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

Marc A. Onetto (MSIA ’75) Principal, Leadership From The Mind And The Heart LLC

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