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28 Apr 2022
HBS Alumni News

Finding Her Place

Motivated by a family member’s experiences with living on the streets, Symeria Hudson left a corporate career to lead a homeless-services nonprofit

Re: Symeria Hudson (MBA 1997)

27 Apr 2022
SeattleMet

Following the Flow of Aid

How the war in Europe affects the food supply in Africa

Re: Tjada McKenna (MBA 2002)

25 Apr 2022
HBS Alumni News

HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion

15 Apr 2022
Making A Difference

Funding His Purpose

Leonardo Letelier left a consulting career to help mission-driven nonprofit and for-profit organizations in Brazil access the financing they need to flourish

Re: Leo Letelier Pimstein (MBA 2002)

04 Apr 2022
Harvard Gazette

Tracy Palandjian Elected to Harvard Corporation

Nonprofit leader and former Overseer (AB 1993, MBA 1997) will begin on July 1

Re: Tracy Palandjian (MBA 1997)

31 Mar 2022
HBS Alumni News

A Community Hunger Solution with Global Ambitions

Neel Ghose’s (MBA 2019) Robin Hood Army is using a startup mentality to tackle world hunger.

Re: Neel Ghose (MBA 2019)

30 Mar 2022
HBS Alumni News

Giving Hope and Comfort

Jeff Feingold’s nonprofit aims to improve access to basic hygiene products

Re: Jeff Feingold (MBA 1997)

22 Feb 2022
HBS Alumni Bulletin

With a novel funding and ownership model, the National Trust for Local News offers a path to keep local newspapers in local hands—and sustained for the future

Re: Elizabeth Hansen (PHDOB 2019); Jonas Heese (Marvin Bower Associate Professor); By: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Dana Smith

17 Feb 2022
New York Times

Upskilling project aims to fuel $1 billion in wage gains

Re: Tracy Palandjian (MBA 1997); Gerald Chertavian (MBA 1992)

07 Jan 2022
Making A Difference

Learning to Fight

His wife’s brain cancer battle led Rick Sontag (MBA 1968) to find an innovative way to help scientists and patients facing the same foe

Re: Rick Sontag (MBA 1968)

06 Dec 2021
HBS Alumni Bulletin

Rescue & Recovery

In the wake of an abuse scandal and a clean sweep of leadership at Mercy Corps, Tjada D’Oyen McKenna gets the humanitarian aid organization back to the business of helping others

Re: Tjada McKenna (MBA 2002); Gisel Kordestani (MBA 2003); Mark Jacobs (MBA 2007); Gayle Lemmon (MBA 2006); Sandra J. Sucher (MBA Class of 1966 Professor of Management Practice); By: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Stephen Voss

30 Nov 2021
Making A Difference

Cold Calculations

Steve Payne is supporting an ambitious effort to slow climate change by restoring the Arctic ice

Re: Steve Payne (MBA 1985)

25 Nov 2021
The Business of Opera

An Aria for the Ambidextrous Organization

Atlanta Opera Director gets down to business with Michael Tushman

Re: Tomer Zvulun (PLDA 21); Michael L. Tushman (Baker Foundation Professor Paul R. Lawrence MBA Class of 1942 Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus Charles B. (Tex) Thornton Co-Chair of the Advanced Management Program)

18 Nov 2021
HBS Alumni News

Strength in Numbers

HBS alumni are weaving the Goodness Web, a new way to direct philanthropic donations to mental health care

Re: Mark Verdi (MBA 1996); Jan Gilbreath-Swartz (MBA 1996); Rob Swartz (MBA 1996); By: April White

07 Oct 2021
Making A Difference

Bringing Light to the Fight

Justine Smyth has an ambitious goal for the New Zealand breast cancer foundation she leads: Zero deaths.

Re: Justine Smyth (PMD 77)