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Category Archives: Spotlight
Sheena Foster – CUP Fellow Spotlight – Apr. 2012
What is your occupation and how did you come to work in this field? I am the Founder and CEO of a newly launched specialty tea company called CuriosiTeas NYC. We specialize in custom blends of fair trade certified, loose leaf teas and organic herbal blends that optimize health benefits, produce private labeling and teachread more
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Tamara Dews – CUP Leadership Board Spotlight- Apr. 2012
What is your occupation and how did you come to work in this field? I am currently a Manager in the Business & Legal Affairs division of Sony Music Entertainment. In this capacity, my team is responsible for identifying ancillary markets to promote and distribute our music, which range from manufacturing deals with chains likeread more
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Publicolor – Nonprofit Partner Spotlight – Mar. 2012
Who is Publicolor? Alarmed by the ramifications of our nation’s rising high school dropout rate, industrial designer Ruth Lande Shuman founded Publicolor in 1996. Following her studies at Pratt Institute (MSID, Industrial Design) and realizing that too many of our schools look and feel like prisons—a condition contributing to our all-too-high dropout rate—Ruth foundedread more
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Tamara Nall – CUP Fellow Spotlight – Mar. 2012
What is your occupation and how did you come to work in this field? As a consultant, I am the President and CEO of The Leading Niche, a global management consulting Firm. We have an international, corporate and federal government client portfolio. I pursued my entrepreneurial dreams after working for many years at aread more
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Charlita Cardwell – CUP Leadership Board Spotlight- Mar. 2012
What is your occupation and how did you come to work in this field? I am a corporate attorney. As a child, I had visions of being a lawyer and got on the path to do so early. Though, as a young child, I envisioned myself as a litigator, my interest in business and economics compelledread more
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Jeri Powell – CUP Fellow Spotlight – Feb. 2012
What is your occupation and how did you come to work in this field? I am a State Director for StudentsFirst. StudentsFirst is a national, bi-partisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to transforming public education in America. As a State Director, I manage legislative affairs for the organization across three separate states. The work is a combinationread more
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Daisy Auger-Domínguez – CUP Member Spotlight- Feb. 2012
What is your occupation and how did you come to work in this field? I am a Managing Director of Executive Search Initiatives at Time Warner Inc., a leading media and entertainment company. My team and I are responsible for enhancing Time Warner’s executive employment brand with diverse communities, attracting and recruiting diverse executives, andread more
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Fund for Public Schools – Nonprofit Partner Spotlight – Feb. 2012
Who is The Fund for Public Schools? The Fund for Public Schools partners closely with the New York City Department of Education to reform public education, giving the city’s 1.1 million students a better chance at a productive future. Since 2003, The Fund has raised nearly $300 million to support the city’s schools and theread more
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Yusef Kassim – CUP Leadership Board Spotlight- Feb. 2012
What is your occupation and how did you come to work in this field? I work in the Investor Relations group at Eton Park Capital Management, an $11 billion multi-disciplinary investment firm. The core function of this group is to manage the global marketing, investor communication and service related aspects of the fund. Iread more
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Roderick Hardamon – CUP Member Spotlight- Apr. 2012