George Cabot Lodge II is an American professor and former politician. In 1962,he was the Republican nominee for a special election to succeed John F. Kennedy in the United States Senate,but was defeated by Ted Kennedy. He was the son of Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.,who lost reelection to the Senate in 1952 to John F. Kennedy. His father was also the vice presidential nominee for the Republican party in 1960,an election won yet again by Kennedy.
Kathy Giusti is a business leader,healthcare professional,and author. She is a two-time cancer survivor having been diagnosed with multiple myeloma and breast cancer. Kathy Co-Founded the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation where she was CEO and president for nearly two decades. She also co-chaired the Harvard Business School (HBS) Kraft Precision Medicine Accelerator,which she helped found,and was a Senior Fellow at Harvard Business School.
Nancy M. Barry is the president of Enterprise Solutions to Poverty,which she founded in September 2006. The organization works with corporations,entrepreneurs,and business schools to build business models that engage low-income producers as suppliers,distributors and consumers of products that build income and assets. She was President of Women's World Banking from 1990 to 2006,expanding the organization's network to reach approximately 20 million low-income entrepreneurs and shaping microfinance worldwide. From 1975 to 1990,Barry worked at the World Bank,pioneering small enterprise programs and leading work on industry,trade and finance.
Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate business school of Harvard University,a private Ivy League research university. Located in Allston,Massachusetts,HBS owns Harvard Business Publishing,which publishes business books,leadership articles,case studies,and Harvard Business Review,a monthly academic business magazine. It is also home to the Baker Library/Bloomberg Center,the school's primary library.
The United States Small Business Administration (SBA) is an independent agency of the United States government that provides support to entrepreneurs and small businesses. The mission of the Small Business Administration is "to maintain and strengthen the nation's economy by enabling the establishment and viability of small businesses and by assisting in the economic recovery of communities after disasters." The agency's activities have been summarized as the "3 Cs" of capital,contracts and counseling.
The administrator of the Small Business Administration is the head of the Small Business Administration of the United States. The administrator is responsible for managing and the day-to-day operations of the agency. The administrator is nominated by the president of the United States and must be confirmed by a vote of the Senate.
Jovita Carranza is an American businesswoman who served as the 26th Administrator of the Small Business Administration from 2020 to 2021,having previously served as the 44th Treasurer of the United States from 2017 to 2020. She was appointed to both roles by President Donald Trump. Before that she served as the Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration from December 2006 to January 2009. Appointed by President George W. Bush,Carranza was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Prior to her first appointment to the SBA,Carranza served as Vice President of Air Operations for United Parcel Service (UPS) at its facility in Louisville,Kentucky.
Nitin Nohria is an Indian-American academic. He was the tenth dean of Harvard Business School. He is also the George F. Baker Professor of Administration. He is a former non-executive director of Tata Sons.
Maria Contreras-Sweet is an American businesswoman and former government official who served as the 24th Administrator of the Small Business Administration from 2014 to 2017. She was the executive chairwoman and founder of ProAmérica Bank,a commercial bank focusing on small to mid-sized businesses with a specialty in the Latino community. Born in Guadalajara,Mexico,Contreras-Sweet immigrated to Los Angeles,California and has since been involved in both the private sector founding a private equity firm and in public service as the California Secretary of Business,Transportation,and Housing under Governor Gray Davis.
Ami Kassar is the founder and CEO of MultiFunding,and the author of The Growth Dilemma. He is a small business advocate and a nationally renowned expert on access to capital for entrepreneurs. In addition,Kassar writes a regular column for Inc.com and is a speaker at universities and business events across the country on topics such as entrepreneurship and access to capital.
Harvard Innovation Labs (i-Lab) is an institution which aims to promote team-based and entrepreneurial activities among Harvard students,faculty,entrepreneurs,and members of the Allston and Greater Boston communities.
Youngme Moon is the Donald K. David Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. At HBS,Professor Moon has held numerous leadership positions,including Senior Associate Dean for the MBA Program,Senior Associate Dean for Strategy and Innovation,and has launched a number of strategic innovations such as the MBA FIELD curriculum,and the HBX Learning Platform. Moon has received the HBS Award for Teaching Excellence on multiple occasions and currently offers one of the most popular courses in the MBA program. She is also the inaugural recipient of the Hellman Faculty Fellowship,awarded for distinction in research.
Jeanne A. Hulit served as Acting Administrator of the Small Business Administration from September 2013 to February 2014.
Ruth Mulan Chu Chao was the matriarch of a Chinese-American family successful in shipping. In 2016,Harvard Business School dedicated the Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center in her honor,making it the first building at the business school named for a woman and an Asian American. Four of Chao's six daughters attended the business school,including former United States Secretary of Labor and Secretary of Transportation,Elaine Chao and former Foremost Group CEO Angela Chao.
Jan W. Rivkin is an American academic. He is the Bruce V. Rauner Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. He has published research about strategy,competitiveness and income inequality in the United States
Joseph B. Fuller is an American academic and management consultant. He is the co-founder of the Monitor Group,now known as Monitor Deloitte. He is a professor of management practice at the Harvard Business School,Faculty Co-Director at the Project on Workforce at Harvard,and serves as chair of the Board of Trustees of Western Governors University. He has authored business cases about many companies,including Saudi Aramco and DaVita Inc. He has published research about dividend policy,income inequality in the United States and the skills gap.
Dr. Carliss Y. Baldwin is an American economist and the William L. White Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Her book on modularity in complex technological systems,Design Rules,published in 2000 and co-written with Kim B. Clark,has been called "a landmark book" that has impacted research on organization theory,competitive strategy,and innovation.
Maura Sullivan is an American politician,veteran and former government official. Sullivan previously served as an official in the Obama administration from 2014 to 2016 in both the Veterans Administration and the U.S. Department of Defense. She also served on the American Battle Monuments Commission starting in 2010,and began her career as an officer in the United States Marine Corps serving in the Iraq War after the September 11 attacks.
Marcela X. Escobari is a Bolivian-American government official and diplomat who serving as an immigration advisor in the National Security Council. Prior to her NSC position she served as the Assistant Administrator of the Latin American and Caribbean Bureau at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) from January 2022 to April 2024. She previously worked as a Senior Fellow in the Center for Sustainable Development at the Brookings Institution in Washington,D.C.,where she led the Workforce of the Future initiative.
Marla Malcolm Beck is an American entrepreneur based in the United States. She co-founded the beauty company Bluemercury in Washington,D.C. alongside her husband,Barry J. Beck in 1999. Bluemercury was acquired by Macy's in 2015. Beck retained her position as CEO until 2021.
