Debora Spar
Director/Board Member chez THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC
Fortune : 473 686 $ au 31/03/2024
Profil
Debora Spar is an Advisor to Xfund.
She is the MBA Class of 1952 Professor of Business Administration and Senior Associate Dean at Harvard Business School where she teaches the first-year Strategy course.
Her current research focuses on issues of gender and technology, and the interplay between technological change and broader social structures.
Spar tackles some of these issues in her latest book The Virgin and the Plow: How Technology Shapes How we Live and Love.
Spar served as the President of Barnard College from 2008 to 2017, and as President and CEO of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts from 2017 to 2018.
During her tenure at Barnard, Spar led initiatives to highlight women’s leadership and advancement, including the creation of the Athena Center for Leadership Studies and the development of Barnard’s Global Symposium series.
Before joining Barnard, Spar spent 17 years on the Harvard Business School faculty as the Spangler Family Professor in the BGIE unit.
She also served as Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Research and Development.
During this period, her research primarily explored how political forces shape and constrain market behavior.
She looked in particular at the politics of foreign trade and investment, and developed a second year course entitled Managing International Trade and Investment.
Spar also studied the specific politics of reproductive science and tracked, in her 2006 book, The Baby Business, the emergence of a large (and largely unregulated) commercial market for fertility.
Spar is a member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences and serves as a director of Value Retail LLC and a trustee of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
She has also served as a Director of Goldman Sachs and a trustee of the Markle and Wallace Foundations.
Spar earned her Ph.D.
in Government from Harvard University and her B.S.
from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.
Détentions connues dans des sociétés publiques
| Société | Date | Nombre d'actions | Valorisation | Date de valorisation |
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| 01/03/2024 | 815 ( 0,00% ) | 473 686 $ | 31/03/2024 |
Postes actifs de Debora Spar
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| THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC | Director/Board Member | 05/09/2019 |
The Wallace Foundation
 The Wallace Foundation Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous The Wallace Foundation supports education in the United States. It provides investments to advance student achievement by improving the quality of education leadership. The Wallace Foundation supports projects at the state and district levels to improve the quality of education leaders and the conditions within which they work and it publishes the knowledge from these investments and the research it commissions to inform policy and practice nationally. Wallace Foundation was founded in 1922 and is located in New York, NY. | Director/Board Member | - |
| Bentley University | Director/Board Member | - |
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Inc.
 Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Inc. Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Inc. engages in the provision of biomedical research services and science education programs. It funds grants to both institutions and individuals in support of a wide range of science and research-related initiatives, including precollege and undergraduate science education, pre- and post-doctoral research fellowships, and international research activities. The company was founded by Howard R. Hughes in 1953 and is headquartered in Chevy Chase, MD. | Director/Board Member | 01/01/2016 |
| Harvard Business School | Corporate Officer/Principal | 01/01/1991 |
Value Retail Plc
 Value Retail Plc Catalog/Specialty DistributionRetail Trade Value Retail Plc specializes in the development and operation of luxury outlet shopping Villages in Europe and China. It serves various brands in European tourism markets. The firm offers brands exceptional growth, the development of new markets and an introduction to new customers. The company was founded by Scott D. Malkin in 1992 and is headquartered in Oxfordshire, the United Kingdom. | Director/Board Member | 01/01/2013 |
American Academy of Arts & Sciences
 American Academy of Arts & Sciences Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The American Academy of Arts & Sciences is an organization that honors excellence and brings together leaders. The non-profit company is based in Cambridge, MA. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
| Making Markets Work | Chairman | 05/07/2011 |
Council on Foreign Relations, Inc.
 Council on Foreign Relations, Inc. Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Council on Foreign Relations, Inc. provides and disseminates ideas on foreign policies to individuals, corporate members, journalists and policy makers. It operates a forum for government officials, students and other interested parties to study and discuss world issues and impact on American foreign policies. The company publishes Foreign Affairs, a magazine that comes out six times a year, along with books and studies by its own scholars. Council on Foreign Relations was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in New York City, NY. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 05/07/2011 |
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Formation de Debora Spar
| Harvard University | Doctorate Degree |
| Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service | Undergraduate Degree |
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Sociétés liées
| Sociétés cotées | 2 |
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| THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. | Finance |
| THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC | Health Technology |
| Entreprise privées | 11 |
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The Wallace Foundation
The Wallace Foundation Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous The Wallace Foundation supports education in the United States. It provides investments to advance student achievement by improving the quality of education leadership. The Wallace Foundation supports projects at the state and district levels to improve the quality of education leaders and the conditions within which they work and it publishes the knowledge from these investments and the research it commissions to inform policy and practice nationally. Wallace Foundation was founded in 1922 and is located in New York, NY. | Miscellaneous |
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Inc.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Inc. Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Inc. engages in the provision of biomedical research services and science education programs. It funds grants to both institutions and individuals in support of a wide range of science and research-related initiatives, including precollege and undergraduate science education, pre- and post-doctoral research fellowships, and international research activities. The company was founded by Howard R. Hughes in 1953 and is headquartered in Chevy Chase, MD. | Miscellaneous |
The John & Mary R. Markle Foundation, Inc.
 The John & Mary R. Markle Foundation, Inc. Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous The John & Mary R. Markle Foundation, Inc. provides financial support to charitable organizations. It is a non-profit philanthropic organization which offers technologies to health care and national security. The company was founded by John Markle and Mary R. Markle in 1927 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Miscellaneous |
Council on Foreign Relations, Inc.
Council on Foreign Relations, Inc. Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Council on Foreign Relations, Inc. provides and disseminates ideas on foreign policies to individuals, corporate members, journalists and policy makers. It operates a forum for government officials, students and other interested parties to study and discuss world issues and impact on American foreign policies. The company publishes Foreign Affairs, a magazine that comes out six times a year, along with books and studies by its own scholars. Council on Foreign Relations was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in New York City, NY. | Miscellaneous |
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.
 Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. Movies/EntertainmentConsumer Services Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. provides entertainment services. It offers dance, music, film, opera, theater, family, and festivals and programs. The company was founded by Dwight D. Eisenhower on May 14, 1959 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Consumer Services |
American Academy of Arts & Sciences
American Academy of Arts & Sciences Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The American Academy of Arts & Sciences is an organization that honors excellence and brings together leaders. The non-profit company is based in Cambridge, MA. | Commercial Services |
Value Retail Plc
Value Retail Plc Catalog/Specialty DistributionRetail Trade Value Retail Plc specializes in the development and operation of luxury outlet shopping Villages in Europe and China. It serves various brands in European tourism markets. The firm offers brands exceptional growth, the development of new markets and an introduction to new customers. The company was founded by Scott D. Malkin in 1992 and is headquartered in Oxfordshire, the United Kingdom. | Retail Trade |
The Nightingale-Bamford School, Inc.
 The Nightingale-Bamford School, Inc. Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services The Nightingale-Bamford School, Inc. operates as school. The company was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Consumer Services |
| Making Markets Work | |
Xfund Management Co. LLC
 Xfund Management Co. LLC Investment ManagersFinance Xfund Management Co. LLC (Xfund) is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Hugo van Vurren. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | Finance |
Northern Star Acquisition Corp.
 Northern Star Acquisition Corp. Financial ConglomeratesFinance Northern Star Acquisition Corp. operates as blank check company. It is formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. The company was founded on July 8, 2020 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Finance |
