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

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Aaron Weitman, BS '04 Managing Partner / CIO, CastleKnight Management LP
Amit K. Sachdev (BS ‘90) EVP, Chief Patient and External Affairs Officer, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Brian Olsavsky (MSIA '89) (T) Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Amazon.com
Cindy Padnos (MSIA ’80) Founder and Managing Director, Illuminate Ventures
Cynthia Wang (MSCF '97, MSIA '97) Partner, Corporate Partners and Board Director, Global CCS Institute
David A. Coulter (BSIM ’71, MSIA ’71) Chair of the Board, CMU Board of Trustees Special Limited Partner, Warburg Pincus
David A. Tepper (MSIA '82) (T) Honorary Doctor of Business Practice awarded in 2018 President and Founder, Appaloosa Management L.P.
Don Heberle (MSIA '95) Head of PNC Private Bank, PNC Financial Services
Gunjan Kedia (MSIA ’94) CEO, U.S. Bancorp
Homaira Akbari (MSIA '96) President & CEO, AKnowledge Partners, LLC
Jack E. McGrath (MSIA ’61) (Emeritus T) Senior Vice President (retired), Booz, Allen & Hamilton
James E. Rohr (Emeritus T) Chairman and CEO (retired), The PNC Financial Services Group
Jenny Cordina (MBA '02) Partner, McKinsey & Company
Jill Raker Managing Partner, Greenbriar Equity Group, L.P.
Jon R. Kinol (MSIA ’92) Founder, Zenik Capital, LLC
Justin McElhattan (MBA '05) Founder, Nicely Road Capital
Keishi Hotsuki (MSIA ’89) Deputy Chairman, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
Lori Heinel (MSIA '92) Executive Vice President and Global CIO, State Street Global Advisors
Lyenda Simpson Delp (MSIA ‘97) EVP and Head of the Global Institutional Client Group, Northern Trust Asset Management
Manoj P. Singh (MSIA ’76) (T) Chief Operating Officer (retired), Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited
Mark Coblitz (MSIA ’82) Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning (retired), Comcast Corporation
Michael Hsu (BS ‘86) Chairman of the Board & CEO, Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Onur Genҫ (MSIA '97) CEO, BBVA Group
Paul Fonteyne (MSIA ‘87) Chairman and CEO (retired), Boehringer-Ingelheim USA
Rajinder P. Singh (MSIA ’96) Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, BankUnited
Russell Ewing (MSIA '96) Portfolio Manager (retired), Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Sebastian Ceria (MSIA '90, Ph.D. '93) President, Fundar
Stephanie Ercegovic (BSIM '82, MSIA '83) Portfolio Manager (retired), Alphadyne Capital Management
Sujal Shah (MBA '04) Former President & CEO, CymaBay Therapeutics
William Lambert (MSIA ’90) Chairman of the Board (retired), MSA Safety

Emeritis 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.

Marc A. Onetto (MSIA ’75)

Principal, Leadership From The Mind And The Heart LLC

Frank A. Risch (MSIA ’66) (E)

Vice President & Treasurer (Retired), ExxonMobil Corp.