Marcus Venture Consulting: Aspen Institute

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Martha Lange +1 (805) 962-9412

ASPEN INSTITUTE RECOGNIZES U.K.-BASED ENTREPRENEUR AS EMERGING LEADER

SANTA BARBARA, CA, USA June 11, 2003– The Aspen Institute’s Henry Crown Fellowship Program today announced the selection of Lucy P. Marcus to its 2003 Class of Henry Crown Fellows. Marcus is Chief Executive Officer of Marcus Venture Consulting based in Somerset, England.

The Henry Crown Fellowship is designed to engage the next generation of leaders in the challenge of community-spirited leadership. It brings together young executives and professionals under age 45 who have already achieved conspicuous success in their chosen fields of endeavor. The new Henry Crown Fellows will meet four times over a two-year period and will undertake individual community service commitments.

The other Henry Crown Fellows for 2003 are:

Sherman Baldwin, 38, Pratt & Whitney, East Hartford, CT
Cory Booker, 34, Booker, Rabinowitz, Trenk, Lubetkin, Tully, DiPasquale & Webster, PC, West Orange, NJ
Anne Devereux, 41, BBDO Health, New York, NY
Stacey M. Hadash, 36, Public Strategies, Inc., New York, NY
Mark Hoplamazian, 39, The Pritzker Organization, Chicago, IL
Russell C. Horowitz, 37, Marchex, Inc., Seattle, WA
John S. Johnson, 36, Eyebeam, Brooklyn and New York, NY
Peter Bicknell Kellner, 33, Richmond Financial LLC, San Francisco, CA
Richard Lai, 41, dollarDEX Pte. Ltd., Singapore
Marie-Christine Levet, 36, T-Online France, Paris, France
David H. McCormick, Ph.D., 37, Freemarkets, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA
Eric L. Motley, Ph.D., 30, Executive Office of the President, Washington, DC
Jacob Ner-David, 34, 2bVentures, Jerusalem, Israel
Kevin T. Parker, 43, PeopleSoft, Inc., Pleasanton, CA
Markku E. Rentto, 39, REKA Corporation, Hyvinkää, Finland
Scott R. Royster, 38, Radio One Inc., Lanham, MD
Susan E. Siegel, 43, Affymetrix, Inc., Santa Clara, CA
Thomas Tighe, 42, Direct Relief International, Santa Barbara, CA
Lynn Marie Utter, 40, Coors Brewing Company, Golden, CO

“We are delighted to welcome this year’s class of Henry Crown Fellows,” said Keith Berwick, executive director of the program. “They are admirably equipped to undertake the challenges of leadership at this critical time. We are confident that they will move ahead on the path from success to significance.”

The Henry Crown Fellowship Program was established in 1997 to honor the life and career of Chicago industrialist Henry Crown (1896-1990) and is funded by the Henry and Gladys Crown Charitable Trust Fund.

The Aspen Institute is a global forum for leaders. Through its seminar and policy programs, the Institute promotes the cause of enlightened, morally responsible leadership.

For more information www.aspeninstitute.org

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