John Renehan co-founded EnVision Leadership Inc. in 2000. EnVision Leadership is an organization based in Boston, MA, that builds inclusive leadership programs. For five years, Renehan served as Executive Director serving thousands of students and educators from all fifty states and over thirty countries.
John Renehan received his undergraduate degree from the University of Richmond and will receive his MBA from Cornell University's Johnson Graduate School of Management in 2007.
Hilary Lashley Renison is a Lead Consultant for GE Energy Consulting's Power Economics group. She has passionately built a career in energy, focused on sustainable technologies.
Hilary Lashley Renison graduated from Cornell University's Johnson Graduate School of Management with an MBA in corporate finance and strategic operations. In addition, she holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and a Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell.
<p>Hillary Lashley Renison graduated from the Johnson School at Cornell University with an MBA in 2009 focused in operations and corporate finance. She has a strong interest for international business, and has lived abroad in France and India. Having worked in both traditional and renewable energy prior, she has a deep and diverse understanding of the global energy economy and its respective infrastructure. As an aspiring thought leader within the clean technology industry, Hilary is passionately building her career in renewable energy currently through the Renewable Energy Development Program at GE.</p>
Rosalind Resnick, a former business and computer journalist who built her Internet marketing company, NetCreations, Inc., from a two-person home-based startup to a public company that generated $58 million in sales, is the Founder and CEO of Axxess Business Centers, Inc., which provides strategic consulting and assistance in business plan development for startups and emerging businesses. Resnick co-founded NetCreations in March 1995 and served as the company's CEO and President until December 2001, pioneering the concept of 100% Opt-In email marketing in 1996 and spearheading the company's successful IPO in 1999. In 1994, Resnick co-authored The Internet Business Guide and, from 1994 to 1997, served as the editor and publisher of Interactive Publishing Alert, a semi-monthly newsletter tracking trends and developments in online publishing and advertising. Resnick began her career in the newspaper industry in 1980 at The Baltimore Sun and worked as a business writer at The Miami Herald from 1984 to 1989. Her articles about entrepreneurship and small business regularly appear in Entrepreneur.com. Rosalind Resnick received B.A. and M.A. degrees in History from The Johns Hopkins University.
<p>Erica Retblatt is the Human Resources Manager at Hillstone Restaurant Group. Prior to her role at Hillstone, Retblatt had assorted experience in the hospitality industry including working as a sommelier in a three-star restaurant and later moving into management roles.</p> <p>Retblatt shared her experiences as a woman in business on a panel of "Women In Business" presented by Cornell University's Career Center.</p> <p>Erica Retblatt received her undergraduate degree from Columbia University and received a Masters of Management in Hospitality (MMH) from Cornell University. </p>
Joan Reuning owns and operates FIbers and Fantasy, a large and exciting retail gallery near Cayuga Lake in Ithaca, NY. The store features contemporary clothing and a huge variety of American Crafts.
In addition to owning the store, Joan Reuning is a fiber artist who designs many of the stores clothing pieces.
Joan Reuning is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY.
Nancy Taber Richards is the owner/cheesemaker at Finger Lakes Farmstead Cheese Co. LLC, located between Ithaca and Watkins Glen, NY. All the milk comes from Taber Hill Farms' 50-head Holstein cowherd belonging to her parents and brothers. Nancy's business partner, an experienced Dutch cheesemaker, helped establish the cheesemaking process. Previously, she was a reporter at the Bar Harbor Times. Nancy Richards is a graduate of Cornell University
David Rickerby is a Partner at the law firm of Choate Hall and Stewart in Boston, MA. He heads the Technology Licensing practice area at Choate and has particular areas of focus in intellectual property counseling, emerging companies, university licensing, distribution channel strategy and open source law.
Rickerby has worked in the technology licensing area for more than a decade. Prior to joining the firm, Rickerby was an associate in the Patent and Intellectual Property Group at Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, an associate in the Corporate and Venture Capital and Emerging Companies Group at Edwards & Angell, a Contracts Manager in the Technology Management Group at Computer Sciences Corporation, and the Legal Manager for PSI International, Inc.
David Rickerby received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University and his law degree from the University of Connecticut.
Jeremy Riney started Project Playlist in February, 2006 as a weekend hobby. After launching a MySpace widget for Project Playlist, the site traffic exploded. Recently ranked by Comscore as one of the fastest growing sites on the internet, Project Playlist now has over 14 million registered users (growing at 50,000 new registrations per day) and 15 million playlist widgets embedded all over the internet. The mission at Project Playlist, Inc. is help people find and enjoy music legally throughout the web in the same way that other search engines help people find webpages, images, and other media.
Jeremy has over 10 years of entrepreneurial experience that focus around his passions for the Internet and online music and a yet-unfilled passion for theme parks. Jeremy started Music America Records, an online record label and music publishing company. After Music America Records, he simultaneously started Bluewire Connect and Praise Collection. Bluewire Connect provided custom branded social networks to recording artists and then expanded to colleges, universities, companies and organizations. Praise Collection acquired the rights to thousands of hours of rare, live performances featuring some of the world's most famous gospel and country artists including Chet Atkins, CeCe Winans, Fred Hammond, Yolanda Adams and many others. The performances were compiled into a subscription DVD service and sold through direct marketing channels.
In college, Jeremy started a textbook rental business, an online customer acquisition company and an online ticketing business. In his spare time he found time to work for the Disneyland Resort as a tour guide and guest relations host.
William Ritter is the Chapter Chair for the Greater Binghamton, New York Chapter of SCORE. SCORE is a national nonprofit association dedicated to entrepreneur education and the formation, growth and success of the nation's small businesses. SCORE volunteers serve as "Counselors to America's Small Business."
SCORE volunteers are real-world professionals with time-tested knowledge who donate thousands of hours to help small businesses succeed. Counselors are experts in such areas as accounting, engineering, finance, marketing, management and business plan preparation.
<p>Susan RoAne leads a double life as a bestselling author and a sought-after keynote speaker. Known as "The Mingling Maven," she gives her multi-generational audiences the required tools, techniques and strategies they need to connect and communicate in todays global business world. Her practical, informative, and interactive presentations are known for what The San Francisco Chronicle calls her dynamite sense of humor.</p> <p>Because of her groundbreaking best-seller, How to Work a Room, Susan is considered the undisputed and original networking and conversation expert. It has sold over a million books worldwide and has launched an industry that she continues to create and shape in the 21st Century. She also wrote The Secrets of Savvy Networking , What Do I Say Next?,and her new book is Face To Face: How To Reclaim The Personal Touch in A Digital World.</p> <p>Susan RoAne received her Master's Degree from San Francisco State University and her Bachelor's from the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana.</p>
David Robb is the General Manager of the Tuscarora Organic Growers Cooperative. Robb is a teacher and organic farming devotee. Robb has been an artisan, small business owner, visiting professor, community organizaer, consultant, Slow Food convivium founder and leader, and an organic dairy business development manager. In his role as GM at the Tuscarora Organic growers Cooperative, Robb is attempting to manage the comings and goings of thousands of cases of organic vegetables and the staff and farmers that make the cooperative a success.
Robb's comments are from a panel discussion entitled "Working Together - Partnerships That Make Marketing Possible". The panel was part of a 2007 Strategic Marketing Workshop held in Hyde Park, NY.
David Robb holds an undergraduate degree in economics and politial science.