Chad Moutray joined the U.S. Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy in October 2002. At Advocacy, he is the Chief Economist and Director of the Office of Economic Research. In this role, he oversees the research being conducted both internally and externally through contracts. Advocacy is responsible for disseminating and maintaining a number of databases on small firms.
Prior to joining Advocacy, Chad was the Dean of the School of Business Administration at Robert Morris College (RMC) in Chicago, where he taught economics and finance courses.
Chad Moutray has a Ph.D. in economics from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and an M.A. and B.A. in economics from Eastern Illinois University.
Kate Jones has over fifteen years of experience in Sales and Marketing. Much of that experience was gained during her time at Procter & Gamble. Kate is an expert at developing multi-functional, customer-focused teams, and fully utilizing these organizations to generate competitive advantage for clients. As both a facilitator and leader, Kate applies customer relationship management principles to all areas of a client's business, enabling them to deliver faster results, achieve greater efficiencies, and reduce costs.
Kate Jones received her undergraduate degree from Cornell University.
Theresa Bergeron is the Founder and President of Thermohair, Inc. Thermohair produces goods - specifically socks - that are knitted with mohair (the fleece of angora goats). The company is located in South Mountain, Ontario - an hour's drive south of Ottawa. Theresa Bergeron holds a bachelor's degree in Life Sciences and a Master's degree in Human Nutrition.
Mark Brandt is a Partner and Founder of The Maple Fund which invests in emerging technology - specifically nanotechnology.
Prior to his involvement with the Maple Fund, Mark Brandt was working at Notiva, a retail financial software company where he served as Cofounder, Board Member and Vice President of Corporate Development. Prior to Notiva, Mark worked at Andersen Consulting and Cargill Incorporated.
Mark Brandt is a graduate of Cornell University.
John Callister joined the Cornell faculty in 1999. He holds a joint academic position as lecturer in the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the School of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research at Cornell. He was an automotive engineer at General Motors from 1985 to 1993, and taught at Tri-State University from 1996 to 1998. He is also the co-founder and vice-president of Foxdale, Inc., an equipment leasing firm in the blown-film polymer industry. He is an active participant in Cornell's Entrepreneurship and Personal Enterprise Program, and is a member of the American Society of Engineering Educators and the Academy of Management.
John Callister received his Ph.D. from Cornell University, his MBA from University of Chicago, his M.S. from Cornell University and his B.S. from University of Minnesota.
Laura J. Clark is a Principal at Front Barnett Associates in Chicago. In this role, she serves as investment counsel to individual and institutional clients as well as a portfolio manager.
Prior to her position at Front Barnett, Clark worked for 12 years at JP Morgan. From 1992 to 1998, served as Vice President in equity sales with responsibility for institutional clients in Minneapolis, Chicago, Denver, and San Francisco. From 1985 to 1992, served in a variety of areas involving corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, undergraduate recruiting, and cash management.
Laura Clark received a B.S. in Engineering from Cornell University.
From 1997 until joining CCTEC in 1999, John was President of Aureus, Inc., a management consulting firm. The firm focused on technology start-up companies. Prior to starting Aureus, Inc., John was president of Brenner Home & Garden, a full-service landscaping and construction company serving central New York State for nine years. John received a B.S. in plant science from the University of New Hampshire, an M.S. in science education from Syracuse University and an M.B.A. from Cornell University.
Jean Hill is Executive Director of Infrastructure for the Retail Division at Morgan Stanley.
Prior to her role at Morgan Stanley, Hill headed up infrastructure services for Merrill Lynch's Institutional business and served as a consultant at Credit Suisse First Boston. Prior to those roles, she founded and later sold a startup company which sold Kosher meat by mail-order.
Jean Hill received her undergraduate degree from Cornell University and her law degree from Fordham University.
Rhett is Chairman and CEO of DEALTEK, Ltd. He specializes in development, expansion, and location strategies for headquarters, manufacturing, and other operating facilities. Rhett has negotiated, advocated, and closed deals for many Global 500, Fortune 500, and other companies.
Before founding DEALTEK, Rhett directed a corporate expansion and relocation consulting practice at a Big 4 firm. He previously also served as a bank's Chief Operations Officer and practiced law at a major international law firm. Rhett holds law licenses in Virginia, Washington, D.C., and New York. He has focused his consulting and law practices on business, finance, and real estate deals; technology licensing; entrepreneurial ventures; and economic development.
Rhett received a B.S. in Management (finance major) with honors from Tulane University, a Doctor of Jurisprudence from the College of William and Mary, and an Executive Certificate in International Business from Georgetown University. He also completed the Economic Development Course at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.