2005 Headlines
Ann Fudge, CEO of Young & Rubicam Brands, Speaks on April 6Storied CEO Gives 2005 Durland Memorial Lecture at the Johnson School April 1, 2005, Ithaca, New York The SC Johnson Graduate School of Management is pleased to announce that Ann Fudge, the Chairwoman and CEO of Young & Rubicam Brands, will present the 2005 Durland Memorial Lecture on Wednesday, April 6, 2005 at 4:30 pm in the Barnes Hall Auditorium on the Cornell campus. Fudge's presentation, which is entitled, "Leaders as Catalysts in a Turbulent World", is open to the public and will be followed by a reception at Sage Hall's Dyson Atrium. Prior to Young & Rubicam Brands, Ms. Fudge served as President, Beverages, Desserts and Post Division - a $5 billion unit of Kraft Foods. She served on Kraft's Management Committee and has managed many businesses including Maxwell House Coffee, Gevalia Kaffe, Kool Aid, Crystal Light, Post cereals, Jell-O desserts and Altoids. Before joining General Foods, she spent nine years at General Mills, where she began as a Marketing Assistant and rose to the level of Marketing Director. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of General Electric. She also serves on the Board of Governors of the Boys and Girls Club of America, the Board of Directors of Catalyst and is a trustee of the Brookings Institution. She is a member of The Committee of 200 and The Council on Foreign Relations. Ms. Fudge was recently named to the boards of The Advertising Council and the Advertising Educational Foundation. Ms. Fudge was also named one of Time's Global Business Influentials of 2004. In April 2004, Ms. Fudge received the Matrix Award for Advertising from New York Women in Communication. Among her other honors are Leadership Awards from the Minneapolis and New York City YWCA, the 1998 Alumni Achievement Award from Harvard Business School and the 2000 Achievement Award from The Executive Leadership Council. She has been profiled in Black Enterprise magazine, Business Week and The New York Times, among others and named by Fortune magazine as one of the 50 most powerful women in American business. The Durland Lecture Series is the most prestigious speaking event at the Johnson School. Initiated in 1983, its purpose is to bring distinguished executives from the fields of business, finance and investment management to the Johnson School for a presentation to the students. It was established in memory of Lew Durland, treasurer emeritus of Cornell who served as the university's chief financial officer for more than twenty-five years. Past speakers include Kenneth Chenault, Chairman and CEO of American Express; Craig Barrett, Chairman and CEO of Intel; Abby Joseph Cohen of Goldman Sachs, and Karen Katen, Executive Vice President, Pfizer, Inc. and President, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Group. The Johnson School at Cornell University, founded in 1946, is Cornell's graduate school of management. The Johnson School combines leading edge intellectual capital with "real time, real world" business practice and is among the top business schools in the world. Distinctives include a wide variety of opportunities for experiential learning, such as immersion curricula and student-run venture capital and mutual funds. Programs include MBA and doctoral degrees, a twelve-month MBA option for students with advanced degrees in science or engineering, an executive MBA and a variety of customized executive education programs. The Johnson School is located at the center of Cornell University-the largest of the Ivy League schools and one of the world's top research institutions. For More Information |
