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William D. Provine and the Trouble with a Perfectly Good Lab
After decades at DuPont, William D. Provine helped build a home for science startups in Delaware. Then came the useful discovery that even a well-equipped laboratory cannot cover every bill.
Lori Koch and the careers hiding in plain sight
She built a finance career inside DuPont, then became its CEO. Now Lori Koch is helping students see the possibilities beyond Wall Street while reshaping the company she joined in 2003.
Erik Fyrwald and the question a customer had to ask
A customer could not work out whom to call. For Erik Fyrwald, the complaint became a clue to reshaping IFF - and a reminder of what four decades in industry had taught him about listening.
Ricardo Alba
Ricardo Garcia de Alba is the President and CEO of Meiogenix, an agriculture biotech company whose chromosome-editing platform speeds up the way crops naturally reshuffle their own DNA. A chemical engineer from Mexico City turned global ag executive, he spent 15 years at Corteva Agriscience helping build and launch the Enlist weed-control system before taking the helm at Meiogenix in 2024. He pairs hard science and commercial scale with a long habit of community and STEM service - and keeps bees on the side.