Yorke E. Rhodes III Co-founded Blockchain @Microsoft, is a Program Manager on Microsoft Blockchain Engineering team, and drives strategy across the company. He earned a BS in Computer Science from NYU’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. He has worked in industry in enterprises such as Microsoft & IBM and startups in wireless, mobile, digital marketing & ecommerce. At Goldman Sachs Investment Bank he built their first wireless internet ingress and advised bankers in wireless, telecom and media.

American Academy President Laurie Patton to Receive Concordia’s 2026 Leadership Award for Civil Society
The Concordia Leadership Council is proud to announce Dr. Laurie L. Patton, President of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, as the second of three recipients of the 2026

