Andy R.
Andy works with the EMEA section of Corporate Affairs. Andy develops, maintains and supports programs in the European region.
Andy has a Bachelors in Business Administration, and is currently pursuing a M.S.c. in Consumer Affairs from the Technical University of Munich.
Outside Intel, Andy enjoys restoring cars, mountain biking, good music and reading.
Craig Barrett
Dr. Craig Barrett is the Retired CEO/Chairman of the Board of Intel Corporation and a leading advocate for improving education in the U.S. and around the world. He is also a vocal spokesman for the value technology can provide in raising social and economic standards globally.
Dr. Barrett received his Bachelor, Master, and Ph.D. degrees in Materials Science from Stanford University. After graduation, he joined the faculty of Stanford University in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Dr. Barrett was a Fulbright Fellow at Danish Technical University in Denmark and a NATO Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Physical Laboratory in England. He joined Intel Corporation in 1974 and became Intel’s fourth president in May 1997, chief executive officer in 1998 and chairman of the Board on May 18, 2005. In May 2009, he stepped down as Chairman of the Board of Intel Corporation. Read more.
Fernando Martinez
With 16 years of experience in the IT Industry, Fernando Martz is the Education Manager at Intel Mexico. As part of his duties, Fernando carries out efforts of Corporate Social Responsibility focused on the education sector, including professional development programs for K-12 teachers. Fernando works closely with universities to contribute in synchronizing technical curriculum with the needs of the IT industry and also to establish efforts that promote tech entrepreneurship in college students. Fernando Martz holds a degree in Marketing from the Technological University of Mexico and holds a Master of Social Responsibility degree from the An⩵ac University in Mexico City.
Gang Guan
Mr. Gang Guan is currently a PRC Higher Education Manager in Intel China Corporate Affairs Group. His responsibility includes managing PRC Higher Education programs focusing on Technology Entrepreneurship program, Joint University Research programs, and working closely with the PRC Higher Education team to drive other strategic programs on joint curriculum development, student & faculty programs and technology leadership programs with PRC universities.
Prior to joining Intel, Gang has been with Microsoft Research Asia for 5 years as University Relations Manager, responsible for university collaboration such as curriculum, joint research, student programs and other academic exchange programs.
Gary Niekerk
Gary Niekerk has spent over twenty years working with stakeholders, customers, and employees on sustainability and reputation issues; in his effort to protect and build the brands of some of the world’s leading high-tech companies. Gary has worked for Hewlett-Packard, Apple and Intel Corporation where he has spent the past fifteen years. Gary’s current position is Director, Global Citizenship working in Intel’s Office of Corporate Responsibility. While at Intel, Gary has held a variety of leadership positions, including: Regional Environmental Health & Safety manager and External Affairs Manager.
Gary has a B.S. degree from Montana Tech - The University of Montana and a M.S. degree from Texas A&M University. Gary and his family live near Phoenix, Arizona. Gary is an active volunteer in the local community and he is currently serving as Past-President of the Chandler Education Foundation Board of Directors.
Jeanne Forbis
A twenty-year Intel veteran, Jeanne Forbis is currently the Global Corporate Affairs Communications Manager responsible for developing and implementing communication strategies on a variety of topics.
Jeanne joined Intel in 1991 as a Senior Public Relations Specialist responsible for the strategic development and implementation of public relations plans for various Intel product lines. She was part of the team that launched the Universal Serial Bus (USB) and Intel’s embedded Intel Architecture. She became the Media Relations Manager within the Public Affairs group in 1996 where she was responsible for all external communications at Intel’s Arizona site. She spent 2001 working in Austin, Texas helping to establish Intel’s Public Affairs presence there.
She returned to Arizona in 2002 as the External Affairs manager within the Public Affairs group where she was responsible for strategic community outreach efforts and external communications for Intel in Arizona. This included responsibility for local donations, support of relationships with key external stakeholder groups and local external communications efforts, including the role of corporate spokesperson. In 2005, she became the Arizona Public Affairs Manager where she was responsible for leading the team which supported state government relations, media relations, education program management, community relations, volunteerism and neighborhood outreach programs.
Jeanne earned her BS degree in Journalism from the Walter Cronkite School at Arizona State University and her Masters Degree in Communications Management from the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.
She is past chair and on the board of directors of Valley Forward, an organization which brings business and civic leaders together to improve the environment and quality of life in the Phoenix Metropolitan area. She also chairs the Downtown Chandler Community Foundation committee and sits on the programming committee for the Chandler Cultural Foundation.
Julie Clugage
Julie Clugage is the Alliances Manager for the Emerging Markets Platform Group at Intel, where she works with non-governmental organizations (NGOs), development agencies, foundations and governments to scale Intel’s efforts to improve education through the effective use of technology. In her previous role, Julie was Technical Assistant (Chief of Staff) to the Vice President of the Intel Corporate Affairs Group, supporting executive communications on Intel’s education, environment and CSR efforts, and driving education alliances with development agencies and NGOs. Prior to joining Intel in 2002, Julie worked for the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, DC from 1996 to 2000. She also worked for two years in rural Guatemala at a teacher training high school for Mayan youth and served as a legislative assistant for former U.S. Congressman Leon Panetta. Julie holds a Master of Public Affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University, an MBA from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley, and an AB in Government and Economics from Dartmouth College.
Lorie Wigle
General Manager, Eco-Technology Program Office, Intel Corporation;
President, Climate Savers Computing Initiative
Lorie Wigle leads Intel’s Eco-Technology effort which is focused on the sustainable manufacturing and usage of Intel’s products. This corporate-wide function drives Intel’s market position across energy efficient performance and design for the environment. In this capacity Lorie also drives external programs related to client, server and data center efforts including Intel’s participation in Green Grid and the Climate Savers Computing Initiative. Prior to this position, Lorie was the Director of Server Technology and Initiatives Marketing for Intel. In that role, she and her team were responsible for Intel Virtualization Technology offerings as well as Intel Dynamic Power Technology and other advanced platform capabilities. Her organization also drove industry engagement on memory and I/O for server platforms. Lorie has been with Intel for 24 years in a wide variety of Marketing and Product Planning roles and was the General Manager of Intel’s Internet Imaging Services group. She has an MBA from Portland State University and a BA degree from the University of Oregon.
Manav Subodh
Manav joined Intel in January 2005 and today works as a Global Manager -Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Higher Ed at the Corporate Affairs Group. He works with universities, schools, governments, foundations and multilaterals to drive innovation & entrepreneurship programs across various countries.
Before moving to the current global role , Manav was working as Head Corporate Affairs for South and West India in which he was responsible for managing government relations and driving strategic programs with the governments on Broadband, Education and Green IT . He has lead several public private partnerships (PPP) for Intel programs. Manav also worked as a Technical Advisor to the Intel India President in which he managed strategic relationships and devised an external engagement strategy for Intel India President’s office.
Manav is passionate about youth employability, creating solutions using technology for people in rural areas and developing sustainable business models.
Manav has over 12 years of experience in the IT, Software and Telecom sector. Prior to joining Intel Manav worked as a National marketing manager at Hughes and before that as a Business Manager at QAI. He is an engineer in electronics telecommunication and has done his masters in business management.
Manisha Shah
Manisha Shah is a Global Marketing Manager focused on Intel’s Education programs that are transforming K12 education and developing innovation skills in students through entrepreneurship.
Since joining Intel in 1998, Manisha has held several marketing positions. Manisha has an MBA from Cornell University where she helped lead the Net Impact group. She also has a BS in Computer Science and a BA in Economics from UC Davis. She is passionate about entrepreneurial education models for public education such as charter schools as well as math and science education for girls. She enjoys being a mom and is an active volunteer in local schools.
Mariana Iribarne
In her role as Corporate Affairs Manager for Intel Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, Mariana Iribarne is in charge of building Intelճ relationship with local governments, industry and NGOs and of promoting the adoption of ICT to increase productivity and economic growth. She also manages the implementation of Intelճ Corporate Social Responsibility Programs in these countries.
Mariana has more than 14 years of experience government affairs, economic, and trade issues. Prior to joining Intel she was Economic and Trade Advisor for the European Commission in Argentina, where she promoted the adoption of European technologies, and focused on bilateral trade issues between Argentina and the EU. She was also Economic Advisor to the Australian Government and a Public Investment Specialist at the Argentine Ministry of Economy.
Mariana holds a BA in Economics and Politics from Wake Forest University in North Carolina, and a Masters in Public Administration from Columbia University in NY. Her passions outside Intel include spending time with her three children, golfing, skiing and exploring new technologies. You can follow her on twitter at @iribam and find her on Facebook and Linkedin.
Martina Roth
Dr. Martina Roth is Director of Intel’s Global Education Strategy, Research and Policy.
Dr. Roth joined Intel in 1997 as Program Manager for “Kids and Creativity” at Intel’s Content Group, managing Intel Software Developers throughout Europe and providing leading edge Education content to the school and after school market. From 1999 to 2002 she led the Intel Education Programs for Central Europe, especially Teacher Professional Development, Math Science and Higher Education. From 2002 to 2007 she was Director of the IntelΠEducation Group for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and responsible for the development and implementation of Intel’s Education Programs in the region, covering approximately 50 countries on three continents.
Prior to joining Intel Corporation, Dr. Roth was Methodic Director of the Management Training Center at Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH, Germany; Marketing and Multimedia Instructor at 3V Multimedia in Munich, Germany; Lecturer and Scientific Collaborator at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena, Germany.
Dr. Roth holds a M.A. in Pedagogy and a Ph.D. in Philology from the University of Jena, Germany. She received an additional qualification as Media-Didactic and Lecturer for Learning Systems in Munich, holds a Certificate for Market Strategy at INSEAD, Fontainebleau/France and Entrepreneurship from UC Berkley/US.
Michael Jacobson
Michael Jacobson is director of Intel’s Corporate Responsibility Office. In this role, he is responsible for leading Intel’s corporate responsibility strategy with stakeholders across the company. He has an experienced team of experts in corporate social responsibility, strategic alliances, marketing and communications, stakeholder management and reporting who are committed to building upon Intel’s performance as a leading corporate citizen.
Prior to this position Michael managed Intel’s Corporate team in California and Texas where he was responsible for leading corporate responsibility programs, philanthropic investments and public policy. Michael also worked in Intel’s Corporate Real Estate and Site Development Group as a site selection manager. In this capacity, Michael was responsible for evaluating locations across the globe for potential Intel investment.
Jacobson came to Intel from the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce where he was a director of business development. During his four-year tenure with the Chamber, Fort Worth ranked in the top ten in the United States for business recruitment. Intel was one of the companies that he helped recruit to Fort Worth.
Jacobson joined the Chamber after serving eight years in Washington D.C. He held positions as assistant to the deputy secretary for management planning and operations for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, special assistant to the Commissioner for the Social Security Administration and special assistant to the Administrator of the Urban Mass Transportation Administration.
Jacobson received his bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Baylor University in 1984.
Neil Blecherman
Neil Blecherman manages a team of Intel partner experts, developing new technology and business models with some of Intel’s largest global software partners. In previous assignments, Neil has managed business development with Intel’s North American software partners, directed the mobile microprocessor product line and owned Intel’s corporate branding and naming strategy.
As part of his present assignment, Neil coordinates with Intel’s product teams in various clean technology areas including power-conserving microprocessors and the green data center. He mentors clean tech entrepreneurs through the California Clean Tech Open business plan competition where he is also is a judge. He also represents Intel Corporation with the Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals where he has organized panel discussions on smart grid technology partnerships as a member of ASAP’s Clean Tech committee.
Neil came to Intel in 1989. Prior to working at Intel, Neil designed and tested chips for Raytheon Corporation. He holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the Wharton School.
Paige Johnson
Paige Johnson, Global Manager of K-12 education for Intel’s Corporate Affairs Group, is responsible for the IntelΠTeach Program. A worldwide professional development initiative that helps educators integrate computer technology effectively and promote 21st century skills, this research-proven program has trained more than 6 million teachers in over 50 countries. Under her management, the curriculum remains on the leading edge of education needs and provides a series of innovative teacher productivity and thinking tools, free for educators at www.intel.com/education.
Paige Johnson has been named to the Steering Committee of the National Assessment Governing Board on Technological Literacy. The committee is comprised of experts who are in a position to define the new framework and test specifications for the 2012 NAEP Technological Literacy assessment.
Paige has also served for three years on the International Society of Technology and Education’s (ISTE) advisory board for the NETs standards. This work provides a framework for ICT literacy for students, teachers and administrators in the US.
As the past Chair of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills Board, Paige led a coalition of business, education and policymakers that has emerged as the leading advocacy organization focused on infusing 21st century skills into education.
Paige holds a Bachelors of Science in Biology from Willamette University and a Masters Degree in Science Education from Portland State University. She has over a decade of experience successfully envisioning, launching, scaling, and evaluating education programs. She sees technology as a critical tool to access, organize and analyze information, and to communicate and collaborate with others to create new innovations that add value to peoples’ lives - and is a focal point, aligning experts from all fields toward her vision of 21st century teaching and learning
Patricia Chico Escarre
Patricia Chico is the Latin America Community Engagement Manager based in Costa Rica. She joined Intel in 2001 managing the volunteering program and the community relations. She has been leading the Intel Involved program on the region representing the # 1 region in volunteering worldwide during 2010. Through her career at Intel she has been involved with different CSR initiatives and conferences having a special emphasis on volunteering. She has been involved with the deployment of several initiatives worldwide such as the volunteer matching grant program among others.
Patricia holds an MBA from the Universidad Latina in Costa Rica and based her career on communications with emphasis in Public Relations.
Peter Broffman
Peter Broffman is manager of Digital Inclusion Programs in Intelӳ Corporate Affairs Group. Among his responsibilities, Peter is worldwide program manager for the IntelΠLearn and IntelΠEasy Steps programs, which reach more than 275,000 youth and adult learners each year. Over the course of his career with Intel, Peter has served as Executive Director of the Intel Foundation, K-12 Education Manager, and was program manager for the IntelΠTeach Getting Started and IntelΠTeach Skills for Success courses. He has been involved in initiating many of Intelӳ key education programs, including IntelΠTeach, the Intel Computer Clubhouse Network, and the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.
Prior to his work with Intel, Peter managed Social Policy for Security Pacific Bank in Seattle, WA. He was responsible for the bankӳ corporate charitable and business contributions, scholarship programs, and community relations. Peter has a law degree, and spent eight years as a consultant to government and the private sector on employee rights in the workplace, employment discrimination, and youth employment and training.
Phillip Davis
Phillip Davis is a senior writer and editor for Circuit News, Intel’s worldwide internal news and communications intranet site. Davis writes about Intel’s latest technology, competitive trends, and new products arriving in the market that have “Intel inside.” He arrived at Intel four years ago after a career as a correspondent for National Public Radio, the U.S. radio news network. He grew up in St. Louis Missouri, by the banks of the mighty Mississippi River. He says his Midwestern roots run deep, though he currently calls San Francisco home.
Revital Bitan
Revital Bitan is Intel’s Corporate Responsibility leader in EMEA region. She has worked at Intel in various capacities since 1987, including, marketing, communication and community relations roles. Before her current role, Revital served as Intel Israel’s CSR manager. She developed Intel Israel’s initial CSR strategy and worked across Intel and with local CSR organizations to spearhead the CSR concept. Throughout her career at Intel, Revital has driven numerous local community projects and national education programs to promote bridging the digital divide. Revital believes that women frequently serve as the catalysts for creating positive social change. She participated in Harvard University’s program ‘Women and Power - Leadership in the New World’. Revital holds MBA from the Haifa University, Israel.
Rosangela Melatto
Rosangela Melatto is the Corporate Social Responsibility Manager for Latin America. She joined the company in 1997 as Marketing Communication Manager for the region, and has worked in various capacities since then, including marketing, communication and press relations, before joining the Corporate Affairs Group in 2004. She is currently responsible for all social responsibility actions implemented by Intel Latin America.
Rosangela has driven several community projects and believes that changes start with real actions. She received a Chemical and Electronics Engineering degree from Escola Superior de Quca Oswaldo Cruz and Funda褯 Alvares Penteado in Brazil, a FAAP graduation in Corporate Communication.
Russell Campbell
Russ Campbell is the Corporate Social Responsibility Manager for the APAC region. In this role, he drives the marketing and communications activities for Intel’s education, community, and environment programs across the region. He is passionate about Intel’s social responsibility programs and is thrilled with the opportunity to share the stories about how these programs have a positive impact on people’s lives and communities.
Prior to joining the Corporate Affairs Group, Russ held a variety of marketing and technical roles. In his most recent roles within the Sales and Marketing Group he was a product messaging manager and an executive event producer,. He joined Intel in 1995 and relocated from the US to Thailand to assume his current role in Corporate Affairs in March of 2010.
Outside of work, Russ loves to travel and enjoys scuba diving anywhere there are beautiful beaches and coconut trees. He is enjoying the experience of living and working in Thailand and is learning to speak Thai. (and progressing slowly…) Russ grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana, loves American football, and is a diehard Saints fan. (GEAUX SAINTS!!!) You can find Russ on Facebook and Linkedin.
Shelly Esque
Shelly Esque is a vice president in the Legal and Corporate Affairs group and director of Corporate Affairs for Intel. In this role she oversees a staff that manages corporate social responsibility, education, media relations, government and community affairs programs. Her global team, in more than 30 countries, works to enhance Intel’s position as the world’s leading technology brand in business and corporate citizenship.
Esque joined Intel in 1996 as manager of Public Affairs for the Arizona site. In 2002 she assumed responsibility for Public Affairs in the United States, and in 2004 her role was expanded to include oversight of the worldwide Public Affairs organization as well as Intel’s corporate social responsibility functions. Following the formation of the Corporate Affairs Group in 2006, Esque assumed broader responsibilities including the management of Intel’s various education programs around the world.
From 1990 to1996 Esque served as public affairs director for the Clerk of the Superior Court in Maricopa County, Ariz., and from 1984 to 1990 she led all aspects of operations for a small executive recruiting and market research firm focused on the auto industry.
Suzanne Fallender
Suzanne Fallender is Intel’s Director of CSR Strategy & Communications in Intel’s global Corporate Responsibility Office. Suzanne works with business groups and senior management across the company—including environmental health & safety, human resources and diversity, supply chain, legal, government affairs and community relations—to integrate corporate responsibility into strategic planning, policies, external and internal communications, and employee engagement activities. Suzanne also manages external reporting of Intel’s global corporate responsibility programs and performance, including publication of Intel’s annual corporate responsibility report. In her role, she tracks CSR trends and emerging issues and regularly engages with socially responsible investors, research firms, and NGOs to identify opportunities for continued performance improvements and development of strategic initiatives.
Suzanne has more than 15 years of experience in the fields of corporate responsibility and corporate governance research and communications. Previously, Suzanne was Vice President at Institutional Shareholder Services (now part of MSCI), where she was director of the company’s socially responsible investing group. Suzanne has an M.B.A. from the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University and a B.A. from Trinity College in Hartford, CT. Outside Intel, Suzanne currently serves on the board of directors of the Tempe Community Council and Arizona Businesses Advancing Sustainability. Follow Suzanne on twitter at @sfallender and @intel_csr.
Thomas Osburg
Dr. Thomas Osburg is Director Europe - Corporate Affairs for Intel Corp., responsible for the Strategic Design and Implementation of Intel’s CSR programs in Europe. Thomas and his team are mainly working closely with National Governments, Ministries, NGO’s, NPOճ and the European Union.
Thomas holds a Ph. D. (Dr.rer.pol.) degree in Economics and Business Administration from the Leibniz University of Hannover (Germany). After his graduation, he held several Management positions in the area of International Management and Marketing, CSR, Education and Research at Texas Instruments, Autodesk and Intel (joined in 2006), living in France, the U.S. and Germany. Until 2005, Thomas was Director Education at Texas Instruments for the Pacific Markets and thus managing the expansion of CSR and Educational programs into China, Korea, Japan, Australia and South America.
In January 2009, Thomas got elected as Speaker for the influential German CSR Organization “UPJ”, since November 2009 he is also Research Fellow of the Center for Corporate Citizenship, lead by Prof. Dr. Andr顈abisch at the Catholic University of Eichst嵴-Ingolstadt. He is engaged in several committees and elected member of boards, such as foundations and Public Private Partnerships and a reviewer of Scientific Papers, i.e. for the European Marketing Academy, on Management, Marketing and CSR topics.
Todd Brady
Todd Brady is the Global Environmental Manager for Intel Corporation. In this role, he directs Intel’s global environmental initiatives and strategy by leading corporate-wide environmental programs such as climate change, water conservation, waste minimization, sustainability and green design. Since joining Intel in 1995, Todd has led a wide range of environmental initiatives within the company, ranging from key public regulatory and policy engagements to design for environment programs at semiconductor and assembly test manufacturing sites. Prior to his existing role, he spent more than 5 years creating Intel’s product ecology strategy, establishing programs to develop environmentally friendly products and leading product-related initiatives such as lead-free development, energy efficiency, product stewardship and product recycling. During his 14 years at Intel, Todd has represented the company publicly and led industry-wide initiatives in many national and international environmental committees including: co-chair of the American Electronics Association (AEA) China RoHS Steering Committee, chair of the Semiconductor Research Council’s (SRC) EHS Nano-electronics Consultative Working Group, chair of the Electronic Industry Alliance (EIA) Material Declaration Committee and chair of the High Density Packaging User Group (HDPUG) Design for Environment Committee. Todd has authored and published more than 20 papers in scientific journals and conference proceedings on a variety of environmental topics. In 2009, he was named by Scientific American as one of ten outstanding leaders involved in research, business or policy pursuits that have advanced science and technology.
Todd received his BS in chemical engineering from Brigham Young University and MS in environmental engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Wendy Hawkins
Wendy Hawkins is Executive Director of the Intel Foundation. The Intel Foundation is active worldwide, awarding grants totaling approximately $40 million each year and focusing on STEM education (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), increasing opportunities for girls, women, and under-represented minorities, and supporting the philanthropic efforts of Intel’s employees in education, their communities, and in response to disasters around the world.
In addition to 20-plus years managing education philanthropy for Intel, she has developed and managed numerous global, national and local education programs, including The IntelΠTeach Program, a global teacher professional development initiative which has helped more than 8 million teachers worldwide develop the technical skills and resources to eliminate the walls around their classrooms and bring the world to their students’ fingertips, giving their students the skills they will need to thrive in the 21st century. She is responsible for the Intel Science Talent Search - the most prestigious high school science competition in the US, Intel International Science & Engineering Fair - the largest and most admired competition of its type in the world. She is frequently sought out as a speaker, writer, advisor, and consultant in education, philanthropy and corporate social responsibility.
Wendy holds a degree in Psychology and German Studies from Stanford University where she graduated with distinction. Prior to joining Intel, she managed residential education programs at Stanford, and was director of development and membership at the World Affairs Council of Oregon.
Wendy’s personal passions and interests have ranged from work as a stage actress and vocal performer, to starting and managing farmers’ markets, including the largest in both Illinois and Oregon. She has been active in public education funding reform and led three successful election campaigns. She was even a finalist to replace Ann Landers as advice columnist for the Chicago Sun Times!
Wendy is married to Tom, a physicist, and is mother of two adult sons, one an elementary school teacher, the other a computer scientist.
