Linda Mason is the Chairman and Co-Founder of Bright Horizons. Bright Horizons provides high quality childcare at the work site as a benefit for employees. She founded the company in 1986 with her husband, Roger Brown, and a small team of committed parents in Cambridge, MA. Prior to founding Bright Horizons, Linda Mason managed large-scale relief operations overseas. She served as co-director of Save the Children's emergency program in Sudan, serving 400,000 famine and war victims, and directed a large feeding program for children in Cambodian refugee camps along the Thai border. She is a graduate of the Yale School of Management, Cornell University and the Sorbonne University in Paris, France.
Mike Homer is the Chairman of Kontiki. He is also an investor and advisor to several Silicon Valley startups, including Opsware (formerly Loudcloud), Tellme Networks, Palm, and TiVo. Previously, Mike was a Senior Vice President at America Online. Before the acquisition of Netscape by AOL, he held various executive positions at Netscape Communications, including Executive Vice President and General Manager of Netscape Netcenter, and Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Earlier in his career, Mike gained valuable experience as Vice President of Engineering at EO Corporation and as Vice President of Marketing at GO Corporation. From 1982 to 1991, Mike held various technical and management positions at Apple Computer. Mike Homer earned a B.S. from the University of California at Berkeley.
Richard Hayman was President and Co-Owner of Hayman Systems before it was acquired by MICROS Systems, Inc. in December 1999. Hayman Systems was founded as a cash register company in 1938 by Stanley Hayman but under Richard Hayman's leadership, grew to become a value-added reseller and systems integrator of point-of-sale systems to the hospitality and retail industries. Richard Hayman received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University in 1967.
Patrick Mulcahy is Chief Executive Officer of Energizer, Inc. His retirement from the company was announced in the fall of 2004. Mulcahy joined Ralston in 1968 and has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Eveready Battery Company, Inc. since 1987. Mulcahy served as co-Chief Executive Officer and co-President of Ralston from October 1997 to June 1999. He served as Ralston's Vice President and Director, Corporate Strategic Planning and Administration, 1984--1986. Patrick Mulcahy received Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Science from Cornell University. He also holds an MBA from Cornell's Johnson School.
John Alexander is president and founder of The CBORD Group, Inc., a company inspired by his foodservice experience at Cornell University. While earning an undergraduate degree in physics, John worked in several capacities for the Department of Dining Services at Cornell, including managing the university's first two "Pickup Store" convenience stores. Later, as assistant business manager, he developed the dining department's systems for food production and cost control. John Alexander is a graduate of Cornell University
Richard Sayre is a Professor of Plant Cellular and Molecular Biology at Ohio State University and co-founder of Phycotransgenics, L.L.C. Phycotransgenics is a biotechnology company that specializes in the development of transgenic algae that have market-driven properties. Markets that the company is focusing on include animal health, animal feed, bioremediation, environmental monitoring and biopesticides. Richard received his undergraduate degree from Humboldt State University in California and his Ph. D. in Biology from the University of Iowa. He has completed postdoctoral research at Florida State University, University of Kentucky, and Harvard University.
<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>
Denni McCann has been working in the design field since graduating from college with a design degree. She has worked as a pattern maker and even owned a sewing factory before moving to Jogbra in 1980, four years after the company was founded.
Twenty years and two acquisitions (by Playtex and then Sara Lee) later, McCann is the Vice President of Design at Champion Jogbra. Her responsibilities include supervising a design team, forecasting trends, and overseeing Jogbra?s designs and marketing.
Amy Brill has been designing since she was a little girl. After college, Brill worked as an actor for some time. Besides working as a puppeteer and a circus clown, she also designed for Angelheart, a clothing company, and designed her own soft sculptures and puppets.
During this time, Brill met Walt Amey, also a performer, and the two married. She and Amey founded Amy Brill Handmade Sweaters and have been selling her designs to small specialty stores since then. Amey is in charge of the sales and marketing and Brill designs and produces the sweaters.
Today, Amy Brill Handmade Sweaters still operates out of Brill and Amey's home in Jacksonville, New York. The company remains small, relying on about eight independent contractors for production, occasional interns, and small knitting factories and yarn mills to create its products. A relatively new line, Amy Amey has been added and consists of clothing made out of gauze.
Amy Brill is a graduate of Cornell University.