Alumni Association Board of Directors October 2024

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Alumni Association Board of Directors

The mission of the Alumni Association Board of Directors is to improve the professional quality, reputation and leadership of the School and its alumni, and to develop, strengthen and utilize the bonds of interest, influence and affection existing between the School, its alumni, its faculty and the business community.

CHAIR
Cynthia K. Soledad
(MBA ’02)
Egon Zehnder

VICE CHAIR
Taylor P. Heaps
(MBA ’13)
Baird

MEMBERS 2026–27

Jennifer Beckett (TEP ’25)
Office of the Secretariat

Betsy Brandon (MBA ’25)
General Manager Accelerated Trainee, Republic Services

Jennifer Briggs (MBA ’14)
Dechra Pharmaceuticals, LTD

Gregg Brooks (MBA ’09)
Self employed

Mary Buckle Searle (MBA ’86)

Sandhya K. Chhabra MD (EMBA ’17)
Albemarle Endocrinology

Lynnette Crowder (EMBA ’10)
Mill Rock Packaging Partners

Richard P. Dahling (MBA ’87)
Institutional Investment

Zhana Edmonds (MBA ’19)
CVS Health

Richard C. Edmunds III (MBA ’92)
Retired, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Teresa Epperson (MBA ’95)
Annise

Sarita T. Finnie (MBA ’01)
Novartis

James Freedman Aponte (MBA ’10)
Meta

Michael J. Ganey (MBA ’78)
GaneyNPD

Melanie Goerke (PTMBA ’26)
Sustainability Consultant, Stantec

Lee Gordon (MBA ’80)
Morningstar Corporation

Leslie P. Gordon (MBA ’89)
Korn Ferry

Betsy Gorton (MBA ’04)
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

Dave Heimbach (TEP ’22)
Metronet

Karen O. Henneberger (EMBA ’20)
7 Rules Consulting, LLC

Sonia L. Hounsell (MBA ’99)
FunkkOFF! Inc.

Gen A. Izutsu (MBA ’15)
Veralto

Marcien B. Jenckes (MBA ’98)
Comcast Corporation

Kendall Jennings (MBA ’12)
Accenture

Wei Jin (MBA ’99)
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company

Patrice Ju (MBA ’14)
Google

Matthew A. Kaness (MBA ’02)
GoodwillFinds Ecommerce, Inc.

Markus A. Kritzler (MBA ’04)
Carbon Upcycling Technologies

Jayson Lipsey (MBA ’08)
Compass Communities

Jared Love (MBA ’07)
NBCUniversal

Kristina F. Mangelsdorf (MBA ’94)
KFM Executive Coaching (self-employed)

Sherry McCray (MBA ’05)
Constellation

Michael W. Meredith (GEMBA ’17)
Command Star Capital, LLC

Brendan Miniter (EMBA ’16)
Chief Executive Officer, The Center for Nonprofit Management

Tami M. Moore (EMBA ’09)
Tillman Fiber Co

Tiffani C. Moore (EMBA ’16)
Federal Housing Finance Agency

Lauren Murphy (MBA ’94)
Prime Theraputics

Nihkil Nath (MBA ’20)
InterGlobe Enterprises

Paul Nelson (MBA ’77)
Retired President & CEO, Onduline North America, Inc

Ann H. S. Nicholson (MBA ’01)
Corning Incorporated

Dennis Ortiz (MBA ’04)
Managing Director, Deloitte

Alyssa N. Perez-Melendez (MBA ’20)
Bain & Company

Karen Pfister (EMBA ’25)
Chief Executive Officer, OPSPro

Alex R. Picou (MBA ’89)
JP Morgan Private Bank

Anthony Ranghelli (GEMBA ’24)
Bank of Charles Town

Louise Rios (MBA ’11)
Managing Director & Partner, The Boston Consulting Group, Inc.

Allie Ruark (MBA ’22)
Investment Banking Associate, Wells Fargo & Company

Sara Smith (EMBA ’25)
NVR, Inc.

Malcolm Stewart (MBA ’24)
Brown Advisory

David L. Tayman (MBA/JD ’99)
Tayman Lane Chaverri LLP

Zachary G. Upcheshaw (MBA ’15)
Goldman Sachs

Brandt Vaughan (MBA ’99)
The Ballmer Group

Gerrud Wallaert (TEP ’18)
Brightmark

Alex Westra (MBA ’12)
Managing Director, Hines

Carter Whitelow (EMBA ’24)
Willcox Savage Consulting

Daniele M. Wilson (MBA ’11)
Google

Chong Xu (MBA ’14)
F-Prime Capital Partners

Jose Maria Zertuche (MBA ’00)
BlackRock