- Brook Byers
Brook Byers is the brother of Stanford University Professor Tom Byers, and is a senior partner at Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers. He is currently on the Board of Directors of eight companies, most recently joining CardioDX, Genomic Health Incorporated, Five Prime Therapeutics, Pacific Biosciences, Inc. and XDx, Inc. Previously, he served on the Board of Directors of Idec Pharmaceuticals (Chairman), Athena Neurosciences (Chairman), Signal Pharmaceuticals, … - Leonard Blavatnik
Len Blavatnik (born 1957) is an American industrialist, born in Russia, and currently living in New York and London. He emigrated with his family from Russia to the U.S. in 1978, and received a masters in computer science from Columbia University and an MBA degree from Harvard Business School in 1989. In the West, he is known as Len Blavatnik. In 1986 he founded Access Industries, a New York-based international industrial group, … - Stuart J. Russell
Stuart Russell (born 1962) is a computer scientist known for his contributions to artificial intelligence. Stuart Russell was born in Portsmouth, England. He received his B.A. with first-class honours in Physics from Oxford University in 1982, and his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford in 1986. He then joined the faculty of the University of California, Berkeley, where he is currently Professor and Chair of Computer Science. - Leonard Lauder
Leonard Lauder was chief executive of Estée Lauder Companies until 1999; now he serves as chairman of the board. Today Estee Lauder dominates the prestige cosmetics industry with such brands as Estee Lauder, Clinique, M.A.C., Aveda, Bobbi Brown and Stila. Son William takes over as CEO in 2004. He is the son of Joseph and Estée Lauder, and the older brother of Ronald Lauder. Leonard Lauder has long been a major benefactor of the Whitney Museum of American Art, … - Bernard L. Schwartz
Bernard Leon Schwartz (born December 12,1926, Brooklyn, New York) was the Chairman of the Board and CEO of Loral Space & Communications, Chairman and CEO of K&F Industries, Inc., Chairman and CEO of Loral Corp., and president and CEO of Globalstar. During his time at Loral, he was instrumental in helping the Chinese military to acquire weapons techonology. He retired from Loral and his positions at its various subsidiaries and affiliates as of March 1, 2006. - Kathy Castor
Kathy Castor (born August 20, 1966 in Miami, Florida) is an American politician. She is the Democratic congresswoman for. This district covers most of the city of Tampa, most of the southern section of the city of St. Petersburg, a small portion of unincorporated Hillsborough County, a small section of the city of Temple Terrace and a small section of Manatee County. A moderate Democrat with a long history of promoting ethics in government, a healthy and clean environment, … - Philippe Villers
Philippe Villers founded the company Computervision with Marty Allen in 1969. In 1980 he co-founded Automatix, an early robotics company, which he led until 1986. He later served as president of Cognition Corporation for 3 years. He is currently (2006) president of GrainPro, Inc., and board member of a number of high-tech startups, as well as president of Families USA Foundation, which he endowed. Villers was born in France and came to the United States as a child. - Ellen Malcolm
Ellen R. Malcolm has had a long career in politics, particularly in political fundraising. She is an heiress of one of the founders of IBM. After graduating from Hollins College in 1969, she worked for Common Cause in the 1970s. She was a press secretary for National Women's Political Caucus and later Esther Peterson, special assistant for consumer affairs in the Carter administration. She went on to found EMILY's List and is now president of America Coming Together. - Dean Buntrock
Dean L. Buntrock (born 1931) is the founder and former chairman and CEO of Waste Management, Inc. In 2002, he was indicted by the SEC, along with other officers of the company, on multiple counts of fraud relating to the company's financial practices. - Lester Crown
Lester Crown (born 1926) is the son of Chicago financier Henry Crown (d. 1990), who created Material Service with two brothers in 1919, which merged with General Dynamics in 1959. He has been a perennial member of the Forbes 400 list since 1982. Lester controls family holdings, including large stakes in Maytag, Hilton Hotels, Alltell, Aspen Skiing Company, New York's Rockefeller Center, and pro basketball's Chicago Bulls. He also holds a stake in the New York Yankees, … - Frank Westheimer
Frank Henry Westheimer (January 15, 1912 - April 14, 2007) was an American chemist. He was the Morris Loeb Professor of Chemistry Emeritus at Harvard University, and the Westheimer medal is named in his honour. Born in Baltimore, he graduated from Dartmouth and earned his doctorate in chemistry from Harvard in 1935. He was a member of President Lyndon Johnson's science advisory committee from 1967 to 1970. - Mark Tushnet
Mark Tushnet (born 1945 -) is a prominent critical legal studies proponent, constitutional law scholar, and author of many books. He received his B.A. from Harvard University and his J.D. from Yale University. While serving as a law clerk to Justice Thurgood Marshall, Tushnet authored a memo which dramatically influenced the opinion in Roe v. Wade. - Mary L. Good
Mary Lowe Good is an inorganic chemist who does industrial research and has worked in government. She received her BS from the University of Central Arkansas and in 1955 received her PhD in from the University of Arkansas. In 1980 she was appointed to the National Science Board of the National Science Foundation by Jimmy Carter and then in 1986 she was appointed to it again by Ronald Reagan. She has won the Vannevar Bush Award, Priestley Medal, Glenn T. Seaborg Medal, … - Peter Karmanos Jr.
Peter Karmanos, Jr. (born in Detroit, Michigan) is the CEO of Compuware Corporation and owner of the Carolina Hurricanes, Plymouth Whalers, and Florida Everblades hockey franchises. He donated money to the Prentis Cancer Center, which was later renamed the Karmanos Cancer Institute in 2001 in memory of his wife Barbara Ann Karmanos, who died of breast cancer in 1989. Born into a Greek immigrant family Karmanos did not start speaking English until he was in grade school. - Nicole Seligman
Nicole Seligman (born 1957) is an American attorney. She is currently Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Sony Corporation, and has received national attention in the United States for her representation of Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North during the Iran-Contra hearings and of President Bill Clinton during his impeachment trial. - Richard Manoogian
Richard A. Manoogian (Born 1936, in Detroit, Michigan) - Steven Rattner
Steven "Steve" Rattner is an American venture capitalist. As of 2004 he is founder and managing principal at private investment firm Quadrangle Group, which invests media and communications companies in the United States and Europe.. A graduate of Brown University, Rattner worked at Morgan Stanley, where he founded their Communications Group. - Edsel Ford II
Edsel B. Ford II (b. December 27 1948, Detroit, Michigan) is the great-grandson of Henry Ford and the son of Henry Ford II. He received his Business Administration Bachelor's Degree at Babson College, and completed the Program for Management Development at the Harvard Business School in 1981. Between 1978 and 1980 Edsel ran Ford Australia. During his short tenure the Ford Falcon XD was released, and Ford Australia changed their source for smaller cars from Europe to Japan. - Bruce Downey
Bruce Downey is the current CEO of Barr Pharmaceuticals., the parent company to Barr Laboratories and Duramed subsidiaries. In January, 1993, he was appointed president and chief operating officer. He became chairman and CEO in 1994 when Barr's founder Edwin A. Cohen stepped down. Downey received a Bachelor's degree with honors from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. - Sharon McPhail
Sharon McPhail has served on the Detroit City Council since 2002 and was a candidate for mayor in the 1993 and 2005 Detroit elections. She was formerly a lawyer in private practice, a division chief in the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, and an Assistant United States Attorney. - Thomas L. Schwenk
Thomas L. Schwenk, M.D., is professor of Family Medicine and chair of the department of Family Medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. In 2002 he was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the United States National Academy of Sciences. He also serves as a member of the national advisory committee for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Generalist Physician Faculty Scholars Program. - Timothy Light
Timothy Light (born 1938) was the fourteenth president of Middlebury College, 1990-1991. A native of Kalamazoo, Michigan, Light is a scholar in East Asian languages and literature. He served as provost of Kalamazoo College prior to his time at Middlebury, and later became a professor of religion and provost at Western Michigan University. - Kimberly K. Marteau
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- Andrew N. Liveris
Andrew N. Liveris is President, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chairman of The Dow Chemical Company, a $49 billion global chemical and plastics manufacturer based in Midland, Michigan. Liveris' 30-year Dow career has spanned manufacturing, sales, marketing, new business development and management. He has spent the bulk of his career in Asia, where he was general manager for the company's operations in Thailand, and later head of all Asia-Pacific operations. - Phil Schlein
Phil Schlein has more than forty years of experience in venture capital, retail and technology companies. As a partner in U.S. Venture Partners (USVP), Phil has advised young companies on strategy, recruiting and finance since 1985. Previous to joining USVP, Phil had a successful 28-year career as an operating executive with R.H. Macy. He served as President and CEO of Macy's California from 1974 to 1985, during which time it became the dominant department store in California. - Lynne Ellyn
Lynne Ellyn SVP & CIO DTE Energy Company Lynne Ellyn is the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at DTE Energy, a Detroit-based diversified energy company involved in the development and management of energy-related businesses and services nationwide. Ellyn leads an organization of approximately 800 people who provide information technology strategy, development and operations for all of the DTE Energy companies. - Dr Henry David Appelman MD
- William K. Coblentz
William K. Coblentz Mr. Coblentz has been a director of McClatchy since March 1979. He is a senior partner in the San Francisco law firm of Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass. He was a member of the Board of Directors of Pacific Telesis Group from 1976 to 1992 and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Central Valley Foundation. From 1964 through 1980, Mr. Coblentz was a member of the University of California Board of Regents and served as chairman for two years. - Dr Gilbert Stanley Omenn MD
- Cyrus Mehri
Mr. Mehri is a frequent guest on radio and TV and is guest columnist for Diversity, Inc . - Victor A. Kovner
- Dr David E Schteingart MD
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