Lea Poquerusse

Lea Poquerusse

New York, New York, United States
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    New York, New York, United States

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    New York, United States

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    New York, New York, United States

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    Greater New York City Area

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    Paris Area, France

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    Paris, Île-de-France, France

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    Palo Alto

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    Burlington, MA and Dubai, UAE

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    Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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    Clark, New Jersey, USA

Education

  • Stanford University Graduate School of Business Graphic

    Stanford University Graduate School of Business

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    Activities and Societies: • Arbuckle Leadership Fellow • GSB Energy Club co-President & CFO • Stanford-Tsinghua Exchange Program Participant • LOWkeynotes speaker • MBA Admissions Ambassador: admit weekend organizer, information session panelist and tour guide • GSB Wine Circle Leader • Global Management Immersion Experience (GMIX) in Manila, Philippines

    • The Marian Kennedy Fischer Fellowship, 2014-2015
    • The MBA Class of 1969 Fellowship, 2014-2015
    • The Reuben and Robert D. Thorson Fellowship, 2014-2015

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    Activities and Societies: • MIT Energy Night Managing Director • MIT Clean Energy Prize • Teaching Assistant for Thermodynamics (10.213) and Integrated Chemical Engineering (10.490)

    • Jefferson W. Tester Award, 2012 - awarded for enthusiasm, commitment, organization and leadership in the Practice School
    • David H. Koch Fellowship Award, 2011

    Practice School Student at Novartis (San Carlos, CA) and Cabot (Billerica, MA) in Summer 2012

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    Activities and Societies: • Vice President of the Committee to Promote Women in Engineering • Teaching Assistant for Thermodynamics and Introduction to Chemical Engineering • Soccer Team Captain • Engineers Without Borders High School Outreach Presenter • Research Assistant

    • British Association Medal, 2010
    • Society of Chemical Industry Merit Award, 2010
    • McGill/Ecole Polytechnique Memorial Prize, 2010
    • McGill Engineering Volunteer Appreciation Award, 2009
    • Shell Canada Engineering Scholarship, 2009
    • 1st place at Engineering Competition at Ecole Polytechnique, 2009
    • NSERC Strategic Grant, 2008
    • ACDEG Scholarship in Chemical Engineering, 2008
    • Louis C. Ho Scholarship, 2007
    • McGill Dean's Honour List, 2006-2010
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    • British Association Medal, 2010
    • Society of Chemical Industry Merit Award, 2010
    • McGill/Ecole Polytechnique Memorial Prize, 2010
    • McGill Engineering Volunteer Appreciation Award, 2009
    • Shell Canada Engineering Scholarship, 2009
    • 1st place at Engineering Competition at Ecole Polytechnique, 2009
    • NSERC Strategic Grant, 2008
    • ACDEG Scholarship in Chemical Engineering, 2008
    • Louis C. Ho Scholarship, 2007
    • McGill Dean's Honour List, 2006-2010
    • Golden Key Honour Society Member, 2006-present

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    Activities and Societies: • Badminton Team • Yearbook Staff • Theater Class

    Graduated with High Honours

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Languages

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • French

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Spanish

    Full professional proficiency

  • Italian

    Limited working proficiency

Organizations

  • World Economic Forum

    Global Shaper (VP Paris)

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    • Co-presided education initiative, in particular development of a partnership between Article 1 and Global Shapers Paris to democratize access to interesting educational & professional opportunities for underpriviledged youth • As recruiting leader, grew Paris hub from 10 to 20 active members

  • TEDxCambridge

    Operations Director

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    • One out of four core team members organizing TEDxCambridge. The core team collaborated with the MIT Technology Review on event curation and Ideo on event format. • The event was held in Kendall Square on September 13, 2013 and was attended by 600 individuals. Speakers lined up included: -- Bruce Schneier, security guru, on how power is evolving on the internet. -- Todd Rogers, mobilization expert, on how to turn mass intention into mass action. -- Manolis Kellis…

    • One out of four core team members organizing TEDxCambridge. The core team collaborated with the MIT Technology Review on event curation and Ideo on event format. • The event was held in Kendall Square on September 13, 2013 and was attended by 600 individuals. Speakers lined up included: -- Bruce Schneier, security guru, on how power is evolving on the internet. -- Todd Rogers, mobilization expert, on how to turn mass intention into mass action. -- Manolis Kellis, computational biologist, on the transformation taking place in neuroscience. -- Sara Seager, galactic explorer, on the new tools in the search for alien life. -- Deepak Jagdish and Daniel Smilkov, data scientists, on what you can learn from your meta data. • TEDxCambridge, in line with the spirit of TED’s mission, “Ideas Worth Spreading”, aspires to stimulate interest in new ideas, spark discussions, and create connections in a small group. • http://www.tedxcambridge.com/

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