LaVerne H. Council, 2010 Honoree
- Title
- Corporate vice president, CIO
- Employer
- Johnson & Johnson
- Location
- New Brunswick,, N.J.
- First job:
- Baking cakes
- Most valuable career advice:
- "Don't take a meeting that you don't have time for."
- Favorite vice:
- Potato chips
- If I were not in this business, I would probably be...
- a neurosurgeon.
- Favorite gadget:
- Nintendo DS
- Leadership philosophy in a nutshell:
- "Change does not just happen; it is cultivated in people who share a vision... a vision that they turn into reality."
- Ask me to do anything but...
- "outdoor camping."
- Passion outside of work:
- My family
- Favorite sport:
- Football
- In high school, I was...
- "voted Most Likely to Succeed."
- A recent great read:
- Outliers: The Story of Success, by Malcolm Gladwell
- Favorite TV show:
- The Closer