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
Malek Sukkar, Vice Chair (ENG‘92)
Chairman
Averda
London, United Kingdom
Melissa L. Gilliam
President
Boston University
Boston, Massachusetts
Members
Maureen A. Alphonse-Charles (CAS’85)
Senior Vice President of Inclusion & Equity & Managing Director
Koya Partners/Diversified Search Group
Boston, Massachusetts
Thomas J. Bickerton
Resident Bishop
New England 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-imam Foundation
Andover, Massachusetts
Nathaniel Dalton (LAW’91)
Founder
Daybreak Partners
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Sora Union Group, Inc.
West Palm Beach, Florida
Maurice R. Ferré (CGS’81, CAMED’92, SPH’92)
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Insightec
Former President, Chief Executive Officer, & Chairman
MAKO Surgical Corporation
Key Biscayne, Florida
Sandra A. Frazier (COM’01)
Chief Executive Officer, Founding & Managing Member
Tandem Public Relations & Marketing LLC
Louisville, Kentucky
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
Ranch C. Kimball
Director
Uhlig LLC
Boston, Massachusetts
Antoinette (Tonie) R. Leatherberry (ENG’85)
Principal (Retired)
Deloitte
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Kenneth Lin (CAS’98)
Founder & 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
Alicia C. Mullen (CAS’83)
Founder & Principal
Washing Pond Ventures
West Palm Beach, Florida
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
S. D. Shibulal (MET’88)
Cofounder, Former MD, & CEO
Infosys
Founder
Axilon Ventures
Advisor
Innovations Investment Management
Bangalore, India
Hugo X. Shong (COM’87)
Founding Chairman
IDG Capital
Beijing, China
Kenneth Z. Slater
Principal
Tremont Partners LLC
Boynton Beach, Florida
Kevin Smith, ex officio
Chair, Boston University Faculty Council
Professor, Boston University Department of Physics
Boston, Massachusetts
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.
San Francisco, California
Peter L. Wexler (Questrom’93)
President
Forest Avenue Technology Group
Palo Alto, California
