ILR Alumni Association
Student-Alumni Career Pathways:
Endless Possibilities
September 25, 2015
AGENDA
12:45 a.m. – 2:15 p.m. Lunch– ILR Conference Center at King-Shaw Hall – Buffet lunch
with be available in the second floor lobby -- please take your lunch to whichever of the
following lunches your are interested in attending:

Luncheon Between Interested Alumni and MILRSO Members - Room 325, ILR
Conference Center at King-Shaw Hall. Amber Gilbert, facilitator.

Luncheon Between Interested Alumni and Women’s Caucus Members - Room 326,
ILR Conference Center at King-Shaw Hall. Leona Barsky and Ellen Dember,
facilitators.

Luncheon Between Interested Alumni and Student Leaders - Room 225 (and Room
229, if needed), ILR Conference Center at King-Shaw Hall.
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Keynote Speaker: Barry Beck ’90, 305 Ives Hall
“Getting to Startup: How to Start a Company, Build a Brand, and Raise Private Equity”
Barry Beck is the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Bluemercury, Inc., a high-growth
luxury beauty retail chain, e-commerce provider and cosmetics brand developer. Mr. Beck
oversees all aspects of Bluemercury’s operations including real estate, product development
and finance. Mr. Beck also serves on Bluemercury’s Board of Directors, a position he has held
since the company’s inception. He developed the original store retail model after his
acquisition and development of the first Bluemercury store. Mr. Beck has appeared as a guest
speaker for the Showcase on Great Consumer Brands at NASDAQ, the Future of Bricks-andMortar Retail at the Commercial Real Estate Development Association, Mobile Payment and
Omnichannel Retailing at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, and has spoken on the
subject of entrepreneurship and innovation at Cornell University and Columbia University’s
Lang Center for Entrepreneurship’s Distinguished Speaker Series. Mr. Beck currently sits on
the Trustee Council of Cornell University, the Advisory Council of Cornell University’s ILR
School, and on the Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.
In 2006, Mr. Beck also co-founded M-61 Laboratories, makers of M-61 Skincare, the first
highly technical, natural cosmeceutical brand. Prior to Bluemercury’s founding Mr. Beck
participated in the founding of Tower Systems, Inc., now known as U.S. Maintenance, a
contract maintenance business serving national retail chains, which was acquired by Emcor
Group (NYSE:EME), a Fortune 500 Company. Beck received his Bachelor of Science from
Cornell University. He resides in Bethesda, Maryland, with his wife and three children.
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3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Small Group Career Breakout Panels. Panelists to present a focused
introduction followed by student Q&A to facilitate interaction. Topics include:

Entertainment, Media & Sports - Room 217, Ives Hall
Eric Fisher, Esq., ’98 (moderator)
VP Legal and Business Affairs
The Madison Square Garden Company
Tom Barreca, ‘86
SVP, Distribution & Development
NPN Media
Howard Byck, ‘89
Senior Vice President, Client Services
Strayer@Work
Jack Cognetta, ‘06
Editor/Producer
MLB Network
Robert Landau, Esq. ’91
Senior Vice President
NBC Universal Sports Group

Human Resources – Room 112 Ives Hall
Robert S. Whitman, Esq., ’86 (moderator)
Partner
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Shani Waugh, ‘96
Director of Human Resources
Lockheed Martin
Valerie Benjamin, ‘90
Senior Vice President, Human Resources
Earthlink Business
Ames Collins, ‘88
Vice President, Human Resources
Fidelity Investments
Susan Youngblood, MILR ‘92
Global Business Partners Talent Director
IBM
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
Labor Movement, Government and Social Justice – Room 215, Ives Hall
Harvey P. Sanders, Esq., ’86 (moderator)
Managing Partner
Sanders & Sanders
Marjorie Wittner, Esq., MILR ‘84
Chair
Massachusetts Commonwealth Employment Relations Board
Eliot Schuman, Esq. ‘75
Litigation Partner
Del Bello Donnellan Weingarten Wise & Wiederkehr, LLP
Patricia Howard Fitzgerald, Esq. ‘97
Vice-Chair and Deputy Chief Judge
Employees Compensation Appeals Board
U.S. Department of Labor

Finance, Business & Entrepreneurship – Room 111 Ives Hall
Jordan Berman, ’95 (moderator)
Founder & CEO
OFC: Office Channel (ofc.tv)
Steven Rosenberg, ‘81
Associate General Counsel and Secretary
Johnson & Johnson
Katelyn McClellan, ‘08
Kristen McClellan, ‘12
Founders
Snappy Screen, Inc.
Mary Zitwer-Millman, Esq. ‘78
Broker
Halstead Property, LLC
Martin L. Schmelkin, Esq., ‘91
Partner
Jones Day (formerly Associate General Counsel, Goldman Sachs)
5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
BBQ with ILR Students, Faculty, Staff and Alumni
Location: ILR Lower Courtyard
7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Join fellow alumni in the Regent Lounge at the Statler Hotel
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Saturday, September 26, 2015
8:30am
Breakfast
9:00am
Welcome and Introductions—Esta Bigler and Board of Directors
9:05am
State of the School—Dean Kevin Hallock
9:45am
Reports and Discussion
 Minutes Review and Approval
 Financial Report
 Membership Report
 ILR’s 70th Anniversary—Alumni Association Celebration
January 11, 2016
 ILRies in Finance
10:15am
Break
10:30am
Alumni Survey–Beth Florin
11:30am
Communications Committee
12:00pm
Strategic Planning Committee
12:15pm
Chapter Events
12:30pm
By-Laws Committee
1:00pm
Meeting Adjourns
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