SOM Business Advisory Council
SOM Business Advisory Council
The Business Advisory Council's purpose is to help the Simmons School of Management (SOM) achieve its mission by acting as a powerful and visible body of advice, influence and support. The Council members provide a critical link between the SOM and the individuals and organizations with the resources, knowledge, and contacts the SOM requires to fulfill its mission and achieve its objectives.
2012 Member List
Chair of Business Advisory Council
Susan Paresky
Senior Vice President, Development
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Members of Business Advisory Council
Katie Anderson
Senior Director, Human Resources
Hewlett Packard
Lyn Andrews
Executive Vice President, Marketing & Strategic Sales
mdHub
Zamawa Arenas
Principal
ARGUS
Paige Arnof-Fenn
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Mavens and Moguls
Judy Bornstein
Chief Financial Officer
American Infrastructure Funds
Dan Bross
Senior Director, Corporate Citizenship
Microsoft Corporation
Denise Coll
President, North America
Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
Kristina Davis
Partner
Deloitte & Touche, LLP
Janice Reals Ellig
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Chadick Ellig, Inc.
April Evans
Partner and Chief Financial Officer
Monitor Clipper Partners
Gretchen P. Fox
Founder and President
Fox RPM Corp.
Karen Gray
Director of Retail and Global Development
EILEEN FISHER, Inc.
Jeffery Tobias Halter
President
YWOmen.biz
Jacqueline Hernández
Chief Operating Officer
The Telemundo Communications Group
Saj-nicole Joni
President and Chief Executive Officer
Cambridge International Group, Ltd.
Patricia Karter
Former President and Chief Executive Officer
Dancing Deer Baking Company, Inc.
Mary Mattson Kenworthy
Managing Director
UBS Private Wealth Management
ML Krakauer
EVP, COO, EMC Technology Solutions & Services/Managed Services/Presales
EMC
Roseanne M. Lopez
Chief Executive Officer
Lopez Consulting Group, LLP
Sheryl Marshall
Financial Consultant
Madge M. Meyer
Executive Vice President, Chief Innovation Officer, and Technology Fellow
State Street Corporation
Kimberley S. Ottaway
Executive Director, Operations
Bavia, LLC
Indira B. Patel
President and Chief Executive Officer
New England Office Supply, Inc.
Lucia Luce Quinn
Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Corporate Affairs
ConvaTec
Rudi Scheiber-Kurtz
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Next Stage Solutions, Inc.
Gail Snowden
Chief Executive Officer
Freedom House
Alison Taunton-Rigby, Ph.D., O.B.E.
Director and Trustee
Healthcare, Life Sciences and Financial Services
Amanda Thomas
Director, Program Management and Planning
Concert Pharmaceuticals
Fiona Wilson, D.B.A.
Assistant Professor of Strategy, Sustainability and Social Entrepreneurship
Whittemore School of Business and Economics
Unversity of New Hampshire
Joan Wood
Former Senior Vice President, Leadership and Organization Development
Genzyme
Neal Yanofsky
Former President, International
Dunkin' Brands, Inc.
Ex-Officio Members of the Business Advisory Council
Stacy Blake-Beard
Associate Professor
Special Assistant to the Dean, Business Advisory Council
Simmons School of Management
Deborah Marlino, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, Faculty and Curriculum
Simmons School of Management
Cathy Minehan
Dean
Simmons School of Management