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, Inc.

Paul D. Bell*
SVP and President, Americas
Dell Computer Corporation

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

Jeffrey L. Bewkes**
President & COO
Time Warner, Inc.

Martín J. Blaquier*
Vice Chairman
La Gaviota S.A.

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, Director & Former Managing Partner
Greenwich Associates Partners of '63

Michela English*
President & CEO
Fight for Children

Frederick Frank**
Vice Chairman
Lehman Brothers

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 & CEO
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

John A. Levin**
President
Levin Capital Strategies, LP

Richard C. Levin**
President
Yale University

W. Austin Ligon*
First President & CEO (Retired)
CarMax

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

Henry F. McCance**
Chairman & President
Greylock Management Corp.

Edward J. McKinley*
Private Investor

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

Wendi Deng Murdoch*
Former Vice President of Business Affairs
Asian Satellite
Television Operation, STAR
News Corporation

Ranji Nagaswami*
Senior Managing Director & CIO
AllianceBernstein Investments

William B. Pace*
Chief Executive Officer
Kurt Salmon Associates

Nancy E. Pfund*
Managing Director
JPMorgan Securities Inc.

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

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 & Member
Executive Client Coverage Group
Merrill Lynch

David A. Thomas**
Senior Associate Dean, Director of Faculty Recruiting &
H. Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration
Harvard Business School

John L. Thornton*
Professor & Director, Global Leadership Program
Tsinghua University

Tito Vidaurri*
Managing Director & Country Head
Deutsche Bank Mexico, SA

George J. Vojta**
Founder & Former Chairman
eStandards Forum, Inc.

Laura R. Walker*
President & CEO
WNYC 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 **
Chief Executive Officer
BearingPoint, Inc.

President, Yale SOM Alumni Association
Damon Danielson*
CEO
wePLAYtv

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