Mentorscape

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The Smith Family Business Initiative is pleased to announce the creation of the Cornell Family Business Mentorscape. This is an outgrowth of our popular Sam Seltzer ’48 Mentors Forum and provides year-round access to our slate of mentors. The SFBI has created this mentors’ platform with the goal of connecting our Cornell students and recent alumni with the vast expertise within the SFBI network.

 

The Mentorscape platform does several things:

  1. Organizes all of our mentors into one place.
  2. Streamlines the connection process; the SFBI moderates all mentorship requests.
  3. Allows the SFBI to track the quantity and quality of the engagements.

 

How it Works

  • Students interested in meeting with a mentor should click the “Meet With” button below the mentor they would like to connect with.
  • You will be directed to a survey to fill out your contact information, select which mentor(s) you would like to network with, and type a message to send the mentor.
  • Once completed, the mentor(s) will receive a notification including the information you filled out. They will be in contact shortly to set up a formal meeting.

Mentors

Patrick Abouchalache

Patrick Abouchalache

Founder & Managing Director

PEGA Group

MEET WITH PATRICK

Joe Astrachan

Joe Astrachan

Professor Emeritus

Kennesaw State University

Cornell Family Business Fellow

MEET WITH JOE

Doug Baumoel

Douglas Baumoel '78

Founding Partner & CEO

Continuity Family Business Coaching

Cornell Family Business Practitioner Fellow

MEET WITH DOUGLAS

Evan Cagner

Evan Cagner '95

President & CEO

Synclaire Brands

MEET WITH EVAN

Ann Dugan

Ann Dugan

Founder & Behavior Design Coach

aduganLLC

Cornell Family Business Practitioner Fellow

MEET WITH ANN

Steven Gal

Steven Gal '88

Entrepreneur and Professor

Cornell University 

Cornell Family Business Faculty Fellow

MEET WITH STEVEN

Holly Isdale

Holly Isdale '86

Founder and Private Wealth Advisor

Wealthaven

Cornell Family Business Practitioner Fellow

MEET WITH HOLLY

Dennis Jaffe

Dennis Jaffe, Ph.D.

Research Associate

Wise Counsel Research

Cornell Family Business Practitioner Fellow

MEET WITH DENNIS

Rania Labaki

Rania Labaki

Director

EDHEC Family Business Centre

Cornell Family Business Fellow

MEET WITH RANIA

Greg McCann

Greg McCann

Principal

McCann and Associates

Cornell Family Business Fellow

MEET WITH GREG

Kevin Omar Williams '99

Kevin Omar Williams '99

Alternative Investments

Family Office

Cornell Family Business Practitioner Fellow

MEET WITH KEVIN

Carol Wittmeyer

Carol Wittmeyer

Interim Dean

St. John Fisher College

Cornell Family Business Fellow

MEET WITH CAROL