<p>Ryan Legg came to the Johnson School with an interest in entrepreneurship and the clean technology industry. Prior to joining the MBA program, he worked as a program manager at the Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise to build programs to help companies assess and capitalize on new market opportunities in renewable energy. His experience includes providing recommendations for investment in biomass energy, and a competitive analysis of the carbon markets for emissions certification and trading. After graduating in May 2010, Ryan joined the GE energy team as part of the Renewable Energy Leadership Program and is currently working on their wind energy business.</p>
Aija Leiponen is an Assistant Professor in Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University. She joined the department in 2001.
Prior to joining Cornell University, she carried out research at the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Austria, Institute for Industrial Relations in UC Berkeley, and the Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA) in Finland.
Leiponen's teaching and research focus on the sources and effects of technological change in the economy. The overarching goal of her research program is to understand the interactions between organizational arrangements and innovation.
Aija Leiponen received her Ph.D. in Economics from the Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration. During her doctoral studies, she spent two years as a Fulbright scholar in the Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley.
Gerald Lema is corporate vice president and president of Baxter's Asia Pacific region. He has responsibility for the company's operations in Japan, Australia/New Zealand, China/Hong Kong, India, North Asia and South East Asia. Lema has more than 20 years of pharmaceutical, diagnostics and healthcare experience in Asia, Japan, Europe, North and South America and the Middle East/Africa. Prior to joining Baxter in 2005, Lema held several management positions in strategy, sales, marketing and business development at Abbott Laboratories. His last position with Abbott was corporate vice president, Asia Pacific, and chairman and representative director, Abbott Japan based in Tokyo. Gerald Lema earned a Bachelor of Science in engineering from Universidad del Valle, Colombia and a master's degree in business administration from the Freeman School of Business, Tulane University, New Orleans.
Steve Leveen is the co-founder and CEO of Levenger, known for its catalog of "tools for serious readers." Levenger (an amalgam of Leveen and his wife's last name, Granger), started out as a purveyor of state-of-the-art halogen book reading lights and grew to become a highly successful Internet and retail company, touting tools for serious readers, writers and thinkers. Today, Levenger is a multimillion dollar company with 225 employees and stores in Delray Beach, Fla., Boston and Chicago. The Levenger catalog is distributed to 24 million households annually.
Prior to starting Levenger with his wife in 1987, Leveen worked in marketing for a software firm in Boston, as a survey researcher for a firm in Washington, D.C. and as a journalist for McGraw-Hill in New York City.
Steve Leveen holds a B.A. in Biology from University of California, San Diego and a Master's in PhD in Sociology from Cornell University.
Mike Leven is Vice Chairman of the Atlanta-based Marcus Foundation, where he has been a trustee and a member of the board of The Marcus Institute and Georgia Aquarium since 2003. The Marcus Foundation was founded by Bernie Marcus, co-founder of Home Depot.
Leven was formerly President and CEO of US Franchise Systems, Inc. (USFS), the company he founded in 1995 which franchises the Microtel Inns & Suites and Hawthorn Suites hotel brands. Under Leven's tenure, USFS gained national recognition as a fair franchisor, both customer and franchisee-oriented. Prior to that, he was president and COO of Holiday Inn Worldwide. From 1985 to 1990, he was president of Days Inn of America, where he led initiatives to hire older workers, people with disabilities and the homeless, and was recognized by AARP as Outstanding Employer. He also served as president of Americana Hotels.
Mike Leven holds a Bachelor of Arts from Tufts University and Master of Science from Boston University.
<p>Al S. Levin, Ed.D., Professor of Counselor Education at California State University, Sacramento, was formerly the Assistant Director at Stanford University's Career Development Center, MBA Career Management Center, and Lecturer at Stanford's School of Education.</p> <p>Dr. Levin has authored numerous career development publications including "Luck Is No Accident: Making the Most of Happenstance in Your Life and Career" (Impact Publishers), which he co-authored with Dr. John Krumboltz of Stanford University. </p>
David Levine is Assistant Attending Orthopaedic Surgeon, Hospital for Special Surgery and Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College. David attended Cornell University where he graduated from the College of Arts and Sciences with 'Distinction in All Subjects' in 1988. He attended the Weill Cornell Medical College, achieving his degree in 1992. He subsequently performed a General Surgery Internship at the University of California, San Diego Medical Center. He returned to New York City in 1993 to begin his Orthopedic Surgery Residency at Hospital for Special Surgery. Completing his residency training in 1997, he received the Jean C. McDaniel Award for 'Excellence in Orthopedics' from his peers. In 1997-98 he received Fellowship Training in Orthopedic Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery of the Foot and Ankle at Harborview Medical Center / University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle, Washington.
Jonathan Levine is an Aesthetic Dentist and founder of Jonathan B. Levine & Associates. As a renowned dentist and prosthodontist in practice for nearly 30 years, Levine offers a comprehensive approach to dental health, intersecting beauty with function. Levine is a visionary product inventor, clinical researcher and published author. Holding three patents and 12 patents pending in oral care, Levine is responsible for modernizing the way people whiten their teeth. He has appeared on several national television networks and shows, including CNN, Good Morning America, The Dr. Oz Show (as a regular expert), The View and more. As an authoritative source in smile health and beauty, he is frequently quoted in top national print publications, including InStyle, Marie Claire, Men's Health, People Stylewatch, Self, The New York Times, USA Today and more.
Jeremy Levine is a partner in Bessemer’s New York office. He joined the firm in 2001 and focuses primarily on software and Internet companies. He has led early stage investments in consumer-Internet companies including LinkedIn, Pinterest, Raise, Wikia and Yelp; e-commerce businesses including KupiVIP and Shopify; and SaaS companies including MindBody and Parallels. Several of his portfolio companies have gone public in the last few years, and he has also served on the boards of several Bessemer-backed companies before they were acquired by larger corporations such as Amazon, AOL, Cox, Sony and Naspers. Jeremy graduated from Duke University with a B.S. in computer science and economics.
Sara Levinson has forged a distinguished career working with several of the world's leading brands, companies that enjoy recognizable and powerful consumer loyalties. Her board experience includes a diverse group of Fortune 500 companies and startup Internet businesses. She has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Macy's and Harley-Davidson for over a decade. She is a board member of Cafe Mom, the popular social network for mothers, where she previously served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. And she serves as an advisory board member with startup company, The Flow.net. In operating roles, Sara was the President of the Women's Publishing Group, Rodale Inc, overseeing some of the largest publishing brands in the health and wellness category, including Prevention Magazine and the South Beach Diet books, among others. She was President of NFL Properties Inc, the marketing, licensing and sponsorship division of the NFL, representing the NFL and all 32 teams. She was named the first "Woman of the Year" by Women in Sports and Entertainment. While at the NFL, Sara introduced fan development programs to expand the NFL's fan base, creating local flag football leagues to involve young fans in the sport, marketing to women and casual fans nationally, for the first time in the League's history. Under her leadership, Advertising Age named the NFL as the Promotional Marketer of the year, recognizing the NFL's innovative promotional efforts with women and kids. Sara also served as the President of MTV, Music Television, and held roles at MTV Networks such as Executive Vice President in charge of new business at MTV, Nickelodeon and VH1, and as Executive Vice President in charge of business operations at MTV. During her tenure at MTV, she architected and directed the network's global expansion with the launches of MTV Brazil, MTV Asia (introducing MTV into over 2 dozen countries in Asia), MTV Japan and MTV Latino (Spanish language MTV covering the entire continent of South and Central America). She also served on the board of MTV Europe and Comedy Central's predecessor, The Comedy Channel. She is responsible for bringing MTV Latino, a one-hour MTV program to Spanish language network Telemondo, in the 1980's. She has also worked at Doyle Dane Bernbach advertising agency as an account executive. And she began her career in media at Showtime Entertainment in the late 70's, starting in the cable business 'before cable was cool.' She currently serves on the Advisory board of National Resources Defense Council's (NRDC) environmental magazine, On Earth. She graduated from Cornell University with a BS degree and from Columbia University with MBA in marketing and finance.
<p>Alexandra Levit's goal is to help people find meaningful jobs - quickly and simply - and to succeed beyond measure once they get there. In February 2010, she was named as the Wall Street Journal's newest career columnist and writes the Reinvent column that anchors the nationally syndicated Sunday Journal and appears weekly on WSJ.com. </p> <p>Also a current columnist for Metro US, Alexandra has authored several books, including the popular They Don't Teach Corporate in College (Career Press 2004 and 2009), How'd You Score That Gig? (Random House/Ballantine, 2008), Success for Hire (ASTD Press, 2008), MillennialTweet (SuperStar, 2009), and New Job, New You (Random House/Ballantine, 2010). Her book on the top myths of business success is due out from Penguin/Berkley in spring 2011. </p> <p>Alexandra Levit is a member of the Business Roundtable's Springboard Project, which is advising the Obama administration on current workplace issues. She graduated from Northwestern University.</p>
Tasha Lewis is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Fiber Science & Apparel Design. Her research interests include the disruptive impact of technology in the apparel industry, the behavior of fashion brands, global and domestic apparel production ("glocalization") issues, and the significance of social responsibility and sustainability throughout the global apparel supply chain. Tasha Lewis received her undergraduate and Master's degrees from The Ohio State University and her PhD from Cornell University.