Katie Brown is an American home and gardening television show host, author, actress, and trained art historian. Brown opened her first store called "Goat", which was located in Los Angeles and Mackinac Island, Michigan. It was a popular antique store and cafe. Katie has been serving up dime-store domesticity on Lifetime Television's Next Door with Katie Brown since October 1997. She has opened her own workshops in Los Angeles, New York, and Bridgehampton. Previously, Brown had a catering business in Los Angeles and raced on the U.S. Ski Team. Katie Brown received her undergraduate degree in Art History from Cornell University.
Malia Mills is head of her own company, Malia Mills. While the company focuses on swimwear design, it bills itself as a beauty company and the company\'s mission is \"to produce collections of items which inspire women to look in the mirror and see what is right instead of what is wrong.\" In 1993, Mills won the Vidal Sassoon Excellence in New Design award for her innovative designs. Prior to starting her own business, Malia Mills worked as an assistant designer for Jessica McClintock, Inc. Malia Mills is a graduate of Cornell University.
<p>Debbie Marquardt is the Global Franchise Marketing Director for Procter & Gamble Professional, the away-from-home division of Procter & Gamble that provides cleaning products and solutions for the Foodservice, Hospitality and Building Cleaning & Maintenance businesses. </p> <p>Debbie Marquardt has worked at P&G for more than 15 years on a variety of marketing assignments on Crisco, Jif, Charmin, NA Marketing Innovation and P&G Professional. </p> <p>Marquardt graduated from Dartmouth College with a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and Education and then from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern with a Masters of Business Management in Marketing and Finance. </p>
Rhonda Gilmore began her career at the furniture design company Herman Miller. In the mid-1980s Gilmore founded her own sole proprietorship, Rhonda Gilmore Design Consultant, in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Gilmore closed her business after six years to return to school and pursue a teaching career. Currently, Gilmore is a lecturer in the Department of Design and Environmental Analysis at Cornell. Rhonda Gilmore received her B.S. from the University of Cincinnati in 1982 and her M.A. in Interior Design from Cornell University in 1994.
Kathy Savitt is the founder and former Chief Executive Officer of Lockerz and current Chief Marketing Officer of Yahoo.
In her role as CEO of Lockerz, Kathy spent her time relentlessly focused on creating a unique online experience for millions of Lockerz members in 195 countries. Kathy's entrepreneurial spirit was evident early in her career, as she founded her first company, an integrated marketing communications firm called MWW/Savitt, before she turned 30. She then moved on to serve in key senior-level executive positions in retail, e-commerce, content and social media.
At Amazon.com, Kathy held the role of vice president of strategic communications, content and entertainment initiatives. She was also executive vice president and chief marketing officer at American Eagle Outfitters, Inc., where she led both the global marketing efforts of the company's portfolio of brands, and the digital and e-commerce channels.
In March 2009, Lockerz was born, with the mission of being the homepage of Generation Z. In additional to being a member of the Lockerz board, Kathy is currently is a member of the Board of Directors of Vitamin Shoppe, Inc.
Kathy Savitt earned a Bachelor's of Arts degree from Cornell University.
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.
Margie Whiteleather - Project Manager at Cornell Business Services, Business Services and Environmental Safety at Cornell University
Margie Whiteleather is a graduate of Yale University.
Sherece Y. West-Scantlebury is president and CEO of the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, a private, independent foundation whose mission is to improve the lives of all Arkansans in three interrelated areas: economic development; education; and economic, racial and social justice. Involved in philanthropy for over to 20 years, Dr. West-Scantlebury served as CEO at the Foundation for Louisiana and as a program associate at the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Her professional career includes nearly 30 years of experience in community development, public policy and advocacy, and public service. Sherece Y. West-Scantlebury received her PhD in Public Policy from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, her MA in Public Policy from the University of Michigan Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and her BA from Bowie State University.
Jacqueline Novogratz is the Founder and CEO of the Acumen Fund. In this role, Jacqueline Novogratz is responsible for the vision behind Acumen Fund's unique approach to using philanthropic capital to invest in scalable businesses that serve the poor with life-changing goods and services.
She has led the Acumen Fund team since its launch in 2001, and under her leadership Acumen Fund has invested $40 million in over 35 companies serving 25 million low-income customers in the developing world (as of April 2009). Prior to Acumen Fund, Jacqueline Novogratz founded and directed The Philanthropy Workshop and The Next Generation Leadership program at the Rockefeller Foundation. She began her career in international banking with Chase Manhattan Bank and she founded Duterimbere, a micro-finance institution in Rwanda.
Jacqueline currently serves on the Board of the Aspen Institute as well as the advisory councils of Stanford Graduate School of Business and MIT's Legatum Center. She is an Aspen Institute Henry Crown Fellow, a Synergos Institute Senior Fellow and has received honors including Ernst & Young's 2008 Entrepreneur of the Year Award, the 2009 CASE Leadership in Social Entrepreneurship Award and AWNY's 2009 Changing the Game Award.
Jacqueline Novogratz has an MBA from Stanford and a BA in Economics/International Relations from the University of Virginia. She is the author of the bestselling memoir, The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World, published in early 2009.