{"id":34,"date":"2014-02-26T12:06:50","date_gmt":"2014-02-26T17:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/trustees\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2026-09-30T11:21:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T15:21:47","slug":"members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/trustees\/university-advisory-board\/members\/","title":{"rendered":"Members of the University Advisory Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"trustees-list design-1\">\n<section class=\"trustees-section\">\n<h2>Officers<\/h2>\n<div class=\"trustees-grid\">\n<article class=\"trustee\">\n<div class=\"trustee-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/trustees\/files\/2026\/05\/Wendt-Lisa-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"trustee-content\">\n<div class=\"trustee-heading\">\n<h3 class=\"trustee-name\">Lisa R. Wendt, Chair<\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"trustee-degree\">(Questrom\u201992)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"trustee-details\">\n<p>Managing Director (Retired)<\/p>\n<p>WR Hambrecht + Co.<\/p>\n<p class=\"trustee-location\">Ketchum, ID<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"trustees-section\">\n<h2>Members<\/h2>\n<div class=\"trustees-grid\">\n<article class=\"trustee\">\n<div class=\"trustee-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/trustees\/files\/2026\/05\/Barton-Kathryn-APPROVED-headshot-1-29-2025-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"trustee-content\">\n<div class=\"trustee-heading\">\n<h3 class=\"trustee-name\">Kathryn Barton<\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"trustee-degree\">(Questrom\u201984, LAW\u201990)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"trustee-details\">\n<p>Global Chief Executive Officer, Dentons<\/p>\n<p>Managing Partner &amp; Global Vice Chair of Tax, Law, and People Advisory Services (Retired), Ernst &amp; Young<\/p>\n<p class=\"trustee-location\">Boston, Massachusetts<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"trustee\">\n<div class=\"trustee-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/trustees\/files\/2026\/05\/Clarke-Julia-Kim.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"trustee-content\">\n<div class=\"trustee-heading\">\n<h3 class=\"trustee-name\">Julia Kim Clarke<\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"trustee-degree\">(Pardee\/CAS\u201991)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"trustee-details\">\n<p>Co-Owner<\/p>\n<p>C5 Investments and ETAN Industries<\/p>\n<p class=\"trustee-location\">Studio City, California<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"trustee\">\n<div class=\"trustee-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/trustees\/files\/2014\/02\/thumb-cutler-120x150.jpg\" alt=\"Suzanne Cutler\" width=\"120\" height=\"150\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"trustee-content\">\n<div class=\"trustee-heading\">\n<h3 class=\"trustee-name\">Suzanne Cutler<\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"trustee-degree\">(Questrom\u201961)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"trustee-details\">\n<p>Executive Vice President (Retired)<\/p>\n<p>Federal Reserve Bank of New York<\/p>\n<p class=\"trustee-location\">New York, New York<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"trustee\">\n<div class=\"trustee-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/trustees\/files\/2026\/05\/Groce-Ralph-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"trustee-content\">\n<div class=\"trustee-heading\">\n<h3 class=\"trustee-name\">Ralph H. Groce III<\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"trustee-degree\">(Questrom\u201982, MET\u201984)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"trustee-details\">\n<p>Chief Information Officer &amp; Head of Operations Technology<\/p>\n<p>Wells Fargo<\/p>\n<p>Founder &amp; CEO<\/p>\n<p>Knowhere Art Gallery<\/p>\n<p class=\"trustee-location\">Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"trustee\">\n<div class=\"trustee-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/trustees\/files\/2026\/05\/Gurevich-Mikhail-2-14-2025-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"trustee-content\">\n<div class=\"trustee-heading\">\n<h3 class=\"trustee-name\">Mikhail Gurevich<\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"trustee-degree\">(ENG\u201907, Questrom\u201912)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"trustee-details\">\n<p>Founder &amp; Managing Partner<\/p>\n<p>Dominion Capital<\/p>\n<p class=\"trustee-location\">New York, New York<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"trustee\">\n<div class=\"trustee-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/trustees\/files\/2026\/08\/Howe-John-e1786374997380.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"144\" height=\"191\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"trustee-content\">\n<div class=\"trustee-heading\">\n<h3 class=\"trustee-name\">John P. Howe III<\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"trustee-degree\">(CAMED\u201969, Hon.\u201919)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"trustee-details\">\n<p>President &amp; Chief Executive Officer (Retired)<\/p>\n<p>Project HOPE<\/p>\n<p>President Emeritus<\/p>\n<p>University of Texas<\/p>\n<p class=\"trustee-location\">Austin, Texas<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"trustee\">\n<div class=\"trustee-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/trustees\/files\/2026\/05\/Liu-Jean-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"trustee-content\">\n<div class=\"trustee-heading\">\n<h3 class=\"trustee-name\">Chen-Chun (Jean) Liu<\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"trustee-degree\">(Questrom\u201977)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"trustee-details\">\n<p>Executive Director<\/p>\n<p>Liu Foundation for International Cultural &amp; Educational Exchange<\/p>\n<p class=\"trustee-location\">Taipei, Taiwan<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"trustee\">\n<div class=\"trustee-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/trustees\/files\/2026\/05\/Nordin-Martin-2023-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"trustee-content\">\n<div class=\"trustee-heading\">\n<h3 class=\"trustee-name\">E. Martin Nordin<\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"trustee-degree\">(Questrom\u201986)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"trustee-details\">\n<p>Chairman &amp; Chief Executive Officer<\/p>\n<p>Fenix Outdoor International AG<\/p>\n<p class=\"trustee-location\">Zug, Switzerland<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"trustee\">\n<div class=\"trustee-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/trustees\/files\/2026\/05\/Shahdadpuri-Mahesh-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"trustee-content\">\n<div class=\"trustee-heading\">\n<h3 class=\"trustee-name\">Mahesh Shahdadpuri<\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"trustee-degree\">(Questrom\u201995)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"trustee-details\">\n<p>Founder &amp; Chief Executive Officer<\/p>\n<p>TASC Group of Companies and Director, Nikai Group<\/p>\n<p class=\"trustee-location\">Dubai, United Arab Emirates<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"trustee\">\n<div class=\"trustee-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/trustees\/files\/2026\/05\/Sivaramakrishnan-Kamakshi-KAM_8729-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"trustee-content\">\n<div class=\"trustee-heading\">\n<h3 class=\"trustee-name\">Kamakshi Sivaramakrishnan<\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"trustee-degree\">(ENG\u201900)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"trustee-details\">\n<p>Founder &amp; Chief Executive Officer<\/p>\n<p>Samooha, Inc. &amp; Drawbridge (acquired by LinkedIn)<\/p>\n<p class=\"trustee-location\">Mountain View, California<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"trustee\">\n<div class=\"trustee-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/trustees\/files\/2026\/05\/Yip-Collin-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"trustee-content\">\n<div class=\"trustee-heading\">\n<h3 class=\"trustee-name\">Collin Yip<\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"trustee-degree\">(Questrom\u201912)<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"trustee-details\">\n<p>Founder &amp; Managing Partner<\/p>\n<p>Rafi Properties &amp; Rafi Investments<\/p>\n<p class=\"trustee-location\">Boston, Massachusetts<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Officers Lisa R. Wendt, Chair (Questrom\u201992) Managing Director (Retired) WR Hambrecht + Co. Ketchum, ID Members Kathryn Barton (Questrom\u201984, LAW\u201990) Global Chief Executive Officer, Dentons Managing Partner &amp; Global Vice Chair of Tax, Law, and People Advisory Services (Retired), Ernst &amp; Young Boston, Massachusetts Julia Kim Clarke (Pardee\/CAS\u201991) Co-Owner C5 Investments and ETAN Industries Studio [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4055,"featured_media":0,"parent":32,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/trustees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/trustees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/trustees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/trustees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4055"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/trustees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":60,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/trustees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1791,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/trustees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions\/1791"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/trustees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/trustees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}