SUMMER '17 MAGAZINE MASTHEAD
BUSINESS BOARD OF ADVISORS
De Lyle Bloomquist, MSIA ’88
President, Global Chemicals Business (retired)
Tata Chemicals Ltd.
Eric L. Butler, MSIA ’86, E ’81
Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer
Union Pacific Railroad
Mark A. Coblitz, MSIA ’82
Senior Vice President,
Strategic Planning (retired)
Comcast Corporation
David A. Coulter, MSIA ’71, BSIM ’71
Special Limited Partner
Warburg Pincus
Stephanie Ercegovic, MSIA ’83, BSIM ’82
President
Discovery Capital Management
Lewis Hay III, MSIA ’82
Executive Chairman (retired)
NextEra Energy Inc.
Gunjan Kedia, MSIA ’94
Vice Chairman of Wealth and Securities Services
U.S. Bank
Jon R. Kinol, MSIA ’92
William M. Lambert, MSIA ’90
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
MSA Safety
Jack E. McGrath, MSIA ’61
Senior Vice President (retired)
Booz, Allen & Hamilton
Brian Olsavsky, MSIA ’89
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Amazon.com
Marc A. Onetto, MSIA ’75
Principal
Leadership From The Mind And The Heart LLC
Cindy Padnos, MSIA ’80
Founder and Managing Director
Illuminate Ventures
Frank A. Risch, MSIA ’66
Vice President and Treasurer (retired)
ExxonMobil Corporation
James E. Rohr
Retired Chairman and CEO
The PNC Financial Services Group
David Simmons, BSIM/S ’86
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Pharmaceutical Product
Development Inc.
Manoj P. Singh, MSIA ’76
Chief Operating Officer (retired)
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd.
James R. Swartz, MSIA ’66
Founding Partner
Accel Partners
David A. Tepper, MSIA ’82
President and Founder
Appaloosa Management LP
Kevin D. Willsey, MSIA ’89
Chairman of Global Capital Markets
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
TEPPER SCHOOL
ALUMNI RELATIONS
John Sengenberger
Executive Director,
Alumni Relations
ALUMNI BOARD
Laurie Barkman, MSIA ’99
Managing Partner
Topanga Partners LP
Jim Bernier, MSIA ’93
Executive Vice President,
Head of Derivative Products Group
PNC Bank
Chuck Bracken, MSIA ’78
Chairman and CEO
The Barton Group
Lee Diamond, MBA ’05
Principal
Diamond Development
Ozgur Dogan, MBA ’05
Director, Amazon Books
Amazon.com
Russell C.B. Ewing II, MSIA ’96
Senior Portfolio Manager
Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Jill Y. Haugabrook, MBA ’07
Senior Vice President, Enterprise Risk Management, Lead Risk Researcher
SunTrust Bank
Lori Heinel, MSIA ’92
Senior Managing Director, Deputy Global Chief Investment Officer
State Street Global Advisors
Michael Hermeston, MBA ’08
Director, Customer Care Strategy
Google
Justin Kaufman, MBA ’04
PwC Advisory | Partner | Advisory Leader
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, PwC Advisory Services
Kevin Kindall, MSCF ’98
Data Scientist
EDF Trading
Tammy Loucks, MBA ’05, BSIM ’00
Product Manager
Progressive Insurance
Lillian MacEachern, MBA ’09
Vice President
JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Alissa Thomas Marushak, MBA ’10
Next Generation Solutions Strategy
CIGNA Corporation
Bart O’Brien, MSIA ’81
Owner
O’Brien Estate Winery
John O’Neill, MSIA ’80
Partner, Higher Education and Commercial Services
Member of the Board of Managers
Attain LLC
Kishor Pendse, MSIA ’79
President and CEO
The Pendse Group LLC
Rob Rice, MBA ’00
Controller
ExxonMobil Exploration Company
Olivier Salomon, MSIA ’93
Senior Partner
Alix Partners
Aurobind Satpathy, MSIA ’96
Senior Partner
McKinsey & Company
Ranjit Singh, MSIA ’99
Principal, Pricing and Profitability,
Management Practice Leader
Deloitte
Michael Smith, MSIA ’95, DC ’89
Vice President, Global Marketing
Changepoint
Administration
Robert M. Dammon, Ph.D.
Dean
Michael A. Trick, Ph.D.
Senior Associate Dean, Faculty and Research
Laurie R. Weingart, Ph.D.
Senior Associate Dean, Education
Jonathan Stern
Associate Dean, Advancement
Alan A. Scheller-Wolf, Ph.D.
Head, Ph.D. Program
Kathryn Barraclough, Ph.D.
Head, MBA Program
Burton Hollifield, Ph.D.
Head, Undergraduate Business Administration Program
Christopher Sleet, Ph.D.
Head, Economics Programs
Duane J. Seppi, Ph.D.
Head, Master of Science in Computational Finance Program
John Lankford
Executive Director,
Executive Education
Magazine Staff
Editor-in-Chief
Deb Lantz
Managing Editor
Douglas McIntyre
Art Director
Zach Beresh
Design
Joey Mancuso
Production
Karen Boucher, John Scott Moore
Cover Story
Fawn Fitter
Writers
Nicholas Ducassi, Katelyn Howard, Niki Kapsambelis, Tricia Miller Klapheke, Debbi Gardiner McCullough
Contributors
Justin Jakovac, Lynne LaLone, Kate Lindholm, Kara Quinto, James Sawa, Kevin Sprouls
Photography
Harry Giglio, Tom Johnson, Joey Mancuso, Karen Meyers,
Anthony Musmanno. Michael Williams
Cover Story Illustration
Taylor Callery
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