Tricia M. Barry is the Director of Communications at Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences. Tricia M. Barry received her undergraduate degree from Webster 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.
Carrie Regenstein is currently serving on the faculty of the CAUDIT Institute (The Council of Australian University Directors of Information Technology).
In May 2012, she retired from her position as the Associate Vice Provost for Computing Services at Carnegie Mellon University. Prior to her arrival at CMU in September 2005, she served as Associate CIO and Associate Director of DoIT (Division of Information Technology) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Between 1998 and 2001, Carrie served as Director of Academic Technology Services (a unit of Information Technology Services) and Assistant Dean for Educational Technology for The College at the University of Rochester, following many years of leading academic technology initiatives at Cornell University.
Carrie Regenstein graduated from Brooklyn College in NYC, Phi Beta Kappa and Magna Cum Laude. Her M.Ed. from Bridgewater State College, MA, is in the teaching of foreign languages. She has 26 credits beyond her Master's in a range of fascinating and disparate subjects.
Carol Bushberg founded her own dynamic real estate firm, Carol Bushberg Real Estate in January 2009. Prior to founding her company, Carol was an Associate Broker at Christopher George Real Estate, a small and well-respected office located immediate to the Cornell University campus. During her 18 years at Christopher George Real Estate, Carol worked side by side with Broker and mentor Christopher Anagnost; she became proficient in the sale of commercial property and student housing.
Carol Bushberg graduated with a B.S. in Agronomy from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University.
Margie Whiteleather - Project Manager at Cornell Business Services, Business Services and Environmental Safety at Cornell University
Margie Whiteleather is a graduate of Yale University.
Stacy Barrows is the owner of Savage Creek Aveda Concept salon in Ithaca, NY.
Maria Pacheco is the founder of Wakami.
Maria was born in Guatemala City, living there until the age of 12 when she and her family moved to the United States. Maria returned to Guatemala with her parents when she was 16. After completing her undergraduate studies in Guatemala, Maria attended Cornell University where she earned a Master's in Biological Agriculture.
In 1993, Maria returned to Guatemala once again, determined to address the famine that was a perpetual issue in her homeland. Teaming up with 10 other activists, she started an organic farming program in the rural villages of Sacalá.
In 2001, Maria and the activists she'd worked with in Sacalá joined together again to tackle the famine in Jocotán. She organized groups of artisans, skilled in ancient basket weaving techniques and sought markets outside of the villages to create a reliable income. They found a good distribution channel by securing a deal with the premium-quality rum company, Zacapa. The company's first order of over 2,000 units marked the beginning of a very promising enterprise.
In 2004, Maria founded Kiej de los Bosques S.A., a business dedicated to connecting rural villages with local markets. The program's success convinced Maria to expand into international markets, and eventually create opportunities for rural communities in other countries around the world. So in 2006, Maria joined with her cousin Queta Rodriguez to create Wakami, and the dream was born.
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.
Suzy Welch started her career as a reporter with the Miami Herald and then with the Associated Press. After business school, her professional experience included several years at Bain & Company, a management consulting firm based in Boston, where she focused on manufacturing clients. She later was named editor-in-chief of the Harvard Business Review. Although she has written a novel, she is probably best known as the writer and editor of numerous books and articles dealing with leadership, organizational change, and human resource management. Together with her husband, Jack Welch, she is co-author of the international bestseller Winning, its companion volume, Winning: The Answers, and "The Welch Way", a weekly column on business and career challenges that appeared in BusinessWeek magazine from 2005 to 2009 and was published in 45 major newspapers across the world by the New York Times Syndicate. On her own, Welch has written extensively about work-life balance and other cultural issues for publications ranging from O, The Oprah Magazine to the Wall Street Journal. In addition, her candid commentary has made her a popular commentator on television programs including Good Morning America, The View, Morning Joe, Your World With Neil Cavuto, and Power Lunch. Suzy Welch attended Harvard College and Harvard Business School, from which she graduated as a Baker Scholar, in the top five percent of her class.