Boston Bates Business Network Event History
November 2008
Choosing Your First Job and Why it Doesn't Matter
Michael Bonney ’80, P’09, ’12
Paige Brown ’96
Bill Carey ’82
Geri Fitzgerald ’75
Walter Jackson ’69
Susan Peillet Yule ’78
September 2008
College Street to Wall Street
Michael Chu ’80, P’12, Bates College Trustee, Managing Partner, Catterton Partners
May 2008
The Changing Landscape of Sports
Richard Johnson ’78, Curator, The Sports Museum at the Boston Garden
Kevin McHugh, Director of Athletics, Bates College
Jeff Price ’87, President, SI Digital
March 2008
The Rankification of Education
James Ash ’90, College Counselor and Coach, Wellesley High School
Jane Bode Brown ’69, Vice President for Enrollment & College Relations, Mount Holyoke College
Jon Marcus ’82, Co-Author, 100 Best Universities in the World, former editor, Boston Magazine
January 2008
Environmental Sustainability: Law, Academia and Fortune 500
Mark Buckley, Vice President of Environmental Affairs, Staples, Inc.
Sarah Hammond Creighton ’84, Director, Tufts University Climate Initiative
Jeff Porter ’85, Attorney – Environmental Section, Mintz Levin
November 2007
A Career in Sales…Myth and Reality
David Campbell ’86, Principal, The Codman Company
Karen Konecki Goober ’68, Florence Kates Realty
David Hazlett ’90, General Manager, IRA Motor Group
Peter Wyman ’86, Vice President of Sales, Ocean Spray Cranberries
October 2007
Universal Coverage: Is It for Everyone?
Christie Hager, Chief Health Counsel to Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi
Nancy Turnbull, Dept. of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health
Win Brown ’89, Moderator, Vice President of Administration, Lowell General Hosiptal
May 2007
The Business of Brewing
Michael Beaton, Founder and President, Cape Ann Brewing
Rhonda Kallman, Founder and CEO, New Century Brewing
Brian Powers ’94, Owner and Brewer, Strange Brew
Niles Lindenfelser ’96, Salesman, Burke Distributing
March 2007
Media Madness: A Boston Perspective on the Changing Media Landscape
Jonathan Hall ’83, 7News Anchor and Reporter, WHDH
Brian McGrory ’84, Metro Columnist, Boston Globe
Daniel Scully ’80, President, Boston Magazine
J.D. Hale ’82, Publisher, Yankee Magazine (Moderator)
January 2007
The State of Real Estate: The Commercial and Residential Picture
Robert E. Burke '59, COO and Executive Vice President, Boston Properties (retired), Bates College Trustee
Karl E. "Chip" Case, Professor of Economics, Wellesley College, Founding Partner, Fiserv Case Shiller Weiss, Inc.
David Campbell '86, Principal, Codman Company, Inc.
November 2006
Would you Trust Bates Students to Manage your Money? The Bates College Investment Club: Hear from the seed donor, faculty advisor and student members
John Gillespie ’80, Managing Partner, Prospector Partners; Bates College Trustee
Carl Schwinn, Associate Professor of Economics, Bates College
Vaibhav Bajpai '07, President, Bates College Investment Club
Alex Chou '07, Vice President, Bates College Investement Club
October 2006
Jumping Ship and Staying Afloat: Navigating the Tumultuous Waters of Career Change
S. Paige Brown '96, Photographer, Paige Brown Photography
Peter J. Friedman '92, Partner, Mercer Management Consulting
Lizette Panet-Raymond Greaves '81, German Teacher, Blanchard Middle School, Westford
Christian P. Perkins '89, Executive Director, Commonwealth Corporation’s Economic Stabilization Trust
May 2006
So You Want to be Your Own Boss? Linking Passion and Entrepreneurship
Robin Chase, Cofounder, Zipcar
John Rossi ’88, Cofounder, PowerHouse Enterprises
Debora Hansen de Haro ’86, Owner, Taberna de Haro
March 2006
The Markets and Your Money, What’s Hot, What’s Not. Today’s Trends and Thoughts on the Future
Mark Mandel ’89, Director/Global Industry Research, Wellington Management
Ken Swan ’82, President, Lee Munder Capital Group
January 2006
The Politics of Energy: How Did We Get Here and Where Are Prices Going? Dan Rice ’73, Managing Director, BlackRock Advisors
November 2005
Full Time, Part Time, or No Time At All? Sorting through the B-School Options
Jon McLaughlin ’91, Assistant Director of Admissions, MIT Sloan School of Business
Gale Merseth, Former Director of Admissions, Havard Business School
Evelyn Tate, Director of Admissions, Northeastern University Graduate School of Business
March 2005
The Private Equity Industry….Why this is growing asset class, and how you can participate
Michael Chu ’80, Trustee; Managing General Partner, Catterton Partners, Corp.
January 2005
From Research Bench to Patient Bedside: Today’s Hot Topics in Healthcare Mike Bonney ’80, Trustee; President and CEO, Cubist Pharmaceuticals
David Barlow ’79, Trustee; Chairman and CEO, Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals
Robert McAfee ’56, Former President, American Medical Association; Chairman, Board of Directors for Maine’s Dirigo Health Plan
Pamela Baker ’69, Professor of Biology and Associate Dean of Faculty, Bates College
William Carlezon ’86, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Director, Behavioral Genetics Laboratory, Harvard Medical School, McLean Hospital
October 2004
Elephants or Donkeys – Which Breed is Better for Business?
Darrell Crate ’89, Trustee; Chair of the Massachusetts Republican Party; CFO and Executive Vice President, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.
Barbara Raths ’96, Vice President of the Bates College Alumni Association; Former Chair of the Maine Democratic Party; Consultant for the Democratic National Committee
Jon Marcus ’82, Editor, Boston Magazine
May 2004
From Smith North to Senior Management; Charting the path of Bates Graduates in Business
Bruce Stangle ’70, Trustee; Chairman, Analysis Group, Inc
Mike Bonney ’80, Trustee; President and CEO, Cubist Pharmaceuticals
John Gillespie ’80, Trustee; Founder and Managing Partner, Prospector Partners, LLC
April 2003
Challenges and Rewards of Founding a Company
Michael Chu ’80, Trustee; Managing General Partner, Catterton Partners
February 2004
The Art of Networking
David Barlow ’79, Trustee; Chairman and CEO, Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals
John Grausam, Vice President of Lee Hecht Harrison
April 2003
Challenges and Rewards of Founding a Company
Michael Chu ’80, Trustee; Managing General Partner, Catterton Partners
