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Advisory Board - Business School Advisory Board

Business School Advisory Board

A distinguished group of industry leaders work with Dean Barry Posner and faculty members to develop programs that enhance business education at the graduate and undergraduate levels, as well as improve industry processes and techniques.

Advisory Board members lecture in the classroom, collaborate with faculty on research projects, mentor students, and provide guidance in curriculum development. 

Member Title Organization
Linda Alepin Partner Center for New Futures
Stephen Almassy '77 Global Vice Chair Ernst & Young International
Joseph Anzalone '85   Executive Vice President  Legacy Bank, N.A. 
Dennis Barsema Venture Partner Benchmark Capital
Leigh Belden MBA '79 President and CEO Verilink, Inc.
Charles Berger MBA '80 Founder & CEO DVDPlay
Sam Bhaumik MBA '96 Managing Director Hercules Technology Growth Capital
Ray Bingham Executive Chairman (retired) Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Cheryl Breetwor-Evans MBA '78 Founder and CEO (retired) ShareData, Inc
Joseph Bronson President Formfactor.com
Greg Chabrier MBA '87 CEO S2a Solutions
James Chapman JD '87 Attorney at Law Silicon Valley Law Group
Kenton Chow '86 MBA '96 CFO Neterion, Inc..
Leanna Christie Senior Director, External Relations Leavey School of Business
Spencer Clark III Chief Learning Officer Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Bill Cleary CEO Cleary and Partners
Ken Coleman Vice President ITM Software Corporation
Henry Demmert Associate Dean, Undergraduate Education Leavey School of Business
Nora Denzel MBA '90 Senior Vice President, General Manager Hewlett Packard Software + Adaptive Enterprise
Larry Donatoni Director of Operations Development Santa Clara University
Thomas Evan '73 Certified Public Accountant (retired) Shilling and Kenyon, Inc.
Thomas Furey Controller, Automated Test Group Agilent Technologies
E. Alexander Glover CEO (retired) Hello Direct, Inc.
Wolfgang Hausen President and CEO 3D Connexion
John Hoffman former President and CEO Raging Wire
Michael Hope '73 Senior Partner (retired) Accenture
Amal Johnson Partner Com Ventures
Stephen Johnson Managing Partner Slingshot Group
Brent Jones '85 Managing Partner Northgate Capital
Walter Kaczmarek '74 President, CEO and Director Heritage Commerce Corporation
John Kelly MBA '96 CEO COPYDOX - The Document Specialists
Chuck Kissner MBA'73 Chairman and CEO Stratex Networks
Michael Kourey MBA '86 Senior Vice President and CFO Polycom, Inc.
Robert Krakauer '87 MBA '93 Executive Vice President, Strategic Operations, CFO MagnaChip Semiconductor Ltd.
James R. Lavelle III MBA '76 Chairman and CEO Cotelligent, Inc./Watchit Media, Inc.
David Lee Chairman Spark Technology Corporation
Jay Leupp '85 CEO and Managing Principal Alesco Global Advisors LLC
Michele Libraro President and CEO Global Startups, LLC
Jim Losch  President and Founder  Hallmark Construction 
Sherry McVicar Principal McVicar & Associates
Alex Mendez MBA '85 General Partner & Co-Founder Storm Ventures
Robert Moles '76 Chairman Intero
Bryan Neider '78 CFO, EA.com Electronic Arts
Robin Nelson-Selden MBA ' 86 Vice President, Worldwide Marketing  Logitech, Inc. 
Ron Pasek MBA '91 Vice President Sun Microsystems
Kim Perdikou Chief Information Officer Juniper Networks
Donna Perry Assistant Dean, Marketing and Communications Leavey School of Business
Barry Posner Dean and Professor of Leadership Leavey School of Business
Kevin Reedy '80 Partner Accenture
Christine Russell '71 MBA '83 Vice President, CFO ParthusCeva, Inc.
Roger Sanford Director, Strategic Accounts
Robin Selden MBA '96 Vice President of Worldwide Marketing Logitech
Mike Selfridge Global Products and Sales Silicon Valley Bank
Rob Selvi '78 MBA '81 CFO Sonic Wall
Anu Shukla CEO RubiconSoft, Inc.
George R. Silva  Senior Vice President  Hitachi Global Storage Technologies
Mikes Sisois MBA '73 Vice President, Planning and Information Technology, CIO Atmel Corporation
George Sollman Chairman and CEO Arabesque Investments LLC
Thomas Stiepp CEO & President SymetriCom, Inc
Bryan Stolle CEO Agile Software
Edward Thompson MBA '68 Senior Advisor, Board of Directors Fujitsu America, Inc.
Robert Todd, Jr. General Partner Red Rock Ventures

Robert Underwood MBA '70

Founding Partner North American Business Development Company
Gregory Vaughan Managing Director, Private Wealth Management Morgan Stanley
Kevin Walsh General Partner (retired) Ridge Partners, LLC
Daniel Warmenhoven CEO Network Appliance
Mark Weiner Vice President of Worldwide Marketing (retired) Netscaler, Inc.
J.D. Wells '78 President and CEO Wells Eagle, Inc.
Sharon Winston Senior Vice President Lee Hecht Harrison
Peg Wynn  Vice President, Human Resources  Adobe Systems 
Patrick Yam MBA '76 Executive Founding Sensei Sensei Partners LLC