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Ted has helped to launch the Mary S. Peake Fellowship for more than a decade. Ted began his own career as a Thomas Watson Fellow based at IBM Düsseldorf working on regional revitalization through technology after graduating with a BA in Economics from Haverford College. He saw the potential for joint innovative capabilities when he spearheaded development of Walmart’s first Internet-based collaboration system from customers back to suppliers. He subsequently co-led the roll-out of an open source version of Walmart’s “Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, and Replenishment” (CPFR) software as a standard among retailers globally. Ted went on to develop and teach semester-long courses courses on network collaboration at MIT, Wharton, and the University of Chicago School of Business. Ted served on the non-partisan U.S. Congressional review panel on ecommerce and his work on secure Internet collaboration was then funded by a multi-million dollar award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Since 9/11, Ted has served as volunteer chair of a committee to mobilize physical and cybersecurity of the U.S. Defense Industrial Base. Ted’s experience accelerating cybersecure growth of local businesses with the help of next gen leaders, AI, and big data fits with the national priority for adult upskilling.

David has helped to launch the Mary S. Peake Fellowship over more than a decade. After retiring as a Cambridge-based business development lead for Google/ITA Software, David and his wife became pioneering neighborhood bookstore leaders in the community commerce movement. In doing so, he brought the same innovation to a local retail business that he did to the international software development business that he and his team sold to Google for $800 million.

Pamela has helped to launch the Mary S. Peake Fellowship over several years. Pamela began her own career as a Thomas Watson Foundation Fellow before serving as Microsoft Corporate VP for Global Corporate and Regulatory Affairs where she managed privacy, cybersecurity, law enforcement, national security, telecommunications, cloud computing.risk, and regulatory compliance in over 110 countries. Funded by Microsoft, Pamela founded the nonprofit Center for Responsible Enterprise and Trade (CREATe.org) which developed policies and practices that drive greater compliance and responsibility along global supply and demand chains as a way to create more sustainable jobs, growth, and innovation.

Perry has helped to launch the Mary S. Peake Fellowship over several years. Perry’s experience includes a range of field management roles for C&S Wholesale Grocers, the largest grocery wholesaler in the United States with approximately $30 billion in annual revenue and supporting over 14,000 grocers. His roles at C&S have included Director of Community Relations, Vice President of Regional Operations, Vice President of Leadership Development and Education, and a board member representing the fourth generation of his family leadership of C&S. In addition to Perry’s C&S skills, he is a certified first responder and leader of Venture Out, a national leader in LGBTQ outdoor education. The combination of Perry’s background in grocery distribution, elearning, and disaster response reinforces the effectiveness of upskilling on cybersecure growth as part of strengthening each Anchor Community served.

Mark has helped to launch the Mary S. Peake Fellowship over several years. As longtime Senior Vice President of Communications for the largest poverty fighting foundation in NYC, the 501(c)(3) Robin Hood foundation, Mark started his career at the storied Madison Avenue advertising firm, DDB before becoming CEO of his own firm. He also has developed the go-to-market communications for his brother, Jeff Bezos. In addition to his non-profit and for profit efforts, Mark also has served as a Captain of his local volunteer fire department. Mark’s dedication to ecosystem mobilization and communication, directly strengthens the upskilling for cybersecure growth for underserved Anchor Communities nationwide.

Mark has helped to launch the Mary S. Peake Fellowship over nearly a decade. He focused on the Fellowship after 25 years as Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning for Comcast Corporation and his time as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force serving at the Pentagon. He has also been a long term advisor to Carnegie Mellon. His passion for cybersecure growth across the nation goes back to his early leadership experiences growing up in an Ashtabula, Ohio family business where he and his family members were active in the local chamber and other community associations.

Dr. Cooperrider has helped to launch the Mary S. Peake Fellowship for several years. He is the Case Western Reserve University Distinguished University Professor and faculty Founder of the Fowler Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit. Dr. Cooperrider has been brought in for multi-stakeholder innovation projects by U.S. Presidents, the U.S. Navy’s Chief of Naval Operations, and the General Secretary of the United Nations. His corporate clients include Apple, Boeing, Cleveland Clinic, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Johnson & Johnson, McKinsey, Smuckers, National Grid, Verizon, and Walmart. For the Fellowship, Dr. Cooperrider’s development of Appreciative Inquiry as an internationally recognized discipline continues to expand the blueprint for the Peake Fellowship’s mobilization to help small & local businesses with cybersecure growth.

Dr. Schlesinger has helped to launch the Mary S. Peake Fellowship for nearly a decade. He guides the development of small business impact assessments based on his experience creating the service learning track at Harvard Business School, serving as President and now President Emeritus of Babson College, and serving as the turn-around COO of Au Bon Pain. He holds a BA in American Civilization from Brown, an MBA from Columbia, a DBA from Harvard Business School, and an Honorary Doctor of Laws from Babson College. Dr. Schlesinger guided the Babson architecture of the Goldman-Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program, and his experience directly benefits the Fellowship’s approach.

Allison has helped to launch the Mary S. Peake Fellowship for several years and she continues to define many of the program’s service learning approaches. At Harvard Business School, Allison teaches disruptive innovation and field courses to support small business and community growth. Allison previously served as the pioneering Vice President and General Manager of Intuit Inc where she led Intuit’s $500M portfolio of small business products, including QuickBooks, which is used by more than 3 million small businesses. The Fellowship continues to rely on Allison’s industry achievements and vision for adult upskilling on cybersecure growth as a national priority.