She also served on the senior team that led Kraft's initial public offering in 2001. She led the restructuring and turnaround of key businesses in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, and the highly-successful integration of the Nabisco acquisition. She began her career at Dancer Fitzgerald in New York, and later joined General Foods in consumer research. She is a 25-year veteran of the food and beverage industry, has a long history of bringing consumer focus and innovation to building businesses. She currently serves on the University Board of Trustees. I think we made a good admission decision. On a personal note, I was the head of the PhD program while Irene was here. She earned three degrees from Cornell University- a Bachelor of Arts in psychology, a Master of Science in business, and a PhD in marketing and statistics. She assumed the additional post of chairman in March 2007, following Altria Group's spin-off of Kraft. Now, Irene, the 21st annual Durland speaker- she was appointed chief executive officer of Kraft Foods in June of 2006.
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And it is used to conduct the lecture series and the reception that will occur afterward. The fund to support this was raised by Roy Park and his colleagues. And she's interacted with lots of undergraduate and graduate students.
We have kept Irene moving from place to place at, I'm told, an incredible pace all of today. Each year, the dean invites a distinguished business leader to the campus to meet with students and faculty and to deliver a major address. The Durland Lecture Series is the Johnson School's most prestigious business speaking event. They certainly were not small at the time. While he was treasurer, Cornell's investment portfolio group from 45 to $322 million. Park and a group of supporters endowed the Memorial Fund in 1983 in honor of Lew, the former treasurer of Cornell University.īefore Durland's retirement in 1973, he spent 25 years directing Cornell's financial life. Roy Park, the late chairman of Park Communications and past member of the Johnson School Advisory Council, was instrumental in creating the Lew Durland Memorial Lecture Series. But it won't take very long, because we don't want to take time away from our speaker, Irene Rosenfeld.įirst, the Durland Memorial Lecture Series is named for Lew Durland.
I'm pleased that all of you are here for the 21st annual Durland Lecture. JOE THOMAS: Ladies and gentlemen, could I have your attention, please? I'm Joe Thomas, dean of the Johnson Graduate School of Management. SPEAKER 1: This a production of Cornell University.
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