COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - Key Persons


Alan J. Patricof - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Chairman Emeritus of Greycroft
Alan Patricof is chairman emeritus of Greycroft LP, a venture capital firm focused on the digital media sector.

Alberto J. Verme - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Head
  • Global Chairman of Institutional Clients Group for Citi
Alberto Verme is Global Chairman of Institutional Clients Group for Citi providing full content delivery to Citi's top institutional and private banking clients. Prior to his current position, Mr. Verme has held significant prominent leadership roles within Citi. From 2009 to 2011, he was CEO of EMEA, leading 18 emerging market countries in CIS, Central & Eastern Europe, Turkey and Middle East. From 2004 to 2009, Mr. Verme led Global Investment Banking division and served as a member of the Institutional Clients Group Management Committee and Investment Banking Operating Committee. His banking career also included leading Citi's Global Energy, Power and Chemicals franchise from 2001 to 2004. Mr. Verme joined Salomon Brothers in 1994 and worked as head, and later chairman, of Citi's Latin America Investment Banking Group through 2001. Prior to 1994, Mr. Verme worked for Metallgesellschaft AG as president of MG Global Capital in London. From 1984 to 1992, he worked for The First Boston Corporation, where he served as director and head of Spain from 1990 to 1992 and co-head of Emerging Markets from 1988 to 1990. Mr. Verme began his career at the World Bank in 1979 and has received a B.A. in economics from Denison University and an MBA from Columbia Business School. A Peruvian national, he is married to Milagros and has three children. His passions are philanthropy, literature, music and football.

Amit Khandelwal

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Andrea Prat

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Director

Andrew "Andy" F. Barth

Job Titles:
  • Retired Chairman
Andrew "Andy" F. Barth is the former chairman of Capital Guardian Trust Company. Prior to his retirement from the firm in 2017, he was responsible for managing investment grade credit fixed-income accounts. Mr. Barth joined the Capital Group Companies in 1985 after earning an MBA from Columbia Business School. He graduated from Columbia College summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. Mr. Barth is based in Los Angeles. His civic duties include serving on the boards of trustees of the American Ballet Theater; the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress; the California Science Center Foundation; the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens; and Columbia University.

Andrew S. Gundlach

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Advisory Board
  • Member of the Council
  • President and Co - CEO of Bleichroeder LP
Mr. Gundlach is the President and co-CEO of Bleichroeder LP. Bleichroeder LP is the successor of Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder Holdings, Inc., which was renamed First Eagle Holdings in 2015 after private equity funds managed by The Blackstone Group and Corsair Capital acquired a controlling stake in the company, a transaction Mr. Gundlach initiated. Mr. Gundlach is a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, where he serves on the Investment Committee. As an adjunct professor at the Heilbrunn Center for Graham & Dodd Investing, he teaches courses on investing, and currently serves on the School's Board. He received his MBA from Columbia Business School in 2001 and his BS and MS degrees from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service in 1993 and 1994.

Angela Quintero

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor

Ann F. Kaplan

Job Titles:
  • Partner

Anna Davitt

Job Titles:
  • Director, Corporate and Foundation Relations

Anne M. Busquet

Job Titles:
  • Principal

Anne-Carine Frédérique

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Sponsored Projects and Foundation Relations

Ari Rennert

Job Titles:
  • President, the Renco Group Inc., New York

Arnold L. Chavkin

Job Titles:
  • Senior Advisor

Ashley Swanson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Assistant Professor, Economics. Bio Here

Assaf Zeevi

Job Titles:
  • Kravis Professor of Business

Ben Berger

Job Titles:
  • Staff Associate II

Benjamin M. Rosen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Professor of Economics and Finance. Bio Here

Bernard Gray - President

Job Titles:
  • President

Bill Lambert

Job Titles:
  • Founding Partner

Brett Martin

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor of Business

Charles E. Exley Jr. - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Retired Chairman
  • Professor of Management Chair of Decision, Risk, and Operations Decision, Risk, and Operations

Charles Guetta

Job Titles:
  • Professional Practice Director Center for Pricing and Revenue Management and Business Analytics Initiative

Charles W. Tate - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Christopher Castiglione

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor of Business

Christopher Wai-Chee Cheng - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Costis Maglaras

Job Titles:
  • Dean and David and Lyn Silfen Professor of Business, Columbia Business School, New York
  • Dean David and Lyn Silfen Professor of Business

Cristina Melo-Moya

Job Titles:
  • Title Administrative Assistant

Cyrus Mohebbi

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Professor

César Alierta - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO

Daniel Xu

Job Titles:
  • Co - Founder and Chief Information Officer, Tencent, China

Daniele D. Bodini - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

David E. Simon

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

David Greenspan

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

David Juran

Job Titles:
  • Senior Lecturer in Business

David Tamburri

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer in Continuing Education, Lecturer in Business

David W. Zalaznick - Chairman, Founder

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Co - Founder

Devon Briger - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Founder

Dong-Bin Shin - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Ehud Houminer

Job Titles:
  • Retired Executive in Residence, Columbia Business School, New York

Erika Irish Brown

Job Titles:
  • Chief

Ernest M. Higa - CEO, Chairman

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Chairman

Evan Picoult

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Professor

Ezra Mehlman

Job Titles:
  • Associate in Business

Fannie Mae - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer

Fanyin Zheng

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Filippo de Vecchi - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Founder

Frank K. Tang - CEO, Chairman

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Chairman

Gabriele Galateri di Genola - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Giorgio Castoldi

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Corporate and Foundation Relations

Gustavo Vulcano

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Professor of Business

Halle Tecco

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor of Business

Harborne Stuart

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Professor of Business

Harrison T. Le Frak

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Harry E. Gould Jr. - Chairman, President

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • President

Henry A. Swieca

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Henry R. Kravis

Job Titles:
  • Executive Co - Chair

Henry S. Miller - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Hongseok Namkoong

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Business

Hongyao Ma

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Business

Hugh R. Frater

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Jack R. Anderson

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Business

Jake Reynolds

Job Titles:
  • General Partner

James P. Gorman - CEO, Chairman

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Chairman

James W. Keyes - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Jamie Chandler

Job Titles:
  • Administrator

Jared Lander

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor

Jerome A. Chazen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Professor of Global Business. Bio Here

Jerry I. Speyer

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Jing Dong

Job Titles:
  • Regina Pitaro Associate Professor of Business

John A. Howard

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Business

John K. Martin Jr.

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

John T. Thompson - CEO, Chairman

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Chairman

Jonathan Newcomb

Job Titles:
  • Senior Advisor

Joseph E. Stiglitz

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • University Professor, Bio Here

Joseph M. Tucci - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Julia Kimyagarov

Job Titles:
  • Director, Heilbrunn Center

Keith Sherin

Job Titles:
  • Special Advisor

Keith T. Banks

Job Titles:
  • Head
  • Vice Chairman

Khalia Harrison

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director, Corporate and Foundation Relations

Kira Grant

Job Titles:
  • Title Associate Director

Kriste Krstovski

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor

Kyle Owens

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor of Business

Lawrence Flinn Jr. - CEO, Chairman

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Chairman

Leon G. Cooperman - CEO, Chairman

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Chairman

Lew Frankfort - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Lihong Wang - CEO, Chairman

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Chairman

Linda Green

Job Titles:
  • Cain Brothers & Company Professor Emerita of Healthcare Management in the Faculty of Business

Linda Ho McAfee

Job Titles:
  • Group Director

Louis Moore Bacon - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Lulu C. Wang - CEO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Founder

Mantle Ridge - CEO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Founder

Marc O. Mayer - CEO, Chairman

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Chairman

Marcelo Olivares

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Associate Professor

Maria L. Chrin - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Managing Partner

Maria Micheles

Job Titles:
  • Title Administrative Assistant

Mario J. Gabelli - CEO, Chairman

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Chairman

Mark Broadie

Job Titles:
  • Carson Family Professor of Business

Mark F. Dzialga - CEO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • Founder
  • Managing Partner

Martin Starr

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus of Management Science and Operations Management

Martin Zimmerman - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • President

Mason Gallo

Job Titles:
  • Associate in Business

Mattan Griffel

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor of Business

Max C. Chapman Jr. - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Medini Singh

Job Titles:
  • Senior Lecturer in Discipline in Business

Meredith Trivedi

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director of the Heilbrunn Center
The Executive Advisory Board is a dedicated team of experts and advisers who partner with the leadership of the center. The committee and center directors develop a research agenda, industry-outreach initiatives, and a general program that fulfills the goals and mission of the center.

Meyer Feldberg

Job Titles:
  • Dean Emeritus and Professor

Michael T. Fries - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer

Ming Chu Hsu

Job Titles:
  • Principal

Nancy McKinstry - CEO, Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Chief Executive Officer

Nand Khemka - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Neha Shah

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Associate Professor of Business

Neil Irwin

Job Titles:
  • Senior Advisor

Nelson Fraiman

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Professional Practice

Nicholas Oppenheim - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Nicola Rosaia

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Business

Ogilvy, New York

Job Titles:
  • Chairman Emeritus

Patrick Combes - CEO, Chairman

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Chairman

Paul B. Guenther

Job Titles:
  • Retired President

Paul C. Hilal

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Paul M. Montrone

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus of Private Enterprise in the Faculty of Business

Paulo Lima - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Co - Founder

Peter Kolesar

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus of Business

Peter Tollman

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor of Business

Philip H. Geier Jr.

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Business

Philippe Jabre - Chief Investment Officer, Founder

Job Titles:
  • Chief Investment Officer
  • Founder

Pierre Yared

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • MUTB Professor of International Business and Vice Dean for Executive Education. Bio Here

R. Glenn Hubbard

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Dean Emeritus and Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics, Columbia Business School, Professor of Economics ( Arts and Sciences ), Columbia University, New York
  • Dean Emeritus Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics. Bio Here

Raymond Falci

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Associate Professor

Rebecca A. John - President

Job Titles:
  • President

Regina Pitaro

Job Titles:
  • Regina Pitaro Associate Professor of Business

Richard Paul Richman

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Business, Columbia Business School

Robert "Rob" Hayes

Job Titles:
  • Partner

Robert F. Smith - CEO, Chairman, Founder

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Chairman
  • Founder

Robert Friedman - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer

Robert Marc Bakish - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • President

Rochelle B. Lazarus

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Ronald O. Perelman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman and CEO, MacAndrews & Forbes Incorporated, New York

Russell L. Carson - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Dean Emeritus Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics. Bio Here

Sajjad Ebrahim - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO

Sallie Krawcheck - CEO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Co - Founder

Sandra Black

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board
  • Professor of Economics and of International and Public Affairs. Bio Here

Santiago Balseiro

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Business

Shaiza Rizavi

Job Titles:
  • Managing Member
  • Portfolio Manager

Shazi Visram - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Founder

Sheldon Stone

Job Titles:
  • Principal

Sidney Taurel - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Stephen P. Zeldes

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Advisory Board

Sunny Israni

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor of Business

Taylor Sewell

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Columbia University Medical Center

Thomas Russo

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Advisory Board

Tishman Speyer - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Tony Tamer

Job Titles:
  • Founder, Talpion Fund Management LP, New York

Tracey T. Travis - CFO, EVP

Job Titles:
  • CFO
  • Executive Vice President

Vikram S. Pandit - CEO, Chairman

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Chairman
  • Professor of Business

Will Browne

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Advisory Board

Will Ma

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

William A. von Mueffling - Chief Investment Officer, President

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Executive Advisory Board
  • Chief Investment Officer
  • President
  • Professor of Business

Winnie Leung

Job Titles:
  • Title Coordinator

Xavier Robert Rolet - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors

Yang Diao - CEO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Founder

Yash Kanoria

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Business

Yuzaburo Mogi

Job Titles:
  • Honorary CEO and Chairman

Zvi Galinson

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor of Business