Women in Entrepreneurship Spotlight: Marisa Sergi ’15

Marisa Sergi graduated from Cornell with a degree in enology and viticulture. Upon graduating from Cornell, she launched her first brand called RedHead Wine. She is the founder of Red Brands and the Chief Growth Officer at L’uva Bella Winery. Red Brands is a food and beverage company primarily focused on the premium wine market. … Read more

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Women in Entrepreneurship Spotlight: Jamie Kim ’19

Jamie Kim graduated Cornell with a degree in hotel administration. She is the founder of Jamie’s Farm, a consumer-packaged goods company that sells award-winning granola. Jamie started Jamie’s Farm during her time at Cornell, and her business idea participated in Cornell’s eLAB accelerator program. Jamie hopes to inspire change in the way we eat on … Read more

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Women in Entrepreneurship Spotlight: Isela Hernandez ’95

Isela graduated from Cornell with a bachelor’s degree in industrial and labor relations. She is the founder of HERNÁN, a brand of premium Mexican culinary products. Isela founded the company in 2007 after working for a decade in the fashion industry. Where did the inspiration for your business come from? I was born and raised … Read more

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Women in Entrepreneurship Spotlight: Divya Gugnani ’98

Divya graduated from Cornell with a bachelor’s degree in policy analysis and management. She later went on to earn her MBA from Harvard Business School. She is the founder of Wander Beauty, a beauty company that focuses on fewer, better, multitasking beauty essentials, and she is launching a new brand in the fine fragrance space … Read more

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Women in Entrepreneurship Spotlight: Tiffany St. Bernard MS ’17, PhD ’20

Dr. Bernard graduated from Cornell with a master’s degree in biomedical engineering. She later went on to earn her Ph.D. from Cornell in biomedical/neural engineering. She is the founder of HairDays, a platform that leverages artificial intelligence to map the Hair Genome™ bringing hyper-personalization to the confusing haircare discovery process saving customers time and boosting … Read more

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West Coast Spotlight: Eva-Lynn Janson ’72

Eva-Lynn Janson graduated from the College of Arts and Sciences in 1972 with an independent degree in Latin American studies. After a long career as a nurse-midwife in Eureka, CA, Eva decided to establish the Eva Janson Annual Scholarship for first-generation college students. As a first-generation college student herself, she feels it’s important to help … Read more

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Metro NY Spotlight: Angela Lu ’13

Angela Lu ’13 graduated from the Industrial and Labor Relations School in 2013 with a minor in Law and Society; Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies; and Inequality Studies. As a young alum, Angela has continued sharing her Big Red spirit as a board member for Cornell Pride, one of the oldest and largest LGBTQIA+ university … Read more

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West Coast Spotlight: Alex Zikakis MBA ’91

Alex Zikakis MBA ’91 is the president and founder of Capstone Advisors. He oversees the company’s full range of real estate services, including commercial property acquisitions, value-add repositioning, property development, residential land development, and asset development management services. Under his direction, Capstone Advisors has served as an equity investor in more than $3 billion of … Read more

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