The Campaign for Sustained Leadership

Daniel J. Finnigan, WG'93, has been appointed Yahoo's executive vice president and general manager of HotJobs. Finnigan will be responsible for all HotJobs operations, including ongoing integration with Yahoo and the expansion in online recruitment (Business Wire, 4/8/02).

Anne Marie Corner, WG'89, CEO of Biosyn, Inc., was featured for her work over the past decade developing a supercontraceptive called Savvy. Savvy is designed to prevent pregnancy, kill off HIV, and protect against sexually transmitted diseases (Vogue, April 2002).

John W. Palmer, WG'79, was appointed executive vice president of Biogen, Inc. Biogen is the winner of the U.S. National Medal of Technology and is principally engaged in discovering and developing drugs for human health care through genetic engineering. Palmer joined Biogen in 1989 as director of marketing and business development (Associated Press Newswires, 4/3/02).

Boediono, PhD'79, finance minister of Indonesia, was mentioned in an article on Indonesia's economic policy (Australian Financial Review, 4/3/02).

Corrado Passera, WG'80, has been tapped to head the turnaround at IntesaBci, the biggest bank by assets in Italy. Passera made a name for himself after leading the turnaround of Italy's famously inefficient postal service (Reuters English News Service, 3/28/02).

Jay Fishman, W'74, WG'74, was profiled in an article on his position as CEO of the St. Paul Companies. Fishman was once considered a leading candidate to eventually replace Sanford Weill as the CEO of Citigroup but jumped at the chance to strike out on his own with the St. Paul Companies. Fishman is attempting to build the St. Paul Companies into a financial giant similar to Citigroup (New York Times, 3/27/02).

Brian D. Finn, W'82, is rejoining Credit Suisse First Boston as the third member of its new office of the chairman, which already included CEO John Mack and chairman Stephen Volk. In his new position, Finn will focus on investment banking and private equity (The Daily Deal, 3/27/02).

Alain Levy, WG'72, was profiled in an article on his recent appointment as the man to turn around troubled music company EMI. Levy has spent his entire career in the music business, including a stint as president of PolyGram, which he grew into the largest and most profitable music company prior to its takeover by Seagram in 1998 (Independent-London, 3/21/02).

George Weiss, W'65, was recently interviewed on the Oprah Winfrey Show about his foundation, "Say Yes to Education," which provides college tuition to disadvantaged children (3/14/02).

F. Gary Garczynski, W'68, was elected president of the 205,000-member National Association of Home Builders. Garczynski is president of National Capital Land and Development Co., which develops about 300 unfinished lots each year for some of the Northern Virginia area's largest builders (Washington Times, 3/8/02).

G. Michael Sievert, W'91, has been named executive vice president and chief marketing officer at AT&T Wireless. Prior to joining AT&T, Sievert served as chief marketing and sales officer at E*Trade Group, Inc. (Business Wire, 3/7/02).

Michael D. DiCandilo, W'82, has been named senior vice president and CFO of Amerisource- Bergen Corporation, the largest pharmaceuticals services company in the U.S. dedicated solely to the pharmaceuticals supply chain (Business Wire, 3/4/02).

Roland Wolfram, WG'86, has been promoted to corporate vice president of global operations and technology at Nike. In his new position, Wolfram will manage Nike's global operations at the point of product development through to customer delivery and will ensure coordination of the supply chain's influence in footwear, apparel, and equipment (PR Newswire, 2/20/02).

William T. Tolley, WG'84, has been appointed as senior vice president and CFO of Hubbell Incorporated, an international manufacturer of quality electrical and electronic products for commercial, industrial, utility, and telecommunications markets. Prior to joining Hubbell, Tolley served as senior vice president and CFO of Chesapeake Corporation (Business Wire, 2/19/02).

Jack Stahl, WG'77, has joined cosmetics maker Revlon, Inc., as CEO. Stahl has spent his entire career at Coca-Cola Co., having resigned last March as the firm's No. 2 executive seeking to explore other career interests and opportunities (Reuters English News Service, 2/19/02).

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