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 (MSIA '96)
President & CEO, AKnowledge Partners, LLC
Darryl Britt (MSIA ’90)
Chairman & CEO, Apprio, Inc.
Sebastian Ceria (MSIA '90, Ph.D. '93)
President, Fundar
Mark Coblitz (MSIA ’82)
Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning (retired), Comcast Corporation
Jenny Cordina (MBA '02)
Partner, McKinsey & Company
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
Stephanie Ercegovic (BSIM '82, MSIA '83)
Portfolio Manager, Alphadyne Capital Management
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
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
Keishi Hotsuki (MSIA ’89)
Senior Advisor, Morgan Stanley
Michael Hsu (BS ‘86)
Chairman of the Board & CEO, Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Gunjan Kedia (MSIA ’94)
President, U.S. Bancorp
Jon R. Kinol (MSIA ’92)
Founder, Zenik Capital, LLC
William Lambert (MSIA ’90)
Chairman of the Board (retired), MSA Safety
Justin McElhattan (MBA '05)
Founder, Nicely Road Capital
Jack E. McGrath (MSIA ’61) (Emeritus T)
Senior Vice President (retired), Booz, Allen & Hamilton
Brian Olsavsky (MSIA '89) (T)
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Amazon.com
Marc A. Onetto (MSIA ’75)
Principal, Leadership From The Mind And The Heart LLC
Cindy Padnos (MSIA ’80)
Founder and Managing Director, Illuminate Ventures
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
Manoj P. Singh (MSIA ’76) (T)
Chief Operating Officer (retired), Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited
Rajinder P. Singh (MSIA ’96)
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, BankUnited
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.