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.

Herbert M. Allison, Jr.**
Chairman, President & CEO
TIAA-CREF

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

Frances G. Beinecke**
President
Natural Resources Defense Council

Joshua Bekenstein**
Managing Director
Bain Capital LLC

Paul D. Bell*
SVP & President, Americas
Dell Inc.

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
Lehman Brothers Inc.

Gail Harrity*
Chief Operating Officer
Philadelphia Museum of Art

John D. Howard*
Chief Executive Officer
Bear Stearns Merchant Banking

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

Michael H. Jordan**
Chairman Emeritus
EDS

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

James P. Kelley*
President
Vestar Capital Partners

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

Richard C. Levin**
President
Yale University

W. Austin Ligon*
Co-founder & CEO (Retired)
CarMax

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

Edward J. McKinley*
Private Investor

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

Wendi Deng Murdoch*
Chief Strategist
MySpace China
News Corporation

Ranji Hopkins Nagaswami*
Senior Managing Director & CIO
AllianceBernstein Investments

William B. Pace*
Chief Executive Officer (Retired)
Kurt Salmon Associates

Joel M. Podolny
Dean & William S. Beinecke Professor of Management
Yale School of Management

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

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

Scott A. Schoen**
Co-President
Thomas H. Lee Partners

Douglas W. Shorenstein
Chairman & CEO
Shorenstein Properties LLC

Robert Simonds**
Film Producer
The Robert Simonds Company

Hugh Sullivan*
Vice Chairman, Global Head of Multi-Industries Investment Banking
& Member of Executive Client Coverage Group
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

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

Tito Vidaurri*
Country Manager
Deutsche Bank Mexico, SA

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

Laura R. Walker*
President & CEO
WNYC, New York Public Radio

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

Peter R. Watkins*
Chief Executive Officer
Webroot Software, Inc.

George U. Wyper*
Managing Partner
Wyper Capital Management

Harry L. You **
Managing Partner
Private Asset Management

President, Yale SOM Alumni Association
Damon Danielson*
Founder & CEO
wePLAYtv

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