Wendy Larson '00

Managing Partner for Pirkey Barber Law Firm

Wendy Larson is a managing partner at the law firm Pirkey Barber in Austin Texas.  As a trademark litigator, Wendy has the privilege of working with some of the world’s most beloved and famous brands.

Wendy has been recognized by numerous ranking publications, including The Best Lawyers in America, Chambers and Partners, The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals, and the Top 250 Women in IP.

Wendy graduated from Cornell University with a degree in psychology in 2000, and earned her law degree from the University of Southern California School of Law in 2004.

During her time at Cornell, Wendy found a home in Intervarsity and Bethel Grove Bible Church.

Joy Ike

Singer-Songwriter

Joy Ike is passionate about the intersection of faith and culture, the call to create art with integrity and excellence, and connecting with others through her music. As an artist who has been compared to the likes of Sara Bareilles, Nina Simone, Norah Jones, and Regina Spektor, her honest, bittersweet songwriting has earned her the chance to open for a number of national touring acts including Tyrone Wells, Deas Vail, SHEL, Butterfly Boucher, Allen Toussaint, Cody Chestnutt, and more. As a singer/songwriter, storyteller, and public speaker, Joy believes that music and art have the power to transform hearts and connect people who would otherwise be strangers (at best) and enemies (at worst). Joy is passionate about art as a vehicle for change, empowerment, and empathy and sees art as a way to openly and thoughtfully advocate for the voiceless.

Clarence Lee

Assistant Professor at the Johnson Graduate School of Management

Professor Clarence Lee is an assistant professor at the Johnson Graduate School of Management, where he is a Breazzano Family Sesquicentennial Fellow. Professor Lee’s research examines the drivers behind consumer adoption, usage, and purchase dynamics of digital goods, where he models consumer behavior using Bayesian statistics, structural econometrics, and machine learning techniques. Digital products and platforms, such as the ones produced by many Silicon Valley and NYC tech start-ups, are increasingly present in almost all consumer interactions. In such settings, understanding consumer choice and the dynamics of engagement and usage become critically important in order to acquire, serve, and retain consumers. He currently teaches Digital Marketing and Data Analytics & Modeling at both the Ithaca and Cornell Tech campuses.

Professor Lee received his doctorate from Harvard Business School and holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT. Prior to pursuing graduate studies, he has conducted nanotechnology research at IBM and space system design at MIT Lincoln Laboratory.

Esther T.J. Lee '16

Lawyer

Esther T.J. Lee ’16 graduated from Cornell University as a Merrill Presidential Scholar with a degree in Industrial and Labor Relations. While a student at Cornell, she was the founding editor-in-chief of the Cornell Claritas, a student-run journal of Christian thought, and a small group leader for many semesters of Bible studies. After graduating from Cornell, she went out to complete her J.D. degree at Columbia Law School and then a clerkship on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Esther currently lives in NYC with her husband Alex, where she is working at a law firm and becoming a self-taught home baker in her small NYC kitchen.

Keith Kressin '98

Senior Vice President, Product Management Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. 

Keith Kressin is currently senior vice president of product management for Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. (QTI). He is responsible for Qualcomm’s Snapdragon product roadmap and technologies. This includes setting competitive feature, schedule and cost targets for all Qualcomm Snapdragon products. He leads technology management for all core processing technologies at Qualcomm which includes AI, GPU/Gaming, CPU, camera, video, security, I/O, memory, audio and more. Kressin collaborates closely with product management, engineering, and procurement teams across the organization to ensure Qualcomm maintains worldwide product and technology leadership. He also has responsibility for market research and competitive analysis, and provides technology support to multiple business units including mobile, automotive, IoT, computing, and AR/VR. Kressin has worked in a number of engineering, marketing, and strategic planning roles within semiconductor companies for over 20 years. Before joining Qualcomm in 2008, Kressin worked at Intel, leading several marketing and planning teams within Intel’s desktop, chipset, WLAN, and laptop groups.  Prior to Intel, Kressin worked in several hardware and software design engineering roles at Texas Instruments. Kressin holds a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE), a Master of Science in electrical engineering from the University of Colorado, and a Master of Business Administration from Cornell University. He is the author of the text “Understanding Mathematics: From Counting to Calculus” and lives in San Diego. Keith is married with three children, including a daughter who is currently a Junior in Cornell’s Computer Science Program.

Catherine Crouch

Professor in the Department of Physics at Swarthmore College

Catherine Hirshfeld Crouch is Professor of Physics at Swarthmore College, where she has taught since 2003. Dr. Crouch has extensive expertise in both materials physics and pedagogical best practices for college and university science. She earned her PhD. at Harvard University studying electrical transport in nanofabricated quantum dots, and then remained at Harvard in a dual postdoctoral fellowship in materials physics and physics education with Eric Mazur. She has published more than twenty peer-reviewed experimental physics research articles and has involved twenty Swarthmore undergraduate students in her experimental work; she has also published a dozen peer-reviewed articles examining the effectiveness of methods for teaching introductory physics. Her work developing and evaluating introductory physics for life science students is currently supported by two National Science Foundation grants. In the fall of 2018, she was elected to the Chair succession of the American Physical Society’s Forum on Education for 2019-22.

Since the summer of 2017, Dr. Crouch has been the faculty director of Swarthmore’s Collaborative STEM Inclusive Excellence initiatives to expand support and resources for students in the sciences during the regular academic year. She also taught in the Swarthmore Summer Scholars program during summers 2016 and 2017 for underrepresented and first-generation students in the sciences.

Matt Brown

Founding Pastor of Resurrection Brooklyn & VP of Strategic Partnerships for the CCO

Matt Brown is the Founding Pastor of Resurrection Brooklyn, a network of neighborhood churches in New York’s largest borough. In addition to his pastoral responsibilities, Matt is also the Vice President of Strategic Partnerships for the Coalition for Christian Outreach, a national campus organization and ministry partner to Chesterton House. He and his wife, Deb, live in Park Slope, Brooklyn with their three children: Flannery, Charlotte and Walker.

James Noronha ’09

TURBOCAM Energy Solutions General Manager

As a student ready to go to engineering school, James was interested in learning cutting edge science and dreamed of creating new technologies. He also loved competing with his track team, and looked forward to the next challenge. He found it when he saw the news from the fronts of the Iraq and Afghan wars—stories of Marines fighting through cities and up mountains with camaraderie and a drive to create a better world.

James trained in ROTC while studying mechanical engineering. He spent most of his summers at Marine training schools, but interned at TURBOCAM during two available breaks. When he graduated he went into active duty service and selected infantry as his specialty, which he knew would give him direct leadership in the most challenging situations. The Marine Corps delivered as expected, and sent him from training school to a battalion on its way to Afghanistan. He trained the Afghan Army and coordinated their operations from a group of outposts in Helmand Province. After they returned, he commanded Marines in training exercises throughout the Pacific.

He came to work at TURBOCAM after he finished his service. He found that many of the skills he learned in the Marines were valuable at TURBOCAM.

“My leadership principles applied perfectly. I knew I needed to keep my team informed, and to ensure projects were understood, supervised, and accomplished. I knew how a small mistake or delay as a leader would cause everyone else an untold amount of misery. I had seen that listening and allowing initiative enables a team to work with speed and inspiration. And I knew I needed to be technically proficient, and be willing to do any work that I expected anyone else to do.”

James is now the General Manager of TURBOCAM Energy Solutions. He enjoys working with his team to engineer new metal technologies and processes, and he finds the new applications exciting. With TURBOCAM exploring new markets and opportunities around the world, he’s sure there will be adventure ahead.

Carl F. Neuss '76

Founding Principal of Pacific Cascade Group, LLC

Carl F. Neuss is Founding Principal of the Pacific Cascade Group (“PCG”) family of companies based in Orange County, CA. Neuss graduated from Cornell University with a B.S. in Civil Engineering, received his Master of Engineering degree at UC Berkeley, and earned his MBA at Harvard Business School. Neuss is an active supporter and Advisory Board Member of Chesterton House. In addition, Neuss currently serves as Advisory Board Member for the Cornell University Baker Graduate Program In Real Estate where he has taught graduate courses in real estate investment and venture structuring. Also, Neuss has served as Board Member of the Harvard Center for Housing Studies.

Alex Pothen '84

Professor of Computer Science at Purdue University

Alex Pothen is a Professor of Computer Science at Purdue. His research interests are in combinatorial scientific computing (CSC), parallel computing, and bioinformatics algorithms. He is a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. He is the Chair of the SIAM Activity Group on Applied and Computational Discrete Algorithms. He served as the Director of the CSCAPES Institute, a pioneering research center in CSC (2006-2012), Director of Purdue’s Computing Research Institute (2008-2010), and Associate Head of computer science (2015-2018).

Lisa P. Christian

Executive Director for Community Faith Partners

Lisa P. Christian currently serves as the Executive Director for Community Faith Partners (CFP) and just completed an MDiv from Liberty University. Lisa received a bachelor’s degree in Spanish from Purdue University and later an MA in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) from Wheaton College in Wheaton, IL. Lisa was bi-vocational while serving as a missionary to Russia for some 15 years. Lisa also served as a cross-cultural worker in the Middle East for 5 years. She will pursue a Ph.D. in Theology and Christian Apologetics in the spring. Lisa loves spending time with family, traveling, reading, and sports.

Clifton Chang '96

Human Resource Director

Clifton Chang is the HR Director at AdelFi Credit Union. His career in human resources has included both corporate and church ministry. He has worked for Johnson & Johnson, Allergan, and Mariners Church. He graduated from Cornell University with a degree in Industrial & Labor Relations and has his MBA from the University of Southern California. A journey on a train ride one day inspired him to follow Jesus. He has lived and worked in New York, New Jersey, Washington D.C., Shanghai, and now resides in Southern California with his wife and their two children.

Frederick Barber '87

Chairman of the Board; CEO of Response:AI

Dr. Frederick Barber ’87 is the CEO of Response:AI, a market research technology firm. Dr. Barber has built several marketing strategy and analytics businesses, and previously served as Chief Analytic Officer of Meredith Xcelerated Marketing, now part of Accenture Interactive. Fred earned a BA magna cum laude in Sociology from Cornell where he served on the Student Assembly, and was inducted into the Quill & Dagger Senior Honorary Society. He holds a Masters in Demography (Georgetown), and a Doctorate in Strategic Leadership (Regent University), where his work focused on the role of spiritual disciplines in entrepreneurship. Fred and his wife Alice have three daughters and attend Trietsch Memorial UMC in Flower Mound, TX. Dr. Barber has also advised the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell, and for ten years he oversaw a mission support organization, His People Africa Missions, in South Africa and Namibia.

Temitayo Sanusi

Government Major

Temitayo is a student studying Government, Business and Crimes in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Chad Fiechter

Grad Student in Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management

Chad was born and raised on a farm in Northeastern Indiana. After an undergraduate degree in Agricultural Economics, Chad returned to work with his family in the farming operation. The ten years working on the family farm provided a great laboratory to experiment with different businesses ideas and business philosophy. Along the way, the desire to push deeper into the theoretical and quantitative analysis of business grew and ultimately led to the pursuit of a MS degree at Cornell’s Charles H Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management.

Chad is married to an amazing woman, Christen. They have one son, Wilder, who was born during their time in Ithaca. As a family, they love to be outside and host family and friends for any occasion.