Michael Sturman is a Professor, Associate Dean for Faculty Development, and Academic Director of The Center for Hospitality Research and The Kenneth and Marjorie Blanchard Professor of Human Resources.
Sturman teaches undergraduate, graduate and executive education courses on human resource management, compensation and cost-benefit analysis. His research focuses on the prediction of individual job performance over time, the influence of compensation systems, and the impact of human resource management on organizational performance.
Michael Sturman holds a PhD, MS, and BS from Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations, and is a Senior Professional of Human Resources as certified by the Society for Human Resource Management.
Margie Whiteleather - Project Manager at Cornell Business Services, Business Services and Environmental Safety at Cornell University
Margie Whiteleather is a graduate of Yale University.
Christopher B. Barrett is the David J. Nolan Director and the Stephen B. & Janice G. Ashley Professor of Applied Economics and Management and an International Professor of Agriculture in the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, a Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics, and a Fellow in the David R. Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future at Cornell University.
There are three basic, interrelated thrusts to Professor Barrett's research program. The first concerns poverty, hunger, food security, economic policy, and the structural transformation of low-income societies. The second considers issues of individual and market behavior under risk and uncertainty. The third revolves around the interrelationship between poverty, food security, and environmental stress in developing areas.
Chris Barrett received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University. He received his Master's degree from the University of Oxford and his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Stacy Barrows is the owner of Savage Creek Aveda Concept salon in Ithaca, NY.
Ira Brous is a co-owner of Ithaca Bakery. Collegetown Bagels began in 1976 on College Avenue started by three young entrepreneurs from Long Island. The business was sold one year later to a local businessman who also owned and operated Rulloff's next door. Gregar Brous started working for Collegetown Bagels in 1978 during his final two years of college while his parents, Anne and Ira Brous, were professors at Ithaca College. A second location was opened in downtown on Aurora Street in 1979. The stores became available for sale and were purchased by the Brous & Mehaffey family on January 1st, 1980. The five owners include Anne, Ira, Gregar and Ramsey Brous, and Mimi Mehaffey.Brous and Mehaffey
By 1983, CTB Appetizers (now Ithaca Bakery in the Triphammer Mall) was in place, as a gourmet deli and full-service catering center. Seven years later, the acquisition and renovation of the 80-year-old Ithaca Bakery added both a centrally situated, fully equipped bake shop capable of turning out traditional, restaurant-style Italian bread as well as dozens of delicious, creative new artisan breads and pastries. With the addition of the two commissaries Ithaca Bakery and Collegetown Bagels were able to become a full service business with retail, catering, and wholesale delivery of product throughout the area.
What began with a bagel and a dream, has grown into five bustling branches and a workforce of nearly 250 employees. While business keeps growing, one thing remains the same: All of the CTB and Ithaca Bakery locations are independently owned and operated by a family characterized by an unwavering commitment to the local and global community, practicing sustainability in all areas of operation.
Ira Brous is a graduate of Cornell University.
Chris Proulx is the Chief Executive Officer of eCornell. He was appointed CEO in October, 2004 after serving six months as Chief Operating Officer and two years as Director of Program Management. As CEO, Chris is responsible for setting the strategic direction of eCornell, identifying growth potential in online education for eCornell, and collaborating with the senior leadership of the University and its faculty to strengthen and seek creative opportunities for our partnership.
Previously, as Director of Program Management, Chris was responsible for identifying potential new products, and working directly with the faculty and administration of the Schools and Colleges of Cornell University to produce and deliver our online programs. In addition, he directed eCornell's project teams in their working relationship with the faculty to ensure that our programs deliver on the promise of the Cornell faculty's content.
Prior to joining eCornell he founded his own consulting practice, The Open Road, which specialized in strategic consulting, product development, interface design, and rapid prototyping of web-based learning and performance support systems. He worked with a diverse set of global organizations with end-users on four continents.
Also, as Director of Projects for Knowledge Impact of Wayland, Massachusetts, Chris managed the development of new tools enabling Fortune 500 companies to deliver online learning and performance support in the areas of information systems training, business process improvement, and cultural and organizational change. He has managed large global training projects for organizations in diverse industries such as Citibank, TravelersGroup, Xerox, Marriott Corporation, and Goldman Sachs.
Chris presents at many education and corporate learning industry events, is a member of the American Society for Training and Development, and is active in both community and environmental issues which includes serving on the Board of Directors of the Finger Lakes Land Trust.
Chris's background is in the hospitality industry where he was an operations manager and training resource for Discovery Zone, Inc. and ARAMARK Corporation. He holds a Bachelor of Science from Cornell University.
Daniel Cane is President, CEO and co-founder of Modernizing Medicine. Daniel was named the 2013 Sun Sentinel Excalibur Awards Palm Beach Small Business Leader of the Year, honored as a Palm Beach County Ultimate CEO by the South Florida Business Journal, and as an exceptional leader and innovator with a "40 Under 40" award.
He has grown Modernizing Medicine from inception with three rounds of financing, the most recent round occurring in August 2013 with a $14 million investment by Summit Partners, a global growth equity investor. Since founding the company in 2010, Daniel has led his team to raise a total of nearly $30 million in funding and to hire almost 170 employees.
Daniel Cane has a BS in Applied Economics from Cornell University, where, as an undergraduate, he co-founded Blackboard Inc., raised over $100 million in venture capital and in 2004 helped take the company public on the NASDAQ (BBBB). In 2011, Blackboard was sold for $1.6 billion.
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.
Mary Beth Tinker is an American free speech activist known for her role in the 1969 Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School District Supreme Court case, which ruled that Warren Harding Junior High School could not punish her for wearing a black armband in school in support of a truce in the Vietnam War. The case set a precedent for student speech in schools. Today, Tinker conducts speaking tours across the United States to teach children and youth about their rights. A youth rights advocate, Tinker has a professional background as a pediatric nurse who is active in union activism and holds masters degrees in both public health and nursing.