Members of the Board of Trustees
Officers
Ahmass L. Fakahany, Chair
(Questrom’79)
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Altamarea Group
New York, New York
Cynthia R. Cohen, Vice Chair
(MET’77)
Founder & President
IMPACT 2040
Nashville, Tennessee and New York, New York
Rod F. Hochman, Vice Chair
(CAS’79, CAMED’79)
CEO Emeritus
Providence Health & Services
Seattle, Washington
Melissa L. Gilliam
President
Boston University
Boston, Massachusetts
Members
Kamal Bahamdan
(ENG’94)
Chief Executive Officer & Founder
Safanad, Inc.
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Thomas Bickerton
Resident Bishop
New England Conference of the United Methodist Church
New York Conference of the United Methodist Church
Methuen, Massachusetts
Cassandra M. Clay
(SSW’79)
Consultant, Clay Associates
Consultant, Empower Success Corps
Boston, Massachusetts
John D. Couris
(CAS’90)
President & Chief Executive Officer
Tampa General Hospital
Tampa, Florida
Shamim A. Dahod
(CGS’76, CAS’78, CAMED’87)
Board Member, Circle Health-Lowell General Hospital
President, Nooril-Iman Foundation
Andover, Massachusetts
Nathaniel Dalton
(LAW’91)
Founder, Daybreak Partners
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Sora Union Group, Inc.
West Palm Beach, Florida
Drew Gilpin Faust
President Emerita and Arthur Kingsley Porter University Research Professor
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Michael D. Fricklas
(LAW’84)
Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary
ADVANCE
New York, New York
Ryan K. Roth Gallo
(LAW’99)
Attorney
Modesto, California
Richard C. Godfrey
(LAW’79)
Partner
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP
Chicago, Illinois
Antonio (Tony) G. Gomes
(LAW’96)
Chief Legal & Administrative Officer
Cloud Software Group
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Katerina Katopis-Lykiardopulo
(CAS’91)
ex officio
Cofounder
Cycladic
Athens, Greece
Term begins December 2026
Sung Wan Kim
(Questrom’96)
Chief Executive Officer
Smoothie King
Dallas, Texas
Term begins December 2026
Ranch C. Kimball
Director
Uhlig LLC
Boston, Massachusetts
Abhijit R. Kulkarni
(ENG’93,’97)
Executive in Residence
Engine Ventures
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Antoinette (Tonie) R. Leatherberry
(ENG’85)
Principal (Retired)
Deloitte
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Kenneth Lin
(CAS’98)
Founder & Former Chief Executive Officer
Credit Karma, Inc.
Oakland, California
Joseph Loscalzo
Hersey Distinguished Professor of the Theory & Practice of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Physician-in-Chief Emeritus
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
Kevin Merida
(COM’79)
Executive Editor (Retired)
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles, California
Ruth A. Moorman
(CAS’88, Wheelock’89,’09)
Educator
Boston, Massachusetts
Eric D. Muller
(Questrom’94)
Portfolio Manager & Partner
Oak Hill Advisors, L.P.
New York, New York
Rebecca A. Norlander
(CAS’91)
Senior Technical Executive & Board Member
Seattle, Washington
Jonathan Priester
(COM’10)
Global Black Community Inclusion Lead
Google, Inc.
New York, New York
Demir Sabancı
(CAS’93)
Founding Shareholder and President
Sedesco Inc.
New York, New York
Hugo X. Shong
(COM’87)
Founding Chairman
IDG Capital Partners
Beijing, China
Kenneth Z. Slater
Principal
Tremont Partners LLC
Boynton Beach, Florida
Nina C. Tassler
(CFA’79, Hon.’16)
Former Chair, CBS Entertainment
Founder, Kismet Creative Group
Culver City, California
Elizabeth (Lisa) C. Thors
Managing Director (Retired)
Wellington Management Company LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
Lisa R. Wendt
(Questrom’92)
ex officio
Managing Director (Retired)
WR Hambrecht + Co.
Ketchum, Idaho
Peter L. Wexler
(Questrom’93)
President
Forest Avenue Technology Group
Palo Alto, California
Joseph Wippl
ex officio
Chair, Boston University Faculty Council
Professor of the Practice of International Relations
Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University
Boston, Massachusetts