Student-Alumni Career Pathways

ILR Alumni Association Student-Alumni Career Pathways: Endless Possibilities

September 25, 2015

AGENDA

12:45 a.m. – 2:15 p.m. Lunch– ILR Conference Center at King-Shaw Hall – Buffet lunch with be available in the second floor lobby -- please take your lunch to whichever of the following lunches your are interested in attending:

 Luncheon Between Interested Alumni and MILRSO Members - Room 325, ILR Conference Center at King-Shaw Hall. Amber Gilbert, facilitator.

 Luncheon Between Interested Alumni and Women’s Caucus Members - Room 326, ILR Conference Center at King-Shaw Hall. Leona Barsky and Ellen Dember, facilitators.

 Luncheon Between Interested Alumni and Student Leaders - Room 225 (and Room 229, if needed), ILR Conference Center at King-Shaw Hall.

2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Keynote Speaker: Barry Beck ’90, 305 Ives Hall

“Getting to Startup: How to Start a Company, Build a Brand, and Raise Private Equity”

Barry Beck is the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Bluemercury, Inc., a high-growth luxury beauty retail chain, e-commerce provider and cosmetics brand developer. Mr. Beck oversees all aspects of Bluemercury’s operations including real estate, product development and finance. Mr. Beck also serves on Bluemercury’s Board of Directors, a position he has held since the company’s inception. He developed the original store retail model after his acquisition and development of the first Bluemercury store. Mr. Beck has appeared as a guest speaker for the Showcase on Great Consumer Brands at NASDAQ, the Future of Bricks-and- Mortar Retail at the Commercial Real Estate Development Association, Mobile Payment and Omnichannel Retailing at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, and has spoken on the subject of entrepreneurship and innovation at Cornell University and Columbia University’s Lang Center for Entrepreneurship’s Distinguished Speaker Series. Mr. Beck currently sits on the Trustee Council of Cornell University, the Advisory Council of Cornell University’s ILR School, and on the Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. In 2006, Mr. Beck also co-founded M-61 Laboratories, makers of M-61 Skincare, the first highly technical, natural cosmeceutical brand. Prior to Bluemercury’s founding Mr. Beck participated in the founding of Tower Systems, Inc., now known as U.S. Maintenance, a contract maintenance business serving national retail chains, which was acquired by Emcor Group (NYSE:EME), a Fortune 500 Company. Beck received his Bachelor of Science from Cornell University. He resides in Bethesda, Maryland, with his wife and three children. 1 3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Small Group Career Breakout Panels. Panelists to present a focused introduction followed by student Q&A to facilitate interaction. Topics include:

 Entertainment, Media & Sports - Room 217, Ives Hall

Eric Fisher, Esq., ’98 (moderator) VP Legal and Business Affairs The Madison Square Garden Company

Tom Barreca, ‘86 SVP, Distribution & Development NPN Media

Howard Byck, ‘89 Senior Vice President, Client Services Strayer@Work

Jack Cognetta, ‘06 Editor/Producer MLB Network

Robert Landau, Esq. ’91 Senior Vice President NBC Universal Sports Group

 Human Resources – Room 112 Ives Hall

Robert S. Whitman, Esq., ’86 (moderator) Partner Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Shani Waugh, ‘96 Director of Human Resources Lockheed Martin

Valerie Benjamin, ‘90 Senior Vice President, Human Resources Earthlink Business

Ames Collins, ‘88 Vice President, Human Resources Fidelity Investments

Susan Youngblood, MILR ‘92 Global Business Partners Talent Director IBM

2  Labor Movement, Government and Social Justice – Room 215, Ives Hall

Harvey P. Sanders, Esq., ’86 (moderator) Managing Partner Sanders & Sanders

Marjorie Wittner, Esq., MILR ‘84 Chair Massachusetts Commonwealth Employment Relations Board

Eliot Schuman, Esq. ‘75 Litigation Partner Del Bello Donnellan Weingarten Wise & Wiederkehr, LLP

Patricia Howard Fitzgerald, Esq. ‘97 Vice-Chair and Deputy Chief Judge Employees Compensation Appeals Board U.S. Department of Labor

 Finance, Business & Entrepreneurship – Room 111 Ives Hall

Jordan Berman, ’95 (moderator) Founder & CEO OFC: Office Channel (ofc.tv)

Steven Rosenberg, ‘81 Associate General Counsel and Secretary Johnson & Johnson

Katelyn McClellan, ‘08 Kristen McClellan, ‘12 Founders Snappy Screen, Inc.

Mary Zitwer-Millman, Esq. ‘78 Broker Halstead Property, LLC

Martin L. Schmelkin, Esq., ‘91 Partner Jones Day (formerly Associate General Counsel, Goldman Sachs)

5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. BBQ with ILR Students, Faculty, Staff and Alumni Location: ILR Lower Courtyard

7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Join fellow alumni in the Regent Lounge at the Statler Hotel

3 Saturday, September 26, 2015

8:30am Breakfast 9:00am Welcome and Introductions—Esta Bigler and Board of Directors 9:05am State of the School—Dean Kevin Hallock 9:45am Reports and Discussion  Minutes Review and Approval

 Financial Report

 Membership Report

 ILR’s 70th Anniversary—Alumni Association Celebration January 11, 2016  ILRies in Finance 10:15am Break 10:30am Alumni Survey–Beth Florin 11:30am Communications Committee 12:00pm Strategic Planning Committee 12:15pm Chapter Events 12:30pm By-Laws Committee 1:00pm Meeting Adjourns