Myra Hart is a member of the Kraft Foods Board of Directors and has served as a Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School since 1995. Ms. Hart�s academic research and teaching focuses on high-potential entrepreneurship, with an emphasis on developing critical resources and relationships. She has co-authored four books and developed more than 60 Harvard Business School cases. Though she recently retired from teaching in the MBA program, she remains engaged in the school�s executive programs and is currently a visiting scholar at Babson College and Stanford University.
Previously, Ms. Hart worked in the retail sector where she was a founding member of the office superstore chain, Staples, Inc. She served as Vice President of Growth and Development and led the chain�s operations, strategic planning and growth implementation in new and existing markets. Before joining Staples, she was Director of Marketing for the New England-based grocery retailer, Star Market, now a subsidiary of SuperValu.
Ms. Hart currently serves on the Board of Directors for such public companies as Office Depot, Inc. and Summer Infant, Inc. She is a trustee of Babson College, Trustee Emeritus of Cornell University and a director of the Center for Women�s Business Research.
Ms. Hart holds a Doctor of Business Administration and Master of Business Administration from Harvard University and a Bachelors of Arts from Cornell University. |