Alumni Spotlight: Colgate Conversations (Audio)

Guests talk about their careers after Colgate, interests and passions, and more.

Carrie Clifford '93, actress and writer, discusses working in L.A.

Alumna talks about HBO project, working with Broken Lizard members, and her improv shows.

01-14
22:33

Kathryn Bertine ’97, author and athlete

Bertine talks about her book As Good as Gold that chronicles her attempts to qualify for the Olympics

12-17
23:41

Gary Eichhorn '75, executive director of the Music and Youth Initiative

Eichhorn talks about his nonprofit organization that provides music education to underserved young people. He also talks about another of his passions, technology, and his work as a board member of several innovative technology firms and what he sees ahead in terms of smartphones, social networking, and more.

07-29
29:21

Jessica Prata '01, sustainability officer at New York-Presbyterian Hospital

Prata discusses leading green initiatives at the largest private employer in New York City and how recent graduates can prepare for jobs in the environmental sector.

02-08
24:40

Drew Esocoff '79, director of NBC's Sunday Night Football

Esocoff discusses his role in presenting NFL football to millions of fans each week, working with the legendary John Madden, and directing one of the best-ever Super Bowls, the 2009 game between the Cardinals and Steelers.

09-29
24:01

G. Bruce Knecht '80, author and former Wall Street Journal reporter

Knecht talks about the major problems confronting the newspaper industry. He also discusses his two books that reflect his passion for sailing and that have garnered widespread praise, and his new book project.

07-22
31:13

Colgate parent Harold Ramis, producer, actor, director, and writer

Ramis, whose film credits include Ghostbusters, Year One, and Groundhog Day, offers a funny and insightful look at making movies in Hollywood.

06-03
33:28

Paul Ridley '05, rowing across Atlantic as a fundraiser

Ridley uses his satellite phone to provide an update on his solo journey to raise funds for cancer research.

03-05
12:38

Carole Robinson '83, MTV executive vice president

Robinson, who has been with the cable TV network for more than 25 years, talks about the early veejay days, Madonna, Bill Clinton, and reality shows.

02-26
23:05

Austin Murphy '83, Sports Illustrated senior writer

Murphy talks about how much better the college football game is then the NFL, and about his latest book, Saturday Rules.

07-23
25:14

Chi Chi Obichere-Roxo '00 focuses on international health issues

Obichere works on USAID-funded reproductive health projects to strengthen nonprofit organizations around the world.

06-16
20:30

Dr. Michael J. Wolk '60, acclaimed cardiologist

Wolk talks about the need to overhaul the U.S. health-care system and what that will mean for today's students considering careers in medicine.

04-08
24:00

Kenneth Schanzer '66, president of NBC Sports

Schanzer talks about bringing the NFL back to NBC and the relationship the network has with Notre Dame football.

03-06
23:44

Yee-Ann Cho '90, officer at Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Working at the world's largest philanthropic foundation, Cho manages a $200 million portfolio that is focused on high school reform.

01-21
31:45

Doug Wilson '57, longtime ABC sports producer

Wilson shares stories about meeting sports legends such as Muhammad Ali and working with television pioneers like Roone Arledge and Howard Cosell.

09-24
33:03

Barbara Hessekiel-Waxman ’84, certified life coach

Waxman, author of the 2007 book How to Love Your Retirement, discusses the role of a life coach and offers advice to those looking to better manage their lives.

07-18
18:39

Antonio Delgado '99, co-founder of record label

Delgado, a Rhodes scholar, talks about his album Painfully Free and how he feels hip-hop can work as an agent of positive social change.

06-19
29:02

Bob '83 and Lee '82 Woodruff, authors of 'In An Instant'

The couple talk about how the Colgate community helped them as Bob recovered from the traumatic brain injury he suffered while working for ABC News in Iraq.

05-24
21:50

Chris Hedges '79, author and journalist

Hedges, who won a Pulitzer Prize while working for The New York Times, discusses his latest book, American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War On America, the war in Iraq, and the shortcomings of mainstream media.

05-09
26:14

Lindsay MacKenzie '05, Watson fellow who traveled world

MacKenzie talks about her yearlong journey to 21 nations as part of her prestigious Watson fellowship she won while at Colgate.

01-09
21:27

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