Yale School of Management - Board of Advisors

The Yale SOM board of advisors includes CEOs from some of the world’s largest companies, innovative entrepreneurs, and leaders of vital nonprofit organizations. This community of top business leaders supports the mission of Yale SOM and contributes experience and wisdom to its ongoing development.

Honorary Chair
The Honorable William H. Donaldson**
Chairman
Donaldson Enterprises

Chair
Ellis B. Jones*
Chief Executive Officer
Wasserstein & Co.

G. Leonard Baker, Jr.**
Managing Director
Sutter Hill Ventures

Frances G. Beinecke**
President
Natural Resources Defense Council

Joshua Bekenstein**
Managing Director
Bain Capital, LLC

Roland W. Betts**
Founder & Chairman
Chelsea Piers, L.P.

Jeffrey L. Bewkes**
President & CEO
Time Warner Inc.

Martín J. Blaquier*
Chairman
Argentine Gaming Group (AGG)

Timothy C. Collins*
CEO & Senior Managing Director
Ripplewood Holdings LLC

David S. Daniel*
Chief Executive Officer
Spencer Stuart Inc.

Edward J. De La Rosa*
Founder & President
E. J. De La Rosa & Co., Inc.

Charles D. Ellis**
Consultant in Investing & Former Managing Partner
Greenwich Associates Partners of '63

Michela English*
President & CEO
Fight for Children

Frederick Frank**
Vice Chairman
Peter J. Solomon Company

Gail Harrity*
President & Chief Operating Officer
Philadelphia Museum of Art

John D. Howard*
Chief Executive Officer
Irving Place Capital

Brad Huang*
Chief Executive Officer
Lotus Capital Management

Reed E. Hundt**
Former Chairman
Federal Communications Commission
Senior Advisor, Telecommunications and Technology
McKinsey & Company, Inc.

David L. Jackson*
Chief Executive Officer
Istithmar PJSC

Michael H. Jordan**
Chairman Emeritus
EDS

Richard L. Kauffman*
CEO & President
Good Energies, Inc

Neal L. Keny-Guyer*
Chief Executive Officer
Mercy Corps

Richard C. Levin**
President
Yale University

Cholsoo Lho*
Chairman & CEO
Amicus Group

Austin Ligon*
Co-founder & Retired CEO
CarMax

Linda A. Mason*
Chairman & Co-Founder
Bright Horizons Family Solutions

William E. McGlashan, Jr**
Managing Partner
TPG Growth, LLC

Edward J. McKinley*
Private Investor

Joseph C. McNay**
Chairman, Chief Investment Officer & Managing Principal
Essex Investment Management

Wendi Deng Murdoch*
Chief Strategist
MySpace China
News Corporation

Ranji Hopkins Nagaswami*
CFA

Sharon M. Oster
Dean & Frederic D. Wolfe Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship
Yale School of Management

William B. Pace*
Encore Fellow
Civic Ventures

Craig Paullin*
President
PSM Industries, Inc.

Ramesh Ramanathan*
Co-founder
Janaagraha

Wilbur L. Ross, Jr.**
Chairman & CEO
WL Ross & Company, LLC

Laura S. Scher**
Chairperson & CEO
Working Assets/CREDO

Robert Simonds**
Film Producer
The Robert Simonds Company

Hugh Sullivan*
Head of Investment and Corporate Banking for Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the Nordic Region
Merrill Lynch International Bank Ltd.

David A. Thomas**
H. Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration & Unit Head of Organizational Behavior
Harvard Business School

Sandra A. Urie*
President & CEO
Cambridge Associates

Tito Vidaurri*
Country Manager
Deutsche Bank Mexico, SA

George J. Vojta**
Chairman & CEO
Westchester Group, LLC

Mark D. Walton*
Executive Vice President
Sponsorship and Corporate Development
The Africa Channel

George U. Wyper*
Managing Partner
Wyper Capital Management

President, Yale SOM Alumni Association
Craig Paullin*
President
PSM Industries, Inc.

*Graduate of the Yale School of Management
**Graduate of Yale College and/or another graduate/professional school at Yale University