Judith Benardete Chairman & President Boro Networks Co-Founder and Chairman Little Pim Corporation

Professional

Judith Benardete is Chairman of Boro Networks, a U.S. based provider of internet phones systems to large enterprises in China.

She is also now Chairman of the Little Pim Corporation, a foreign language multi-media based developmental video series for bilingual infants and toddlers.

Ms. Benardete was formerly a Principal at Geocapital Partners, a venture capital firm based in Fort Lee, New Jersey. Prior to her seven years at Geocapital Partners, Ms. Benardete was a consultant with McKinsey and Company in their New York office. Before her work in consulting and venture capital, Ms. Benardete worked for ten years in start-up companies. She was Executive Vice President of Scenario, Inc., a computer systems manufacturer specializing in multi-media, touch screen, and neural network based handwriting portable computers. Prior to Scenario, Ms. Benardete was employed as Product Manager by Gold Hill Computers, a technology spin-off of the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab and a leading software developer of AI systems for the personal computer.

Education

Ms. Benardete received her M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in 1995 and an undergraduate degree from Wellesley College in 1984 where she majored in Political Science with a focus on International Development.

Memberships & Affiliations

• Founder and Co-Chairman, The Council of Alumni for Social Enterprise (CASE), which funds 20 graduate students annually to undertake the research and writing of case studies on critical social issues that are taught in the graduate schools at Harvard University
• Member, Deans Council, J.F.K. School of Government, Harvard University
• Member, Dean’s International Council, Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago