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Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia | Bob O'Loughlin | '07
Bob O’Loughlin was formerly a research associate at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. In the fall of 2010, he began his first year of law school at the University of Michigan. This was your first job out of school. How did you come upon this position? Like a lot of people, I wasn’t more »
Minted.com | Mariam Naficy | '91
Mariam Naficy, ’91 CEO Minted.com San Francisco, CA Mariam Naficy is the founder and CEO of Minted.com, a website that crowd-sources design for stationery and paper goods. Mariam’s previous venture, the beauty retailer, Eve.com was acquired by LVMH’s Sephora. What is Minted? And how does it work? Minted crowd-sources stationery designs from online more »
Rogers Empire CEO & Founder | Akilah Rogers | '04
Akilah Rogers is an entrepreneur and real estate developer based in Chicago. She created her company, Rogers Empire, in the final semester of her M.B.A. program at Harvard. What is the Rogers Empire? It’s a real estate company. I buy foreclosed properties on the south side of Chicago (in Englewood), fix them up and rent more »
Connected Health | Tracy Heilman | '88
Tracy Heilman is co-founder and vice president of product at ConnectedHealth, a Chicago-based start-up that helps educate consumers about health insurance and match them with plans. Her previous company, Subimo, was acquired by WebMD in 2006. What is ConnectedHealth and how is it different from Subimo? At Subimo, we created a series of online more »
Cleveland Clinic CEO and Pres. | Toby Cosgrove | '62
Dr. Toby Cosgrove is the CEO and president of The Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. He joined the clinic in 1975 and before becoming CEO, was chairman of the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. He is an international leader in pioneering heart surgery procedures, holding six patents for medical devices and instruments. You more »
Director CEO of museum | Michael Govan | '85
Los Angeles County Museum of Art www.lacma.org Los Angeles, CA CEO is a relatively new appendix to the title of museum director. What does that mean for your job here at Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)? They’ve added ‘CEO’ to a lot of museum director titles because the more »
Furniture Design Entrepreneurs | Maurice Blanks & John Christakos | Both '87
COO & CEO Blu Dot www.bludot.com Minneapolis, MN Maurice Blanks, ’87 and John Christakos, ’87, along with classmate Charlie Lazor, ’87, founded Blu Dot, a company that designs and produces contemporary furniture, with the goal of “bringing good design to as many people as possible.” You are COO and CEO. How are your roles different? more »
