Smith's community plays a crucial role in developing our world-class business education. In addition to giving their time, our alumni and partners make financial gifts that allow our students to thrive in school and on their career journey. On October 29, the Smith School hosted alumni and supporters in College Park for the fourth celebration of the Dean's Circle. The Dean’s Circle is a recognition society for individuals who have invested over $100,000 in the Smith School in their lifetime.
“These supporters empower our students, faculty, programs and facilities,” said Dean Prabhudev Konana. “Their commitment is transforming the Smith School as we lead into the future.”
The event recognized all members of the Dean’s Circle, which now includes 127 households. Collectively, members of this giving group have contributed more than $160 million to the University of Maryland.
New Inductees for 2026:
- Ritu Agarwal and Kislaya Prasad
- Jitin Ahuja, ’97, ’99, ’02 and Anuradha Ahuja ’99, ’02
- Leigh A. '92 and Jeffrey F. Burnside
- David E. '87 and Laura H. Freitag '88
- David Horwitz ’89 and John McGrath
- Don and Janet Klein
- Bruce and Karen Levenson
- Anoop N. and Bina Mehta, dedicated to Suman N. & Natwar Mehta
- Thomas and Jennifer Parsons
- Denise Roth
- David N. Roth
- Gary R. ’73 and Luanne Ruddell
- Promod Sharma and Jyoti Mahajan
- Adam Sohn
- Eboni Thamavong
- Mathew Varghese
- Lee ’89 and Alisa Wasserman
- David and Maria Welch
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About the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business
The Robert H. Smith School of Business is an internationally recognized leader in business education and cutting-edge research. The school’s world-class faculty facilitate experiential learning opportunities rooted in the real world. Smith students learn to think like entrepreneurs, prepared to drive positive impact. The school offers undergraduate, online and on-campus business master's, full-time, part-time, online and executive MBA, plus PhD and DBA degree programs, and non-degree and executive education programs. Where Smith leads, the future follows.