- Joi Ito
Joi Ito , an activist, entrepreneur and venture capitalist, has received much recognition for his role as an entrepreneur of Internet and technology companies. He has founded companies such as PSINet Japan, Digital Garage and Infoseek Japan and is the founder and currently the CEO of the venture capital firm, Neoteny Co., Ltd.
- Seth Godin
Godin graduated from Tufts University in 1982 with a degree in computer science and philosophy, and he earned his MBA in marketing from Stanford Business School. From 1983 to 1986, he worked as a brand manager at Spinnaker Software, where he led the team that developed the first generation of multimedia products, working with such forward-thinking authors as Arthur C. Clarke and Michael Crichton .
- Charles Tufts
Charles Tufts was an American businessman. Tufts donated twenty acres (80,000 m²) of land in Medford, Massachusetts for what was to be named Tufts University. In time, Charles Tufts donated another 80 acres (320,000 m²), bringing the campus area to 100 acres (400,000 m²). Tufts made his fortune through his brickmaking factory. Tufts is a descendant of Peter Tufts, an early colonist who came to the US from England in 1638.
- Medea Benjamin
Medea Benjamin is Founding Director of Global Exchange. For over twenty years, Medea has supported human rights and social justice struggles around the world. Medea is a leading activist in the peace movement and helped bring together the groups forming the coalition United for Peace and Justice (see www.unitedforpeace.org ). She is also the co-founder of CODEPINK: Women for Peace, a women's group that has been organizing creative actions against the war and occupation of Iraq.
- Dov Charney
Dov Charney (born January 31, 1969 in Montreal) is the CEO of the garment company American Apparel (AA), a vertically integrated clothing manufacturer, wholesaler, and retailer that makes all of its garments in a downtown Los Angeles factory, now the single largest clothing manufacturing plant in the United States. American Apparel employs nearly five thousand workers, most of whom make at least twice the minimum wage.
- Jonathan Zittrain
Jonathan Zittrain Jonathan Zittrain is a co-founder of Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society and from 1997 to 2000 served as its first executive director. He further holds the Chair in Internet Governance and Regulation at Oxford University and is a principal of the Oxford Internet Institute. Zittrain is the Jack N. & Lillian R. Berkman Visiting Professor for Entrepreneurial Legal Studies at Harvard Law School.
- Frankie Trull
Frankie Trull is an American science advocate, lobbyist and educator. Trull attended Boston University in the 1970s then worked at Tufts University while studying for a Master's Degree in sociology. At Tufts she was among the founding members of the Research Animal Alliance, which later became the National Association for Biomedical Research, …
- Pierre Omidyar
Unlike many other high-tech entrepreneurs, Omidyar didn't set out to become an Internet tycoon. Born in Paris, he moved to Maryland as a child when his father accepted a residency at Johns Hopkins University Medical Center. Hewrote his first computer program at age 14, to catalog books for the school library. He graduated from Tufts University in 1988 with a degree incomputer science and went to work for a company that developed Macintosh software.
- Jeff Stibel
Jeff Stibel is currently the President and a member of the Board of Directors of Web.com (NASDAQ: WWW). Mr. Stibel was part of the founding management team at United Online (NASDAQ: UNTD), a technology company that owns and operates leading web services, including NetZero, Juno, and Classmates.com. Prior to United Online, Mr. Stibel was founder, Chairman and CEO of Simpli.com, a search and marketing technology company currently owned by ValueClick (NASDAQ: VCLK).
- Dr Christian George Mayaud MD
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- Heather Burnett Gold
Heather Burnett Gold is Senior Vice President External Affairs at XO Communications. In this role she oversees all of XO's advocacy with the federal government, including Congress, the FCC, other federal agencies, and the White House, and with state legislative and regulatory entities, manages public relations and serves as the executive in charge of XO's small business services.
- Jeremy Rifkin
Author, activist, and philosopher Jeremy Rifkin has become one of America's leading social critics. He is the author of fourteen books on the impact of technological changes on the economy, the workforce, society, and the environment. His books have been translated into fifteen languages and are used in hundreds of colleges and graduate schools around the world.
- Francis Chen
Mr. Francis Chen Mr. Chen is a co-founder and chairman of Pacific Advantage International, a sales, marketing and technical support organization that assists U.S. and European high-tech companies to establish sales and distribution channels in Asia. He is also a co-founder and board member of Antara Systems that provides a software platform that optimizes online advertising.
- Agnes Varis
Agnes Varis is President and founder of Agvar Chemicals Inc. and Aegis Pharmaceuticals. Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, Varis was the only child of eight to attend college. She earned her degree in Chemistry and English from Brooklyn College. She attended New York University's Stern School of Business. In 1970, she started Agvar Chemicals and co-founded Marsam Pharmaceuticals in 1985. She became the founder and President of Aegis Pharmaceuticals in 1992.
- Peter Morville
Peter Morville is Chief Operating Officer of Argus Associates, a leading information architecture consulting firm. Since 1993, he has provided information architecture solutions to Fortune 100 and Global 500 organizations, including AT&T, Barron's, Compaq, DaimlerChrysler, Ernst & Young, Johnson & Johnson, Owens-Corning, and Procter & Gamble.
- Alan Herosian
- Joe Bardenheier
Joe Bardenheier Vice President, Corporate Development Joe Bardenheier 's duties include the management of mergers and acquisitions, investment banking relationships, and private label sales to Global 2000 firms. Joe brings to BizLand over 15 years of experience building and operating companies and has had tremendous success in rapidly implementing marketing, sales and acquisition strategies for product and service firms alike.
- Alex Kazerani
Alex is a proven web entrepreneur, having led and sold multiple successful startups. Prior to co-founding EdgeCast, he was a co-founder, chairman and CEO of KnowledgeBase. A hosted enterprise knowledge management company with many fortune 1000 customers. At KnowledgeBase he worked with co-founders James, Phil and Lior, and as CEO was involved in all aspects of the company and responsible for its development.
- Chris Seiple
Chris Seiple Chris Seiple is President of the Institute for Global Engagement (IGE). He previously held the position of Executive Vice President of IGE. Before coming to the Institute, Seiple was an Earhart Fellow at the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy at Tufts University, where he wrote his dissertation on "U.S.-Uzbekistan Relations," receiving his Ph.D. in 2007. Seiple served as an infantry officer in the Marine Corps from 1990 to 1999.
- Frank Gilbane
Frank serves on the board of directors of APT (Art Plus Technology), a Boston-based firm specializing in communications strategies, information delivery, and document processing solutions for the financial industry. Before founding Gilbane Group Inc. Frank was with the market research and consulting firm CAP Ventures, Inc., an Inc. 500 company in both 1997 and 1998.
- Jane Leu
JANE LEU , Founder and Executive Director, Upwardly Global; Ashoka Fellow
- Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes
Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes Ph.D., is Co-Director of the Center on Aging & Work/Workplace Flexibility at Boston College and an Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Social Work at BC. She received her B.A. from Tufts University, M.S.P. from Boston College, and Ph.D. from Boston University.
- Johanna Rothman
Johanna Rothman consults, speaks, and writes on managing high-technology product development. She enables managers, teams, and organizations to become more effective by applying her pragmatic approaches to the issues of project management, risk management, and people management. Johanna intermittently publishes The Pragmatic Manager , an email newsletter, and writes two blogs: Managing Product Development and Hiring Technical People .
- Lyuba Zarsky
Lyuba Zarsky is Senior Research Fellow with Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University. She was formerly the Director of the Globalization and Governance Program at the Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability in Berkeley, California.
- Nikoo Paydar
Nikoo Paydar is a contractor at the Smithsonian Office of Policy and Analysis. She graduated from Tufts University as a Tisch Citizenship and Public Service Scholar with a BA in Art History in 2004. Ms. Paydar was recognized as an "Onward and Upward" Alumni by the Tufts Daily newspaper. She served as the 2005 Contemporary Curatorial Intern at the Drawing Center in New York City.
- Stan Sclaroff
Stan Sclaroff Professor of Computer Science, Boston University Stan Sclaroff is a professor in Boston University's Computer Science Dept. and founder of the university's Image and Video Computing Group. He received his masters and Ph.D. degrees from the MIT Media Laboratory, in 1991 and 1995 respectively. Stan worked in industry (1984 to 1989) as a Senior Software Engineer at Schlumberger Technologies, CAD/CAM Division (Applicon).
- Dan Bloom
Heya, iam dan from stoke, in the middlelands. i was just thinking about what to write in this box and its abit of a mind blank.. well iam on my gap year at the mo. not really doing much to be honest. tad of a holiday.. a long 1.. :)
- Val Livada
Val Livada serves as a member of the Board of Directors. Val Livada founded Weybridge Partners in 1996 as a network of formal and informal associations of practitioners and organizations focused on the successful commercialization of technology. The network includes business and technology consultants, venture capitalists, academics, entrepreneurs, lawyers, etc in the US and abroad. Val has spent over 25 years as a management consultant to both Fortune 200 and emerging companies.
- James Weinberg
- Michael Frishkopf
Michael Frishkopf , PhD, is an ethnomusicologist specializing in musics of the Arab world and West Africa . His research interests also include social network theory and digital multimedia technology. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Music, Associate Director of the Canadian Centre for Ethnomusicology, and Associate Director for Multimedia at FolkwaysAlive!
- Susan L. Santos
Dr. Susan L. Santos , an internationally recognized expert in risk communication, is founder and principal of FOCUS GROUP, a consultancy specializing in risk communication, community relations, and health and environmental management.
- Todd Schuster
Todd Schuster is a founder, principal and member of the Board of Managers of CW Financial Services, and serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the company and its subsidiaries. In September, 2002, Mr. Schuster spearheaded the acquisition of CW Financial Services by its senior management team and the Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec .
- Ronald Klatz
Dr. Klatz has served as a contributor, editor, reviewer and advisor to Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Journal of Gerontology, Osteopathic Annals Medical Journal, Patient Care Medical Journal, Total Health for Longevity, and 50+ Plus magazine .
- Javier Macaya
Javier Macaya is the founder and CEO of New York based Athelera, LLC which he established in January 2000. Throughout his career Javier has represented clients in transactions valued over $20 billion, acting as financial advisor to many leading companies in the Americas and Europe in the telecommunications, consumer products, media, retail and financial services industries.
- Gregory Maguire
Gregory Maguire is the author of the best-selling books Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, Son of a Witch, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, Lost, and Mirror, Mirror . Wicked was made into a Broadway play in 2003 and has broken box office records in New York, Chicago, London and Los Angeles. Maguire received his Ph.D. in English and American Literature from Tufts University.
- George Peabody
George Peabody founded Climbing Trees Coaching in 2001 to bring balanced leadership, collaborativity, and his commitment to clients living a whole life. He is a Certified Professional Co-active Coach. He serves on the R&D Committee of the International Coach Federation. He is a graduate of the Coaches Training Institute's Co-active Leadership program. Prior to coaching, George was Vice President of telecommunications research at Boston's Aberdeen Group.
- Dana Callow
Dana Callow Managing General Partner
- Frank Ackerman
FRANK ACKERMAN Current Position: Dr. Ackerman is the Director of the Research and Policy Program at the Global Development and Environment Institute at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. Expertise: Dr. Ackerman is an economist with extensive experience in analyzing the economics of waste, pollution, and energy.
- Tony M. Ettinger
Tony joined MONY Financial Services in 1985 as Head of Corporate Development. While there, he was promoted to be head of Mergers & Acquisitions and holding company COO for eight financial services companies including a top ten Canadian Life Insurer, the U.S.'s second largest financial planning company, a broker dealer, a securities clearing firm and transfer agent, a start-up mutual fund family, a mortgage bank, a real estate syndicator, and a property-casualty re-insurer.
- Robert Stuart
Robert Stuart has more than 25 years of experience as a commercial and investment banker for telecom entities. Bob founded and runs InDepth Financial Advisors LLC, an investment banking boutique specializing in serving emerging growth telecom companies. Previously, he was the founder and Managing Director of the Global Telecom Industry Group at CIBC World Markets, Industry Group Head at Bankers Trust Company and Telecom Team Leader at The Chase Manhattan Bank.