legal staff of Bethlehem Steel. In 1971, he was named solicitor
for the Department of Labor, and subsequently became under
secretary of labor. In 1975 he returned to Bethlehem Steel and
became president four years later. He resigned in June 1982
and became president of the American Red Cross the follow-
ing year. He headed the international aid organization until
1989, and is credited with bringing it into the computer age.
He was president and CEO of the Points of Light Foundation
from 1990 until 1995. He is currently senior vice president of
the Executive Coaching Network and a founding member of
the Management & Training Corp.John Sculley
Born in 1939 in New York City, Sculley studied at the Rhode
Island School of Design, graduated from Brown University, and
took an MBA at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton
School. Rising through the marketing department at Pepsico,
he became president and CEO in 1974. Wooed away from
Pepsi by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, Sculley became president
and CEO of the computer company in 1977. During his ten
years at Apple, he was celebrated for his marketing campaigns,
especially the 1984 Macintosh launch. An author and popular
speaker on the future, he is now a partner in the venture-capital
firm of Rho Ventures.Gloria Steinem
Born in Toledo, Ohio, Steinem graduated from Smith College
in 1956, spent two years in India on a Chester Bowles fellow-
ship, and then became a writer and journalist in New York. A
founding editor of both New Yorkand Msmagazines, she is one
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