Craig R. Barrett is an American business executive who served as the chairman of the board of Intel Corporation until May 2009. He became CEO of Intel in 1998,a position he held for seven years. After retiring from Intel,Barrett joined the faculty at Thunderbird School of Global Management in Phoenix.
Bed Bath &Beyond was an American big-box retail chain specializing in housewares,furniture,and specialty items. Headquartered in Union,New Jersey,the chain operated stores in the United States and Canada,and was once counted among the Fortune 500 and the Forbes Global 2000. The chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in April 2023 and liquidated all of its remaining stores,with the last closing on July 30,2023. Following the retail chain's liquidation,its name was adopted by online retailer Overstock.com,which acquired the company's trademarks in a bankruptcy auction. The name is also still used by the chain's former Mexican division,which is now independent.
Carla Anderson Hills is an American lawyer and former government official. A member of the Republican Party,she previously served as the 5th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Gerald Ford from 1975 to 1977 and as the 10th United States Trade Representative under President George H. W. Bush from 1989 to 1993. Hills was the first woman to hold each of those posts,the third woman ever to serve in a presidential cabinet,and the first appointed to both cabinet and cabinet-rank positions. Hills is the earliest-serving living former U.S. Cabinet member.
The Darden School of Business is the graduate business school of the University of Virginia,a public research university in Charlottesville,Virginia. The school offers MBA,PhD,and Executive Education programs. Darden is consistently ranked as being among the top business schools in the U.S. and in the world.
Kristina M. Johnson is an American business executive and academic administrator.
The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) is a council,chartered in each administration with a broad mandate to advise the president of the United States on science and technology. The current PCAST was established by Executive Order 13226 on September 30,2001,by George W. Bush,was re-chartered by Barack Obama's April 21,2010,Executive Order 13539,by Donald Trump's October 22,2019,Executive Order 13895,and by Joe Biden's February 1,2021,Executive Order 14007.
Rensselaer at Work is the online division of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,operating administratively from facilities in Hartford,Connecticut,since 1955. Until 1997,it was known as the Hartford Graduate Center. The primary focus of the division is to offer graduate-level professional education to learners across the country via its digital delivery.
Nicholas Michael Donofrio is an American scientist and engineer and was the Executive Vice President of Innovation and Technology at the IBM Corporation until 2008. Upon retirement,he was selected as an honorary IBM Fellow,the company’s highest technical honor. He holds seven technology patents,is a member of numerous technical and science honor societies,and holds several scientific board positions.
Maggie Wilderotter is an American businessperson who is the chairwoman of DocuSign,where she was also interim CEO from April to October 2022,and the former chief executive officer of Frontier Communications from November 2004 to April 2015,then executive chairman of the company until April 2016.
Steven S. Reinemund is an American businessman who was chairman and chief executive officer of PepsiCo between 2001 and 2006 and dean of the Schools of Business at Wake Forest University between 2008 and 2014. Reinemund spent 22 years working for PepsiCo in various capacities. During his CEO tenure at PepsiCo,revenues grew by $9 billion,net income rose 70%,earnings per share were up 80% and PepsiCo's market cap exceeded $100 billion. He led the acquisitions of several other food and beverage companies including Quaker Oats,Naked Juice,Izze and Stacy's Chips.
Ellen J. Kullman is a United States business executive. Since November 2019,she has been the chief executive officer of Carbon (company). She was formerly Chair and Chief Executive Officer of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company ("DuPont") in Wilmington and is a former director of General Motors. Forbes ranked her 31st of the 100 Most Powerful Women in 2014. Kullman retired from DuPont on October 16,2015.
Rakesh Gangwal is an Indian-American billionaire businessman. He is the co-founder and 25.2% owner of IndiGo airline. He is the former chief executive officer (CEO) and chairman of US Airways Group. From June 2003 to August 2007,Gangwal was the chairman,president,and chief executive officer of Worldspan Technologies,a provider of travel technology and information services to the travel and transportation industry. From 2002 to 2003,Gangwal was involved in various personal business endeavors,including private equity projects and consulting projects. He was the president and CEO of US Airways Group from 1998 until his resignation in 2001.
Neal Steven Wolin is the CEO of the corporate advisory firm Brunswick Group,an equity partner of Data Collective,a board partner of Social Capital,and a limited partner advisor of Nyca Partners. He was the longest-serving Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury and also served as Acting Secretary of the Treasury in early 2013.
Ann Marie Fudge is an American businesswoman who is on a number of corporate boards,including those of General Electric,Novartis,Unilever and Infosys,as well as on several non-profit boards. She is former chair and CEO of Young &Rubicam Brands,a global network of marketing communications companies. In 2010,Fudge was on President Barack Obama's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform.
Wanda M. Austin is a former president and CEO of The Aerospace Corporation. She was both the first woman,and the first African-American,to hold this position. Austin also served as interim president for the University of Southern California,following the resignation of C. L. Max Nikias. She was both the first woman,and the first African-American,to hold this position.
Virginia "Ginni" Rometty is an American business executive who was executive chairman of IBM after stepping down as CEO on April 1,2020. She was previously chairman,president and CEO of IBM,becoming the first woman to head the company. She retired from IBM on December 31,2020,after a near-40 year career there. Before becoming president and CEO in January 2012,she first joined IBM as a systems engineer in 1981 and subsequently headed global sales,marketing,and strategy.
Rebecca M. Bergman is an American chemical engineer and the 17th President of Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter,Minnesota. She began her term in July 2014,and is the first woman to serve as President of the college,which was founded in 1862. Before her presidency,she was a senior executive at Medtronic,and served on the college's Board of Trustees from 2007 to 2014.
Wesley G. Bush is an American systems engineer and business executive. He is the former CEO and chairman of Northrop Grumman,and he is currently a director of General Motors,Dow Inc.,and Cisco.
Thomas Christos Katsouleas is an American physicist,engineer,and academic administrator. In February 2019,he was named the 16th president of the University of Connecticut and officially began his term in August. He resigned the presidency in 2021 and returned to the faculty.
Edwin J. Hess is an American businessman,Senior Vice President,and Management Committee Member at Exxon from 1993 to 1998. He had previously been the Vice President of Environment and Safety since 1990 and joined the company in 1957.
