How'd You Get There?
Operation Understanding D.C. | Aaron Jenkins | '03
Aaron Jenkins is the program director of Operation Understanding DC (OUDC), a Washington D.C.-based youth leadership organization. Before working at OUDC, A.J. worked as a legislative aide on Capitol Hill. What is the mission of OUDC? Our mission is to build a group of community leaders, with the idea that a small group of dedicated more »
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 »
Darlingside | The Band | '06, '07, '09
Sam Kapala ’09 , Harris Paseltiner ’09 Don Mitchell ’06 , Auyon Mukharji ’07 Dave Senft ’07 Musicians Darlingside www.darlingside.com Hadley, MA Sam Kapala, Harris Paseltiner, Auyon Mukharji, Don Mitchell, and Dave Senft make up the string rock quintet, Darlingside. They all live under the same roof in Hadley, Massachusetts. In haiku form, 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 »
The Philadelphia Inquirer Staff Writer | Adrienne Lu | '97
The Philadelphia Inquirer www.philly.com Philadelphia, PA Adrienne Lu is a staff writer covering education at The Philadelphia Inquirer. How do you spend your day? A big part of my day is spent trying to figure out what to write about and what is newsworthy. I spend a lot of time taking 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 »
Peanut Labs | Prosper Nwankpa & Murti Hussain | Both '04
CTO & President Peanut Labs Media www.peanutlabs.com San Francisco, CA Prosper Nwankpa and Murti Hussain are web entrepreneurs and founders of Peanut Labs, a company that creates embeddable surveys for social media sites like Facebook. Your business has evolved over time, but what is Peanut Labs today? PN: There are two parts to our business. more »
Line Cook | Payson Cushman | '05
Line Cook Momofuku Ssäm www.momofuku.com New York, NY At the time of this interview, Payson Cushman was a line cook at Momofuku Ssäm in New York City. He is now at Craft (www.craftrestaurant.com), also in New York City. What is your title? I’m a line cook – a tournant – which means I work more »
