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Alumni in the News
February 2007
Connie Duckworth, WG'79, was featured in an article about her involvement with Arzu Inc., a nonprofit company she founded after returning from Afghanistan in 2003, as a member of the U.S.-Afghan Women's Council. Arzu employs over 700 Afghan women and uses its profits to fund education and health care initiatives in Afghanistan. (Houston Chronicle, 2/3/07)
Andy Turner, PHD'81, was featured in an article about his appointment as dean of the Pacific Lutheran University Business School. (The News Tribune, 2/4/07)
Ivanka Trump, W'04, was interviewed in an article about her role in her family's business. She is the vice president of development and acquisitions at the Trump Organization. (People Magazine, 2/5/07)
Steve Woda, WG'01, was featured in an article about his company BuySafe Inc., an online shopping security firm. (The Washington Times, 2/5/07)
Chip Goodyear, WG'83, was featured in an article about his upcoming resignation as CEO of BHP Billiton, an Australian mining company. (The New York Times, 2/8/07, The Financial Times, 2/8/07)
Ricardo Ernst, PHD'87, was featured in an article about his work as a professor of business logistics at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. (State News Service, 2/9/07)
Jonathan Gray, W'92, was featured in an article about his role in the Blackstone Group's leveraged buyout of Equity Office Properties Trust. Gray is the head of the private equity firm's U.S. real estate division. (New York Post, 2/11/07)
Robert Gunn, WG'72, was noted in an article about Osteotech, Inc. where he was recently appointed to the board of directors. (Health & Medicine Week, (2/12/07)
Anil Ambani, WG'83, head of the Anil Dhirubhai Group, was featured in an article about his upcoming business plans. (Reuters, 2/12/07)
Tarun Tahiliani, W'84, who designs clothes under his Tarum Tahiliani label, was featured in an article about his work in the Indian fashion industry. (Business Standard, 2/13/07)
Thomas Curran, WM'68, president and chief investment officer of Curran Investments, was featured in an article about his induction into Research Magazine's 2006 Advisor Hall of Fame. (Times Union, 2/14/07)
Jon Huntsman, W'59, HON'96, founder of the Huntsman Corporation, was interviewed about his thoughts on Mitt Romney, former governor of Massachusetts and candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008. (Fox News, 2/21/07)
Patrick Lynch, WG'96, was featured in an article about his appointment as Morgan Stanley's head of Asia Credit and co-head of interest rates and foreign exchange in Hong Kong. (Reuters, 2/22/07)
James Tisch, WG'76, was featured in an article about his role as CEO of the Loews Corporation. (Forbes Magazine, 2/26/07)
Karen Finerman, W'87, was interviewed about hedge fund strategies. Finerman is president of Metropolitan Capital Advisors (CNBC, Fast Money, 2/27/07)
Jeffrey Chodorow, W'72, was featured in an article about his restaurant business. Chodorow's China Grill Management, which was noted as operating a number of restaurants across the world. (New York Sun, 2/28/07)
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