<p>Young Mi Park is COO of Thevi Cosmetics. She has built her career expanding global brands and guiding businesses and new ventures. She has held leadership roles in Marketing, Strategy and General Management at Sesame Workshop, Levi Strauss, Burger King and American Express and has also worked at ambitious "fourth sector†educational start-ups and other new ventures, including her own bootstrap initiative. She has led successful turnarounds of failing business units, received industry recognitions for best brand image and advertising and spearheaded successful new product and new market development.</p> <p>In addition to extensive experience in the U.S., she has worked in or with businesses in Korea, Taiwan, Australia, Guam Japan, France, Canada and Mexico and devised business development strategies for Europe and Latin America. </p> <p>Young Mi Park has an undergraduate degree from Cornell University and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management.</p>
Divya Gugnani started her business career in investment banking at Goldman Sachs and then moved on to private equity and venture capital at Investcorp International and FirstMark Capital. Currently she serves as the CEO of Send the Trend, which offers curated fashion accessories for women online. She also serves as CEO of Behind the Burner, a culinary media brand focused on tips, tricks and techniques for food, wine, mixology and nutrition. Gugnani currently advises several startups and established brands with board level roles. Most recently, she has co-founded Wander Beauty. She holds a B.S. from Cornell University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School as well as a degree from the French Culinary Institute.
<p>Carol Rattray is Managing Director and Co- Founder of Zoomdojo.</p> <p>Since the mid 1990\'s, she has been investing, and advising primarily start-ups, in China and in the US, and was previously Vice President in the Capital Markets Group at Bankers Trust Company.</p> <p>n philanthropy, Carol is President and Co- Founder of the Rattray Kimura Foundation. She is also a member of the Board of Trustees of Bates College, The Asian Cultural Council, and the Re Foundation and a former member of the Board of The Nature Conservancy, New York State Chapter, The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and The Friends of the Museum of the Chinese University in Hong Kong. Carol is also co-chair of The Asia Foundation\'s Women\'s Empowerment Program\'s Lotus Circle Advisors and serves as a member of the Cornell University Council and The Arts and Sciences Advisory Council.</p> <p>Carol Rattray holds an MBA and MA in International Affairs from Columbia University and earned an undergraduate degree from Cornell University.</p>
Ritu Banga is a cofounder of Zoomdojo, a New York City–based college to career readiness startup. The company works with educational institutions, NGOs, and student organizations around the world. Banga is a trustee of the Marymount School of New York. She is a graduate of Delhi University and the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
Joy Higa is Vice President, Health Care Reform at United Healthcare where she manages federal health reform policy and implementation.
She previously served as deputy chief of staff to the California State Controller from 2004 to 2006 and chief deputy cabinet secretary in the Office of the Governor during 2003.
Joy Higa received her bachelor of arts degree from Cornell University.
Rachael Chong is Founder & CEO of Catchafire, a website that connects professionals who want to volunteer their skills with nonprofits and social entrepreneurs that need skilled volunteers. Rachael was previously an investment banker, and prior to starting Catchafire, she worked alongside the President & CEO to start-up BRAC USA, the US affiliate of BRAC, one of the largest nonprofit organizations in the world. Rachael Chong has a Master's of Public Policy from Duke University and graduated magna cum laude from Barnard College, Columbia University.
Lily Liu is the Founder and CEO of PublicStuff. PublicStuff is an online platform that connects people and local governments to increase civic participation in communities across the nation. They provide tools to both citizen and government users, so they can effectively communicate and influence things that affect the quality of their daily lives.
Lily has been working around public policy issues at the local and national level for over 10 years. She has been passionate about working for and around public sector issues and has a deep understanding of what government needs and abilities are. Lily has worked with Mayor Bloomberg's Special Projects & Analytics Unit in the Department of Education, a $20B organization. Prior to that, she worked in the City of Long Beach, CA the Transportation Security Administration in Washington, D.C.
Lily Liu received a BS and MS in Public Policy and Management from Carnegie Mellon University and an MS in Policy from Harvard University Kennedy School of Government.
<p>Carol Rattray is Managing Director and Co- Founder of Zoomdojo.</p> <p>Since the mid 1990's, she has been investing, and advising primarily start-ups, in China and in the US, and was previously Vice President in the Capital Markets Group at Bankers Trust Company.</p> <p>n philanthropy, Carol is President and Co- Founder of the Rattray Kimura Foundation. She is also a member of the Board of Trustees of Bates College, The Asian Cultural Council, and the Re Foundation and a former member of the Board of The Nature Conservancy, New York State Chapter, The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and The Friends of the Museum of the Chinese University in Hong Kong. Carol is also co-chair of The Asia Foundation's Women's Empowerment Program's Lotus Circle Advisors and serves as a member of the Cornell University Council and The Arts and Sciences Advisory Council.</p> <p>Carol Rattray holds an MBA and MA in International Affairs from Columbia University and earned an undergraduate degree from Cornell University.</p>
Jin Seo is a designer at RLX which is a product line within the Ralph Lauren Polo brand.
Jin Seo is a graduate of Cornell University.