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The Difference You Make THE DIFFERENCE YOU MAKE ANNUAL REPORT 2018–2019 TIME, TALENT, AND TREASURE This annual report affords me the chance to reflect on theT school’shis annual accomplishments report affords me over the chancethe past to yearreflect Center, and the Tata Innovation Center — that serve as withon thepride school’s and gratitude. accomplishments I am struck over by the what past we’ve year Johnson’s collective home. beenwith able pride to and achieve gratitude. together, I am stranduck so by grateful what we’ve Also in the vein of bringing people together, the forbeen the able community to achieve that together has built, and our so legacy grateful and for the Tata Innovation Center on Roosevelt Island now hosts continuescommunity to thatsupport has builtour ongoing our legacy growth. and continues numerous key Johnson programs: our Executive MBA/ to support our ongoing growth. MS in Healthcare Leadership, the Executive MBA Metro You are that community, and you are the reason NY, and, of course, the Cornell Tech MBA, as well as for Johnson’s success. supporting half-semester intensives and weekend As we all know, the people who make up courses that bring our Ithaca-based students to study Johnson are bright, driven, and accomplished, but what’s truly at the Cornell Tech campus. These significant developments help exceptional is their engagement and dedication. Members of the tie together different programs and student communities, allowing Johnson community have given so much of themselves to help students in executive MBA and residential MBA programs to work realize our success, and their ongoing dedication is inspiring. together in ways they never could before. First, let’s consider some major milestones. This year, we In addition, Dean Kevin Hallock assumed leadership of the celebrated the 20th anniversaries of the Parker Center for Invest- Cornell SC Johnson College of Business this year. I was honored to ment Research, Big Red Ventures, and the Office of Diversity and be on the search committee that selected Dean Hallock, and I’m Inclusion — innovations that have transformed our community thrilled that he has already exceeded our very high expectations, over the past two decades. We welcomed back old friends to serving as a wonderful partner for Johnson and our sister schools. commemorate the planting of the seeds that have since grown Dean Hallock has a background uniquely suited to this task. An and blossomed and that will continue to enhance and define the eminent economist who started his career with a joint appointment Johnson experience for generations of students to come. in a business school, he subsequently joined Cornell’s School of And, just this past year, there were many, many ways in Industrial & Labor Relations and served four years as its dean. Thus, which members of the Johnson community fostered Johnson’s while Dean Hallock understands business schools and has succeeded growth and development. Roberto Cañizares ’71 and his wife at Cornell as a faculty member and as a dean, he was not previously Gail established the Gail and Roberto Cañizares Director for the affiliated with any of the three schools that constitute the College and Emerging Markets Institute as well as a professional scholar- so brings a fresh perspective. He is a remarkable blend of insider and ship. Rob also serves on our Advisory Council and the Emerging outsider, and I’m excited to be working with him in his new capacity. Markets Institute Board. Drew Pascarella, MBA ’01, who gradu- Finally, I hope you were among the many here to enjoy the glorious ated from Johnson and built a brilliant career in New York City time we had at Reunion 2019. Not only did we have gorgeous weather as an investment banker, has returned to contribute his talents that I’m sure you remember from your student days, but it was a as the Rempe Wilson Distinguished Lecturer and now leads our record turnout, with more than 500 Johnson alumni, family, and residential MBA programs as associate dean. Hernan J.F. Saenz friends in attendance, including 51 alumni from the class of ’99, 71 III, MBA/MILR ’98, a partner at Bain; Scott D. Stewart, MBA ’83, from the class of ’94, and 72 from the class of ’14. It was great to PhD ’85, founder and leader of the Structured Investments Group reminisce and reconnect and occasionally offer a pop accounting at Fidelity Investments; and Irene Rosenfeld ’75, MS ’77, PhD ’80, quiz to some of the former students whom I’ve had the pleasure of former chair and CEO of Mondelēz International, are just a few of teaching over my 30 years at Cornell. the many successful business leaders who shared their invaluable In the new year, I’ve traveled to Asia and Mexico and interacted expertise with students within and beyond the classroom. It’s with our colleagues there, enhancing our work at the Cornell Tech remarkable that such influential and busy people give the precious campus and continuing to develop programs and partners for exec- gift of their time to our school. utive education. We’re also continuing to build out lifelong learning Another theme this past year was bringing together members opportunities for alumni — from career coaching and webinars to of our community in new and innovative ways. A transformative mentorship opportunities — through Cornell’s new CUeLinks. gift from Demir Sabanci, MBA ’99, established The Sabanci Bridge, The deanship of Johnson is a very special role, one that I feel endowing classrooms at the Breazzano Family Center for Business honored and privileged to fulfill. Thank you very much for the many Education in Ithaca and the Tata Innovation Center on the Cornell ways in which you support each other and support Johnson. I hope Tech campus in New York City and enabling technology and to see you at a regional club event or on campus soon. instructional support to link those classrooms. The Sabanci Bridge spans Ithaca and New York City, bringing students, faculty, and business leaders together in real time to share their experiences and insights. It’s also an important symbol of the combination of Mark W. Nelson, PhD our school’s three physical locations — Sage Hall, the Breazzano Anne and Elmer Lindseth Dean YEAR IN REVIEW 2018—2019 Financial Review For fiscal year 2019, Johnson continued to pursue a path of optimizing itsF investmentsor fiscal year in new 2019, programs. Johnson Ascontinued a result, to revenuepursue a path of years, further enhancing the $441,000 matching funds generated atoptimizing Johnson its grew investments 5.1 percent in new in fiscal programs. year 2019,As a result, primarily revenue in the prior fiscal year. drivenat Johnson by increased grew 5.1 enrollmentpercent in fiscal as new year degree 2019, programsprimarily driven Overall, new gifts and commitments to Johnson in FY19 totaled becameby increased more enrollment established. as newLaunched degree in programs fiscal year became 2018, more $23.7 million. Of the $19.4 million received in cash gifts this year theestablished. two-year LaunchedExecutive in MBA/MS fiscal year in Healthcare2018, the two-year Leadership, Executive (current cash gifts and pledge payments from 2019 and earlier taughtMBA/MS in partnershipin Healthcare with Leadership, Weill Cornell taught Medicine, in partnership continued with years), $3.6 million went to Johnson’s annual fund, $5.8 million itsW eillpositive Cornell growth Medicine, by adding continued a second its positive class growth in fiscal by year adding a supported other current use priorities, and the remaining $10.8 2019.second The class MPS in fiscalin Management year 2019. The– Accounting MPS in Management Specialization – million was added to our permanent endowment. programAccounting grew Specialization from an inaugural program class grew of from 19 studentsan inaugural class Johnson finished fiscal year 2019 with an operating margin deficit inof fiscal 19 students year 2018 in fiscal to 26 year students 2018 toin fiscal26 students year 2019.in fiscal The year of $7.9 million. The deficit was the result of previously anticipated new2019. MPS The in new Management MPS in Management program launchedprogram launched with a class with of lease payments for facilities including the Breazzano Family Center 18a classstudents. of 18 Forstudents. fiscal Foryear fiscal 2020, year we have2020, seenwe have enrollment seen at for Business Education in Ithaca and the Tata Innovation Center on theenrollment two MPS at programsthe two MPS grow programs further grow(45 and further 35 respectively).(45 and 35 Roosevelt Island, higher levels of financial aid to continue to attract top students to Johnson, and additional faculty and staff. Facilities Additionally,respectively). the Additionally Cornell-Tsinghua, the Cornell-T Financesinghua MBA Finance program MBA program enrolled 104 students. and faculty and staff are expenses we are incurring now to support enrolled 104 students. Endowment value was $254.4 million as of June 30, 2019 future growth in revenue. We expect that over the next two to three (unaudited). Investment income of $9.8 million was available in years, Johnson will return to break even. Revenue growth will be fiscal year 2019 to support faculty, research, financial aid, and driven by increased enrollment in the two MPS programs (Manage- programs. ment and Accounting), Cornell-Tsinghua Finance MBA, executive New gifts confirmed as part of the Cornell SC Johnson MBA programs (Metro, Americas, and Executive MBA/MS in Health- College of Business Endowment Challenge totaled $17.0 million care Leadership), and our growing endowments and annual gifts. for the college, of which $10.4 million was for Johnson. This will The investment by generous donors has been instrumental in generate $917,500 in matching income annually in the next five Johnson’s continued positive growth.
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