Fernando Lima is the founder of Florestas, an organic beauty company based in Brazil. The company and its premier beauvty line, Ikove, appear in spas and high-end reail stores.
Prior to founding Florestas, Lima spent 10 years working at itibank and other global banking firms.
Fernando Lima holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Sao Paulo, and MBA from Universidade de Sao Paulo and a PhD in Economics from Universidad de Barcelona.
Sheena Lindahl is the author of the bestselling book,The Student Success Manifesto: How to Create a Life of Passion, Purpose, and Prosperity. Lindahl, along wit her husband, Michael Simmons, founded Extreme Entrepreneurship Education, LLC, while attending NYU in 2003. The pair have been named among BusinessWeek's "Best Entrepreneurs Under 25" in 2006. In addition, Simmons and Lindahl are the co-founders of Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour (EET), a collegiate tour bringing America's top young enterpreneurs to college campuses for a half-day conference to spread the entrepreneurial mindset. Started in fall 2006, the tour has visited over 60 schools nation-wide and has received the Innovation Award from the National Association of Development Organizations and the Program of the Year award from Northern Michigan University. Sheena Lindahl is a graduate of the Steinhardt School of Education at New York University.
Barbara Lindheim is co-founder and partner of GendeLLindheim BioCom Partners, LLC. Prior to founding that group, she was VIce President of Strategic Communications at Orchid BioSciences. She has also had management positions at Edelman Public Relations and Noonan/Russo Communications.
Barbara Lindheim received her undergraduate degree from Cornell University. She earned an M.B.A. with distinction from the Harvard Business School and an M.P.A. from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University.
Howard Lindzon is a Canadian author, financial analyst, technical analyst and super angel investor. Lindzon manages a hedge fund, serves as managing partner of the holding company Social Leverage, limited partner at Knight\'s Bridge Capital Partners, and is the co-founder of StockTwits. Howard Lindzon received a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Western Ontario before moving to the United States to attend Arizona State University for a Master of Business Administration.
Laurie Linn is the President of Communique Design & Marketing, Inc. She has fifteen years experience in the field of marketing stemming from consulting with major financial institutions, such as Citibank, Chase and Bank One to smaller institutions around the globe.
John E. Little is a Senior Lecturer of Accounting at Cornell University's Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management. Jack has taught accounting for nearly 30 year at both the Community College and University level. He received his Undergraduate degree in Accounting from LeMoyne College in Syracuse, his Master's degree in Business and Public Policy from SUNY's Empire State College and is a licensed New York State Certified Public Accountant.
In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Jack coordinates the accounting program within Dyson, counseling students on academic, career and professional licensing matters. He is a longstanding member of the School's Undergraduate Studies Committee and a more recent member of the College's Academic Petitions Committee. At the end of the 2010-11 academic year Jack was awarded the Donald C. Burdett Distinguished Advisor Award.
He is a former partner of the professional service firm of Ciaschi, Dietershagen, Little and Mickelson, LLP in Ithaca, New York, where he practiced for over 25 years. He served as managing partner and led the firm's Governmental and Not-for-Profit practice. His clients have included dozens of governmental units as well as local public authorities.
Jack remains active professionally currently providing accounting and management advisory consulting services to a limited number of businesses, local governments and not-for-profit organizations.
Jack resides in Ithaca with his wife, Amy, and two daughters, Johanna and Halee. He is a member of the Tompkins County Workforce Investment Board, where he has served as President of the board as well as a member of the Executive Committee. In his free time, he is an avid outdoorsman, hunter and animal enthusiast. Each year the family raises, tags and releases over 1,000 monarch butterflies as they begin their migration to central Mexico.
Lily Liu is the Founder and CEO of PublicStuff. PublicStuff is an online platform that connects people and local governments to increase civic participation in communities across the nation. They provide tools to both citizen and government users, so they can effectively communicate and influence things that affect the quality of their daily lives.
Lily has been working around public policy issues at the local and national level for over 10 years. She has been passionate about working for and around public sector issues and has a deep understanding of what government needs and abilities are. Lily has worked with Mayor Bloomberg's Special Projects & Analytics Unit in the Department of Education, a $20B organization. Prior to that, she worked in the City of Long Beach, CA the Transportation Security Administration in Washington, D.C.
Lily Liu received a BS and MS in Public Policy and Management from Carnegie Mellon University and an MS in Policy from Harvard University Kennedy School of Government.
Miran Liu is a Senior Manager in Business Development from Adobe. In her role as Senior Manager, she functions as matchmaker between Adobe and advertising agencies. Prior to her role at Adobe, Liu was a graphic designer. Miran Liu received her undergraduate degree from Boston University and her MBA from the Johnson School at Cornell University.
Shuo Liu is the General Manager of Wuhan Golden Pond Entertainment Co., Ltd. He has been running and managing the company for almost 10 years.
Shuo Liu graduated from Wuhan University with a Bachelor degree in Public Management.
Alissa Livingston is the Merchandise Planner for Men's Clothing and Furnishings at Polo Ralph Lauren, Retail Corporation. Previously, she was a Merchandise Planner at Abercrombie & Fitch.
At Ralph Lauren, Livingston is responsible for financial strategy and forecasting for several departments, including men's suits, sportcoats, trousers, formal outerwear, dress shirts and neckwear. She covers all labels, including Polo, Black Label, Purple Label and Made to Measure.
Alissa Livingston received her undergraduate degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Manufacturing Engineering from Northwestern University. She worked in the consulting industry for several years before returning to school to receive an MBA from Columbia University, Graduate School of Business, with a concentration in Finance and Retail.
Bill Lloyd joined Kodak in June 2003 as director, Portfolio Planning and Analysis. In October 2003, he was named director, Inkjet Systems Program, and was elected vice president of the company. In February 2005, he was elected a senior vice president. He assumed his current position as Chief Technical Officer in March, 2005.
Prior to Kodak, Lloyd was president of the consulting firm, Inwit, Inc. focused on imaging technology. He also has extensive expertise in imaging and printing technologies, stemming from his 31-year career at Hewlett-Packard Company where he was group vice president and CTO for consumer imaging and printing. In his career at HP, Lloyd held a variety of positions in product development and research both in the US and Japan.
Prior to joining Hewlett-Packard, he spent 7-years in the aerospace industry, where, among other things, he served as the project manager for the communications antenna on the Apollo Command and Service Module used in the lunar landing program.
Bill Lloyd received a BSEE degree from UCLA and a MSEE degree from Stanford University.