Helen Lockhart is the Chair of the Wolf Greenfield & Sacks' Biotechnology Practice Group. Her practice involves securing and enforcing domestic and international intellectual property rights. She counsels a variety of clients, including universities, smaller and mid-sized companies, start-ups and entrepreneurs.
Lockhart has broad experience in prosecuting biotechnology patents relating to human gene therapy, improved immune response modulators, drug delivery, catalytic molecules, antibodies, fluorescence based micro- and nano-analysis, cell culture, mass spectrometry, nucleic acid sequencing, polymer-based and biological-based drug delivery systems, antisense nucleic acid therapeutics, newly discovered genes for diagnostic and therapeutic uses, peptides, small molecule mimetics, combinatorial libraries and drug screening assays.
Her doctoral research focused on the regulation of cellular growth and differentiation through signal transduction mechanisms.
Lockhart is admitted to Massachusetts Bar and is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. She is also a member of the American Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association, Boston Patent Law Association, and Boston Bar Association. Helen has been named in Boston Magazine as one of Massachusetts' "Super Lawyers" in the field of intellectual property.
Helen Lockhart received her BS in Biochemistry from University of California, Riverside. She received her Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Boston University and her law degree from Suffolk University Law School.
Anne Loehr is a partner in Riverstone Endeavors. Loehr has owned and managed eco-friendly hotels and safari companies in Kenya for over 15 years. While managing 500 employees there, Loehr could not find seasoned trainers to teach leadership, coaching, and teambuilding skills. She began to study these skills herself, and after selling her properties she returned to the United States to specialize in executive coaching and leadership development.
Loehr has also co-founded Safaris for the Soul, leadership retreats that help senior managers find their organizational values and purpose. These trips take place around the world and have been featured in The Washingtonian, Business Traveler and Body+Soul. Loehr's award-winning book "A Manager's Guide to Coaching: Simple and Effective Ways to Get the Best Out of Your Employees," was published by the American Management Association in 2008. Her work has been covered in Newsweek International, National Geographic Traveler, CNN Money, Sunday Times (UK), Guardian (UK) and other international media.
Anne Loehr is a graduate of Cornell Universityâ€[TM]s School of Hotel Administration.
Perri LoPinto is currently the Director of Community Relations and Development at Franziska Racker Centers, a private non-profit organization dedicated to creating opportunities for people with special needs. Prior to that position, LoPinto created the publication "Ithaca Child" - a paper geared towards parents in the Ithaca, NY community. Perri LoPinto holds an undergraduate degree in Fine Arts.
Kevin Lowe is an associate professor of business administration in the Bryan School of Business and Economics at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses and his research on leadership and cross-cultural management has taken him to academic venues around the globe.
Kevin Lowe is graduate of the University of Louisville, he holds an MBA with an emphasis in investments from Stetson University and a PhD in organizational behavior from the Chapman Graduate School of Business at Florida International University.
Bridget Lowell is Vice President of Strategic Communications and Outreach at Urban Institute.
With more than 15 years as a communications strategist, spokesperson, and on-air reporter, her experience spans the nonprofit and private sectors, Capitol Hill, and the media industry. Before joining the Institute, she served as director of strategic communications at Change.org, the world's fastest-growing digital platform for social change. She held the same position at The Nature Conservancy, a global nonprofit with 3,800 employees across three dozen countries. Lowell is known for her success in revamping organizational message architecture, executing complex communications plans, and expanding media coverage.
From 2001 to 2006, Lowell was communications director for U.S. Representative David Price. She also worked as an on-air reporter at the ABC affiliate in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She got her start as an on-air reporter and producer for the Regional News Network, a cable news channel in Kingston, New York.
Bridget Lowell is a graduate of Cornell University.
<p>Richard Loynd has had a distinguished career which included his position as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of INTERCO. It was under his leadership that the company engaged in its negotiations to restructure its debt, and ultimately emerged from Chapter 11 proceedings with a stronger balance sheet and a new focus on growth. In 1992, INTERCO had four primary operating companies: Florsheim and Converse in footwear manufacturing, and Broyhill and Lane in furniture manufacturing. In an effort to more clearly define the company's focus, in 1994 INTERCO spun off to its interest in Florsheim and Converse. The company was renamed Furniture Brands International to embrace the new focus. Loynd is now retired but still serves on the company's Board of Directors. </p> <p>Richard Loynd is a graduate of Cornell University. </p>
Katie Lucchesi and Chaun Sims are both students at Colorado State University who placed third in the 2006 University of Colorado at Boulder Cleantech Innovators' Challenge for their company, Bright Light Innovations.
Bright Light Innovations produces the Firefly Stove, an inexpensive stove that provides heat and electricity without emitting harmful kerosene or wood smoke. The company says it is designed for use in homes without electricity in developing countries. But the stove isn't just for cooking and warming a room. Because it uses a thermo-electric generator, a device that converts heat from the stove into electricity, the electricity generated can be used for light or stored in a battery for use at a later time.
Since placing third and winning $5,000 in the contest, Bright Light Innovations has received a grant from the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance, which allowed the team to build and field test prototype stoves in India. The team, now working on a redesigned stove based on the field test results, expects that an updated model will be available in limited quantities later this year. Team members expect to establish a profitable business within a few years.
Katie Lucchesi is a senior at Colorado State University and expects to graduate in 2007.
<p>Joni Lusty is a Campus Recruiter at Ernst & Young and has been with the firm for 10 years. She is responsible for Ernst&Young's recruiting efforts for the Pacific Northwest Advisory practice. Lusty is very involved in a number of EYs internal initiatives which include the local Professional Women's Network and Social Responsibility group. </p> <p>Before becoming a campus recruiter, Lusty worked as Audit Manager with E&Y in their Salt Lake City office. </p> <p> Joni Lusty graduated with her Masters in Accounting at Brigham Young University.</p>
Valerie Lyon is the Associate Director, Business and Finance at Gannett University Health Services at Cornell University. She received her Masters in health care administration from Cornell University and her undergraduate degree from Ithaca College.
Jim Lyons is the CTO of Novus Energy Partners. He recently took this position after a 30 year career with General Electric. At GE, he was the corporate champion behind GE's 2002 entry into the wind energy business - the company's most successful startup with estimated 2008 revenues of $6B.
Jim Lyons received his BS in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, his Masters in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and his PhD from Cornell University.
Ed Mace has had a distinguished thirty-five-year career in the hotel business. He has served as a director of the San Francisco-based REIT, BRE Properties since 1998.
Previously, he served as President, Vail Resorts Lodging Company and Rock Resorts International LLC (both subsidiaries of Vail Resorts, Inc.) from 2001 to 2006. Mace served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Fairmont Hotels & Resorts,U.S. /Mexico division, from 2000 to 2001 and as President and Chief Executive Officer of Fairmont Hotels, from 1996 to 2000. He was the Midwest regional director of management consulting for the Real Estate Industry Group of KPMG from 1994 to 1996.
Ed Mace holds an undergraduate degree from Cornell University.
Susan & Amy Machamer (a mother and daughter team, respectively) and their family are owners of Hurd Orchards, a fruit grower in operation since the early 1800's. Their product line has diversified into wholesale and retail produce, processed "jar products", a bakery, and foodservice. The term "jar products" refers to their lines of jams, jellies, brandy fruits, pickles, vinegars, chutneys, sauces, and cordials. This diversification is the result of innovation, product development, and effective niche marketing. The company has successfully differentiated their high quality products by developing their products along with their brand image. The company shows remarkable tenacity and desire to stay true to their philosophy and mission of sustaining production of quality fruit products.