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Business Board of Advisors

The Tepper School of Business has a long-standing practice of partnering with senior executives and alumni who serve on the school’s Business Board of Advisors (BBA).

This board meets regularly with the dean and school leadership and provides frequent, ongoing input and direction regarding key strategic initiatives. This academic/corporate partnership represents an exceptionally strong, involved team of CEOs, entrepreneurs and senior executives who are committed to supporting and advancing the mission and goals of the Tepper School of Business. Membership to the Tepper School BBA is by invitation and includes a select term of service.

(T) denotes CMU Board of Trustees
(E) denotes Emeritus Member
Homaira Akbari headshot

Homaira Akbari (MSIA '96)
President & CEO, AKnowledge Partners, LLC

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Darryl Britt (MSIA ’90)
Chairman & CEO, Apprio, Inc.

Sebastian Ceria (MSIA '90, Ph.D. '93)
President, Fundar

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Mark Coblitz (MSIA ’82)
Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning (retired), Comcast Corporation

Jenny Cordina (MBA '02)
Partner, McKinsey & Company

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David A. Coulter (BSIM ’71, MSIA ’71) (T)
Chair of the Board, CMU Board of Trustees
Special Limited Partner, Warburg Pincus

Lyenda Simpson Delp (MSIA ‘97)
Head of Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Americas, BlackRock

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Stephanie Ercegovic (BSIM '82, MSIA '83)
Portfolio Manager, Alphadyne Capital Management

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Russell Ewing (MSIA '96)
Portfolio Manager (retired), Goldman Sachs Asset Management

Paul Fonteyne (MSIA ‘87)
Chairman and CEO (retired), Boehringer-Ingelheim USA

Onur Genc (MSIA '97)
CEO, BBVA Group

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Don Heberle (MSIA '95)
Head of PNC Private Bank, PNC Financial Services


Lori Heinel (MSIA '92)
Executive Vice President and Global CIO, State Street Global Advisors

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Keishi Hotsuki (MSIA ’89)
Senior Advisor, Morgan Stanley

Michael Hsu (BS ‘86)
Chairman of the Board & CEO, Kimberly-Clark Corporation

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Gunjan Kedia (MSIA ’94)
President, U.S. Bancorp

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Jon R. Kinol (MSIA ’92)
Founder, Zenik Capital, LLC

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William Lambert (MSIA ’90)
Chairman of the Board (retired), MSA Safety

Justin McElhattan (MBA '05)
Founder, Nicely Road Capital

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Jack E. McGrath (MSIA ’61) (Emeritus T)
Senior Vice President (retired), Booz, Allen & Hamilton

Brian Olsavsky Headshot

Brian Olsavsky (MSIA '89) (T)
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Amazon.com

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Marc A. Onetto (MSIA ’75)
Principal, Leadership From The Mind And The Heart LLC

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Cindy Padnos (MSIA ’80)
Founder and Managing Director, Illuminate Ventures

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James E. Rohr (Emeritus T)
Chairman and CEO (retired), The PNC Financial Services Group

Amit K. Sachdev (BS ‘90)
EVP, Chief Patient and External Affairs Officer, Vertex Pharmaceuticals


Sujal Shah (MBA '04)
Former President & CEO, CymaBay Therapeutics

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Manoj P. Singh (MSIA ’76) (T)
Chief Operating Officer (retired), Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited

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Rajinder P. Singh (MSIA ’96)
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, BankUnited

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David A. Tepper (MSIA '82) (T)
President and Founder, Appaloosa Management L.P.

Cynthia Wang (MSCF '97, MSIA '97)
Board Director, Global CCS Institute

Emeritus Members

De Lyle W. Bloomquist (MSIA ’88) (E)
Partner, Windrunner Management Advisors LLC

T. Jerome (Jerry) Holleran (BS-CIT ’57, MSIA ’69) (E, Emeritus T)
Chairman (Retired), Precision Medical Products, Inc.

Frank A. Risch (MSIA ’66) (E)
Vice President & Treasurer (Retired), ExxonMobil Corp.