Paul Hayre

Cornell degree: BS ’91 (Cornell Engineering)

Endorsed by the Committee on Alumni Trustee Nominations 

Read Paul’s interview.

“Higher education is under fire, and so is Cornell. The Board of Trustees needs to reflect on what it means to be a Cornellian today, and how we can reconstruct our campus ethos. To start, three topics come to mind: admissions diversity after the recent SCOTUS decision; campus safety, wellbeing and speech; and increasing financial aid.”

Professional experience:

  • EZaccessMD, board member, 2022–present (Cornell founder)  
  • Harvard Grid, founding executive director, 2022–present 
  • Sano Diagnostics, co-founder and president, 2013–present 
  • Monarch Health, co-founder and CEO, 2021–2024 
  • Brixton Biosciences, VP of strategy and markets, 2021–2023 

Alumni service

  • Cornell University Council, life member, 2024–present; member, 2018–2022, 2012–2016, 2006–2010 
  • Engineering College Advisory Council, vice chair, 2023–present; member, 2019–present  
  • Cornell Annual Fund, Tower Club, Boston Committee, 2011–present 
  • Class of 1991, vice president, 2006–present; nominating chair, 2011–2016; president, 2001–2006; co-president, 1996–2001, class council, 1991–1996 
  • Quill and Dagger Alumni Association, 1991–present
  • Cornell Alumni Admissions Ambassador Network, member, 1991–2023 
  • Coaching and Mentoring for Professional and Student Success (ENGRG 1052) course alumni advisor/mentor, 2019–2020 
  • Cornell Alumni Advisory Board, member, 2017–2020 
  • Cornell Engineering Alumni Association, director at large, 2014–2020; vice president programming, 2017–2019; vice president communications, 2015–2017 
  • College of Engineering Career Services, career advisor, 2019  
  • College of Engineering Externship Program, sponsor, 2016–2018, 2013, 2011, 2009 
  • Cornell Club of Boston, immediate past president, 2010–2012; president, 2008–2010; vice president, 2004–2008; board member, 2001–2004; founder and chair, CCOB Cornell Professional Network, 2001–2009 (collaboration with Ithaca-based Cornell Entrepreneurship Network, John Jaquette); Freshman sendoff speaker, multiple years 
  • Cornell Engineering Student and Academic Services advisor, 2006–2010 
  • Boston Regional Phonathon host, 2007–2008

Community/public service/philanthropic priorities:   

  • Harvard Business School (HBS) Alumni Advisory Board, VP emeritus
  • HBS Rock Center, New Ventures judge; Rock Accelerator adviser; Rock Summer Fellows mentor 
  • Harvard D^3 Startup Foundry selection committee/advisor 
  • Harvard Lemann Program for Creativity and Entrepreneurship, coach/advisor 
  • Harvard Chan School of Public Health HealthLab Accelerator (H2A) Venture Board 
  • Harvard Innovation Labs/LifeLabs, mentor, speaker, advisor 
  • HBS Healthcare Initiative alumni/student mentor and dinner forum host 
  • MassChallenge mentor, judge; 2013–2014 startup incumbent; Gold Prize recipient 
  • Northeastern University Xperiential Network executive mentor and corporate sponsor 
  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute Venture Forum Advisory Board and Five-Minute Pitch Contest judge 

Other education:

  • MBA, Harvard Business School, 1999 

Student involvements/activities:

  • Student Assembly, freshman-at-large; College of Engineering representative; president 
  • Quill and Dagger 
  • Acacia Fraternity; philanthropy chair, pledge coordinator, chaplain 
  • President’s Task Force on Campus Climate, President Rhodes’ appointed member (committee founded the President’s Council of Cornell Women) 
  • Indian Students Association, Executive Board; Inaugural ISA Regional Conference chair 
  • Cornell Tradition Fellowship 
  • Committee on Special Education Projects (COSEP), student advisor 
  • Joint Engineering Student Advisory Council (JESAC) 
  • Trustee-Council Annual Meeting, master of ceremonies, Saturday breakfast, October 1988 and 1990  
  • Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), company liaison 

Additional information

While lunching at Trillium, I met Jeannette Perez-Rossello ’91 and asked her to a Cornell Tradition dance. We’re now married over 30 years, and Alex ’24, MHA ’26, is one of our three children. I launched and lead Harvard Grid, an entrepreneurship center that partners with scientists and engineers to launch ideas from labs to markets. The decade prior was spent building medical devices. Cornell was a defining experience, and I enjoy bringing the alumni voice to many roles and reuniting with fellow alumni over our shared experience. Through it all, I approach everything as an inveterate “tinkerer,” a mindset I learned from my days as a student on the Hill.