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Tepper School Alumni Board

The Tepper School Alumni Board is dedicated to providing opportunities to engage, educate and connect alumni to the school and each other. Formed in 2008, members representing alumni from around the world, the Tepper School Alumni Board works to advance the interests of its global alumni community.

Selected from a pool of active alumni volunteers, each member plays a strategic role in advising the Alumni Relations team and the overall Tepper School, providing that important link between alumni and the school.

Alumni Board Purpose

Communicate the interests and concerns of Tepper School alumni to the dean, faculty, students and staff of the Tepper School.
Propose actions to strengthen the Tepper School alumni community.
Encourage communication of the Tepper School’s activities, priorities and educational resources to alumni.

Jim Bernier (MSIA '93)
Executive Vice President, Head of Derivative Products Group, PNC Bank

Chuck Bracken

Chuck Bracken (MSIA '78)
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, The Barton Group

Lyenda Simpson Delp (MSIA '97)
Managing Director, Black Rock

Ozgur Dogan (MBA '05)
Director, Amazon WW Logistics Product and Tech

Russell Ewing II (MSIA '96)
Retired, Goldman Sachs Asset Management

Lori Heinel (MSIA '92)
Executive Vice President, Deputy Global Chief Investment Officer, State Street Global Advisors

Tal Heppenstall (MSIA '85)
President, UPMC Enterprises

Michael Hermeston (MBA '08)
Director of Product Operations, Communication, Photos, and Cloud Products, Google

Jertez Hunter (MBA '13)
Lead Product Development, Union Pacific

Kalpesh Kapadia (MSIA '99)
CEO, Deserve, Inc.

Justin Kaufman (MBA '04)
Pittsburgh Office Managing Partner and Midwest Advisory Market Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, PwC Advisory Services