Magazine Staff
Editor: John Miller
Design: Arshveen Gadhok
Website: Nick Wright
Production: Karen Boucher
Writers: Danielle Braff, Hector Chacon, Grace Conard, Katelyn McNally, John Miller, Suzi Morales, Ann Ritchie, Melissa Silmore
Contributors:
Dawn DiBartolo, Janice French, Justin Jakovac, Reenie Kuhlman, Harsh Manglik, Leah Schmidt, Jonathan Stern
Photographers and Illustrators
Cover Story Illustration
Taylor Callery, Rappart
“Calculated Risks, Unchecked Gratitude”
Clara Rice
(El Sobrante, CA)
“A Reluctant Entrepreneur”
Michael Will
(Pittsburgh, PA)
“Short-Term Moves, Long-Term Vision”
John Madere
(New York, NY)
“From the Tepper School to Industry Trailblazer”
Michael Will
(Pittsburgh, PA)
“Tepper School Couple Gives Back”
Mary Catherine Photography
(Washington, DC)
Tepper Magazine is published for alumni, students, faculty, staff, and friends of the business school.
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Alumni Board
Carol Scott (MSIA ’96) CIO, Graham Packaging, Alumni Board President
Alex Aceves (MBA ’14), Senior Manager – Supplier Inclusion & Sustainability, Google
Swetha Arbuckle (MBA ’09, MS/HC ’09), Director, Talent Experience – Amazon Entertainment, Amazon
David Betts (MBA ’02),Principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP
Bob DeAngelis (MSIA ’85) Principal/CEO, The Cartesian Group, LLC
Cyanne Demchak (MBA ’09, MS/HC ’09) Chief of Staff, Evernorth Pharmacy and Care Delivery at Evernorth Health Services
Paul Frank (MSIA ’00) Partner, PwC
Laura Goldberg (BS ‘89) Chief Marketing Officer at Auctane
Otis Greene (BS 1996) Retired – Managing Director, BlackRock
Sonia Hingorany (MBA ’15) Senior Director, Azure Cloud Operations + Innovation at Microsoft
Melissa Horne (BS ’05, MBA ’05) Vice President, Fidelity Investment
Mark Hronec (MBA ’06) Partner, Scimitar, Inc.
Andrew Jones (MBA ’03) Director of Engineering, Pratt & Whitney
Scott Jubeck (BS ’03, MBA ’08) Senior Vice President of Products, Insights Inovalon
Jack O’Malley (MBA ’07) SVP & Managing Director, PNC Capital Markets, Inc.
Stephanie Sapp Rideau (MBA ’10) Vice President, Comcast Business, West Division
Julia Schloss (MSIA ’97) President, Bayview Residential Brokerage
LaShaina Shakes (MBA ’15) Director, Business Insights & Analytics, Bristol Myers Squibb
Shivi Shankaran (MBA ‘05) Co-founder and CEO of Fortune Stream Ventures
Chris Shoemaker (MBA ’16)
Balika Sonthalia (MBA ’10) Senior Partner, Kearney
Mark Zacur (MSIA ’97) CEO, Avantik
Business Board
of Advisors
Lyenda Simpson Delp (MSIA ’97), BBA Chair EVP and Head of the Global Institutional Client Group, Northern Trust Asset Management
Justin McElhattan (MBA ’05), BBA Vice Chair Founder, Nicely Road Capital
Homaira Akbari (MSIA ’96) President and CEO, AKnowledge Partners LLC
Sebastian Ceria (MSIA ’90, Ph.D. ’93) President, Fundar
Mark Coblitz (MSIA ’82) Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning (retired), Comcast Corporation
Jenny Cordina (MBA ’02) Partner, McKinsey & Company
David A. Coulter (BSIM ’71, MSIA ’71) Chair of the Board, CMU Board of Trustees Special Limited Partner, Warburg Pincus
Stephanie Ercegovic (BSIM ’82, MSIA ’83) Portfolio Manager (retired), Alphadyne Capital Management
Russell Ewing (MSIA ’96) Portfolio Manager (retired), Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Paul Fonteyne (MSIA ’87) Chairman and CEO (retired), Boehringer-Ingelheim USA
Onur Genҫ (MSIA ‘97) CEO, BBVA Group
Don Heberle (MSIA ‘95) Head of PNC Private Bank, PNC Financial Services
Lori Heinel (MSIA ’92) Executive Vice President and Global CIO,State Street Global Advisors
Keishi Hotsuki (MSIA ’89) Deputy Chairman, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
Michael Hsu (BS ’86) Chairman of the Board and CEO, Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Gunjan Kedia (MSIA ’94) CEO, U.S. Bancorp
Jon R. Kinol (MSIA ’92) Founder, Zenik Capital LLC
William Lambert (MSIA ’90) Chairman of the Board (retired), MSA Safety
Justin McElhattan (MBA ’05) Founder, Nicely Road Capital
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
Jill Raker Managing Partner, Greenbriar Equity Group, LP
James E. Rohr Chairman and CEO (retired), The PNC Financial Services Group
Amit K. Sachdev (BS ‘90) EVP, Chief Patient and External Affairs Officer, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Sujal Shah (MBA ‘04) Former President and CEO, CymaBay Therapeutics
Manoj P. Singh (MSIA ’76) Chief Operating Officer (retired), Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited
Rajinder P. Singh (MSIA ’96) Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, BankUnited
David A. Tepper (MSIA ‘82) President and Founder, Appaloosa Management LP
Cynthia Wang (MSCF ‘97, MSIA ‘97) Board Director, Global CCS Institute
Aaron Weitman, (BS ‘04) Managing Partner / CIO, CastleKnight Management LP
Tepper School Executive Committee
Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou Dean; Richard P. Simmons Professor of Finance
Laurence Ales Senior Associate Dean, Education; Professor of Economics
Spencer Anderson Senior Manager, Special Projects
Rhonda Fischer Chief Operating Officer
John Gasper Associate Dean, Undergraduate Programs; Associate Teaching Professor of Economics
Oliver Hahl Associate Dean, Undergraduate Programs; Associate Professor of Organization Theory, Strategy and Entrepreneurship
Reenie Kuhlman Chief Marketing and Communications Officer
Mike Lee Managing Director, Finance
David Major Associate Dean for Engagement and International Partnerships; Teaching Professor of Strategy
Duane Seppi Senior Associate Dean, Faculty; Richard C. Green Professor of Financial Economics
Param Vir Singh Associate Dean, Research; Carnegie Bosch Professor of Business Technologies and Marketing
Jonathan Stern Associate Dean, Advancement