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Matthew Nimetz, Chairman
Matt Nimetz is a managing director of General Atlantic LLC, a leading private investment firm focusing globally on the information technology/communications sector. Prior to that, Mr. Nimetz was a partner (and former chair) of the law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison in New York City. He has also served as Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance, Science and Technology and as Counselor of the Department of State. Mr. Nimetz serves as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations; a director of The Nature Conservancy of New York, member and former chair of the Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in Southeast Europe, chair of the Advisory Committee of Central European University and trustee of Committee for Economic Development.
Garrick Utley, President
For forty years Mr. Utley was a broadcast journalist on NBC, ABC, CNN, and public radio and television; he focused on international affairs and reported from more than seventy-five countries. He has received several journalistic honors, including the Oversea Press Club's Edward R. Murrow award. He served on the board of the Council on Foreign Relations, is chairman of the American Council on Germany, a director of Public Radio International, and a trustee of Carleton College.
Thomas Moebus, Vice-President, Development
Mr. Moebus joined Levin in July 2006. He previously served as Director of Corporate Relations at MIT, where he helped transform MIT's approach to industry through substantial partnerships with major international firms, and was instrumental in the creation of numerous international programs. He later was Vice Chancellor at the University of California, Irvine. More recently he founded a consulting practice in development and innovation, and co-founded and served as Executive Chairman of OCTANe, a Southern California technology development organization.
Michael DiGiacomo, Vice-President, Administration
Mr. DiGiacomo came to the Institute after a career in law and international finance, including positions at major Wall Street firms and service as the chief financial officer of a publishing company. He is a graduate of Yale College and Fordham Law School, where he has been an adjunct professor.
Margery Lipton, Director, Conferences and Events
Ms. Lipton has organized and conducted conferences and events for the Council on Foreign Relations and the World Economic Forum, among others, and is a former award-winning broadcast journalist. She has a bachelor's degree from the University of Maine and was a Knight Professional Journalism Fellow at Stanford University.
Maryalice Mazzara, Director of Academic Affairs
Dr. Maryalice Mazzara received her doctorate in International Education from Columbia University. She has served as the Education Attache for the Government of Quebec (New York) and was the Director of Education for The Global Film Initiative and the Director of Teacher Training for Columbia's East European, Eurasian and Russian National Resource Center. Her consulting work includes projects with the Tokyo and Soros Foundations and with Samsung.
John Horan, Director, Facilities Management
Mr. Horan comes to the Levin Institute with 30 years experience in Plant and Facilities Management. He worked for twenty-two years as Chief Engineer in St. Francis Preparatory High School. He is an experienced facilities maintenance manager in physical plant operations, preventive maintenance scheduling, heating, air conditioning and ventilation systems trouble shooting.
Patricia Maull, Assistant to the President
Patricia Maull has extensive experience in academic administration, and fund raising both at the national and international levels. She has developed and executed all aspects of international conferences in Europe. She served as liaison to The New York Times Foundation and the Mayor of New York receiving and distributing funds and services to the families of victims of the September 11th tragedy. She has served on the Board of the Stanley Isaacs Neighborhood House, the Advisory Board of City Harvest and is a tutor at Interfaith Neighbors for young underprivileged children.
Denis Simon, Senior Research Fellow
Dr. Simon is a Professor at Penn State University. He was the founding Provost at The Levin Institute and was previously Dean of the Lally School of Management and Technology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and has held full-time faculty positions at M.I.T.'s Sloan School of Management and the Fletcher School at Tufts University. He holds a doctorate in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and a B.A. in Asian Studies from SUNY New Paltz. He has worked in the private sector as a management consultant in senior leadership positions for Accenture and the Monitor Group in East Asia, and is a recognized authority on China and the international impact of new technologies. Recently Dr. Simon was awarded the title "Honorary Citizen of Dalian," the 11th American to be given this honor.
Lynne Rosansky, Research Fellow
Dr. Rosansky previously served as President of Hult International Business School (the former Arthur D. Little School of Management) where she spear-headed the school's turn-around by increasing MBA enrollments by 300%; establishing continued accreditation and launching new revenue sources. As an international management educator, Lynne has been a professor at Babson College; Brandeis University and Simmons College. She has also led a successful consulting practice focused on management and leadership development and served on non-profit boards of directors including Women in World Trade and the Institute for Intercultural Studies. She earned a PhD from Boston University and an MBA from Babson College. Dr. Rosansky was recently appointed Provost of the School of International Training in Brattleboro, Vermont.
Irving Wladawsky Berger, Senior Fellow
Dr. Berger is Chairman Emeritus at the IBM Academy of Technology and is a Visiting Professor of Engineering Systems at MIT. At MIT, he is involved in multi-disciplinary research and teaching activities focused on how information technology is helping transform business organizations and the institutions of society. He is also a Strategic Advisor to Citigroup on innovation and technology initiatives and an Adjunct Professor in the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Group at the Imperial College Business School. Dr. Berger worked at IBM for 37 years where he was responsible for identifying emerging technologies and marketplace developments in the IT industry.
Dr. Manuel Escudero
Special Adviser, Global Compact
Head, PRME Secretariat
Executive Director, Research Center for the Global Compact
From 2005 to 2008, Dr Escudero served in various roles in the Global Compact Office. Until 2007, he was Head of Global Compact Local Networks and later Head of Special Projects and Academic Initiatives. As Special Adviser to the Global Compact Office, Dr. Escudero will serve as a liaison between the Research Center and the Global Compact Office.
Cong Cao, Research Fellow
Cong Cao is a senior research associate with The Levin Institute. He received his PhD in sociology from Columbia University in 1997 and has worked at the University of Oregon and the National University of Singapore. Dr. Cao is interested in the social studies of science and technology with a focus on China. He is the author of China's Scientific Elite (London and New York: RoutledgeCurzon 2004), a study of those Chinese scientists holding elite membership in the Chinese Academy of Sciences. His journal publications have appeared in Science, China Quarterly, Asian Survey, Minerva, among others. His current research interests include China's S&T manpower and US-China relations in S&T.
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