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CEN Seattle, The Cornell Club of Western Washington, and the Johnson School at Cornell University presents
Winepreneurs: Cornellians in Wine; Featuring Ronni Lacroute '66, Winery Owner, Willakenzie Estate
Dirt Matters, How to make premium Oregon Pinot Noir from a horse pasture. A tasting of Willakenzie Estate Pinots and a story of the land, the mutants, the clones, and the people who matched them up so they could fill up your glass with wine from the world’s most fickle grape. Featuring Ronni Lacroute '66, Winery Owner, Willakenzie Estate
Willakenzie Estate is a 420 acre pasture and woodland estate in Oregon’s Willamette Valley which Bernard and Ronni (’66) Lacroute discovered in the fall of 1990 in rural Yamhill off the usual wine tasting route. Recognizing the suitability of the Willakenzie soil on the estate to the production of premium wine grapes, they bought this beautiful hillside property which had never been farmed to any crops and proceeded to plant grape vines in the Pinot family. Dirt matters! Today Willakenzie Estate grows all its own grapes sustainably and makes highly sought after wines of the Pinot family, which can be found in fine restaurants and select wine shops throughout the United States. Bernard has put his extensive hi-tech background to use by designing a 3 level gravity flow hillside winery, pneumatically powered robots to punch down the fermenting grapes, and a cold storage and dehydration building for the grapes at harvest.
A note about Winepreneurs; In May of 2008 CEN featured an event called Winepreneurs in San Francisco. 300 alumni braved a stiflingly hot day to spend a full afternoon with wine. The event was shall we say a little “ambitious.” One of our favorite stories of wine entrepreneurship at this event was Ronni from Willakenzie. She’s a vibrant, charismatic, champion for the fine wines movement that simply put; lights up any room that is fortunate enough to find her in it. We hope you’ll enjoy our Seattle version of Winepreneurs. We know wine is big in Seattle, so stay tuned, we suspect this will be a version 1.0
Saturday March 28th
5pm – 7:00pm
5:00pm doors open, hors d'oeuvres
5:30pm – 6:30pm presentation; a one hour talk about establishing a vineyard and winery business, decisions that need to be made in this business, and a comparative tasting of wines (4 different Willakenzie Estate Pinot Noirs)
6:30pm – 7:00pm hors d'oeuvres continued
Cost: This event is limited to 50 at $40/person. Cornellians may bring one guest. Why so much? At the May event we learned alumni would rather pay a little more for a quality experience that appropriately highlights wine as fine as Ronni’s, this includes appropriate glassware, enough space for the wine on your table, and appropriately paired menu selections. We hope you’ll agree, this is a really fabulous celebration of wine and entrepreneurship. If not, we’ll refund your money.
Location: The Pan Pacific Hotel Seattle, Lakefront Room; 2125 Terry Avenue , Seattle, WA 98121 phone 206.264.8111
CEN Seattle and the Cornell Law School present: Voice; A Look Inside The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with Robert Rosen, JD '96, Director of Communications.
At this event Robert will take a behind-the-scenes at one of the most talked about philanthropic organizations in the world. We’ll peek inside the tool box Robert uses to support the foundation’s strategies and find out how decisions are made through examples of Robert’s work. This is a feel good event for alumni of all ages and experience levels that hope to learn more about the foundation and develop a network of alumni interested in philanthropy that changes the world.
About Our Speaker:
As Director of Communications, Robert Rosen is responsible for developing and implementing strategies to advance key foundation initiatives through the creation of thought leadership platforms and plans, speechwriting, articles and trip planning for the Co-Chairs and CEO of the foundation.
Before joining the foundation in 2007, Rosen served as Senior Director of the Corporate Finance Practice of the Corporate Executive Board, the international business strategy and research firm. Previously he served as Political Director for Senator Edward M. Kennedy, and in the White House as Assistant to the President and Director of Advance for President Clinton. Earlier in his career he served as an associate in the corporate practice with Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault.
Rosen received a Juris Doctorate from Cornell Law School and a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Vermont.
Tuesday March 17, 2009
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
11:45AM - 12:15PM - Early arrival networking, doors open at 11:45AM
12:15PM - 12:30PM - Introduction of attendees
12:30PM - 1:30PM - Presentation and discussion of presentation
1:30PM - Hard cut-off of presentation and discussion
Stay to network until 2:00PM if you like!
Cost: Alumni: $20 per person includes gourmet box lunch. Advance Registration is required for this event. Additional spaces will be held after sell-out for Law Alumni. Please Contact Amanda Christofferson, amc392@cornell.edu, 607.254.7111
Location: Stoel Rives, LLP, 600 University Street, Seattle, Washington
A special thank you to Kenneth M. Odza JD '94, Principal at Stoel Rives LLP, for hosting us.
Cornell University and Cornell Entrepreneur Network invites Seattle/Portland-area alumni, parents, and students, to an evening with Cornell University
Join us for a conversation with David J. Skorton, president, Cornell University and presentations by
Randy J. Tinseth ’81, vice president, Marketing, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, “Bringing the 787 Dreamliner to the Market” and
Ronald D. McCray ’79, vice president and chief administrative officer, Nike Inc., “Nike’s Global Growth Strategy.”
2008 Download the .pdf invitation.
CEN Seattle in partnership with the Cornell Western Regional Office, the Cornell Club of Western Washington and the College of Human Ecology present:
Doing Well By Doing Good Part II "Green Begets Green"
On Wednesday April 23rd we’ll continue our Doing well by Doing Good series with three alumni who offer perspectives on sustainability and welcome special guest, interim Dean of the College of Human Ecology, Alan Mathios.
Dean Koyanagi '90, Sustainability Coordinator, Cornell University. If you’re wondering what’s going on @Cornell, we’ll have answers. Dean will present a growing list of strategies and tactics that will preserve the Ithaca campus for generations to come as part of Sustainability at Cornell
Rob Erlichman ’87, President & Founder, Sunlight Electric will offer examples of how sustainably minded businesses are making rational business decisions to switch to solar energy. What’s new in 2008? As green becomes part of a company’s brand, decisions normally centered in accounting are now including marketing, find out how “discontinuity opportunities” change things.
Brad Marten ’75, Managing Partner, Marten Law Group will provide a brief overview of federal and state climate change laws, and discuss how they will impact business in Washington state over the next few years. Seattle, King County and Washington are in the forefront of the evolving regulatory system to track and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. His firm advises corporate and governmental clients on regulatory and liability issues, including the clean tech and green building sectors.
Wednesday April 23rd, 2008
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
6:00 PM Reception/Cash Bar/Networking
7:00 PM Opening Remarks by interim Dean of the College of Human Ecology, Alan Mathios
7:10 PM Presentation/Q&A/OpenMike
Cost: $30 includes reception & presentation
Location: Hotel Monaco Seattle 1101 4th Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98101, Phone 206-621-1770. Parking is available on site for $16.
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CEN Seattle in partnership with the Cornell Western Regional Office, the Cornell Club of Western Washington, and the Cayuga Society present;
Beyond Success; Leadership Practices For Achieving Your Personal, Family & Philanthropic Legacy
featuring Randy Ottinger '80
What if you could speak to the top philanthropists of today who have made an impact with their time and money?
What if you could talk with some of the top generational families to learn how they mentored their children, transferred their family businesses, and supported their family units across the generations?
What if you could speak with the top investors in the world, and learn how they think about investing?
What lessons would you learn about building a personal, financial, family and philanthropic legacy?
Over the last 3 years, with the support of Christine Letts of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, author Randall J. Ottinger did just this, completing a study of wealth and legacy which has been published in his new book Beyond Success: Building a personal, financial and philanthropic legacy. Mr. Ottinger interviewed legacy leaders such as Bill Gates Senior, John Whitehead (Former Goldman Sachs CEO), Sandy Weill, Les Wexner, Anita Roddick and many others, as well as a broad cross-section of advisors as part of his book. Joel Fleishman, Professor of Law and Public Policy at Duke University, claims, "Ottinger has succeeded in producing the best available how-to-do-it playbook for those with any substantial amount of wealth who are grappling with some of the toughest questions anyone ever faces".
In this session Mr. Ottinger will:
Randall Ottinger has been a leader in business, social entrepreneurship and philanthropy for over 25 years. He is the founder of LMR Advisors which provides strategic philanthropy and legacy advisory services to individuals, wealth advisory firms, and social enterprises. Prior to starting LMR Advisors, Mr. Ottinger was involved in the private bank of Bank Of America advising large family offices, and spent more than 20 years as an executive in high tech companies. He is also a key executive in the Ottinger-Heath family office, and co-chairman of the Ottinger Foundation. Mr. Ottinger recently founded the Philanthropic Advisors Network (PAN) to help support advisers to raise their knowledge and expertise in the area of philanthropy, an organization which is now expanding to multiple locations around the country. Mr. Ottinger also advises on the application of technology to philanthropy. He has a B.A. from Cornell University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is a member of Young President’s Organization, Social Venture Partners, and Advisors in Philanthropy.
Published Works; Mr. Ottinger has written and published a number of papers on social enterprises, corporate philanthropy and legacy.
· Beyond Success: Building a personal, financial and philanthropic legacy has been published by McGraw Hill in October of 2007, and is based on three years of study of best wealth, philanthropy and generational family practices.
· "Portfolio Philanthropy", published by Stanford in the fall of 2007 describes a strategic approach to philanthropy based on the concepts of Nobel Prize winner Harry Markowitz, and used in practice by Michael Milken in the area of prostate cancer.
· "Private Profits, Public Gain", published in 1991, is a white paper on how leading companies implement social strategies that improve the bottom line.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
11:45AM - 12:15PM - Early arrival networking, doors open at 11:45AM
12:15PM - 12:30PM - Introduction of attendees
12:30PM - 1:30PM - Presentation and discussion of presentation
1:30PM - Hard cut-off of presentation and discussion
Stay to network until 2:00PM if you like!
Cost: Alumni: $20 per person includes lunch.
Location: This event requires pre-registration. The Washington Athletic Club, 1325 Sixth Ave, Seattle.
Parking: The WAC lot is 1/2 block north of the club on the same side of the street at 1409 6th. Under three hours costs $12.25.
In Seattle on the evening of January 28th, 2008 CEN Seattle in partnership with Voyager Capital, the Cornell Western Regional Office, and the Cornell Club of Western Washington we'll feature one of Cornell's most successful technology entrepreneurs.
Listen to Dr. Jacobs MIT Commencement address
'Cell phones can play vital role in health and in narrowing the 'digital divide,' says electronics leader Irwin Jacobs Nov. 15, 2006 Read Article
Irwin Jacobs, co-founder and Chairman of QUALCOMM Inc. recently returned to Cornell to give a lecture entitled,"The Incredible Cell Phone: Personal Notes on an Evolving Technology, Business Model, Applications and Global Impact." To hear more about Jacob's thoughts on the future of cell phone technology, listen to Jacob's lecture in eClips.
Monday, January 28th, 2008
5:30PM to 8:00PM
5:30 PM Reception
6:30 PM Presentation
Cost: THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT. EMAIL MPR13@CORNELL.EDU TO JOIN THE WAIT LIST. THERE WILL BE NO TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR. 75 tickets were available to Cornell alumni at $20. All proceeds will be returned to the CEN Program to subsidize alumni programming, Voyager Capital and its event partners have picked up the event as part of their Innovate Series.
Location: Advance registration is required, this event will sell-out. Innovate 2008 is at the Science Fiction Museum @ EMP 325 5th Ave N, Seattle
CEN Seattle in partnership with Cornell Western Regional Office, the Cornell Club of Western Washington and Cornell Law School present:
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Join Chuck Wolfe, MRP '82, as he moderates a dynamic panel presentation "Doing Well By Doing Good" with Cornellians who have brought innovative, sustainable and green approaches to government, consulting, engineering, real estate and law.
Chuck Wolfe MRP '82, Charles R. Wolfe , Attorney at Law
Eugene Duvernoy MBA '77, JD '78, Cascade Land Conservancy, President and CEO
Kelly Mann JD '98, Executive Director, The Urban Land Institute Seattle District Council
John Ryan '78, MPS '81, Founder, ENSR
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Monday, December 3, 2007
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
6:00 PM Reception/Cash Bar/Networking
7:00 PM Presentation/Q&A
8:30 PM Open Mike/Networking
Cost: $30 includes reception, presentation, and parking
Location: (includes free parking) Marriott Courtyard Downtown Seattle Lake Union, 925 Westlake Ave., North, Seattle, WA 98109
"Gaming for the Masses - How Nintendo is Making Video Gaming Mainstream" featuring Reginald Fils-Aime ALS'83 , President/CEO, Nintendo of America, Inc
