<p>Marlene Sawhney is an analyst in the Debt Capital Markets group at Royal Bank of Canada (RBC). </p> <p>Marlene Sawhney is a graduate of Cornell University. </p>
<p>Angela Mwanza is Senior Vice President at UBS. Previously, she was a Vice President at Lehman Brothers Private Investment Management managing a team that advises wealthy individuals and their families, charitable organizations, endowments, and corporations on sophisticated strategies to preserve, grow and transfer wealth. Prior to joining Lehman Brothers, Mwanza worked in a similar role at Fleet Private Clients Group, having begun her financial services career at the J.P.Morgan Private Bank where she managed the U.S. Mutual Funds Desk.</p> <p>Angela Mwanza holds an M.A. in Linguistics from the University of Konstanz, Germany and an M.B.A. from the Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University.</p>
<p>Cheryl Melchiorre is a Manager at Deloitte Consulting. Prior to her position at Deloitte, she worked in strategic consulting at McKenzie. </p> <p>Melchiorre shared her experiences as a woman in business on a panel of "Women In Business" presented by Cornell University's Career Center.</p> <p>Cheryl Melchiorre received her undergraduate degree from Cornell University and her MBA from University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. </p>
<p>Lynn Calpeter was named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of NBC Universal in May 2004. She is responsible for overseeing NBC Universal's financial planning and operations and plays a key role in the company's strategic business initiatives. She reports directly to Bob Wright, the chairman and chief executive officer of NBC Universal.</p> <p>Calpeter had served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of NBC since July 2003. Before that she had been chief financial officer of the NBC Television Stations Division from 1999 to 2001, after which she served as vice president of the GE Corporate Audit Staff in Fairfield, Connecticut. </p> <p>Calpeter is a veteran GE executive, having joined the company in 1986 after graduating from college. After graduating from GE's Financial Management Program, Calpeter spent six years on GE's Corporate Audit Staff, where she was involved in several operational and financial audits at a number of GE businesses, including Aircraft Engines, Plastics, and NBC. In 1993, Calpeter joined GE Plastics, where she served in a number of positions of increasing responsibility, culminating in her appointment in 1998 as Manager, GEP Global PSI. </p> <p> Lynn Calpeter is a graduate of Cornell University with a B.S. in business management and applied economics.</p>
<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>
<p>Patricia Warner is the founder of Global-eze Inc. Prior to founding Global-eze, Warner held progressive management positions with Corning.</p> <p>Patricia Warner holds an undergraduate degree from University of Connecticut and a MBA from Cornell University.</p>
<p>Peggy Hart Earle has spent her career designing children's wear. Earle first worked at Cinderella, a Pennsylvania children's design house, for a short time before pursuing her dream of owning her own children's wear company. </p> <p>She founded Hartstrings in 1979 and began to sell her designs in a booth at the local farmer's market, as well as small and large retail stores. Hartstrings is known for an "uncorporate" but efficient business style. The company was recently acquired by Keystone Trading Company.</p> <p> Peggy Hart Earle graduated from Cornell University as a Textile and Apparel Design major in 1974. </p>
<p>Alison Gerlach is a successful entrepreneur and business executive with expertise in and passion for building businesses. After doing extensive research in optimizing the business start-up process, Gerlach went on to build businesses in industries including technology, entertainment services, consumer packaged goods, and professional services. Prior to her entrepreneurial endeavors, she was a strategic management consultant and an overseas investment banker. </p> <p>In addition to building and growing her current venture, "Allie's Edibles", Gerlach spends a great deal of her time teaching, consulting to both start-up and large corporations, and giving lectures to both business and academic audiences on optimizing the business start-up process. </p> <p>Alison Gerlach earned a BA in economics from Cornell University and an MBA from MIT's Sloan School of Management.</p>
<p>Natalie Chanin is a filmmaker-turned-designer who intiated a community revitalization project that combines old-world craft with cutting edge style, and in the process turned a rural Alabama town into place coveted by the New York, Paris and Tokyo fashion crowd.</p> <p>"Project Alabama" is headquartered in Florence, Alabama, a small town in the foothills of the Appalachian mountains, where Chanin grew up. There, the designer employs local women -- former factory workers, retired teachers, widows, stay-at-home moms, and secretaries-- to help sew one-of-a-kind, handmade garments for her fashion line. </p> <p>Gathering together to work in circles reminiscent of the region's dwindling tradition of quilting, the women forge friendships while stitching, embroidering and beading Chanin's gorgeous designs. (Chanin initially used only vintage fabrics found at local thrift shops, but now relies on bulk shipments from the Salvation Army to fill all the orders). Chanin prepares her seamstresses for the task with lessons of mindfulness, instructing them to handle the thread with love as they sew. She believes that, "If you love your thread, it brings something to the wearer."</p> <p>Natalie Chanin studied environmental design at North Carolina State University.</p>