Robert Harrison (financier)
Robert S. Harrison is an American banker, lawyer, and educational & philanthropic administrator.[1]
Currently he serves as the CEO of the Clinton Global Initiative and Chairman of the Cornell University Board of Trustees.[2][3]
He received a bachelor's degree from Cornell University in 1976, and subsequently was a Rhodes Scholar at University of Oxford and received a juris doctor from Yale University.[4] At Cornell, Harrison was a student-elected member of the university Board of Trustees, active in student government, a disc jockey at WVBR-FM, and member of the Quill and Dagger society.
Previous he worked for Davis Polk & Wardwell and Goldman Sachs and did fundraising for the presidential campaigns of Wesley Clark and John Kerry.[5][6]
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| Preceded by Peter C. Meinig |
Chairman of Cornell Board of Trustees 2011-present |
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References
- Leadership Team - Clinton Foundation accessed Oct 3, 2016
- In conversation with Mr. Robert S. Harrison, CEO, Clinton Global Initiative Impact Quarterly; January 27, 2015
- Members of the Board of Trustees: Cornell University Office of the Corporation accessed Oct 3 2016
- Harrison elected next Chair of Cornell Board of Trustees Cornell News; March 11, 2011
- Ethics in Business: Interview with Robert S. Harrison, CEO, Clinton Global Initiative by Julia Taylor Kennedy; Carnegie Council - Global Policy Innovations (GPI) | August 25, 2009
- Facilitator | Robert Harrison, CEO, Clinton Global Initiative By Claire Lambrecht; ZDNet; January 29, 2013
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