Alumni Profiles
Leading through transformative times
Felipe de Jesus Garza Medina, MBA ’80, was honored with the Carlos R. Quintanilla Distinguished Latino Alumni Award. Felipe de Jesus Garza Medina was honored with the 2015 Carlos Quintanilla Distinguished Latino Alumni Award at Johnson’s Diversity Awards dinner, held Nov. 6 in the Statler Hotel ballroom as part of Johnson’s 6th Annual Diversity Symposium. […]
Helping others to do well
John Bonhomme, MBA ’07, was named recipient of Johnson’s 2015 Wilbur Parker Distinguished Alumni Award for outstanding professional achievement and commitment to his community. John Bonhomme has dedicated himself to promoting diversity and inclusion both in his career and volunteer work. “Diversity is huge to me. In age, gender, sexual orientation, race, socioeconomic status, background. […]
Planting the seeds of mechanization around the world
Sid Bardwell’s MBA ’89 career spans three continents and numerous countries. As a boy in the 1960s, Sid Bardwell spent summers on his grandparent’sdairy farm outside Madison, Wisc. During college, as an Asian studies andeconomics major, he spent an eye-opening year abroad in Japan. And duringthe latest chapter of his distinguished career with John Deere, […]
The consultant who wore many hats
Jamel Morris MBA ’05 helps the federal government tackle big, unusual projects. When the federal government needs help tackling big, unusual projects,they often partner with MITRE, a nonprofit organization that operates anumber of federally funded research and development centers out ofMcLean, Va. Jamel Morris, MBA ’05, is one MITRE leader who has helpedshepherd a number […]
Alumni lead biotech startup GeneWEAVE to successful acquisition
Two Cornell alumni who developed a diagnostic technology to detect drug-resistant bacteria while they were students sold the startup they launched to Roche, the world’s largest biotech company. by Sherrie Negrea Two Cornell alumni who developed a diagnostic technology to detect drug-resistant bacteria while they were students sold the startup they launched to Roche, the […]
Kyung-Bae Suh, MBA ’87
Kyung-Bae Suh, MBA ’87, President and CEO OF AmorePacific and recipient of the L. Joseph Thomas Leadership Award, shares his vision: “Transforming the world through beauty” Kyung-Bae Suh, MBA ’87, has established a name for himself as the leader of one of Asia’s biggest cosmetics corporations. Taking the helm of AmorePacific from his father, Suh […]
Charles J. Jarvie, ’58, MBA ’59
Samuel C. Johnson Distinguished Service Award Recipient A marketing veteran with more than 50 years of experience in executive management and marketing for such giants as Dr. Pepper and Procter & Gamble, Chuck Jarvie ’58, MBA ’59, has devoted his considerable expertise and countless hours and energy to Johnson’s growth and development over more than […]
Kimberly S. Stevenson, MBA ’01
Robert J. Swieringa Young Alumni Service Award Recipient In the business world, Kimberly (Kim) S. Stevenson, MBA ’01, chief information officer and vice president at Intel, has made a splash by being the kind of transformational leader that exemplifies a Johnson MBA. Now known for raising IT’s profile at Intel, she has elevated it to […]
Lisa Bonk, MBA ’11, and Dana Price, MBA ’11
On behalf of the Johnson Club of New York City, Club Co-Presidents Lisa Bonk and Dana Price receive the Henry P. Renard ’54, MBA ’55 Regional Alumni Club of the Year Award President Obama’s visits. Religious holidays. Anything around September 11. These are some of the times to avoid when scheduling alumni events in New […]