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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