights of people with disabilities.
Alan Hevesi holds a PH.D in Public Law & Government from Columbia University. He was a professor of political science at Queens College from 1967-1993, and was later an adjunct professor at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and Fordham Law School.
Joy Higa is Vice President, Health Care Reform at United Healthcare where she manages federal health reform policy and implementation.
She previously served as deputy chief of staff to the California State Controller from 2004 to 2006 and chief deputy cabinet secretary in the Office of the Governor during 2003.
Joy Higa received her bachelor of arts degree from Cornell University.
Tracy Higginbotham is the founder of Women TIES, a company dedicated to creating a regional marketplace for women entrepreneurs. Higginbotham has been an entrepreneur for twelve years as President of Five Star Events, a special event management company specializing in the execution, planning and coordination of events for corporations, organizations, and individuals. For nine years, Higginbotham was President of the Women's Business Owners Connections, a networking and support organization for women business owners in Syracuse. She helped grow it from 8 members to 130 members when she stepped down in 2005. Tracy Higginbotham is a graduate of the State University of New York at Oswego where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration.
Marilyn Higgins is the Vice President of Economic Development at National Grid. In this role, she plans, directs and implements the economic development strategy of the Corporation in New York. She is responsible for attracting new business investment and jobs into the Corporation's thirty-seven county, upstate New York service territory. Working collaboratively with federal, state and local government officials and regional public and private development entities, Higgins provides leadership, strategy and resources for the revitalization of Upstate New York communities. She manages a multi-million dollar economic development fund and supervises a team of economic development professionals engaged in marketing, national and international business recruitment, site development and community renewal.
Marilyn Higgins received a BS in Political Science from SUNY Oswego.
Bill Higgins is the owner of Saratoga Garlic in Saratoga Springs, NY. The company is an organic produce and garlic farm.
A conversation with a steak house owner in Manhattan gave Bill Higgins the idea of farming organic produce. He gave up his initial idea of carrots and potatoes for garlic mainly due to the fact that is doesn't require the amount of acreage a field crop would require.
Colin Hill is Chairman and CEO of Gene Network Sciences. In this role, Hill develops the strategic roadmap and vision for the company and oversees the leadership of business operations. Hill brings years of hands-on scientific experience to his role, with expertise in the areas of computational physics and systems biology. Colin Hill was recently named to MIT Technology Review's TR100 list of the top innovators in the world under the age of 35, and was also selected by Black Enterprise as the winner of the 2004 "Rising Star" small business award. Colin Hill graduated from Virginia Tech with a degree in physics and went on to earn masters degrees in physics from McGill and Cornell Universities.
Jean Hill is Executive Director of Infrastructure for the Retail Division at Morgan Stanley.
Prior to her role at Morgan Stanley, Hill headed up infrastructure services for Merrill Lynch's Institutional business and served as a consultant at Credit Suisse First Boston. Prior to those roles, she founded and later sold a startup company which sold Kosher meat by mail-order.
Jean Hill received her undergraduate degree from Cornell University and her law degree from Fordham University.
Harry Hill is the President of Oak Lawn Marketing.
Harry Hill'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.
Harry Hill received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University.
Graham Hill is a social entrepreneur and founder of TreeHugger. TreeHugger is the leading media outlet dedicated to driving sustainability mainstream.
Hill's past businesses include forays into fashion, web-development, viral email and plant-based air filters. In 1995, with his cousin, he started and grew the web-developer, SiteWerks, to 60 people doing work for large companies such as Microsoft and sold it to a New York company in 1998. Additionally, he owns a product business that sells a New York souvenir he designed a few years ago into 150 stores including MOMA.
Graham Hill has a Bachelor of Architecture with distinction from Carleton University in Ottawa and did advanced studies in Industrial Design at E.C.I.A.D, Vancouver.
Adam Hirsch is an advisor to Mashable and current SVP, Emerging Media and Technology of Edelman Digital. From 2008 to Jan. 2012, he was Mashable’s chief operating officer where was critical in developing Mashable from a small blog into a media company. These clips are from a symposia session during the entrepreneurship Celebration weekend at Cornell University. The panel was entitled, “The Cutting-Edge: Making the Most of Emerging Technologies†and touched on how emerging technologies will revolutionize industries and impact privacy. Adam Hirsch is a graduate of Cornell University.
Liam Hoban is a Project Manager for Adidas America.
Liam Hoban is a graduate of Cornell University.
Emily Hochberg is the founder of Emily Hochberg Luxury Hospitality.
After two decades of retail and buying experience, Hochberg started her own business in 2000 selling luxury merchandise to hotels and restaurants. She began with a single, high-profile line of bed, bath, and table linens before expanding her business to multiple products for four- and five-star hotels and restaurants. By providing excellent service, unique and varied merchandise, and competitive pricing for stock and custom products, Hochberg has built a portfolio of clients that includes more than 300 hotels, restaurants, spas, conference centers, bed and breakfasts, purchasing companies, and design firms. Annual sales for Emily Hochberg Luxury Hospitality are approximately $5 million.