Board of Advisors

Chair

Albert KrallAlbert Krall (Ab) ’81
Executive in Residence
Robert H. Smith School of Business

Vice-Chair

Andrew Shambarger (Drew) ’00
EVP & Head of Integrated Relationship Management
Truist Financial

Immediate Past Chair

Kenneth R. RehmannKenneth Rehmann (Ken) ’84
Hospitality Executive (Retired), Senior Advisor
Gencom Group

Members

William N. ApollonyWilliam Apollony (Bill) ’69, MBA ’76
President
Windsor Healthcare Equities

Jay BajajJay Sunny Bajaj (Sunny) ’99
Founder and Board Member
Digital Management, Inc.

Don BermanDon Berman ’72
Chairman, CEO, and Founder
Cardworks, Inc.

Hakan Beygo ’88, MBA ’90
Senior Director
Freddie Mac

William Boyle (Bill) ’81
Founder, Boyle Investments
Founder and President, FiberGate Communications (1995–2012)

Eugene BredowEugene Bredow (Gene) ’91
President & CEO
NVR, Inc.

Leigh BurnsideLeigh Burnside ’92
Chief Financial Officer
Little Caesars Enterprises, Inc.

Jacqueline Cardello (Jackie) ’93
President and Managing Partner
GRF CPAs & Advisors

Orlando CarvalhoOrlando Carvalho, MBA ’06
Executive Vice President (Retired)
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, Lockheed Martin Corporation

Jason Cohen ’96
Serial Entrepreneur
Founder, Sensible Portions Veggie Straws
Strategic Partner, SkinnyPop

Ralph Dickerson III ’92
Managing Partner
R2 Partners

Christopher DudaChristopher Duda ’94
Vice President
Goldman Sachs

Michael A. EcholsMichael Echols (Mike) ’88
CEO
MAX Cybersecurity

William Eisig (Bill) ’88
National Managing Partner, Assurance Services
BDO

Göran EspelundGöran Espelund, MBA ’87
Co-Founder
Lannebo Fonder

Jack FaerJack Faer ’78
Founder
Faer Risk Consulting, LLC

Cydonii FairfaxCydonii Fairfax ’94
General Counsel
Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County

Isa Farhat ’96
Partner
Deloitte LLP

Stephen Ferber (Steve) ’90
CEO & Founder
Golden Gate BPO Solutions, LLC

Apoorva Gandhi ’91
Senior Vice President, Multicultural Affairs, Social Impact & Business Councils
Marriott International

Lisa Hunt ’97
Executive Vice President, International Services and Business Initiatives
Charles Schwab and Co., Inc.

Jean Jakoby ’92
Senior Vice President, Global Sales
PepsiCo

Terri Jarboe-Farri ’91, MBA ’19
President & CEO
Buyer’s Title, Inc.

Simone Jentsch ’00
Vice President of Sales & Channel Programs & Enablement
Akamai Technologies

Robert L. JohnsonRobert Johnson (Bob) ’80
Senior Telecom Executive (Retired)

Pritpal R. KalsiPritpal Kalsi ’04
Chief Executive Officer
SC&H

David KesslerDavid Kessler ’85
Chief Executive Officer
CohnReznick

Vishal Khera, MBA ’00
Managing Partner
Khera Ventures

Albert KrallAlbert Krall (Ab) ’81
Executive in Residence
Robert H. Smith School of Business

Mark Lewis ’87
Managing Partner, Washington, DC, Office
Bracewell LLP

William A. LongbrakeWilliam Longbrake (Bill), DBA ’76
Executive-in-Residence, Smith School of Business
Director, BECU
Director, City First Enterprises

Ryan McCarthy, MBA ’13
24th Secretary of the Army

Darren McCue ’96, MBA ’03
Partner, Global Strategy
EY

Amit MehtaAmit Mehta, CFA, MBA ’96
Managing Partner
Crestwood Capital Management

Anoop MehtaAnoop Mehta ’84
Chief Strategist
Analytical Mechanics Associates

Ryan Miller ’12
Senior Vice President
CBRE

Corbin Neiberline ’99
Partner, Federal Audit
KPMG International

Cris ParcellesCristopher Parcelles (Cris) ’92
Director of Financial Systems
Echostar Corporation

Nagi RaoNagi Rao
Partner
Pilot Wall Group

Kenneth R. RehmannKenneth Rehmann (Ken) ’84
Hospitality Executive (Retired), Senior Advisor
Gencom Group

Wendy Sanhai, MBA ’09
Professor of Practice & Executive In Residence
University of Maryland

 Daniel C. SchwabDaniel Schwab (Dan)
Co-President
D&H Distributing Company

Amee Shah, MBA ’01
CEO
Artemis Consulting, Inc.

Andrew Shambarger (Drew) ’00
EVP & Head of Integrated Relationship Management
Truist Financial

Manpreet Singh, MS ’03
Chief Investment Officer
Singh Capital Partners

Zeta Smith ’91
Former CEO, Sodexo Senior Living
Former Senior Executive, Starbucks

Alan Spurgin, MBA ’87
Partner
Marlborough Street Partners

Kathryn Stewart
Managing Director
Cranbrook Capital

Honorary

Dr. Roger J. Ward, EdD, JD, MSL, MPA
Provost & Executive Vice President
Dean, Graduate School
University of Maryland, Baltimore

Emeritus

William Mayer (Bill) ’66, MBA ’67
Senior Partner
Park Avenue Equity Partners

Gary Williams ’68
Former Men’s Basketball Head Coach
University of Maryland

Ex-Officio

Prabhudev Konana
Dean, Robert H. Smith School of Business
University of Maryland

China Advisory Board

Long Jiang – Honorary Chair
Vice Chairman
Goertek Group Co., Ltd

Gao Victor Feng – Chair
Partner
Charterhouse Capital Partners, LLP

Frank Zhang – Co-Chair
CEO
HuaAn Fund Management Co.

Li (Cherry) Han
Vice President Greater China
Fonterra Co-Operative Group Limited

Mike Hofmann, DBA
Managing Director
Melchers China | Beijing

Jennifer (Ningfu) Jiang 
Vice President 
Beijing Properties(Holdings) Limited

Echo Jin
Asia CFO
Microsoft

Dennis Khang
CTO/CEO (Former)
ZhongAn Online Insurance/ZhongAn Information Tech

Linda Lin
General Manager, Greater China
Avanade

Yuxiang (Vivian) Liu
Principle Consultant, Heidrick & Struggles 
ex-CHRO, ECARX Technology 
ex-HRGM, Amazon Web Services

Li Ma
Managing Director – Head of China
Moody’s Investors Service

Janne Pihlajaniemi
General Manager
Tobii Dynavox

Alick (Qingping) Sun 
Partner 
Jadestone Capital

Zhenyi Tang
Vice President
SenseTime Group

Jennie Wang
CEO APAC
Voxflor HUATENG Co.

Knut Udo Wiszniewski
Global CFO
Schenck Process

Jennifer Zhang
Managing Partner
Tax and Business Advisory Services, Southern Region (including HK and Macau)
Deloitte China

Romeo Zhao 
Partner 
Anjie Holding Group

Jie Zhou
Senior Vice President, Finance
Marriott International

Qin Zou
Vice President
Stanley Black Decker

India Advisory Board

Amit Agarwal, MBA ’98
GM - Corporate Strategy
L&T

Mukul Anand, MBA ’02
Global Director, Business Development - Applied HVAC Global Products
Johnson Controls

Shashi Bakshi, MBA ’12
Senior Principal
Accenture

Manish Bansal, MS ’02
Managing Director
Robert H. Smith School of Business, India Operations

Tarun Goyal, MBA ’98
Founder & CEO
Simplotel

Nitin Gupta, MBA ’99
Founder & Managing Director
Asymmetrique

Vinod Kasuhik, MBA ’06
Founder
Homergize

Jyothi Kumar Pandey, MSIS ’02
Senior Program Director
CAFRAL, an institution of RBI

Kasturiranga (Ranga) Meda, MSIS ’01
Director
Krishna Group of Companies/Tanishq Franchise

Chandrika Nigam, MFin ’16
Senior Director, Investor Relations
Adtalem Global Education

Harshavardhan Raghunath, MFin ’95, PhD ’96
Senior Advisor
Bain & Company

Siddharth Ram, MS '02
Vice President, Consumer Products
Retail & Services at Capgemini

Nagarajan Ramamoorthy, PhD ’96
Director
IIM

Ritam Roy, MFin ’02
Vice President
J.P. Morgan

Siddharth Sharma, PhD ’17
Professor
ISB

Harpreet Wadhawan, MBA ’00
Founder & Managing Partner
Periplus Capital Advisors LLC

Smith Faculty on the India Advisory Council

Rajshree Agarwal, PhD
Rudolph Lamone Chair of Strategy & Entrepreneurship
Director, Ed Snider Center for Enterprise and Markets
Robert H. Smith School of Business

Anil Gupta, DBA
Michael D. Dingman Chair in Strategy & Entrepreneurship
Robert H. Smith School of Business

Kislaya Prasad, PhD
Research Professor, Department of Decision, Operations & Information Technologies
Academic Director, Center for Global Business
Robert H. Smith School of Business

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