Dively Entrepreneur Award 2019

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Join HBS NEO as we honor the recipient of the 2019 Dively Entrepreneur Award:

Joe Kanfer, Venturer – GOJO
Skin Health and Hygiene Solutions from the Inventors of PurellTM

Joe Kanfer took his family company from a product to a household name known worldwide as the gold standard – Purell.™ On the journey from manufacturing at home to a worldwide presence, Joe used his entrepreneurial spirit and education to overcome customer objections, product false starts, and more to grow to the amazing success story GOJO® is today.

Joe holds a B.S. in Economics from The Wharton School, a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School and is the recipient of humanitarian awards for his philanthropy.

GOJO®, the inventor of PURELL™ Hand Sanitizer, is the leading global producer and marketer of skin health and hygiene solutions for away-from-home settings. The broad GOJO product portfolio includes hand cleaning, handwashing, hand sanitizing, skin care formulas, and surface sprays under the GOJO®, PURELL™ and PROVON® brand names. GOJO® formulations use the latest advances in the science of skin care and sustainability. GOJO® is known for state-of-the-art dispensing technology, engineered with attention to design, sustainability, and functionality. GOJO® programs promote healthy behaviors for hygiene, skin care, and compliance in critical environments. GOJO® is a family enterprise headquartered in Akron, Ohio with operations in the United Kingdom, France, Australia, Japan, Mexico, and Canada.

 

Global Networking Night

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Get on your mojo with local northeast Ohio alums as HBS alums around the world gather on one night. Experience the power of the HBS network, make new connections, see old friends.

Enjoy a relaxing evening of networking at the home of Kim and Sam Hartwell ‘88 who have graciously agreed to host this event!

Weather permitting we will be gathering around the pool so a light jacket or sweater is suggested.

Parking is available on the north side of the street. Please use the circular drive for dropoff/pickup only.

HBS Baker Foundation Professor Lynda Applegate

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Lynda Applegate will present a case study to our Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management Class. Patrons and recent grads (2018 and 2019) will be invited to attend.

Holden Arboretum

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Please join the HBS Club of Northeastern Ohio for a Sunset Hike at The Holden Arboretum followed by a presentation from President & CEO—Jill Koski.

Holden Arboretum recently merged with the Cleveland Botanical Garden and is now the 12th largest public garden in the country—Jill was named President in November 2017 and came to Cleveland after serving in various roles at Morton Arboretum and Shedd Aquarium in Chicago.

Founded in 1908 by Albert Fairchild Holden in memory of his deceased 12 year old daughter, Holden Arboretum, which now has over 3,600 acres in Lake County, was modeled after the Arnold Arboretum, at a place you may have heard of called Harvard University.

We hope you will agree that there is no more beautiful time of year to see the natural beauty of Northeast Ohio than twilight in early Fall.  If you are unable to join us for the hike, you are welcome to tour Holden’s visitor center prior to Jill’s presentation.

Trees are important to our world — they cool the earth — they provide us with oxygen —they benefit wildlife — they sequester carbon to help fight climate change — they provide a canopy!

Note: Plan to dress casually/comfortably for the evening weather and wear hiking boots — you can change shoes after the hike if you like.

 

HBS NEO Connects at Forest City Shuffleboard Arena and Bar

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HBS NEO Connects at Forest City Shuffleboard Arena and Bar. Please join us for a casual evening of fun and hanging out at one of Cleveland’s newest, unique recreational venues.

Everyone on their own for food/drink.

Stay tuned for another HBS Connects event in Spring 2020!

 

Icebreaker featuring Conservation and Creativity

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Please join old friends and make new ones at the 2019-2020 Icebreaker event for the Harvard Business School Club of NE Ohio. 

ICA – Art Conservation was the nation’s first non-profit regional art conservation center founded in 1952 by six major midwest museums to provide professional, high quality, and cost effective art conservation services. The ICA was the model used by the National Endowment for the Arts, when it began dispersing start-up funding to create a network of similar centers across the United States in 1971.

For the first fifty years of its existence, ICA was on the campus of Oberlin College and provided a Master’s Degree in art con-servation through the college. That program was discontinued in 1978 but the ICA’s training, research, and degree program provided a significant contribution to the formation of a recognized group of professional conservators. Graduates and trainees have gone on to develop conservation laboratories at many institutions including the Cleveland Museum of Art, Indianapolis Museum of Art, and Balboa Art Conservation Center and continue to be leaders in today’s conservation field.

We will tour the newly renovated facility fitted with conservation laboratories and a climate-controlled art storage facility.

Ohio City Galley, the third food hall and restaurant accelerator from Galley Group, is the launch pad for the most exciting new restaurant concepts in Clevela

nd. The mission is to cultivate & accelerate aspiring restaurateurs by providing a forum to showcase their capabilities, hone their craft, develop business acumen, and build a cult following behind their concepts. We will enjoy the offerings of the four current culinary startups – TINMAN – POCA – SAUCE THE CITY – FOREST CITY STEAK (moving in next week)

HBS NEO Leadership Award to recognize Beth Mooney

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The Harvard Business School Club of Northeastern Ohio is pleased to announce the selection of Beth Mooney, Chairman and CEO of KeyCorp, as its 2019 Leadership Award recipient.  

Beth Mooney has been chosen as the club’s Leadership Award recipient for 2019.  Since she became Chairman and CEO in 2011, Beth has guided KeyCorp through a period of profound change in the banking industry.  Forbes has recognized her as one of “the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women” and Fortune Magazine has identified her among the top 50 “Most Powerful Women in Business” and in 2017, American Banker Magazine named her “Banker of the Year.”  She is a recipient of the “Corporate Responsibility Award’ from the Foreign Policy Association for Keybank’s civic leadership and community outreach.

Her impact on the Northeast Ohio community extends far beyond her corporate leadership.  She serves on the board of directors of the United Way of Greater Cleveland and acted as co-chair of the 2017/2018 campaign.  She is a former chair of the Greater Cleveland Partnership and she now serves as a Trustee and Treasurer of the Cleveland Orchestra and a Trustee of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.

Whether in her role as corporate leader or community leader, Beth Mooney has had an immense positive impact on KeyCorp, Northeast Ohio and society in general.

About the Leadership Award…
Since 1959, the Harvard Business School Club of Northeastern Ohio has recognized one CEO or Chairman of a public, private, or non-profit organization for responsible leadership of the employees of his or her organization and for the impact that the individual has had on the broader Northeast Ohio community and society in general.

Greater Cleveland Food Bank

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Kristin Warzocha
President & CEO, Greater Cleveland Food Bank

This event starts with tours of the cavernous food warehouse, kitchen facilities and massive freezer facilities. There are 3 million lbs. of food in the warehouse with 125,000 lbs. of food delivered to partner agencies and programs every day, and thousands of meals being prepared daily.

After the tours, we will have dinner and hear more about the Food Bank and its mission from President and CEO, Kristin Warzocha. Kristin has been with the Food Bank since 2000 and has concentrated on engaging the community in the work of the Food Bank.

Also, during the dinner portion, we will be holding the HBS Club Annual meeting where we will be asking for approval of a slate of new/renewing officers and trustees. We will also be requesting approval of new bylaws and a revised Constitution.

A popular addition to the evening is the opportunity to hear from our scholarship recipients who went to campus for one of the non-profit classes — hear about their experience and how they have applied what they learned in their organization’s day-to-day operations. This year we will have short reports from the following individuals:

  • Richard Cockran, Pres & CEO—Western Reserve Land Conservancy
  • Victor Ruiz, Executive Director—Esperanza, Inc.
  • Eleace Sawyers, President & CEO—Care Alliance Health Center

Great Lakes Theater

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A discussion led by Charles Fee, Producing Artistic Director, Great Lakes Theater
and experience Agatha Christie’s: “WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION”

Charles Fee, as artistic director of a unique collaboration between three fully independent, geographically diverse regional theater companies in Cleveland—Boise Idaho and Lake Tahoe has created a groundbreaking model for the industry. And resulting in the success of the three companies involved. Hear about this—”another first for CLE” – as well as the joys and challenges of managing performing arts organizations.

Charles earned his BA from University of Pacific and MFA from University of California, San Diego. He and his wife, Lidia, and their 16 year-old daughter, Alexa live in Boise, Cleveland and Lake Tahoe – quite a feat that is made possible by the support of his family and the communities represented!

WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION – Agatha Christie’s Gripping Courtroom ThrillerWitness for the Prosecution

You are hereby summoned for jury duty. The stakes are high as Leonard Vole is accused of murdering a widow to inherit her wealth. Can this defendant convince the jury, and you, of his innocence and escape the hangman’s noose despite shocking courtroom testimony and impassioned gallery outbursts? Witness as Leonard and his lawyers struggle to untangle the truth in a whodunit suspense-thriller that will keep you guessing until the gavel’s last echo… and beyond!!

RhinoSystems, Inc.

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Martin R. Hoke
President & Founder, RhinoSystems, Inc.

Based on US Centers for Disease Control there are 50 million people in North America suffering from chronic sinusitis. Martin Hoke, being one of the 50,000, set about to find a solution for addressing this need and helping this subset of Americans. RhinoSystems, Inc., founded in 2007, developed and markets the Navage Nasal Hygiene System and has grown rapidly.

“It’s been an amazing ride. It started at our kitchen counter, moved to Lorain County Community College’s GLIDE Incubator, then 25,000 feet in Brooklyn Heights, and now 65,000 feet in Brooklyn!” said Martin Hoke, President of Rhino Systems.

Team Neo reported that RhinoSystems is one of more than 700 biomedical companies in NEO — a number that has grown from 300 in 2002. Martin was born in Lakewood earned a bachelors degree from Amherst and law degree from CWRU. Founded a cell phone company, served in the US House of Representatives, is a pianist, has written an opera and now is an inventor.