- Lillian Board
Lillian Barbara Board MBE (December 13, 1948 - December 26, 1970) was an athlete from Great Britain, who won the silver medal in the 400 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, and two gold medals at the 1969 European Championships in Athletics in Athens, Greece. One of the finest athletes of her generation, her career was cut short when she developed the colorectal cancer in 1970 that rapidly killed her.
- Dwaine Board
Dwaine P. Board (born November 29, 1956 in Rocky Mount, Virginia) is the current defensive line coach for the Seattle Seahawks of the NFL. He is also a former American football defensive end who played for the San Francisco 49ers and the New Orleans Saints from 1979 to 1988. Board played college football at North Carolina A&T State University and was drafted in the fifth round of the 1979 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers, …
- Mykel Board
Mykel Board (born January 31, 1950, Long Island, New York, USA) is a regularly published journalist, especially well known for his articles in Maximum RocknRoll. Born into a Jewish family, Mykel was a minority in his hometown, in which the population was mostly Polish/Italian. He attended Hebrew School at the age of 8 and had a Bar Mitzvah at 13. When he turned 12 he began to visit New York weekly with his Father, around 14 he began to visit the city by himself, …
- Prudy Taylor Board
Prudy Taylor Board (born 21 December 1933), who also writes under the name Pudence F. Board, is an award-winning author and editor. She was born in Florida. With more than 1,000 magazine and newspaper articles published, she has also authored several novels and many nonfiction books in addition to Travel books about Florida and the Caribbean. A former reporter/feature writer she has edited newspapers, …
- Jack Board
John Henry Board (born February 23, 1867, Clifton, Bristol, died April 15, 1924, at sea) was an English cricketer who played in six Tests from 1899 to 1906. Jack Board was a wicketkeeper and a right-handed batsman who started out as a tail-ender but developed into a useful player who often opened the innings for his county, Gloucestershire. Picked by W. G. Grace out of Bristol club cricket for the South v North match at Lord's in 1891, …
- John Kovalic
USA TODAY called John Kovalic a "Hot Pick." His creations include the hit comic book DORK TOWER, as well as DR. BLINK: SUPERHERO SHRINK, SNAPDRAGONS, and many other features. His work has appeared everywhere from THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE WASHINGTON POST and ROLLING STONE to DRAGON MAGAZINE. John is co-founder, co-owner and Art Director of OUT OF THE BOX GAMES (producers of the multi-million-selling, multi-award-winning APPLES TO APPLES among many other best-selling games).
- David Miscavige
David Miscavige is the successor to L. Ron Hubbard , current head of Scientology (Chairman of the Board of the Religious Technology Center).
- Christopher Taylor
Christopher or Chris Taylor is a computer, board and card game developer, most famous for developing the Interplay Entertainment "Fallout" computer role-playing game together with Tim Cain, Leonard Boyarsky and Jason Anderson. At Interplay, he also designed "Star Trek: Starfleet Command" and "Stonekeep". He was also the publisher's producer for "The Lord of the Rings: Middle-Earth Online".
- Andrew Wong
Andrew Wong Wang Fat, <small>JP</small>, (Chinese: 黃宏發) (December 11, 1943 -) was the last president of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong during British rule, the first and only Hong Kong Chinese to served the post. Andrew Wong was born in Shanghai, China. He attended The University of Hong Kong and the Syracuse University. Wong is better known among Hongkongers by the nickname "Uncle Fat" "發叔" (叔 means uncle).
- Wolfgang Ziebart
Wolfgang Ziebart (born 30 January 1950 in Hannover) is chairman of the board of the Infineon Technologies AG. He started his career in 1977 after mechanical engineering studies, with the car manufacturer BMW. In the year 2000 Ziebart changed to the automobile supplier Continental AG. There he led the range of automotives of system with focus on automotive electronics and was among other things was responsible for the development of electronic brakes, …
- David Cameron
Mr Cameron joined his family in Istanbul after he made a flying visit to Georgia, where he upstaged the Government by meeting its President, Mikheil Saakashvili, in the wake of the Russian invasion. His flights to and from Tbilisi were paid for by the Conservative Party. He and his family were then taken on Mr Freud's Gulfstream IV jet to Santorini.
- Helmut Panke
Helmut Panke was Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG, Munich, between 2002 and September 2006. Panke was Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG, Munich, between 2002 and September 2006. He has been with the company since 1982, when he joined as head of Planning and Controlling in the Research and Development Division. He has been with the company since 1982, when he joined as head of Planning and Controlling in the Research and Development Division.
- David Eastwood
Professor David Eastwood is the current Chief Executive of HEFCE, since 1 September 2006. Prior to this, he was Vice-Chancellor of the University of East Anglia (UEA). He has also held the posts of Chief Executive of the Arts and Humanities Research Board and Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales Swansea. His academic specialism is modern history, and he was fellow and senior tutor of Pembroke College, and is an Honorary Fellow of St Peter's College, Oxford, …
- Glen Pearson
Glen Douglas Pearson (born December 26, 1950 in Calgary, Alberta) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is the Member of Parliament for London North Centre, and is a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. Pearson is a professional firefighter in London, Ontario, Canada, well known for his charitable and humanitarian activities. He has recently retired as a captain in the London Fire Department, where he has worked for the past 29 years, …
- Thomas W. Malone
Thomas W. Malone is the Patrick J. McGovern Professor of Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He is also the founder and director of the MIT Center for Coordination Science and was one of the two founding co-directors of the MIT Initiative on "Inventing the Organizations of the 21st Century". Professor Malone teaches classes on leadership and information technology, …
- David Woodley Packard
David Woodley Packard, Ph.D. (b. 1940) is a former professor and noted philanthropist; he is the son of Hewlett-Packard co-founder David Packard. A former HP board member (1987-1999), David is best known for his opposition to the HP-Compaq merger and his support for classical studies, especially in regards to the digitization of classics research. Packard currently serves as president of the Packard Humanities Institute.
- Kari Mannerla
Kari Mannerla was a Finnish board and card game designer. The most famous game designed by Mannerla is the board game Afrikan tähti "(the star of Africa)", the idea of which he began to develop in 1949. The game was published two years later. Mannerla made up the name of the game when reading an article about the biggest diamond in the world, the Star of Africa, been discovered in South Africa.
- Andrea Jung
Today, Andrea Jung joined Apple's Board of Directors. Jung is currently the chairman and CEO of Avon. She graduated from Princeton University, and also serves on the board of directors for the General Electric Company, and is on the board of trustees...
- Rolf Mellde
Rolf Mellde, engineer specialized in engines and a car racing enthusiast. His grandfather August Johansson built one of the first cars in Stockholm and sold it to Lars Magnus Ericsson. His father, Evald Johansson, taught car mechanics at a school in Stockholm so it was natural that Rolf Mellde would work in the same field. Already at the age of ten he draw turbo compressors and diesel engines.
- Richard Scott Earl of Dalkeith
Richard Walter John Montagu-Doulgas-Scott, Earl of Dalkeith KBE, DL (b. 14 February 1954) is the current heir to the dukedoms of Buccleuch and Queensberry. Scott was born in 1954, the son of the John Scott, Earl of Dalkeith and his wife, Jane "née" McNeill, and was baptised with The Princess Margaret as one of his godparents. He later attended Eton, was Page of Honour to The Queen Mother from 1967 to 1969.
- James M. Jenness
Mr. Jenness joined the company in February 2005 as chairman of the board and chief executive officer and served as chief executive officer until December 31, 2006. Before this role, Mr. Jenness served as chief executive officer of Integrated Merchandising Systems, LLC, a market leader in outsource management for retail promotion and branded merchandising.
- Händel-Gesellschaft
The Händel-Gesellschaft, or "German Handel Society," produced the second collected edition of the works of Georg Frideric Handel between 1858 and 1902. (An earlier collected edition had been produced between 1787 and 1797 by Samuel Arnold, but it was far from complete, …
- Lucas Wyrsch
Lucas Wyrsch - Networking and Advising How to Build a Strong Enterprise Risk Management Culture to Achieve Business Success Internet and opRisk Consultant and Contractor Industry: Internet and Global Financial Services
- Steve Jobs
Steven Paul Jobs (born February 24 1955) is the co-founder and CEO of Apple and was the CEO of Pixar until its acquisition by Disney. He is currently the largest Disney shareholder and a member of Disney's Board of Directors. He is considered a leading figure in both the computer and entertainment industries. Jobs' history in business has contributed greatly to the mythos of the quirky, individualistic Silicon Valley entrepreneur, …
- Shi Wen-Long
Wen-long Shi is a Taiwanese businessman and the founder of Chi Mei Corporation, the largest maker of ABS resin in the world. Shi has been ranked among Forbes' World's Richest People. He was a chairman of Chi Mei until 2004, when he resigned as chairman, though he still holds significant stakes in the company and sits on its board. He is a senior advisor to President Chen Shui-bian and is known to support pro-Taiwan independence causes, …
- Jenny Redo
President of Selby Education Foundation, Woodland School Board,Atherton Civic Interest League Board,mother,tennis player
- Cindy Hensley McCain
Cindy McCain (Born in 1954) is an American businesswoman and philanthropist. She is the second wife of United States Senator John McCain. She serves as Chairperson of her family's business, Hensley & Company, and previously founded the American Voluntary Medical Team in 1988, leading many medical missions to developing and war-torn countries during the Team's seven-year existence.
- Vince McMahon
Vincent Kennedy McMahon (born August 24, 1945), better known as Vince McMahon or Mr. McMahon, is an American wrestling promoter, wrestler, and film producer. He is the Chairman of the WWE Board of Directors and majority shareholder of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (WWE).
- Betye Ireen Saar
Betye Saar (1926 - ) was born and raised in Los Angeles. During visits to her grandmother, she saw Simon Rodia's Watts Towers being built, which had a profound impact on her use of discarded items in her art work. Saar received her B.A. from UCLA, and did graduate work at the University of Southern California and the California State Universities at Long Beach and Northridge.
- Mary Maxwell Gates
Mary Maxwell Gates served 18 years (1975-1993) on the University of Washington board of regents. She was the first female president of King County’s United Way, the first woman to chair the national United Way’s executive committee where she served most notably with IBM's CEO, John Akers, and the first woman on the First Interstate Bank of Washington's board of directors. Mary's son Bill Gates is the co-founder of Microsoft.
- Andrew S. Rappaport
Andrew S. Rappaport or Andy Rappaport (born 1957) is an American Silicon Valley venture capitalist partner in August Capital an information technology venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. In the last three years he has become recognized as one of the largest American Democratic Party donors and philanthropist with his wife Deborah Rappaport. Andy Rappaport joined August Capital in 1996.
- Don Sundquist
Donald Kenneth Sundquist (born March 15, 1936) is an American politician from Tennessee. A Republican, he served as the 47th Governor of Tennessee from 1995 to 2003. Prior to that, he represtented Tennessee's 7th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 1995
- Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 - May 14, 1998) was an American jazz oriented popular singer and Academy Award-winning actor. Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became a solo artist with great success in the early to mid 1940s, being the idol of the 'bobby soxers'. His professional career had stalled by the 1950s, but it was reborn in 1953 after he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
- Joan Crawford
Joan Crawford (March 23 1905 - May 10 1977), was an acclaimed, iconic, Academy Award-winning American actress, arguably one of the greatest from the Golden Age of Hollywood from the 1920s through 1940s. The American Film Institute named Crawford among the Greatest Female Stars of All Time, ranking her at number ten. Starting as a dancer, she was signed to a motion picture contract by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios in 1925 and played in small parts.
- Carrot Top
Carrot Top, born Scott Thompson on February 25, 1965 (though he has claimed in interviews to be born in 1967 and 1969) in Los Angeles, California is an American prop comedian famous for his red hair. According to his official site Carrot Top spends fifteen weeks a year doing live performances in Las Vegas (currently performing at the Luxor Hotel) and does over 100 shows a year on tour. His comedy routine is most known for his comedic use of props.
- William F. Ballhaus Jr.
Dr. William F. Ballhaus, Jr. is an American engineer. On May 1, 2001, he was appointed president and chief executive officer of The Aerospace Corporation, an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to the objective application of science and technology toward the solution of critical issues in the nation’s space program. He previously worked for Lockheed Martin Corporation, Martin Marietta Corporation and was director of NASA's Ames Research Center.
- John Riccitiello
John Riccitiello is the CEO of Electronic Arts. He received his B.S. degree from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. He then worked in a variety of consumer product companies including the The Clorox Company (Brand Manager]], PepsiCo (Group Marketing Director), Haagen-Dazs International (Managing Director), Wilson Sporting Goods (President and Chief Executive Officer), and Sara Lee Corporation (President and Chief Executive Officer, Bakery Division).
- Larry Kellner
Lawrence W. "Larry" Kellner (born 1959) has been CEO of Continental Airlines since December 2004. He previously served as a vice president, chief financial officer and chief operations officer for the airline. Kellner grew up in Sumter, South Carolina. He graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1981 with a degree in accounting. He resides in Houston, Texas.
- Lorenzo Zambrano
Lorenzo H. Zambrano Treviño is a Mexican businessman. He is the chairman and CEO of CEMEX, one of the largest cement companies in the world. Zambrano was born in Monterrey, Nuevo León into an upper-class family. He received a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Studies in 1966 and an MBA from Stanford Business School in 1968. In 1968 he joined CEMEX, a cement company founded by his grandfather in 1906.
- S. Robson Walton
Samuel Robson (Rob) Walton (born 1945, in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is the eldest son of Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer. According to Forbes, his net worth is $16.7 billion as of 2007. Walton graduated from Columbia Law School in 1969 and became a member of the law firm that represented Wal-Mart until his father's death. Rob Walton was named chairman of the Board of Directors of Wal-Mart on April 7, 1992, two days after his father's death, …