<p>Paul Joseph is currently in a leadership position at Netegrity, a technology company which is a leading provider of security software solutions that securely manage identities and their access to enterprise information assets. Netegrity was acquired by Computer Associates in October of 2004. </p> <p>Prior to his role at Netegrity, Paul was a Vice President at Simon Management Group, a management consulting firm that specializes in assisting senior executives and operating managers of technology-based companies.</p> <p>As an undergraduate student, Paul consulted to two, Ithaca-based companies, wrote three business plans, and was the co-founder and manager of a profitable business providing server training and risk management certification services to the hospitality industry. Paul continued to run the company as a sole proprietorship for 4 years, prior to attending graduate school. </p> <p>Paul holds a Bachelor of Science from Cornell University and an MBA from the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College.</p>
<p>Seth Goldman is President and CEO (TeaEO) of Honest Tea, the company he founded together with Professor Barry Nalebuff of the Yale School of Management. An entrepreneur at heart, Seth started with lemonade stands and newspaper routes, created an urban service corps and almost pursued a prize-winning biotechnology idea before he started Honest Tea in his kitchen in 1998. </p> <p>Before launching Honest Tea, Seth was Vice President of Calvert Social Investment Fund, managing the marketing and sales efforts for the nation's largest family of socially responsible mutual funds. His previous work includes managing a corporate child labor initiative for the Calvert Foundation, directing an AmeriCorps demonstration project in Baltimore and serving as Senator Lloyd Bentsen's Deputy Press Secretary for two and a half years. Before that he worked for a year in China (1987-1988) and a year and a half in the former Soviet Union (1989-1990). </p> <p>Seth Goldman received his undergraduate degree from Harvard College and a Master's degree from the Yale 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>
<p>Amy Domini is Founder and CEO of Domini Social Investments. She is widely recognized as the leading voice for socially responsible investing. In 2005, Time magazine named her to the Time 100 list of the world's most influential people. Also in 2005, President Clinton honored her at the inaugural meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative for helping protect children and the environment through the Domini Fund for International Giving. </p> <p>Domini is the author of "Socially Responsible Investing: Making a Difference and Making Money" (Dearborn Trade, 2001) and "The Challenges of Wealth" (Dow Jones Irwin, 1988), and a coauthor of "Investing for Good" (Harper Collins, 1993), "The Social Investment Almanac" (Henry Holt, 1992), and "Ethical Investing" (Addison-Wesley, 1984). She is a frequent guest commentator on CNBC's Talking Stocks and various other radio and television shows.</p> <p>Amy Domini holds a B.A. in international and comparative studies from Boston University, and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.</p>
<p>Jeffrey Immelt is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of General Electric. He was selected by GE's Board of Directors in 2000 to replace Jack Welch following his retirement. Previously, Immelt had headed up GE's Medical Systems division (now known as GE Healthcare) as its President and CEO. Immelt has been with GE since 1982.</p> <p>Jeff Immelt holds a B.A. in Applied Mathematics from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. </p>
<p>Charles G. "Chip" McClure is chairman of the Board, chief executive officer and president of ArvinMeritor, Inc. McClure, who has more than 25 years of diverse leadership experience in the motor vehicle industry, most recently served as chief executive officer, president and a member of the Board of Federal-Mogul Corporation, a global supplier of automotive components.</p> <p>Prior to joining Federal-Mogul, McClure served as president, chief executive officer and a member of the Board of Detroit Diesel, a major designer and manufacturer of diesel engines and related products. He joined Detroit Diesel in 1997, after 14 years in a variety of management positions with Johnson Controls, a Milwaukee-based global automotive supplier. In his last role with Johnson Controls, McClure served as president of the company's Americas region, with management responsibility for a $3 billion group of 50 manufacturing plants. </p> <p>McClure also holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Cornell University and a master's degree in business administration from the University of Michigan.</p>
<p>Michael Holland is currently a Director at Oberon Media, one of the world's leading casual games solution provider.</p> <p>Prior to his position at Oberon, Mike was the founder of OpenWonder. OpenWonder is focused on developing and planning specialized web services and is specifically targeting the area of diversity within large corporations.</p> <p>Prior to founding OpenWonder. Hollard worked at DirectAdvice, a subsidiary of Mellon Financial. Before that role, Holland was a project manager at Infonautics. Infonautics was an operator of specialized information Web sites and tools that was acquired in 2001 by Tucows. Tucows is a Toronto-based provider of wholesale digital products to Internet service providers and Web-hosting companies. In addition, Holland attempted several dot com startups while an undergraduate student. </p> <p>Michael Holland received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University and his MBA From Duke University.</p>
<p>Brian Magierski is an experienced entrepreneur and start-up executive in the area of software and web services targeted at enterprises. Currently Brian is the Co-Founder, President & CEO of Kalivo, Inc., a leading provider of web software that enables companies to engage directly with their customers across the Web.</p> <p>Magierski has co-founded two companies and served as an interim CEO and angel investor in another. He was the co-founder and CEO of Phiware, a venture-backed enterprise demand planning software company, and iMark.com, a business-to-business web marketplace for trading surplus goods that was sold to FreeMarkets in March 2000 for $340 million. Magierski also served as interim CEO and investor in ioLogics, an enterprise email security software provider, and provided consulting services to the chairman and board of directors at ROME Corporation. Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, Magierski was a business unit director at Trilogy Software in Austin, TX.</p> <p>Brian Magierski holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in Engineering from Cornell University.</p>
<p>Bill Weidlein has been with Trans National Group since 1987. In his current role as Vice Chairman, Weidlein has Board level responsibility for overseeing TNG's four majority owned operating affiliates, as well as the Company's Real Estate and Investment activities. Included within the operating affiliates are TNT Vacations (tntvacations.com), Trans National Communications International (tncii.com), Trans National Marketing (tnmarketing.com), and LiveBridge (livebridge.com).</p> <p>Prior to his current position, Weidlein has served TNG in the roles of Group CFO; President, International; and Executive Vice-President, Trans National Financial Services (US). During his 17 years with TNG, Weidlein has been directly involved in the founding of ten companies in the affinity marketing industry, including four international ventures. Before joining Trans National, Weidlein worked at Bain & Company in Boston for five years, where he specialized in Consumer Financial Services and Information Industry clients. While at Bain, Weidlein led the consulting team for MBNA which identified the affinity credit card marketing opportunity and developed the five year business plan for MBNA's, and TNG's, rise to leadership in that market segment. Prior to receiving his MBA, Weidlein spent four years with Rohm and Haas Company in Philadelphia in Development Engineering and M&A.</p> <p>Bill Weidlein holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University and an MBA, with distinction, from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.</p>