Linda Speldewinde is leader in the development of the fashion industry in Sri Lanka and founded Peshakala, a project which aims to revive the use of the country's indigenous textiles. In 2000, having spotted the lack of fashion and textiles education courses in Sri Lanka, Linda founded the Academy of Design, a pioneering venture to provide undergraduate education in fashion. The Academy aims to promote design as both a serious educational discipline and a dynamic profession in Sri Lanka. Since the Academy's successful launch she has continued her role as a leader in the development of the fashion industry and founded Peshakala, a project which aims to revive the use of indigenous textiles in Sri Lanka and engage young designers with craft communities in villages; a crucial project in a country where there is such economic disparity between the urban and the rural. To highlight the important contribution which design makes to the cultural and economic life of Sri Lanka Linda established Colombo's inaugural Design Week in 2008.
Ann E. Tenbrunsel is a professor in the College of Business Administration at the University of Notre Dame and is the Rex and Alice A. Martin Research Director of the Institute for Ethical Business Worldwide. Her current research interests focus on the psychology of ethical decision making, examining why employees, leaders and students behave unethically, despite their best intentions to behave to the contrary. She is the author, co-author, or co-editor of six books on this topic--including Blind Spots (with Max Bazerman), Behavioral Ethics: Shaping an Emerging Field (with David De Cremer), Codes of Conduct: Behavioral Research into Business Ethics (with David Messick)--and more than 50 research articles and chapters. Her research has been featured in interviews airing on MSNBC and National Public Radio, and adaptations, excerpts, and references to her work have appeared in a variety of publications, including the New York Times, The Guardian, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Ethisphere Magazine, Investor's Business Daily, and in blogs for Psychology Today and Freakonomics. This content is from Tenbrunsel's delivery of the Johnson's 2012 Day Family Ethics Lecture which was co-sponsored by Cornell Law School. Tenbrunsel holds a PhD and MBA from Northwestern University, and a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan.
Charlotte Dieroff works in the area of Business Development at the International Food Network (IFN)in Ithaca, NY.
Her early career at IFN included product development in the areas of frozen desserts, weight-loss and dry mix beverages. She later joined Tastemaker (acquired by Givaudan) and worked in food flavor applications. Upon returning to IFN Charlotte's efforts morphed into the areas of business development including sales and behind the scenes marketing.
Charlotte Dieroff holds a B.S. in Food Science from Cornell University and an MBA from Xavier University.
Ipshita Pall is the owner and co-founder of The Indian Milk & Honey Co.
The Indian Milk & Honey Co. delivers consumers chef-crafted yogurt products that apply the art of Indian spice cookery to available in nature ingredients. The company has built a sustainable business that supports small entrepreneurs in the local and global food system.
Previously, Pall was a software engineer who changed careers after attending the Cooking & Hospitality Institute of Chicago. She spent a year honing her skills at Vermilion in Chicago before being brought to New York to join the helm of Vermilion's kitchen in New York as the Chef de Cuisine
Radha Agrawal is the Founder of Super Sprowtz, LLC, a story and concept she has been developing for more than three and a half years. The concept for Super Sprowtz grew out of a menu she designed for her restaurant, Slice, an organic pizzeria that she co-owns with her twin sister Miki in New York City, where they just opened their second location (www.sliceperfect.com). As a wellness advocate and an active athlete, she speaks to public school children across New York on the benefits of nutrition and healthy eating. Agrawal has extensive film experience spanning the commercial, music video and feature length formats and has produced for film greats such as Michel Gondry, director of "Eternal Sunshine Of the Spotless Mind." She is currently producing a feature film, "The Western Front," about American foreign policy in Iraq. The film incorporates animation, motion graphics, and live-action, and has just been accepted at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival in New York. Agrawal has been working in the entertainment industry for more than 10 years, only taking time off to open her first restaurant with her twin sister. She worked as an agent for commercial videos, representing directors such as George Lucas and the Coen Brothers, and has a broad network in the film and television community. Radha Agrawal's comments are from the panel "New Approaches to Marketing in the Post-Web 2.0 World" that was given during Entrepreneurship at Cornell's Celebration in April 2010. Most recently, Radha Agrawal is a co-founder of the company, Thinx. Radha Agrawal earned her BS from Cornell University.
Sarah Mayo-Evans is the owner of Peach Recruitment. Peach Recruitment is an independently owned agency specializing in the provision of temporary, contract and permanent office staff. Sarah took up her first recruitment consultant role in 1999 and set up Peach Recruitment in 2002. Sarah also owns and runs Peach Legal. Sarah Mayo-Evans has a degree in law from London Guildhall University
Jacqueline Robinson is the owner of PR Crowd Ltd.
Previously, with her husband, Robinson owned Gems Agency, an event staffing agency. Their clients in the UK and Europe included BBC, Mattel UK Ltd, Brother, Hewlett Packard, Renault, Kodak and Pirelli Tyres.
In addition, Robinson worked with The Financial Times as an event coordinator to pull together their Exhibition and conferences in London.
Millicent Stephenson is one of the Directors of MasTech Training Ltd. MasTech Training Limited delivers accredited and bespoke training to professional electricians and has been running for 4 years. Its clients include ABB, Birmingham City Council and the Ministry of Defence. Prior to going into business she was employed at FE Colleges and Adult Education teaching Business Studies, IT and training teachers in the art of delivery. Her entrepreneurial span includes music as a semi-professional musician and teacher. Playing the saxophone for over 20 years her unique blend of gospel jazz has been called "gazz" by her listeners. Millicent believes that her playing is music for the soul and has delighted hearers in corporate events, weddings, festivals and the church. She has shared the stage with greats such as Courtney Fadlin, Andy Hamilton and Soweto Kinch. She plans to release her first CD later this year. Millicent takes time to pass on her vast musical experience by teaching piano, saxophone and recorder at a primary school in Handsworth, Birmingham. Millicent is married to Michael who is the other Director of MasTech Training Ltd.
Sheila Penrose is a Director of three corporate boards: McDonald's, Jones Lang LaSalle, and DataCard Group. She is Chairman of the Board of Jones Lang LaSalle, chairs two board committees and serves on five others. Sheila co-founded and co-chairs Corporate Leadership Center (CLC), a partnership between major corporations and academic institutions to augment and accelerate the development of corporate leaders and advance business leadership practices. Sheila formerly served on the boards of Nalco Chemical and eFunds Corp and was Executive Advisor to Boston Consulting Group. A frequent speaker on leadership and governance issues, she keynoted the Strategic Management Society's global conference. Sheila was the first woman named to Northern Trust Corporation's management committee and, from 1994 to 2000, President of Corporate and Institutional Services, a billion dollar business with client assets of $1.5 trillion in more than 80 markets worldwide. Under her leadership, the business was transformed from a product organization to one organized around client segments, and net income grew 17% annually. She represented Northern Trust with the investor community, oversaw several acquisitions and drove the bank's global expansion. Prior to Northern Trust Corporation, Sheila was an economic advisor to the British Treasury, a member of the negotiating team for the IMF agreement and advisor on budget policy and anti-inflation strategies in the aftermath of the world oil crisis in the 1970's. She began her career as a lecturer in Economics at Central London Polytechnic, United Kingdom. Sheila Penrose received her undergraduate degree in economics and graduate diploma in education from University of Birmingham, England. She also holds a Masters degree from London School of Economics and Political Science.