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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