1. Jeffrey A Sonnenfeld was born on 1 April 1954 and is the Lester Crown Professor in the Practice of Management at Yale School of Management, and Senior Associate Dean for Leadership Studies.
20 Facts About Jeffrey Sonnenfeld
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld is known for convening Yale's semi-annual CEO Summits, which has drawn thousands of CEOs from across decades for off-the-record peer-to-peer conversations.
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld is the first academician to have rung the opening bells of both the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, having done so 10 times.
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld is a member of the board of Lennar, the leading American homebuilder, as well as IEX, Atlas Merchant Capital, and the Ellis Island Honor Society.
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld was appointed by Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont to serve as co-chair of Advance CT, where he currently leads the state's economic development, including attracting and retaining leading global businesses and developing the state's workforce.
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld earned his AB, MBA, and PhD degrees from Harvard University.
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At Yale SOM, Jeffrey Sonnenfeld teaches the popular course "Strategic Leadership Across Sectors", which is consistently the school's most popular and oversubscribed course.
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld continues to be active in the local community and currently resides in Connecticut with his wife, Clarky, and their two daughters, Sophie and Lauren.
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In 1997, while employed as a professor at Emory University, Jeffrey Sonnenfeld was accused by the university of vandalizing school property.
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld refuted the charges, resigned, and sued Emory University, and the parties reached a settlement.
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld is the founder of Chief Executive Leadership Institute, a non-profit educational and research institute focused on CEO leadership and corporate governance, and the world's first school for chief executives.
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld pioneered the program as a prototype at the Harvard Business School in 1987 and 1988.
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On behalf of Yale University, Jeffrey Sonnenfeld is responsible for presenting the prestigious Yale Legend of Leadership Award and the Yale Lifetime of Leadership Award.
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld has served on the editorial boards of several journals, and his professional activities include membership on various non-profit organization and public company boards.
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld earned the 2018 Ellis Island Medal of Honor from the Ellis Island Honors Society.
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld was Harvard's first John Whitehead Faculty Fellow and won outstanding educator awards at Yale, Emory and the American Society for Training and Development.
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld was awarded the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award by the Boy Scouts of America.
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld was listed by Business Week as one of the "ten B-school professors who are influencing contemporary business thinking" and one of the "100 most influential players in corporate governance" by National Association of Corporate Director's Directorship.
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld is on the board of IEX, Lennar, Atlas Merchant Capital, the Ellis Island Honor Society, the National Council on Aging, and a representative of Governor Ned Lamont on the AdvanceCT Board of Directors.
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld is a member of the Ellis Island Foundation Trustees and is a board member for Advance Connecticut with the Connecticut Economic Resource Center.