Alumni

Linda Gadsby ’88 takes on new professional responsibilities with the same vigor she brings to helping young people explore career paths that align with their values.

A series of experiences during his ILR years helped Groat Award recipient Scott Buchheit build a deeper appreciation for different perspectives.

After three decades as a human resources professional, Angela Cheng-Cimini ‘92 has decided to “rewire,” stepping away from her latest role as the senior vice president and chief human resources officer at Harvard Business Publishing.

Marie Schell ’07 is leading Maryland’s new Statewide Youth Conflict Coaching Pilot Program as project director and executive director of the Conflict Resolution Center of Baltimore County. 

When Christopher Fateh ’13 first entered ILR, he didn’t want to limit his future by choosing a career path. The school gave him a well-rounded education and an appealing philosophy—that he could make a difference in the lives of regular people.

JC Tretter ’13 returned to the ILR School lecture hall Monday where he learned how to think critically, understand others’ perspectives and negotiate – skills he has wielded to help shape the labor-management dynamic in America’s most-watched sport.

A traveling exhibit highlighting the intersections of racism, dispossession and migration grew out of LR Worker Institute Executive Director Patricia Campos-Medina’s doctoral thesis.

Scott Buchheit, M.S. ’77, will receive the ILR School’s 2025 Groat Award and Linda Gadsby ’88 will receive the 2025 Alpern Award on April 24 at The Pierre Hotel in New York City.

As the 2024 Alice B. Grant Labor Leader in Residence, ILRie Randi Weingarten spent time at ILR teaching, speaking and meeting with students, professors and university staff.

Cornell ILR's Union Days begins Tuesday, March 5, with "Unions, Labor, and Freedom of Expression," a presentation given by Randi Weingarten ’80.

Some of the most significant labor-management issues of 2023-24 are being discussed by ILR alums, faculty and external experts.

JC Tretter ’13 talks in an interview about broken bones, ruffling feathers, a bum knee, almost quitting football, constant eating, the fun of pro football, what’s next (not lawyering, fyi) and Cornell places he loves.

An ILR student helped establish the United Auto Workers Local 2300, which now represents Cornell building maintenance and service workers.

Two Class of 1988 alumni will receive the ILR School’s highest awards on April 18 in New York City.

ILR School alumna Ellen Stutzman ’04 served as chief negotiator for the Writers Guild of America West as it won a new contract that provides pay increases, television series staffing protections, protections against Artificial Intelligence and other improvements for more than 11,000 workers.

Gary Bettman ’74, the longest-tenured commissioner in the history of the four major North American sports leagues, was honored with the Sports Business Journal's 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award at the 14th annual Sports Business Awards on May 24 in New York City.

Ellen Stutzman ’04 is at the center of 11,500 striking screenwriters whose union is picketing Netflix, Amazon, Apple, Disney, Universal and Paramount.

Union leadership during a volatile labor-management period will be discussed by NFLPA President JC Tretter '13 and Professor Harry Katz in a Nov. 1 webinar.

Since joining the National Football League Players Association as its general counsel & head of business, Sean Sansiveri ’05 has been behind the NFL’s most important measures to make the game safer.

The NHL is celebrating Gary Bettman’s tenure as commissioner through ILR scholarship and sports management funds.

As president of the National Football League Players Association, JC Tretter ’13 utilizes his ILR training to lift players’ voices.

Valeria Valencia ’23 wants all students to feel a part of the Cornell community.