SMEAL - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Board Members
- Managing Director, Citigroup, Inc. ( Retired ) Board Member, Penn State Smeal College of Business Board of Visitors
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A. Richard Janiak '68 spent more than 50 years with Citigroup and a predecessor firm, Smith Barney. He held several positions in investment banking, including spending three years in Tokyo running Smith Barney's Japanese operations, spending two years in Paris working with European clients; and serving as co-head of the firm's Investment Banking Division for several years.
Following the merger of Smith Barney and Salomon Brothers in 1997, Richard was made Head of the firm's International Private Client Group. Subsequent responsibilities during his career included being Chair of Citi's Global Retail Distribution Product Approval Committee; Global Head of Investment Products Risk; membership on the Global Investment Committee of Citigroup Private Bank; and Co-Chair of Citigroup's Global Equity and Global Fixed Income Commitment Committees, which committees review for approval new capital markets products for distribution through the firm's investment distribution channels.
In addition to serving on the Smeal College of Business Board of Visitors, Richard's previous board memberships include Genesis Energy, LP, a publicly traded master limited partnership; Mayflower Group, a transportation and moving company; Fubon Securities Co. in Taipei, Taiwan; KEB-Smith Barney Securities in Seoul, Korea; Sooditic Finance in Geneva, Switzerland; and A Better Chance, a non-profit organization assisting children of color in the pursuit of education.
Richard earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Penn State in 1968 and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business in 1970.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Board Members
- Chief Executive Officer of Guttman Energy, Inc.
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Alan Guttman is the Chief Executive Officer of Guttman Energy, Inc. headquartered in Belle Vernon, PA. Guttman Energy, founded in 1931, is a leading fuels marketer and fuel management solutions provider, serving the commercial, wholesale and retail markets in 16 states. Alan started his career with Guttman Energy in 1972.
Guttman Energy is one of a group of family-owned companies known as The Guttman Group. The Guttman Group consists of Guttman Energy, Source One Transportation, LLC, and Guttman Realty Company.
In addition to his business experience, Alan has served as a director for a number of businesses and community organizations.
Mr. Guttman is the past Chairman of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation and presently serves on its Board of Directors. In addition to his family-owned companies' boards, Mr. Guttman also serves on the Board of Directors of Giant Eagle, Inc.
Mr. Guttman's civic involvement reflects his and the Guttman Group's commitment to advance and invest in the many communities that the companies serve. He has been a member of numerous corporate, civic and philanthropic boards, including Monongahela Valley Hospital, Inc., Mon-Vale Health Resources, Inc., UPMC, Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative, Gateway Bank of PA, The Hite Company, and New Enterprise Stone & Lime, Inc.
Alan received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Finance from Penn State University in 1969, and his Juris Doctor Degree from George Washington University Law School in 1972.
Job Titles:
- Associate Dean
- Associate Dean for Professional Graduate Programs
- Clinical Professor, Associate Dean of Office of Professional Graduate Programs / Department Supply Chain
Brian Cameron, associate dean for professional graduate programs and executive education, is responsible for leading the design and implementation of a new portfolio of online and resident professional master's programs and graduate certificates. He oversees all professional graduate programs and executive education within the Smeal College, including the Smeal Executive DBA, a portfolio of one-year residential master's programs and online master's and graduate certificates.
Brian Cameron is the Associate Dean for Professional Graduate Programs and Executive Education in the Smeal College of Business at the Pennsylvania State University. Prior to joining Smeal, he was the Founding Director of the Center for Enterprise Architecture in the College of Information Sciences and Technology. Dr. Cameron was awarded the NPA Career Achievement Award in 2011 for efforts related to the founding of the Federation of Enterprise Architecture Professional Organizations, the building of the Center for Enterprise Architecture, and associated service to the enterprise architecture profession.
In his current role as Associate Dean for Professional Graduate Programs and Executive Education, Dr. Cameron led the rapid growth of the Smeal professional graduate portfolio from the four master's programs and one online graduate certificate, representing approximately 300 students, in 2015 to an integrated portfolio of 17 masters programs, an Executive Doctor of Business Administration, and 14 online graduate certificates representing over 2,600 students. Professional master's programs include inter-college collaborations with several Penn State colleges and campuses.
Dr. Cameron is leading the design and implementation of many organizational and pedagogical innovations that includes an integrated professional graduate portfolio that facilitates degree stacking and a high degree of choice and flexibility for students. He led the formation of new faculty and departmental governance, compensation, and budgeting structures for professional graduate education. Dr. Cameron is leading a marketing strategy initiative, in collaboration with Smeal marketing, to better position the evolving portfolio of professional graduate programs in the increasingly competitive marketplace.
He has reorganized the MBA program office structure to create a professional graduate education programs office that provides shared services across programs. Shared services include recruiting/marketing, admissions, advising, student organizations, diversity, mentoring, tutoring, career services, employer relations, and alumni services. Part of this restructuring included the creation of a Director of Excellence in Teaching & Learning for the professional graduate portfolio to oversee many dimensions of quality related to growth and scaling, curriculum improvement, and faculty development.
Dr. Cameron is in the process of reorganizing and integrating the non-credit Penn State Executive Education unit with the Smeal professional graduate programs office and is currently leading a team researching innovative pedagogical approaches for online and hybrid graduate professional education and non-credit executive education. Dr. Cameron was appointed to the Transforming Education Task Force for the Future of Online Learning and World Campus and was selected to attend the Big 10 Academic Alliance's Academic Leadership Program in 2018. His work has been the topic of several articles in BizEd, the publication of AACSB, the international business school accreditation body. He is very active in the professional graduate education community and is a founding member of the Consortium for Online Graduate Business Education and serves on the boards of the MBA Roundtable, the Executive MBA Council, and the Business Architecture Guild. Dr. Cameron is the recipient of the 2022 Penn State Commission for Adult Learners' Shirley Hendrick Award for his contributions to significantly foster and increase Penn State's efforts to serve the adult learner.
Expertise
• Business Architecture & Strategy Execution
• Enterprise Architecture Development
• Strategic Planning & IT Alignment
Job Titles:
- Chief
- Senior Vice President
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Candace Woods '82 was named senior vice president and chief actuary in November 2017. In this role, Woods oversees all actuarial functions across Prudential, and reports to the Board on actuarial matters. She also serves as the appointed actuary with Prudential Insurance Company of America.
Previously, Woods served as vice president and chief actuary of Prudential's International Insurance from 2013 to 2017. Her actuarial oversight responsibilities included working with Prudential Financial's international insurance operations on a variety of actuarial and financial matters. She also served on the Board of Directors of DHFL Pramerica Life Insurance, Prudential's joint venture in India. From 2010 to 2012, Woods was vice president and actuary in Corporate Actuarial, where her primary responsibilities were corporate oversight of the actuarial aspects of GAAP reporting and pricing of insurance products. She also served as the Appointed Actuary for Pruco Life Insurance Company and Pruco Reinsurance.
Before joining Corporate Actuarial, Woods led the Actuarial Financial Reporting and Life MIS units in Individual Life, where she was responsible for reserve valuation and DAC reporting, reinsurance administration, actuarial infrastructure development, and Life MIS reporting. Prior assignments included responsibility for Individual Life pricing, experience assumption analysis and financial modeling.
Woods joined Prudential in 1982, as a participant of the Actuarial Leadership Development Program. After a series of rotational assignments in both Individual Life and Group Life and Health, she attained her Fellowship in the Society of Actuaries (FSA) in 1988. She is also a member of the American Academy of Actuaries (MAAA).
Woods has a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from the Pennsylvania State University.
Job Titles:
- Board Members
- Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Marriott International, Inc
- Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Marriott International, Inc. ( Retired ) Board Member, Penn State Smeal College of Business Board of Visitors
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Carl Berquist '74 was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Marriott International, Inc., with responsibility for global finance, including financial reporting, project finance, global treasury, corporate tax, internal audit, and investor relations. His previous role was Executive Vice President of Financial Information and Enterprise Risk Management. He retired from Marriott effective March 31, 2016. Prior to joining Marriott in December 2002, Mr. Berquist was a partner at Arthur Andersen LLP. During his 28-year career with Arthur Andersen, Mr. Berquist held numerous leadership positions covering the management of the business as well as market facing operational roles, including managing partner of the worldwide real estate and hospitality practice.
Mr. Berquist holds a B.S. in Accounting from Penn State University. He serves on the board of Cracker Barrel Old Country Stores, and is also a member of the Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. Board.
Job Titles:
- John and Karen Arnold Dean
- Professor, John and Karen Arnold Dean, Dean / Department Risk Management
Charles H. Whiteman, who has more than 32 years of experience in higher education and business, assumed the leadership position at the Penn State Smeal College of Business in 2012. He oversees all aspects of one of the largest business schools in the nation. Prior to joining Penn State, he was senior associate dean for the Tippie College of Business at the University of Iowa.
Whiteman holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Minnesota and a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Kansas. He has conducted research that has been supported by a number of grants from the National Science Foundation, published dozens of academic papers, written two books, and served as associate editor of several economics journals. He has also advised the state of Iowa's Department of Management on economic issues and served as a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Banks of Kansas City, Atlanta, Cleveland, and Minneapolis.
Job Titles:
- Board Members
- Member of Horizons for Youth
- New Board Member
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Raup joined Hershey in 2009 after 13 years at Kraft Foods. He served seven years in the United States Navy as a Surface Warfare Officer.
Raup is an active member of Horizons for Youth, an organization that provides scholarships, mentoring and enrichment programs for children in low-resource areas of Chicago.
Job Titles:
- Board Members
- Senior Principal Team Leader, Chick - Fil - a Inc
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Chris Thomas '03 is responsible for leading a team of escalated restaurant technology support leaders, who help to resolve widespread technology problems that may occur in the restaurants. Most recently, Chris was a senior lead advisor responsible for helping to select the best individuals to become operators of Chick-fil-A restaurants. Chris was also the co-founder of BERG (Black Employee Resource Group), a community group at Chick-fil-A.
Prior to Chick-fil-A, Chris spent eight years with General Electric in several strategic marketing, sales, and talent management roles - most relevant serving as Vice President of Sales Origination for GE Franchising Finance providing financing for Arby's, Subway, Wingstop, and Corner Bakery Café franchising businesses. He has also worked for companies such as NVHomes, Inc, PNC Bank, MBNA (now Bank of America), and May Company (now Macy's).
Chris serves on the Boards of the Atlanta Airport Community Improvement District (CID), the Penn State Alumni Association's Alumni Council, the Penn State - Smeal College of Business Board of Visitors, and the Dave Krache Foundation. He likes to dedicate time to mentoring youth via Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Chris is a 2018 fellow of the New Leaders Council Institute in Atlanta. In 2019, Chris was named one of the 40 Under Forty by the Atlanta Business Chronicle, and recently completed the 2023 Cobb Leadership program.
Chris received both his B.S in Business Management/International Business and MBA degrees from the Penn State University. Chris and his wife Cherie, and three children reside in the Atlanta Metro area.
Job Titles:
- Board Members
- Co - Chair of the Finance Advisory Board at Smeal College of Business
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Mr. Chobor was originally part of the CDO and hedge fund teams at Stanfield Capital Partners covering a variety of industries including retail, cable, euro cable, printing, publishing, television, radio, media, wireless, and satellite telecommunication. Prior to Stanfield, he was a Senior Associate in the Emerging Markets Group at Scudder Kemper Investments. Mr. Chobor received a BS in Economics and International Business from the Pennsylvania State University in 1995, and an MBA in Finance from Pace University in 2001. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the New York Society of Securities Analysts and the Association of Investment Management and Research.
Mr Chobor is currently Co-Chair of the Finance Advisory Board at Smeal College of Business at the Pennsylvania State University and is also a member of the Board of Trustees at the Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child in Summit, NJ.
Job Titles:
- Board Members
- New Board Member
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Darrell K. Williams '91 holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from Hampton Institute (now University); a master of military arts and science from the Army Combined and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; and a master's in national security strategy from the National War College, Fort McNair, Washington, D.C.
In his more than 37 years of military service, Williams engaged in global supply chain management, executive leadership, education and training, security assistance, financial management, public speaking, and international risk management.
As director of the U.S. Department of Defense's Agency for Global Logistics, he led more than 26,000 people, generated more than $40 billion in annual revenue, and managed nine supply chains.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Williams' unit provided more than $1.2 billion of personal protective equipment support to the military services and other agencies of the federal government such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Department of Health and Human Services
Job Titles:
- Board Members
- Group President and Chief Executive Officer of Maybank
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Job Titles:
- Board Members
- Financial Expert, Bestselling Author, Speaker and Host, Farnoosh, Inc
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Farnoosh Torabi '02 is one of America's leading personal finance experts. The host of the award-winning podcast So Money, she is also a bestselling author and sought-after speaker. Along with her work being featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Time, she has appeared frequently on Today, Good Morning America, and more. Farnoosh graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a degree in finance and international business and holds a master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She lives on the East Coast with her husband and two children. Learn more at FarnooshTorabi.com.
Job Titles:
- Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, Oversees All Undergraduate Programs in the College, Which Spans Majors and Minors in Six Academic Departments
Felisa Del Carmen Higgins, associate dean for undergraduate education, oversees all undergraduate programs in the college, which spans majors and minors in six academic departments.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Board Members
- New Board Member
- President and CEO of Etnyre International
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Ganesh Iyer '92 is the President and CEO of Etnyre International, a 125-yr old, 4ᵗʰ generation family-owned company that manufactures a wide range of equipment for the asphalt road building and transportation industry. Under his leadership, the company has expanded into providing heavy metal fabrications for large OEMs which has allowed the company to profitably grow by more than 75% in the past 5 years. He has enabled the growth of this company by laying the path for significant cultural and business transformations. He is a champion of "Doing Well by Doing Good" and is pursuing a life- long passion of making a difference in the lives of people.
Prior to joining Etnyre International in May 2018, Ganesh had a very successful career at Caterpillar Inc. He worked for about 20 years in progressive roles at Caterpillar, developing and growing profitable businesses across global and emerging markets. His career has spanned several business functions including executive and general management, manufacturing operations, supply chain, distribution, engineering, 6 Sigma and Mergers and Acquisitions. Before leaving Caterpillar, he was Director and Global Head for the company's $1B Power Generation business.
Over the years, Ganesh has served on Caterpillar corporate boards, including Asia Power Systems in China and Caterpillar India Private Limited in India. Currently, Ganesh serves as a director on the Boards of Etnyre International and Neuco, Inc.
Ganesh completed his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University and his M.E. in Engineering Management from the University of Wisconsin. Earlier degrees include an M.E. in Aerospace Engineering and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University, and a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Gujarat University in India.
Job Titles:
- Executive Vice President
- Board Members
- Executive Vice President and CFO ( Retired ), Stoneridge, Inc
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George Strickler '69 served as the Executive Vice President of Strategic Growth from September 2016 until his retirement in April 2018. He formerly was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since joining the Stoneridge, Inc. in January 2006. Stoneridge is recognized as a leading independent designer and manufacturer of highly engineered electrical and electronics components, modules and systems principally for the automotive, medium and heavy-duty truck, agricultural and off-highway vehicle markets. Mr. Strickler retired from Stoneridge, Inc. April 30, 2018.
Mr. Strickler was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer with Republic Engineered Products, Inc., North America's leading supplier of special bar quality steel, a highly engineered product used in axles, drive shafts, suspension rods and other critical components of automobiles, off-highway vehicles and industrial equipment. Prior to Republic, Strickler was BorgWarner Inc.'s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for nearly three years. BorgWarner is a technology-driven manufacturer of power train components and integrated systems for major manufacturers worldwide. In addition, Strickler was employed at Akron-based Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. for 30 years holding finance and treasury positions culminating as Vice President of Finance.
Mr. Strickler served on the Board of Directors for Technical Consumer Products from June 2014 to April 2018. He was elected in February 2017 by the Board of Directors as Chairman of the Board and served in that position until TCP was sold in April 2018. He previously served as Chairman of the Governance & Nominating committee, Chairman of the Audit Committee, Vice Chairman of the Board as an Independent Director and a member of the Compensation committee. TCP is a leading producer of energy efficient light bulbs to the global structures light bulb market with five manufacturing facilities in China and distribution in North America, Europe, Asia and Brazil. In addition, Mr. Strickler currently serves on the Summa Health Board of Directors since May 2018 and previously served on the Foundation Board from June 2012 - May 2018. Mr. Strickler was appointed as Chairman of the Board for Summa Health Systems on January 1, 2021. Summa Health Systems is an Integrated Healthcare Delivery System that provides coordinated, value-based care across the continuum for the people and populations they serve.
He is a Certified Public Accountant and received a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Penn State University in 1969 and an MBA in finance from the University of Akron in 1974. He is a non-practicing CPA in the State of Ohio.
Job Titles:
- Board Members
- Group CEO of Places for People Ltd
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Job Titles:
- Board Members
- CEO and Founder, Chainparency / Board Member, Penn State Smeal College of Business Board of Visitors
- Co - Founder of GENERATION
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Henry L. Ines '98 has 20+ years of professional experiences as a global executive, former VC, advisor, and entrepreneur. He is currently the CEO and founder of Chainparency, a blockchain technology company and developer of the GoTrace system. Mr. Ines also serves on the Steering Committee of the GoChain Foundation. He is also the co-founder of multiple GoChain blockchain-based initiatives to include the Zeromint NFT Marketplace, which empowers artists and creators to responsibly mint, auction, and sell non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
Previously, Mr. Ines served as CEO of Shivom Ventures (now HLTH), a biotech startup and developer of an innovative clinical SaaS analytics platform and genomics datahub powered by blockchain. Mr. Ines began his career as a management consultant (ex-Price Waterhouse & -PwC) and corporate finance, M&A advisor (ex-PwCS and -M&T Bank) before spending more than a decade in Silicon Valley and Asia as an advisor and VC for DragonVenture, DFJ Dragon, and DraperDragon Funds.
Mr. Ines is also the co-founder of GENERATION, a leading Esports and video games boutique consultancy, which provides clients with a broad range of advisory services ranging from the executive management of gaming & EDM events to the development of gaming-related digital assets. He also serves as an advisor to Cappasity, developer of a proprietary scanning software, which enables the rapid production, embedding, and analysis of 3D content in mixed environments. He is also a member of the Global Advisory Panel for the Institute for Decentralized Crypto Asset Professionals (IDCAP). Mr. Ines is a frequent speaker on technology and enterprise blockchain solutions and routinely lectures at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. He is passionate about working with visionary leaders & entrepreneurs and leveraging innovative technologies for impact and addressing some of the world's greatest challenges. Mr. Ines holds an M.B.A. from Duke University Fuqua School of Business and a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the Pennsylvania State University Smeal College of Business.
Job Titles:
- Board Members
- Chief Executive Officer, J.D. Capital Management LLC / Board Member, Penn State Smeal College of Business Board of Visitors
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J. David Rogers, '78, '80 M.B.A. earned his bachelor's degree in accounting from Penn State in 1978 and an MBA in 1980. He started his career as a financial analyst at Mobil Oil. Mr. Rogers later accepted a position as trader and analyst with Goldman Sachs, eventually becoming co-head of Goldman Sachs's equity derivatives department in 1992 and a partner in the firm. He left Goldman Sachs in 2001 to start his own investment firm. J.D. Capital Management is a private investment portfolio, structured as a limited partnership, open to accredited investors. Mr. Rogers received the MBA Alumni Distinguished Achievement Award in 1995 and was named an Alumni Fellow in 2000. He and his wife, Tricia ('79), endowed the David and Tricia Rogers MBA Fellowship. In 1999, they made the initial $1 million gift necessary to fund construction of the Smeal College Trading Room.
Job Titles:
- Assistant Dean
- Associate Dean
- Associate Dean, Diversity Enhancement
Jamie Campbell, assistant dean for diversity enhancement programs, oversees educational support, professional development, and networking programs available to students of all levels in support of diversity enhancement in the college.
Jamie was the recipient of the 2013 Dr. James Robinson Equal Opportunity Award. This award is given to recognize a Penn State faculty or staff member who has contributed to the University by improving cross-cultural understanding. He has served as a panelist on topics ranging from social justice to students' issues. He has been a keynote speaker for various leadership programs. Jamie has been published in various texts and is an editor on Building Effective Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs: Transforming Organizational Culture Using Step By Step Organizational Change Approaches in a Globally Connected World
He is a 1995 graduate of Morehouse College where he obtained his BA in Sociology. He obtained his M.Ed. with concentrations in Adult Education and Instruction Education from Central Michigan University in 2003. Jamie holds a Ph.D. from the Workforce Education Program with concentrations in Organization Design and Human Resource Development at The Pennsylvania State University.
Expertise
Crisis Management
Jamie Campbell was a member of the inaugural class of CEO Action for Racial Equity Fellows. The fellows will identify and assess current policies in four key areas: healthcare, education, economic empowerment, and public safety, and then recommend how existing policies can be amplified, changed to meet its intended purpose, or propose new policies. Fellows will review policies through four key criteria: impact, effort, risk, and status. His efforts here were focused on constitutional educational amendments and national police reform
Job Titles:
- Board Members
- Managing Director at EQT Exeter
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Jason Borrelli '94 is a Managing Director at EQT Exeter, a real estate private equity fund manager based in Conshohocken PA. He is responsible for overseeing acquisition due diligence, property management and capital projects. Mr. Borrelli began his career as a mechanical engineer at the architecture and engineering firm Einhorn, Yaffe and Prescott. He served as property manager for National Properties Incorporated (NPI) from 1995-2002 and for Liberty Property Trust from 2002-04. For two years prior to the formation of Exeter Property Group, Borrelli served as a partner at NPI.
Mr. Borrelli earned both a Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering and an MBA from the Pennsylvania State University.
Job Titles:
- Board Members
- CEO and President, Virgin Unite / Board Member, Penn State Smeal College of Business Board of Visitors
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Jean Oelwang '87 is the founding CEO and President of Virgin Unite, an entrepreneurial foundation that builds collectives, incubates ideas and re-invents systems for a better world.
Over the last 15 years, she has worked with partners to lead the incubation and start-up of several global initiatives, including: The Elders, The B Team, The Carbon War Room (successfully merged with the RMI), Ocean Unite, The Caribbean Climate Smart Accelerator, 100% Human at Work, The Virgin Unite Constellation and The Branson Centres of Entrepreneurship. She also played a key partner role in the incubation of many other initiatives such as The Audacious Project.
As part of her work over the last three decades, Jean has helped corporations put the wellbeing of people and the planet at their core, including working with over 25 Virgin businesses across 15 industries to help embed purpose in all they do. Jean also served as a Partner in the Virgin Group leading their people strategy.
Jean spent eighteen years living and working on six continents to start and help lead mobile phone companies in South Africa, Colombia, Bulgaria, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia and the US. She was the joint CEO of Virgin Mobile in Australia prior to starting Virgin Unite.
Job Titles:
- Audit Partner of Deloitte & Touche LLP
- Board Members
- Certified Public Accountant in Pennsylvania
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Jeff Ellis '98 is a New Jersey-based Audit Partner of Deloitte & Touche LLP where he serves as a lead client service partner, engagement quality reviewer, and advisory partner for multinational and emerging growth companies in the Life Sciences industry. Jeff also leads the U.S. and Global Life Sciences Audit practice and is Deloitte's Life Sciences Industry Professional Practice Director. In these roles, he is responsible for establishing strategy, consulting with engagement teams on industry-specific accounting and auditing matters, communicating emerging issues, and facilitating the management of risk.
Jeff was previously the Deputy Professional Practice Director for Deloitte's New Jersey commercial audit practice and spent time as a partner in the firm's national office in Connecticut. Prior to rejoining Deloitte in June 2009, Jeff was a Professional Accounting Fellow in the Office of the Chief Accountant of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and previously worked with Deloitte's Global IFRS and Offerings Services practice where he assisted foreign private issuers in Europe and Latin America with their application of IFRS, US GAAP and the SEC's rules and regulations.
Jeff is a Certified Public Accountant in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the recipient of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants Gold Medal Award on the May 1999 CPA examination. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the Pennsylvania State University.
Jeff is married with three sons and currently serves on the board of directors of Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) of Greater Pittsburgh.
Job Titles:
- Board Members
- First President of Worldwide Advertising at Netflix
- New Board Member
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Jeremi Gorman '22 was the first President of Worldwide Advertising at Netflix, where her team launched the advertising business in 2022. She recently retired from media, and is enjoying time traveling, and being with her friends and family, and serves as a Consultant in Tech/Media. Ms. Gorman served as Snapchat parent company, Snap Inc's, Chief Business Officer from 2018 - 2022, where she served on the Executive team and was responsible for Revenue and Customer Operations. Gorman was also an early executive at Amazon Advertising from 2012 - 2018. There, she served in several leadership roles before becoming Head of Global Advertising Sales. Amazon's Advertising business is now the 3rd largest in the World. She holds a B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles and an MBA from Pennsylvania State University. Passionate about sports, and advancing women's opportunities, she is a Founding Investor in Angel City Football Club, and serves on the Board of Women for Women International. In addition, Jeremi is a Board member of Gamesquare, a publicly traded Esports company, and Revitate, a division of RAJ Capital.
Job Titles:
- Executive Vice Chairman
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Board Members
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In this role, he is committed to leveraging Lands' End's rich heritage to drive growth and profit opportunities for all aspects of the global brand while remaining true to the brand's core values and customer base.
Griffith brings nearly 40 years of retail and apparel experience to Lands' End. He embodies a value system aligned with Lands' End's core principles of quality, value and customer service and is committed to building sustainable long-term growth.
Prior to joining Lands' End, he most recently served as chief executive officer, president and director of Tumi Holdings, Inc., a company which was listed on the New York Stock Exchange, from April 2009 until its sale in August 2016 to Samsonite International S.A., where he now serves as a non-executive director. Recently he served as chairman of the supervisory board of Tom Tailor Holding AG and is currently a board director of Vince Holding Corp. A dedicated supporter of the education of future fashion and design executives, Griffith served on the board of Parsons School of Design from September 2013 to September 2020.
From 2002 to February 2009, he was employed at Esprit Holdings Limited, a global fashion brand, where he was promoted to chief operating officer and board member in 2004, and later promoted to president of Esprit North and South America. Prior to his work with Esprit, Griffith worked as executive vice president at apparel and retail company Tommy Hilfiger, president of retail at catalog-based apparel and retail company J. Peterman Company, and held various positions of increasing responsibility at Gap, Inc. from 1989-1998.
Griffith received his Bachelor of Science in Marketing from the Pennsylvania State University in 1979.
Jerome Griffith '79 retired as the Executive Vice Chairman and a member of the board of directors of Lands' End, Inc. in January 2023.
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- Jim Brandau '03 Managing Director
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Jim Brandau '03 managing director, is a wealth advisor at William Blair. Jim and his team manage assets for private business owners, business executives, endowments, foundations, and high-net-worth investors.
Jim has spent 20 years advising clients in the private wealth management space. Before joining William Blair, he was a managing director at Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. from 2014 to 2022, where he helped expand the Philadelphia practice from $4 billion to $9 billion in assets under management. Earlier in his career, Jim worked at Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management from 2005 to 2014, serving substantial private business owners and corporate executives. At the time, he and his partners managed more than $1.7 billion in assets for foundations and high net-worth families. Jim began his career in 2003 as an analyst at J.P. Morgan Private Bank.
Jim received a B.S. in finance from Pennsylvania State University and an M.B.A. from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Jim currently serves as a director on the following boards: the Philadelphia Orchestra (investment committee), the Philadelphia Academy of Music, the Penn State Endowment, the Penn State Smeal School of Business Board of Visitors, and the Nittany Lion Fund (board chairman). Jim, his wife Micaela, and sons Max, Charlie, and Jack reside in Wayne, Pennsylvania.
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John E. Geller, Jr. '89 serves as President & Chief Executive Officer for Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation and is a member of the company's executive committee. In addition to finance and accounting, Mr. Geller also has responsibility for human resources, information technology, and global vacation ownership operations.
Mr. Geller began his career in 1989 with Arthur Andersen in Washington, D.C., as a staff auditor and coincidentally, his first client assignment was Marriott International. In 2000, he became an audit partner within the real estate and hospitality practice. He moved to Ernst & Young in 2002, where he served as a partner in their real estate and hospitality practice. In December 2004, Mr. Geller left public accounting to assume the position of chief financial officer of AutoStar Realty - a real estate investment company sponsored by Staubach Companies and iStar Financial - which focused on financing automotive real estate.
Mr. Geller joined Marriott International in 2005 where he served as senior vice president and chief internal audit and information security officer. From May through December 2008, he was the chief financial officer for the Western Region of North America Lodging Operations, after which he transitioned to the role of chief financial officer at Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation until December 2017, when he assumed responsibility for the information technology and human resources departments. In January 2021, Mr. Geller was appointed to his current role of president and chief financial officer where his responsibilities expanded to include global vacation ownership operations.
Mr. Geller holds his Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Pennsylvania State University.
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- Board Members
- Chief Executive Officer, PPC Lubricants / Board Member, Penn State Smeal College of Business Board of Visitors
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John Arnold '87 attended Grove City College and earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business in 1985. He attended Pennsylvania State University and earned his M.B.A. and graduated in 1987 with a degree in Finance. John has also attended many of Harvard University's executive education courses on strategy with Michael Porter.
At the time if its sale in April of 2015, John was the Chairman, C.E.O., and sole owner of Petroleum Products Corp., a $3 billion per year petroleum mid-stream company which owned refined petroleum pipeline terminals in the Northeast U.S. Petroleum Products Corp.'s extremely large and technologically advanced 14 petroleum pipeline terminals, very dominantly distributed throughout a six-state marketing area for themselves and all the major oil companies, large convenience store chains, truck stops, and home heating oil companies in their region. The company was very successfully sold in April 2015 to Boston based Arclight Capital.
At the time of its sale in September of 2021, John was Chairman, C.E.O., and owner of his other company, PPC Lubricants, Inc. PPC Lubricants was the U.S.'s 5th largest distributor and the U.S.'s largest privately held distributor of commercial, industrial, and automotive lubricants, oil & gas drilling fluids, chemicals, and diesel exhaust fluid. PPC Lubricants was named as Shell's #1 lubricant distributor in North America in 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020. PPC also had its own Drydene lubricant brand and was a NASCAR race team sponsor and NASCAR race sponsor. In 2021, PPC Lubricants was sold to RelaDyne, Inc. the US's largest lubricant distribution company.
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- Vice Chairman at Caldwell
- Vice Chairman, Caldwell / Board Member, Penn State Smeal College of Business Board of Visitors
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John Strackhouse '79 - Recognized by MIT as one of the nation's top executive recruiters, John Strackhouse serves as a Vice Chairman at Caldwell. His practice recruits transformational talent to the boards and leadership teams of deep tech/hard tech companies, often backed by Family Offices.
As an investor and former public company executive, John understands firsthand the materiality of exceptional leadership and the value it creates. Throughout his career, he has leveraged his passion for recruiting top talent as the driving force for helping his clients achieve sizeable outcomes.
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- Co - Founder of Tuft & Needle
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JT Marino '09 is Co-founder of Tuft & Needle (T&N) and Chief Disruption Officer of Serta Simmons Bedding (SSB). JT is a passionate storyteller, facilitator and teacher, having inspired T&N's most challenging and disruptive projects. JT has been instrumental in redefining the sleep industry and retail experience through the business's rapid nationwide expansion, award-winning company culture, evolving product offering and acclaimed advertising campaigns.
Prior to T&N, JT combined principles from both design and engineering to develop future-forward software products in the high-tech industry, and he has applied this same discipline to reimagining the sleep industry. JT has extensive experience building and leading teams of designers and engineers, along
with researchers and scientists, to develop innovative experiential initiatives. JT started his career as an engineer at the world's leading software application consultancy, where he accelerated his experience through working amongst the foremost thought leaders and tech leaders for VC-funded startups and Fortune 500 companies.
JT has been featured on USA Today, Entrepreneur, Forbes, Inc., Recode, Buzzfeed, Mashable, among others, and he is a frequent keynote speaker at startup and industry events such as SXSW, Startup Grind and ShopTalk. JT has been named as one of The Recode 100, Arizona Republic's 35 Under 35, received eTail West's Visionary of the Year Award and appeared in McGraw Hill's curriculum. JT studied computer science and mathematics at Penn State University.
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- Chairman of the Board for Ironwood Pharmaceuticals
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Julie McHugh '86 is a 37-year veteran of the biopharmaceutical industry. For the past ten years, she has served as a non-executive director on multiple health science company corporate boards. In 2013, she retired from her operating career with her last role as Chief Operating Officer at Endo Health Solutions where she was responsible for the pharmaceutical and generic drug businesses. Previously, Julie held executive positions including CEO of Nora Therapeutics, Company Group Chairman at Johnson & Johnson, and President of Centocor. During her career, Julie led the development and commercialization of break-through products for the treatment of cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, autoimmune, and infectious diseases.
Julie has led organizations ranging from small start-ups to large, complex multinational companies. Her leadership roles have included multi-billion-dollar businesses with several thousand employees as well as start-ups. Her background includes experience in general management, strategic planning, R&D, mergers and acquisitions, and organizational design. As an operational leader, she has implemented numerous initiatives to improve effectiveness and efficiency.
Julie is currently chairman of the board for Ironwood Pharmaceuticals and is a non-executive director on the boards of Lantheus Medical Imaging, Evelo Biosciences and Xellia Pharmaceuticals. She is also a senior advisor to HealthCare Royalty Partners.
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- Board Members
- Visitors Member Https
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KC McClure '87 is Accenture's chief financial officer with responsibility for the company's corporate controllership, treasury, tax, investor relations, financial reporting and analysis, strategic planning and analysis, and corporate development functions. She is a member of Accenture's Global Management Committee. In 2020, KC was recognized as the number one IT Services CFO in Institutional Investor's annual survey of the sector's equity analysts and institutional investors.
Prior to her appointment as CFO in January of 2019, KC was senior managing director - Business and Commercial Finance and was responsible for all of Finance's work across Accenture's markets and services. In addition, she was responsible for our Commercial Management and Finance Strategy & Enablement functions. During this time she represented Finance on Accenture's Operations Council. Throughout her more than 30-year career with Accenture, KC has served in a number of Finance leadership roles. She was finance director for the Communications, Media & Technology and Health & Public Service groups where she was a member of the leadership teams and responsible for financial operations worldwide, including sales, contracting and delivery of client engagements.
KC was Head of Investor Relations from 2010 to 2016 and was responsible for cultivating and maintaining Accenture's strategic relationships and communications with shareholders and the broader investment community. During her tenure, Accenture's Investor Relations team was ranked number one in Institutional Investor's annual survey of the sector's equity analysts and institutional investors. Earlier in her career, KC also served in a variety of finance roles with Accenture's new business ventures, alliances and outsourcing teams. She joined the company in 1988 and was promoted to managing director in 2001.
A certified public accountant, KC holds a bachelor's degree in Accounting and Business Administration from Pennsylvania State University. She currently serves on both the Board of Visitors and the Accounting External Advisory Board for the Smeal College of Business at Penn State.
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- Executive
- Board Members
- Risk & Controls Executive Board Member, Penn State Smeal College of Business Board of Visitors
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Lara Warner '88 is a versatile executive with experience across corporate and financial services firms in roles spanning finance, business leadership, technology, risk, and controls. She has a career history of partnering with CEOs and presidents to develop growth strategies and ensure optimal investments while maintaining focus on revenue expansion, operational enhancement, and enterprise-wide fiscal health. Recognized for high integrity and impactful leadership in purpose-driven global environments, Lara guides diverse teams through challenging scenarios while gaining buy-in, fostering comradery, and generating high performance.
Lara navigated a nearly 20-year career with Credit Suisse, where she was an Executive Board member for six years. She most recently served as Group Chief Risk & Compliance Officer, first overseeing global risk management and then leading the newly combined Risk & Compliance function.
Prior, as Chief Compliance and Regulatory Affairs Officer, Lara led the separation of Compliance from Legal and successfully launched a new 2,000+ employee organization.
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- Board Members
- Finance Leader With DuPont
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Lori Koch '97, during her 20 years as a finance leader with DuPont, Lori has demonstrated expertise across a broad spectrum of finance disciplines as well as developing and executing the right financial strategy to support the achievement of the company's business objectives.
Lori joined the company in 2003 and has since held finance leadership roles spanning business units, the science and technology organization, and corporate functions. Most recently, she was the head of investor relations and corporate financial planning analysis.
She previously led finance for several multi-billion-dollar business units including Packaging and Industrial Polymers, Performance Polymers, and Performance Materials. Over the last four years she played a principal role in strategy, planning, and shareholder engagement across the DowDuPont transaction and subsequent split into three new independent companies.
Earlier in her career, Lori served in key finance roles at Comcast Business Communications and Lucent Technologies. She currently serves as a director of Actylis, a leading global virtual manufacturer of life sciences materials and technology.
Lori holds an M.S. in Accounting from Babson College and a B.S. in Finance and International Business from Pennsylvania State University.
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- Business Process Management, Subject Matter Editor, January 2008
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- Assistant Dean for Administration
Rebecca Cianci, assistant dean for administration, oversees the college's reaccreditation and strategic planning processes and institutional research efforts. She also leads the Research Instruction & Information Technology Group (RIIT), the e-Learning Design Innovation Group (eLDIG), and the Constituent Relationship Management Group (CRM).
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- Chief Executive Officer
- Member of the Board
- Board Members
- Chief Executive Officer and Board Member / Board Member, Penn State Smeal College of Business Board of Visitors
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Salomon Sredni '87 is an accomplished Chief Executive Officer and Board Member with a solid track record of growth, profitability and customer satisfaction. Results driven and collaborative, Mr. Sredni's distinguished career encompasses tenures in Technology, Healthcare and Financial Services industries across domestic and international markets, and private and publically traded companies.
In 2017, Mr. Sredni co-founded and joined Ocean Azul Partners, as a Partner and Managing Director, and Chronwell, Inc. as a Co-founder and President. Ocean Azul partners is a venture capital firm that invests in startups and early stage companies across various industries including, but not limited to, emerging technologies and professional services. Chronwell, Inc. is a startup focused on disrupting the way workers compensation is delivered by putting the worker first and combining technology with innovative processes to reduce the cost of workers compensation, while increasing the satisfaction of and improving the outcomes for injured workers.
Prior to that, Mr. Sredni served as Board Member, Chairman, President & CEO of the TradeStation Group, one of the largest online brokers in the US, and was instrumental in the acquisition of the TradeStation Group by Monex Group in 2011. TradeStation won many accolades, had the highest Net Promoter Score amongst its peers and was widely recognized as a leader in the industry. Following the acquisition, Mr. Sredni held concurrent positions as Board Member, Managing Director and COO of the MONEX Group, a publically traded, diversified, financial services organization with global operations.
Mr. Sredni was recognized by the South Florida business Journal as one of Broward's ultimate CEO's in 2012 and by Ernst and Young as entrepreneur of the year for Florida in 2005.
He earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in accounting from The Pennsylvania State University, has taken masters level courses at the University of Miami in order to qualify for his CPA in Florida and attends yearly the Harvard Business School YPO Presidents Seminar (5-year participant; Group Leader).
In his free time, he gives back to the community and is a board member of the Orange Bowl Committee and a trustee for the Jewish Community Foundation of Broward County. He is a world traveler and has visited all continents except Antarctica and over 75 different countries.
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- Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer, Director / Board Member, Penn State Smeal College of Business Board of Visitors
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Scott Tarriff '81 is the founder of Eagle Pharmaceuticals and has served as its Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board since its inception in January 2007. Mr. Tarriff has also served as Eagle's President since September 2021. Prior to founding Eagle, Mr. Tarriff held several key executive-level positions at publicly traded companies. He joined Par Pharmaceutical Companies, Inc., a developer, manufacturer and marketer of specialty pharmaceuticals, in 1998 and served as President and Chief Executive Officer from September 2003 to September 2006 and on its Board of Directors from 2002 to 2006. Prior to that, Mr. Tarriff held various positions with Bristol-Myers Squibb, a biopharmaceutical company, including Senior Director-Marketing. Mr. Tarriff currently sits on the Board of Directors of Hackensack Meridian Health and Hackensack University Medical Center. He previously served on the Board of Directors of Clinical Data, Inc. and Synthetic Biologics, Inc., both publicly traded pharmaceutical companies.
In 2016, Mr. Tarriff received the prestigious Ernst and Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® Award in the Specialty Pharmaceutical category, New Jersey. The award recognizes outstanding entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in areas such as innovation, financial performance, and personal commitment to their businesses and communities.
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- Senior Associate Dean for Research
Steven Huddart, senior associate dean for research and faculty, is responsible for the general academic and research strategies of the college as well as strategies associated with international collaborative relationships. He oversees the Ph.D. Program, research funding and budgets, faculty development, all academic departments and research centers, and the office of international business.
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Mr. Rothstein was a member of the University Scholars Program and graduated from the Pennsylvania State University with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting. He also received an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
Terrence Guay, associate dean for international programs, oversees global opportunities to internationalize the education for Smeal students. This encompasses managing existing and creating new international business courses, study abroad programs, international internships, and other occasions to internationalize the curriculum.
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- Nestlé's Global Head of Marketing & Consumer Communication
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- Chief Executive Officer at Cromtec Cyber Solutions
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Troy Cromwell '90 is Chief Executive Officer at Cromtec Cyber Solutions. He has 25 years of diversified experience in the information systems, consulting and technology services industries, with more than 20 years in executive management. Prior to joining Centennial, Troy was the Executive Vice President for Sales and Marketing at Experian and led the company's U.S. expansion. His primary responsibility was leading the team that managed the company's 30 largest most strategic accounts in the US. In addition, he served on the executive team to create and implement sales and marketing strategies across the company.
Prior to joining Experian, Troy was a Group President at Verizon Enterprise Services unit, a subsidiary of Verizon Inc. where he led a team of 2000 personnel directing a $4B revenue responsibility including sales integration, driving strategic services into the core accounting teams and business plans, and building a solid consulting organization. Under Troy's leadership, Verizon Enterprise Services integrated all its strategic business units (IT Services, cybersecurity, Unified communications and consulting) into a strategic go-to-market organization across the world. His final assignment at Verizon was leading the SLED US team. This consisted of 250+ sales support and operations personnel responsible for managing over 29,000 public sector clients and $1.5B in annual revenue.
Troy began his career in the communications and IT industry after completing his bachelor's degree and MBA at the Pennsylvania State University. He played football while attending PSU and was a member of the 1986 National Championship team. He currently serves on the Smeal College of Business- Board of Visitors, Lastly, he will serve as Co-chair of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Ryan Kerrigan Golf Tournament.
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- Board Members
- Business Executive
- Member of the World Economic Forum 's Steering Committee for Partnering for Racial Justice in Business
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Wanda is a member of the World Economic Forum's Steering Committee for Partnering for Racial Justice in Business and its Global Future Council on the New Agenda for Equity & Social Justice. Wanda also serves as Chair of the Business Roundtable Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Working Group. As a Penn Stat alumna, she continues to give back to the community by serving on both the Select Penn State Presidential commission on Racism, Bias, and Community Safety and the Penn State Smeal College of Business Board of Visitors.