Ahmad Abu Ghazaleh currently serves as the Chairman of United Cables Industries Company (UCIC), a Jordanian publicly traded company, a position he has held since 2013. Since 2003, he has served as the Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the International Wings Group including the Royal Jordanian Air Academy, Arab Wings, Queen Noor Technical College and Gulf Wings. He is also Founder and Executive Vice Chairman of Abdali Hospital in Amman, Jordan.

Ahmad currently serves on several boards of directors of private and public organizations including, Fresh Del Monte Produce (NYSE: FDP), Queen Rania Foundation, Endeavor Jordan, the American Center for Oriental Research (ACOR), Jordan’s Investment Council, the Center for Strategic Studies Jordan University, Mentor to Al Hussein Fellowship Program - The Crown Prince Foundation and Brown University President’s Leadership Council.

He served as the Chairman of National Poultry Company (NPC), a publicly traded company from 2017 to 2019 and was a Board member of Banque Misr Liban from 2018 to 2020. He also previously served on the boards of directors of Arab Pharmaceutical Company and Modern Pharma both publicly traded companies that he helped merge and subsequently sell to Hikma Pharmaceuticals (HIK:Lon).

Ahmad Abu Ghazaleh is the founder of the MMAG Foundation campus in Amman, a free art school, exhibition space and community center. He is an active member of several museum councils and advisory groups.

Sirine Sidani Abu Ghazaleh is a philanthropist, cultural advocate, and Founder of Les Créateurs, a pioneering platform she has shaped over the past 21 years to champion designers and creative talent across the MENA region. Through Les Créateurs, she has connected emerging and established voices with audiences and opportunities, helping build a dynamic regional community around creativity, design, and cultural exchange.

Sirine serves on the Board of Trustees of the Lebanese American University (LAU), where she supports the university’s commitment to academic excellence, accessibility, and the advancement of future generations. She is also a Board Member of MMAG Foundation, a non-profit organization supporting emerging artists through residencies, workshops, public programs, and opportunities for artistic development and recognition.

Her philanthropic work extends to SANA Organization for Special Individuals, where she serves on the Board and supports initiatives focused on education, inclusion, social experiences, awareness, and fundraising for individuals with special needs.

Sirine served for eight years on the Board of Trustees of King’s Academy, including as Vice Chair of the Advancement Committee.

She also serves on the Board of Unigaz, a family-owned energy company operating across the Middle East.

Across her work in philanthropy, education, the arts, and entrepreneurship, Sirine has remained committed to creating opportunities, supporting talent, and contributing to initiatives that strengthen communities across the region.

Joanna Albright is Co-Chief Operating Officer and a Partner at Coatue Management, a global technology-focused investment firm investing across public and private markets. She sits on Coatue's Executive Committee alongside the firm's founders, where she helps drive firmwide strategic initiatives and decision-making, and is a senior member of the Operating Committee, which oversees all non-investment functions.

Joanna began her career as a Vice President at a boutique recruiting firm specializing in private equity and hedge funds, then joined Morgan Stanley before arriving at Coatue in 2010. She became a Partner in 2011 and has been instrumental in scaling the firm from under $1 billion to ~$100 billion in assets under management.

Joanna also serves on the Board of Directors of Mason, an enterprise smart-device company in the Coatue portfolio, providing strategic oversight and governance support as the company scales its hardware and software platform across healthcare, logistics and retail markets.

A committed Brown alumna, Joanna has been actively engaged with the University for more than a decade. She joined the Brown Annual Fund Leadership Council in 2013 and is currently the Co-Vice Chair. She previously served on the Advisory Council for the College and the Brown Women's Leadership Council, and currently sits on the President's Advisory Council on the Center for Career Exploration.

She is also an active advisor to student investment organizations at Brown, serving on the Advisory Board of the Brown Private Equity Club, the Alumni Board of Directors of the Brown Investment Group, and as an Alumni Advisor to Van Wickle Ventures.

A graduate of Miss Porter's School, Joanna earned her AB from Brown University, where she was a member of the Division I varsity equestrian team and was a 2003 Ivy League Champion. She lives in Greenwich, Connecticut with her husband, Luke Albright '04, and their daughter, Charlotte.
 

Akash Mukesh Ambani is the Chairman of Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd (RJIL) and a Director on the board of Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd.   At Jio, he spearheads the creation of products and services that leverage technologies like 5G, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain and the Internet of Things to bring about a generational shift in Commerce, Education and Healthcare delivery in India. He was actively involved in building Jio’s pan-India digital network that facilitated a data revolution in India, guiding integration of rich content and wide-ranging applications within Jio’s digital ecosystem, and raising the profile of the company on the global stage.

An avid sports enthusiast, Akash is the co-owner of the highly successful IPL franchise Mumbai Indians. Through the Indian Super League, he has also been passionately promoting soccer in India.
 

Chiamaka “Chichi” A. Anyoku, a 2014 Brown graduate, is currently an MBA and MPP candidate at Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School.  Previously, she worked on New York Economic Development Corporation's real estate transactions team and A.T. Kearney's management consulting practice. 

Ms. Anyoku also worked at Cambridge Associates, where she advised universities and foundations with assets ranging from $40 million to over $3 billion. At Brown University, Ms. Anyoku received an AB in Economics and an AB in Latin American and Caribbean Studies.

As an alumna, she has served as an alumni interviewer and serves as a member of the GOLD (Graduates of the Last Decade) Participation Council. Ms. Anyoku is a Trustee Emerita of Brown University.

Nathaniel August is Founder, President and Chief Investment Officer of Mangrove Partners, a value-oriented investment management firm that he launched in 2010. Mangrove manages $2 billion in assets on behalf of a select group of endowments, foundations and family offices.

Nathaniel has more than 25 years of investing experience and in addition to launching his own firm, has held various senior research roles spanning a variety of asset classes, regions and strategies. Prior to founding Mangrove, Nathaniel was a Director at White Eagle Partners, where he oversaw research and was the senior-most member of the research team.

Previously, he was a Senior Analyst at Brahman Capital Partners, responsible for European equity research, and an Investment Analyst at K Capital Partners, where he performed merger arbitrage research. Nathaniel began his career as an Analyst at Goldman Sachs in the Principal Investment Area.

At Brown University, Nathaniel earned an AB with dual concentrations in Economics and International Relations. He graduated Magna Cum Laude and received the Ratcliffe Hicks Prize for extemporaneous debate during his time at Brown. He resides in Greenwich, CT with his wife of 22 years (also Brown ’01), three children, and two dogs.

Harold Bailey III is Head of Sales for Capital Markets Gateway (CMG), a financial technology firm that’s modernizing the Equity Capital Markets by connecting investors and underwriters via an integrated, neutral platform which enhances workflows and delivers market leading data and analytics. He’s currently responsible for formulating and implementing the firm’s strategic growth strategy in North America. Prior to CMG, Harold was a Managing Director and Head of Business Development for Liquidnet’s Research Exchange, a leading procurement platform and marketplace for asset managers to consume research. While at Brown, Harold was a member of the Varsity Basketball team and graduated as a dual major receiving an AB in Economics and History in 2003 and an MBA from Columbia Business School in 2012. He currently serves on the board of the Harlem Lacrosse and Leadership and is actively focused on developing initiatives to connect Brown alumni professionals in the tri-state area.

Sloan is the author of The End of Food Allergy which is a landmark book on preventing, diagnosing, and reversing food allergies. She is also the author of the NY Times best seller: Green Goes with Everything: Simple Steps to a Healthier Life and a Cleaner Planet.

Sloan has been a television and print journalist for more than fifteen years, appearing on-air as a consumer and green contributor to NBC’s Today Show in addition to being the consumer editor for the NBC affiliate in the San Francisco Bay Area. Sloan has also been a legal and consumer expert for Fox, CNN and ABC, and hosted women’s talk shows for Lifetime and Oxygen. She began her career as an Assistant District Attorney in Manhattan, New York and then went on to write a legal and consumer advice column for the New York Daily News for nearly a decade.

Barnett earned an AB from Brown in American Civilization and French Language, Literature and Culture, and a JD from NYU. She is a trustee of the NYU School of Law.

Andrea Terzi Baum ’83, P’15, P’18, P’21 is a longtime Brown volunteer leader and philanthropist. She currently serves as Co-Chair of the Emeriti Executive Committee and was a Trustee of Brown University from 2010 to 2016. During her tenure on the Corporation, she also served as Co-Chair of the Brown Annual Fund from 2010 to 2013.

From 2013 to 2024, Andrea served as Co-Chair of the President’s Advisory Council on Internships, where she helped establish and advance BrownConnect, an initiative designed to expand access to internships and research opportunities for Brown students regardless of financial circumstances. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she co-founded the BrownConnect Summer Institute, a free seven-week virtual program that provided more than 1,000 Brown students with educational programming, project-based experience, and mentorship from alumni, parents, and faculty. Andrea was also a member of the Women’s Leadership Council from 2008 to 2019.

Andrea graduated magna cum laude from Brown in 1983 with an AB in Computer Science. She began her career at Goldman Sachs as a financial analyst in the Real Estate and Pension Services Departments. After earning her MBA from Harvard Business School in 1988, she returned to Goldman Sachs as an associate in the Real Estate Department and ultimately served as Vice President and Manager of the Financial Analyst Program in the Investment Banking Division. Andrea currently resides in Short Hills, NJ and Edgartown, MA.
 

Yemi Benedict-Vatel '96 is a non-profit Board Director and philanthropy advisor. She is Vice Chair of the board of the New 42, a leading arts organization in New York City that provides world-class theatre performances, arts education programs, and space for creative communities. Yemi also serves on the Board of Trustees at the Kent Place School in Summit, New Jersey. She also sits on advisory councils at the University of Chicago and Choate Rosemary Hall. Yemi is a former elected Trustee of the Franklin Lakes Board of Education and of the Franklin Lakes Education Foundation.

She previously worked in private client philanthropy at J.P. Morgan Chase, where she managed the international grantmaking strategy of several foundations with approximately USD $1.5 billion in assets. Yemi continues to advise blue-chip non-profits operating in the arts, education, and social service sectors.

At Brown, she serves on the President’s Leadership Council and has served on the President’s Advisory Council for Internships, as co-President of the Brown Club of Northern New Jersey, and chair of the Alumni Schools Committee in Manhattan. Yemi holds an AB with honors in Development Studies from Brown University and an MPhil. in Modern Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Oxford, St. Antony’s College.

Rakim H. D. Brooks is a public interest appellate attorney and nonprofit executive focused on democracy, governance, and social sector leadership. He currently serves as Senior Advisor to the President on Rule of Law and Democracy at the Ford Foundation, where he is helping to shape a long-term strategy to strengthen democratic institutions in the United States and globally.

He previously served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Freedom Together Foundation, where he oversaw legal strategy, risk, and governance for one of the nation’s leading philanthropic organizations advancing democracy and social justice. Mr. Brooks was also President of Alliance for Justice (AFJ), a national judicial advocacy organization and policy coalition, where he led the organization through a period of strategic growth and deepened its influence on federal judicial nominations and legal policy. He clerked for Justice Edwin Cameron on the Constitutional Court of South Africa and for judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the D.C. Circuit.

He currently serves on several nonprofit boards, including the Southern Poverty Law Center Action Fund, Justice Catalyst Law, Getting Out, Staying Out, and Washington Latin Public Charter School. 
 

Christopher Buchbinder is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. He has 30 years of investment industry experience, all with Capital Group. Earlier in his career at Capital, as an equity investment analyst, he covered U.S. telecommunication services, autos and auto parts & equipment companies. He began his career as a participant in The Associates Program, a two-year series of work assignments in various areas of the Capital organization. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and international relations from Brown University graduating cum laude. Chris is based in San Francisco.

Sue Buffum retired in 2016 after a 22-year career at MetLife where she was a Managing Director responsible for municipal bond investing for the firm. She previously worked for Travelers Insurance for twenty years before joining MetLife in 1994. After graduating from Brown with an AB in Mathematics/Economics, Sue earned an MBA in Finance from the University of Connecticut and also earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.

Sue currently serves as Treasurer of the Class of 1974 and was Reunion and Reunion Gift Committee Co-Chair for her 50th reunion. She also serves on the Brown Annual Fund Leadership Council. She was Co-Chair for her 35th, 40th and 45th Reunion Gift Committees and also participated on her 25th and 30th Reunion Class Gift Committees. She previously served on the President’s Advisory Council on the College supporting Dean Rashid Zia as well as on the Women’s Leadership Council where she chaired the Philanthropy Advisory Group. In October 2006, the Brown Alumni Association honored her with an Alumni Service Award and in 2014 with the Brown Bear Award. In 2024 she was awarded the H. Anthony Ittleson Award by the Brown Annual Fund for her philanthropic volunteerism.

She currently resides in Sedona, Arizona where she sings in her church choir and plays handbells and serves on the church council as chair of the Finance, Endowment and Administration Ministry. Sue is Treasurer of the Board of Trustees of Chamber Music Sedona. She previously served as President of the Board of Trustees of the Sedona Symphony, where she now is a member of the Advisory Board. 
 

Jessica Capshaw is best known for her role as “Dr. Arizona Robbins” in the long-running ABC series,“Grey’s Anatomy,” which she starred in for nine seasons and reappeared as a guest star in Season 20.

Capshaw currently stars as the female lead of the Ryan Murphy ABC series “9-1-1: Nashville,” opposite Chris O’Donnell. The series will return with its second season on October 15 th . Prior to this, she can be seen in the hit Hulu series “Tell me Lies,” which is based off the best-selling novel by Carola Lovering. She can also be seen in the Netflix romantic comedy, “Holidate,” alongside Emma Roberts, and the Gren Wells independent feature “Dear Zoe,” alongside Sadie Sink, Theo Rossi, and Justin Bartha.

Other television credits include “The L Word,” “Bones,” “The Practice,” “Blind Trust,” “Head Case,” “One Angry Juror,” as well as the TNT miniseries, “Into the West,” alongside Keri Russell, Josh Brolin, and Skeet Ulrich.

On the big screen, Capshaw starred opposite Ed Burns, John Leguizamo, and Brittant Murphy in The Groomsmen. Capshaw earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature at the prestigious Brown University. In addition to this, she also attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts during her summer breaks, where she starred as “Puck” in a production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

Capshaw is based in New York.
 

Dr. Morgan Cheatham is a Partner and Head of Healthcare and Life Sciences at Breyer Capital, where his investments span software, services, therapeutics, diagnostics, and AI. Previously, he spent nearly a decade at Bessemer Venture Partners, where he helped lead the firm’s healthcare and life sciences investments and developed its investment thesis at the intersection of artificial intelligence and medicine.

Dr. Cheatham is also a medical genetics fellow at Harvard and an editorial associate at NEJM AI. His writing and research on clinical AI and genetic medicine have been published in Nature Medicine, NEJM AI, and PLOS journals. He earned his B.S. in Computational Decision Sciences and M.D. from Brown University.

Anthony Cheng is Managing Partner at Anchorvest RE LLC, an alternative asset management firm providing wealth growth and preservation strategies where he focuses on real estate opportunities and advisory services for early to mid-stage ventures. He has over 25 years of operating business experience including founding and taking public an Internet company during the first dot com boom with News Corporation as lead investor, founding and operating a real estate development firm specializing in multifamily housing, and overseeing his family's business which is a Latin America-focused tour and travel wholesaler that has been in business for over 50 years. He is a former McKinsey & Company consultant where he focused on supply chain management and financial institutions.

At Brown University, Anthony earned a dual AB in biochemistry and economics. He has served as a committee chair for the Brown Alumni Association Board of Governors, Co-President of the Brown Club of Los Angeles, and President of the Asian/Asian American Alumni Alliance (A4). He is a recipient of the Joseph M. Fernandez Alumni Leadership Award. Anthony resides in Los Angeles
 

Anne Marie joined Barclays in April 2025 as Group Co-Chief Operating Officer and Co-CEO of Barclays Execution Services (BX) and is a member of the Group Executive Committee.

As Group Co-COO and Co-CEO of BX, Anne Marie oversees the bank’s global operations, technology platforms, and corporate functions, ensuring the firm runs efficiently and effectively across all markets. She drives enterprise-wide transformation, digital modernization, operational resilience, and productivity initiatives.

Prior to Barclays, Anne Marie was a Partner at Goldman Sachs, where she held numerous senior leadership positions over her 25-year tenure, including Head of the Global Multi-Asset Platform Sales team, Head of Global FICC Execution Services, COO of Global Securities Client Strategy, and Head of Marquee Digital Distribution Strategy.
She served on the Global Banking & Markets Operating Committee, the Firmwide Digital Strategy Committee, and co-chaired the Inclusion &Diversity Committee for Global Banking &Markets. She was named a managing director in 2007 and a partner in 2012.

Anne Marie serves on the Presidential Leadership Council and the President’s Advisory Council on Athletics, in addition to being Co-Chair of the Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Council for Brown University. She is an Independent Non-Executive Director on the Nasdaq Exchange Board, a member of the New York City Executive Committee for Classroom Champions and serves on the Presidential Leadership Council for Columbia University.

Anne Marie graduated from Brown University with a degree in Engineering and holds an MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business.

Jason A. DiLullo is president of Qatalyst Partners, a technology-focused  independent strategic advisory firm headquartered in San Francisco and London.  Mr. DiLullo, who became the firm’s president in 2016, was previously head of the  firm’s semiconductor practice. Prior to joining Qatalyst in 2010, Mr. DiLullo was managing director and co-head of technology mergers and acquisitions for the Americas at Credit Suisse. Previously, he held positions at Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley. Mr. DiLullo is on the Advisory Council for Friends of the Children (Bay Area chapter).

Abby Doft has over twenty years of entrepreneurial and organizational  management experience, most recently as General Partner of Terra Nova  Advisors and as a consultant to the Healthcare Portfolio of Acumen Fund. This  brought her full circle back to an extensive educational background in emerging market development. She is currently a member of 37 Angels and an active investor. Previously, she was a senior executive at TheStreet.com, where she served as Senior Vice President and General Manager. Prior to TheStreet.com, Abby was one of the earliest employees at Martha Stewart Living. Abby received her MBA from Columbia Business School in 1998. Abby is a trustee of Middlesex School and serves on the boards of Yamba Malawi, American Friends of Bezalel, Stand With Us and Kivunim. Abby lives in Manhattan with her husband, David, and their four children. 

While at Brown, Abby concentrated in Comparative Third World Development earning both an MA and BA and was a goalie on the Women’s Ice Hockey team. She has previously served on the WLC and as a class officer. She is now on the Board of Brown RISD Hillel.

Diane Elam is a retired professor whose career has been dedicated to higher education. In her most recent position, she served as Professor of English and Critical and Cultural Theory at Cardiff University, where she also headed the Cultural Criticism program.   Earlier in her career, Diane was an associate professor at Indiana University and an assistant professor at Bryn Mawr College and McGill University. Diane is the author of Romancing the Postmodern, Feminism and Deconstruction, and the co-editor of Feminism Beside Itself.

In addition to her role with Brown University, she is a trustee of Kenyon College. Her areas of focus include environmental studies, budgeting and financial resources, and the overall strategic direction of the school. Diane received her AB cum laude in Biology and English from Kenyon College and earned her MA and PhD in English from Brown University.

Greg Flynn is the founder, chairman and CEO of Flynn Group LP and Flynn Properties Inc. Owning and operating 3,000
restaurants and employing 78,000 people, Flynn Group is the largest franchise operator in the world. Flynn Properties owns and operates office buildings and approximately 100 hotels in the United States and Mexico.

Mr. Flynn earned an AB in history from Brown, an MA in American history from Yale, and an MBA from Stanford. He was also awarded an honorary Doctorate of Culinary Arts by the Culinary Institute of America. He serves on the boards of the National Restaurant Association and the International Franchise Association.

He also serves on the Stanford GSB Advisory Council, the Applebee’s Franchise Business Council, and as a Yale GSAS Advisor. He is a past chairman of the Golden Gate Chapter of the Young Presidents Organization, a past member of the Brown University Advisory Council for the College, and a past member of the Board of the Exploratorium.

Gary Ginsberg is a lawyer, American political consultant and corporate adviser, serving as a strategist in both the public and private sectors for more than 25 years.  Until 2020, he was Senior Vice President and Global Head of Communications at SoftBank Group Corp. Before joining SoftBank, Ginsberg served as  Executive Vice President of Corporate Marketing and Communications at Time Warner Inc. In this role, Ginsberg worked with the Company's senior management team and top executives at its operating divisions on a wide range of corporate matters, with direct responsibility for Time Warner's marketing and communications initiatives.

Ginsberg is a graduate of the Columbia University School of Law, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. He received his undergraduate degree magna cum laude from Brown University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Ginsberg is a member of the Board of Directors of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation; the Newseum, the national news museum; New Visions for Public Schools; and New York Cares. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Mr. Granville-Smith has served as the Executive Vice President of the MSG Sports, Sphere Entertainment Co., and AMC Networks Inc., since June 2023. Previously, Mr. Granville-Smith served as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of A+E Networks, a global media and entertainment brand portfolio, from December 2016 to June 2023, and as A+E Networks’ Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from July 2014 to December 2016. While at A+E Networks, Mr. Granville-Smith served on the boards of A+E Networks Latin America, Propagate Content, and Vice TV. Prior to joining A+E Networks, Mr. Granville-Smith held various positions at J.P. Morgan Chase Co. (“J.P. Morgan”) and The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc., which was acquired by J.P. Morgan in 2008, from 1991 to 2014, including Managing Director and Head of the Media Group in the Investment Banking Division at J.P. Morgan from 2008 to 2014. Prior to that, he worked in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group at Smith Barney from 1989 to 1991. Throughout his career in banking, Mr. Granville-Smith worked on a multitude of significant strategic and financing transactions for companies in the diversified media and entertainment, television network, content distribution and telecommunications industries. Mr. Granville-Smith serves as a trustee of the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, New York.

Dr. Abhas Gupta is a co-founder and chief executive officer at Mabel, an automated marketing platform for healthcare professionals and organizations.

Previously, he was co-founder (in 2017) and CEO at Calyx Health, a healthcare clinic specializing in elder and disabled care. Gupta is a former venture capital professional, serving as principal at Wildcat Venture Partners and partner at venture capital firm Mohr Davidow Partners. Prior to Mohr Davidow, Gupta was a strategy consultant at ClearView Healthcare Partners; and the founder of WikiTestPrep, an online medical licensing test preparation company which he ran from 2006 to 2010.

Gupta earned an ScB in computational biology from Brown and an MD from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Gupta is a member of the advisory board at Venture for America, a non-profit fellowship program for emerging entrepreneurs.

Alexander Green is a British/Bermudian entrepreneur and philanthropist known for significant contributions to Bermuda’s hospitality and cultural sectors. He serves as a director of Berco, a family company that owns the Hamilton Princess & Beach Club in Hamilton, Bermuda. Alongside his brother Andrew, Alexander was pivotal in revitalizing the hotel, investing in extensive renovations and curating an impressive contemporary art collection. Their vision transformed the Hamilton Princess into a vibrant cultural destination, blending luxury hospitality with artistic excellence.

Alexander maintains a strong connection to his educational roots through his involvement with Saltus Grammar School. As a Member at Large on the Board of Trustees, he contributes to the institution's governance and strategic direction. An alumnus of Saltus, Alexander began his education there before moving to Switzerland in 1989. He is also an alumnus of Brown University with a BA in Anthropology and Economics. His commitment to Saltus is further exemplified by his family's continued association, with his two children currently enrolled.

In 2019, Alexander Green and his family expanded their hospitality portfolio with the acquisition of Sugar Beach, a Viceroy Resort in Saint Lucia, through their investment firm, Misland Capital. Situated on over 100 acres of rainforest between the iconic Pitons, this UNESCO World Heritage site offers a unique blend of natural beauty and luxury. Under the Greens' stewardship, the resort has thrived, with Viceroy Hotels & Resorts maintaining management. Alexander is committed to the sensitive development of the property, aiming to enhance guest experiences while preserving the site's ecological and cultural integrity. This acquisition reflects the family's dedication to investing in world-class destinations that align with their vision of luxury, art, and community engagement.

Misland Capital Limited is a private investment firm founded in 2010 and headquartered in London, operating as a single-family office managing assets for a select group of clients. The firm focuses on long-term value creation and wealth preservation. Misland Capital's diverse portfolio spans multiple asset classes, including public equities, bonds, private equity, and real estate, enabling strategic flexibility and risk management. It is known for investing in projects that offer robust economic returns while positively impacting the communities they serve.

Holly Hagens has been a venture capitalist throughout her career, with a focus on early and growth-stage investments in life science companies. Most recently, she has provided consulting services to early-stage life science companies and venture capital firms through Scout Venture Partners.

She was previously a Vice President at AEA Investors in New York City, where she co-founded the firm’s life science venture effort. Out of business school, she was awarded a Kauffmann Fellowship, and as a Kauffman fellow, she worked at Domain Ventures in Princeton, New Jersey. Holly began her career at Morgan Stanley and Patricof Ventures, both in New York City. Over the course of her career, Holly has served on many company and non-profit boards, including San Francisco University High School, Marin Country Day School, and the JCC of San Francisco, and as a board member of several early-stage life science companies. Holly earned her MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. As a Brown alum, she has been a member of the Women’s Leadership Council, the Advisory Council on Athletics, and the President’s Leadership Council. While at Brown, she was a double major in International Relations and Economics and played for the women’s soccer team, winning three Ivy League titles. She currently lives in San Francisco, California with her husband, Todd Sisitsky, and her three children, Tyler, Mia and Ethan.

Fergal Mullen is a Partner with and Co-Founder of Highland Europe.

Until the formation of Highland Europe, Fergal was a General Partner with Highland  Capital Partners. He launched the firm's Europe investment program from Geneva. He is a former director of Finanzcheck (acquired by Scout24), Wooga (acquired by Playtika), GlassesDirect (acquired by Essilor), PhotoBox (acquired by Exponent & Electra), Privalia (acquired by VentePrivée), Coremetrics (acquired by IBM), Eleven Technology (acquired by Trimble), M7 (acquired by BEA) and VistaPrint (IPO: NASDAQ).

Before joining Highland, Fergal was a founding partner of RSA Ventures, the corporate venture fund of RSA Security, Inc. Before RSA Ventures, he was a founder and Senior Vice President of Cambridge Technology Partners (NASDAQ: CATP) and a member of the Global Executive Committee of the firm.

Fergal attended Harvard Business School, where he earned his M.B.A. He also holds a B.S., Electrical Engineering, and a B.A., Business Economics from Brown University. At Brown University, Fergal was a member of the Track & Cross-Country teams. In 1987, Brown finished in the top 10 at the NCAA cross-country championships, a feat which has not been accomplished since. He captained the team in 1988.

Fergal’s interests include golf, long-distance running, backcountry skiing, biking, hiking, and traditional Irish violin. A native of Dublin, Fergal lives in Geneva with his wife Jane and four children. Fergal is a fanatical Munster and Ireland rugby supporter. He has earned over 300 caps for each team playing scrum-half from his living room or from the stands while cheering on his heroes.

Neil Parikh is co-founder (in 2013) and director of Casper Sleep, an online mattress and sleep products company that went public in 2020 and was acquired in 2022. He most recently served as chief strategy officer until January 2021, and previously served as the company’s chief operating officer. Parikh began his career in 2012 as a co- founder of Consignd, a virtual consignment marketplace. He is the co-author of the book Better Sleep, Better You published in 2021. Prior to, and during his education at Brown, Parikh conducted research in robotics at NASA for which he holds several patents.

Parikh earned an AB in commerce, organizations, entrepreneurship and biotechnology from Brown. He is co-founder and a board member of WaterWalla, a nonprofit that provides access to clean water for underserved communities worldwide.

A Class of 1982 graduate of Brown University, Steven R. Jordan excelled both in the classroom as an engineering concentrator and on the football field as a First Team All-Ivy League player and an honorable mention All-American. Selected in the 1982 National Football League draft, Jordan played 13 years for the Minnesota Vikings and was selected for six consecutive Pro Bowls. Upon his retirement, he was the Vikings' all- time leading receiver and ranked third on the NFL's all-time receptions list for tight ends. He held positions with the NFL Players Association and was a nominee for NFL Man of the Year. In 2019, he was inducted into the Vikings Hall of Fame and Ring of Honor.

Concurrent with his NFL tenure, Jordan began an off-the-field career starting with Gilbane Building Co. in the off-seasons and has held a number of construction management and real estate development roles. He most recently served as a human resources director with a focus on diversity, equity and inclusion at Ryan Companies. He continues to volunteer his time in service roles, including with the Phoenix Thunderbirds, NFL Former Players
Association and Alpha Phi Alpha. He has served as a member of the Brown Corporation, the Brown Athletic Advisory Council and the Brown University Sports Foundation.

Laya Khadjavi, a seasoned finance executive, was most recently Global Head of Strategic Partnerships; Client Relations at Menai Financial Group, an asset management firm specializing in Digital Assets.  She has been a non-executive board member of GoldenTree ABS Management LLC since 2017.  From 2012 to
2016, Ms. Khadjavi was COO, Head of Strategy and Business development at ICE Canyon, a global investment management firm specializing in emerging markets.  Prior to ICE Canyon, she was managing director at Morgan Stanley, where she held a succession of senior management positions in the Institutional Securities Group and Wealth Management during her 23-year tenure. Ms. Khadjavi began her career at Salomon Brothers.

Ms. Khadjavi holds a BS in Applied Mathematics-Economics from Brown University, where she also completed the requirements for a BA in French Literature. She received her MBA from Columbia University. Ms. Khadjavi is a member of Brown’s Women's Leadership Council, where she served as Council Co-Chair from July 2018 to December 2021. She is a member of Brown’s Middle East Studies Advisory Council. In addition, she serves on the Board of Trustees of the Institute of International Education (IIE) and the Iranian American Women Foundation’s Board of Advisors. She is a member of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Ancient Near East Art Department’s Visiting Committee. In 2008, Ms. Khadjavi received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor Award.

She is married to Hamid Biglari. The couple has two daughters, Roxana (Princeton ’20) and
Mandana ’23.
 

Lauren Kolodny is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Acrew Capital, where she invests in AI applications across consumer, fintech, and B2B. She led Chime’s (CHYM) Series A round in 2016 and served on its board through the company’s 2025 IPO. She has also backed Alix, Bilt, Catena, Crux, Divvy (acquired by Bill.com), Gusto, Invisible Technologies, Klar, and Plaid.

Previously, Lauren was a partner at Aspect Ventures. Before entering venture capital, she worked in product marketing at Google, where she helped build the company’s productivity suite, now known as Google Workspace, and led the launch of Google Drive. She began her career building technology partnerships for the Clinton Foundation in India.

Lauren has been named to the Forbes Midas List of the World’s Top 100 Venture Capitalists three times and to Barron’s 2026 list of the 100 Most Influential Women in U.S. Finance. She is a Trustee Emerita at Brown University, where she served as the Brown Corporation’s youngest board member. She currently serves on the Brown University President’s Leadership Council and Stanford Graduate School of Business’s GSB Trust.

Lauren proudly counts two fellow Brown alumnae, Theresia Gouw and Aliisa Rosenthal, among her partners at Acrew Capital. 
 

Eiichiro (“Eiich”) Kuwana is President and a Founding Principal of Cook Pine  Capital. As Co-Chief Investment Officer, Eiich oversees the asset allocation and  manager selection processes and has responsibility for investor relations at  Cook Pine Capital. Eiich brings to Cook Pine Capital 40 years of experience in the financial industry. Prior to starting Cook Pine Capital, Eiich spent 12 years at Goldman, Sachs & Co., where he was a Managing Director and held various senior level management positions within the Investment Management and Equities divisions at Goldman Sachs in both New York and Asia. 

Eiich and his wife, Yumi, live in Greenwich, CT and are part time residents of Mau’i. They are proud parents of three grown children, who all graduated from Brown University. Eiich received an AB, magna cum laude, and an MBA from Harvard University. Eiich currently serves as the Chair of the Board of The Nature Conservancy, New York, and is Treasurer and Executive Committee member of the US-Japan Council. He is a trustee emeritus of Phillips Exeter Academy and Ihupani (honorary former vice chair) of The Nature Conservancy, Hawai’i.

Yumi Mera Kuwana is managing director and founding principal of Cook Pine Capital. She is also president of Cook Pine Securities and consultancy Cook Pine Solutions LLC. She previously worked for Giftken.com, the Japanese affiliate of Giftcertificates.com, where she oversaw business expansion efforts in the Japanese market. Kuwana was formerly a vice president at Morgan Stanley, where she was a senior member within the institutional research division for Japanese equities. She began her career as a vice president with Citicorp.

Kuwana earned a BS in economics and international finance from the University of Pennsylvania, and an MBA from Harvard University. She is the founder and president of the Global Citizens Initiative—a youth empowerment social enterprise—as well as a member of the board of councilors of the Okinawa Institute of Technology, the Institute of Happiness International advisory panel, the US- Japan Council, and Social Venture Partners. She is co-founder of the Greenwich Women’s Round Table, and a former member of the New York Women’s Forum and director of the YWCA of Greenwich.

Dr. Kiara Lee is a biomedical engineer, researcher, and global health leader dedicated to advancing health equity through biomedical innovation, interdisciplinary training, and global collaborations. She is currently an Assistant Professor (tenure-track) in Engineering at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP). Previously, she was the Director of Education Strategy and Assistant Teaching Professor at the Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies at Rice University, where she led the global educational strategy, managed multi-million-dollar partnerships across Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America, and designed interdisciplinary engineering curricula.

She earned her Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering and M.S. in Global Public Health from Brown University, where her research focused on point-of-care diagnostic devices and health disparities. A recipient of Brown’s Joukowsky Outstanding Dissertation Award in the Life Sciences, Dr. Lee actively contributed to the Brown’s community by co-founding Graduate Students of Color in STEM (GSOCnSTEM) and serving on the Biomedical Engineering and School of Engineering Student Advisory Boards.

Dr. Lee also advises healthcare startups, non-profits, and international research initiatives on clinical study design, grant writing, and global health technology implementation via her consulting company, Annealix Group, LLC.
 

Resa E. Lewiss, MD, DipABLM is an emergency medicine and lifestyle medicine physician with expertise in point-of-care ultrasound, healthcare design, and medical education. She is an Adjunct Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. She is the 2024 author of the leadership book Micro Skills: Small Actions, Big Impact (HarperCollins). She writes a monthly column, Lewiss on Lifestyle Medicine for healio.com. She writes for medical and scientific journals as well as outlets including Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, Slate, Nature, and STAT News. In 2024, she delivered a TEDMed talk, "How an Old Technology Became a Disruptive Innovation." She is the host and producer of the bimonthly podcast of the Academic Emergency Medicine Education & Training journal and of her own weekly show, The Visible Voices Podcast, covering topics of healthcare, equity, and innovation. Dr. Lewiss serves as a consultant for multiple healthcare technology companies.

Dr. Lewiss earned her M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, served as an NIH Howard Hughes Research Scholar, and completed her residency in Boston at the Mass General Brigham Emergency Medicine program. A native of Westerly, Rhode Island, and a graduate of the Class of 1992, she concentrated in Sociology as a pre-med. Dr. Lewiss is a Brown Women's Launchpad Mentor and has served on the Brown University Medical Alumni Association and the Brown Women's Leadership Council. She is the recipient of the 2024 Brown Alumni Association Brown Bear Award. 
 

Nicola Miner is an instructor in the English Department at the City College of San Francisco. She is additionally an instructor at the College of San Mateo and has taught at Berkeley City College. Previously, she co-founded and co-owned the Quotidian Gallery, an exhibition space which focused on emerging artists, from 1999 to 2005.

Miner earned an AB in history from Brown, an MS in journalism from Columbia University, and an MA in English literature from Mills College. She is a director of Presidio Trust and has been an appointed member of the Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission. She has additionally served on the boards of Earthjustice, San Francisco University High School, San Francisco Ballet, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Woodhull Institute.

Lea Anne Hikokawa Ng began her career in the aerospace sector, contributing to complex spacecraft component financial modeling at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and Hughes Space and Communications Company in Los Angeles.

She transitioned to financial management and corporate governance around the turn of the millennium, joining Rae Systems as the SEC Reporting Manager and successfully guiding the company through the due diligence process and through the Company’s initial public offering. She possesses deep technical fluency in structural component design, cost modeling for large-scale engineering projects, and public market financial oversight.
Ng was the Assistant Controller at Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. where she was responsible for many aspects of finance, including SEC reporting, corporate governance, treasury management, asset valuation and stock-based compensation.

Ng earned a Bachelor of Science from Brown University and a Master of Administration from the University of California, Davis.
 

Andrea M. O’Neal is a seasoned executive, former senior federal official, and trusted strategic advisor with over 20 years of cross-sector experience spanning government, Wall Street, social impact, and C-suite leadership. She has dedicated her career to accelerating social and economic mobility, advancing equity and closing systemic opportunity gaps.

Most recently, Andrea served as a senior White House official under 46th U.S. President Joseph R. Biden. In her role in the White House Domestic Policy Council as the Special Assistant to the President for Racial and Economic Justice, she led the development and implementation of a national portfolio of federal policies and programs aimed at addressing the needs of millions of Americans in underserved communities and advancing civil rights. She was also previously appointed as the first-ever Senior Advisor to the Administrator for Equity at the U.S. General Services Administration. She led a Front Office portfolio of presidential priorities across the 12,000-person agency to drive positive community impact results in the federal government’s infrastructure and climate investments, large-scale public real estate development projects, small business contracting and a suite of governmentwide civic technology services. Now, as the founding principal of Community Alpha Strategies LLC, Andrea provides strategic and execution support for stronger public-private-philanthropic collaboration. Andrea built her early career as a Wall Street talent coach and global capital markets investment banker—including 4 years on international assignment executing multi-tranche IPO and equity deals in the UK, European and Asian financial markets.

Andrea’s other distinguished positions include policymaker-in-residence at the Center for Law, Policy, and Social Action at Drexel’s Kline School of Law, executive-in-residence for the Johns Hopkins Ward Infinity Impact Accelerator and Fellowship, a research advisory committee member for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Equitable Futures Project and Ambassadors Program for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History; Culture. Her work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg and several industry conferences.

In her years of joyful and dedicated volunteer service to the Brown University community, Andrea currently sits on the President’s Leadership Council and Advisory Council for Ruth J.

Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice. She also is the immediate past president of the Inman Page Black Alumni Council, a previous member of the Brown Alumni Association Board of Governors and an alumna member of the Brown University Iota Alpha Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. Andrea holds an AB from Brown in Business Economics and has completed selective non-degree continuing education experiences at Harvard Business School, The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and the London School of Economics.

Andrea currently resides in Washington, D.C., with roots in Atlanta, Tuskegee, Dayton and Brooklyn.

Maithili Parekh is an art historian with a focus on 16th–18th century Indian paintings of the Mughal and post Mughal period. Previously, Maithili was India country head and Director at Sotheby’s, the global auction house, from 2008-2013. Prior to this, she worked at Morgan Stanley in New York as a commodities trader.

Maithili serves on boards of a number of Indian not-for-profits and foundations that work with vulnerable children in need of care and protection, including her family’s foundation. Through this, she works closely with UNICEF, Tata Institute of Social Sciences and the Ministry for Child Welfare in India. Maithili serves on the board of Muktangan Education Trust in Mumbai, and is a founder member of Ashoka University.

Maithili earned her BA from Brown and an MSc in International Relations from the London School of Economics (LSE) in the UK.

Maithili has been a passionate champion for international students at Brown since 1998, when she founded the International Mentoring Program (IMP) and served as President of Brown International Organization (BRIO). She was also one of two student representatives on the President’s Advisory Committee for University Planning (ACUP) and the commencement speaker for her graduating Class of 2002. Maithili was awarded the Alfred H. Joslin Award for her leadership while at Brown. Maithili currently serves on the President’s College Advisory Council and the President’s Leadership Council at Brown.

Born and raised in India, Maithili currently lives between London and Mumbai with her family.

Aliisa Rosenthal is a General Partner at Acrew Capital, a thesis-driven venture firm managing approximately $1.5 billion in assets. At Acrew, Aliisa leads the firm’s investments in the "Second Wave" of AI, partnering with founders who are architecting the next generation of enterprise software. Leveraging her background as one of the most successful Go-To-Market (GTM) leaders of the decade, she provides a unique operator’s lens to companies navigating the transition from technical innovation to global commercial dominance.

Prior to joining Acrew Capital, Aliisa was the Head of Sales at OpenAI. As the company’s first commercial hire, she was the primary architect of the GTM engine that powered the fastest-growing technology in history. During her tenure, she scaled enterprise revenue from a $10 million run rate to over $10 billion, while leading the commercial launches of ChatGPT Enterprise, DALL·E, and the OpenAI API. Her work at OpenAI defined a new category of enterprise adoption, bridging the gap between frontier AI research and the world’s largest Fortune 500 organizations.

A veteran of the hyper-growth era of SaaS, Aliisa previously served as the VP of Sales at WalkMe (WKME). She was instrumental in scaling the company from $50 million in ARR through its successful 2021 IPO, managing a global team and establishing the Digital Adoption Platform (DAP) category. Her track record of building repeatable revenue engines is further grounded in early leadership roles at Mixpanel and InVision, where she pioneered the data-driven sales methodologies that have since become industry standard.

Beyond her work as an investor, Aliisa is a sought-after voice on the evolution of the modern revenue organization and the commercialization of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). Frequently referred to as an "AGI Sherpa," she is a regular speaker at premier industry forums and serves as a strategic advisor to numerous early-stage founders navigating the nuances of category creation and organizational excellence.

Aliisa holds a degree from Brown University. She is a passionate advocate for increasing female representation in the C-suite and venture capital, and she continues to mentor the next generation of builders-turned-investors who are redefining the enterprise software landscape.
 

José Rotger ’86 P’17 is an expert in competitive electricity markets, having been  involved in them since their formation. Over his three decades in the electricity  industry, he has served as a consultant, transmission developer, utility executive,  and state regulator. As Customized Energy Solutions’ Vice President of Market Intelligence, José leads CES’s market intelligence services across North America, providing analysis and reports on organized power markets including CAISO and the Western market, SPP, ERCOT, AESO (Alberta), IESO (Ontario), MISO, PJM, NYISO, and ISO-NE. Prior to joining CES, José was a consultant in the New England and New York power markets providing regular monthly and quarterly analyses on power market issues as well as transmission policies. Prior to that role, José led regulatory policy matters for a developer of market-based transmission projects, was a principal analyst for a major New England utility focusing on rates, restructuring, and FERC issues, and an economist with the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities. He holds an AB in Economics from Brown University and an MBA from Northeastern University. He and his spouse Barbara Anderson Rotger ’86.5 reside in Melrose, MA.

Katherine M. Rothschild is a leader whose work reflects a deep commitment to education, creativity, and public purpose. She serves as a Director of Cargill, Inc., supporting the company’s mission to help feed the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. She is also a longtime Director of Waycrosse, Inc.

Katherine serves on the boards of St. Luke’s School and the New Canaan Library in New Canaan, CT, advancing initiatives that promote learning, access, and cultural engagement.

She has held leadership roles with youth-focused and arts-based nonprofits, including the Bay Area Discovery Museum and Children of Shelters. Her career began at the Guggenheim Museum and continued in New York City classrooms, where she taught art and art history, shaping her belief in the transformative impact of education and the arts.

A graduate of Brown University with a degree in the History of Art and Architecture, Katherine also holds a master’s in Art Education from the Pratt Institute of Art. She lives in New Canaan, CT with her husband and four children and is passionate about travel, literature, photography, opera, and philanthropy.

Mr. Salomon is president of East End Advisors, the OCIO group within the global wealth management firm, AlTi Tiedemann. East End manages investment portfolios totaling $7B on behalf of a select number of ultra-high net worth families and a handful of endowments and foundations. Prior to co-founding East End Advisors in 2008, Mr. Salomon was a Partner at Grisanti Brown & Partners, a U.S. long-equity money management firm with approximately $4 billion in assets under management. 

Mr. Salomon began his career in the advertising and media fields and held senior positions at the Omnicom Group and Time Inc. Mr. Salomon is a graduate of Brown University where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science in 1990. Mr. Salomon serves on the Board of Governors at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown’s President’s Leadership Council, the Board of Regents at Boston College and is a trustee of the Brunswick School in Greenwich, Connecticut where he chairs the school’s Investment Committee. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a member of the Complexity Society at the Santa Fe Institute. Mr. Salomon is President of the Salomon Family Foundation which supports outcomes-driven education initiatives in the New York City area. Former board service includes the Pomfret School (Pomfret, CT), The King School (Stamford, CT), Harlem Academy and Year Up New York.

Alexandra Shapiro has been a senior leader in the entertainment industry for over 20 years. Most recently, she served as Executive Vice President, Brand Marketing & Strategy for Peacock, NBCUniversal’s streaming service where she     helped architect the brand launch. At the helm of the streamer’s Brand and Content marketing practice, Shapiro’s remit included strategy, full-funnel creative services, media, promotions, brand activations, social and cross-company initiatives. Her team was responsible for driving brand awareness and desire across the funnel and Peacock’s world-class content slate, including Originals, Live Sports, Iconic Movies, and Blockbuster Television Series.

Prior to joining Peacock, Shapiro served as Executive Vice President, Marketing & Digital for USA Network, SYFY, Universal Cable Productions (UCP), and Wilshire Studios, where she led the creative oversight and shaped brand and digital strategy. As a marketing and digital innovator, Shapiro expertly launched the USA Characters Welcome brand that kept the cabler #1 for over a decade, as well as rebranded SYFY to be a genre fan-first platform including the debut of a digital news and editorial destination, SYFY WIRE. She launched and managed both networks' powerful stable of critically acclaimed, award-winning, and popular original series, including Suits, Mr. Robot, The Sinner, Monk, White Collar, Burn Notice, Royal Pains, Psych, Covert Affairs, Battlestar Galactica, The Expanse and The Magicians.

Shapiro is an avid supporter of the performing arts. She served as a founding board member of Roadworks (a Chicago regional theater company) and Scenarios USA, a national organization that empowered underprivileged youth through writing and filmmaking projects. She was just appointed as a member of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Committee on Modern and Contemporary Art and recently joined the boards of Conquer Cancer, supporting physician-scientists making breakthrough discoveries, and CCAP (Careers Through Culinary Arts Program), which provides job training and apprenticeships in the restaurant and hospitality industries.

Aysha Shoman is the founder of Casarabe Pte Ltd., a Singapore-based impact investing company focused on ventures addressing social and environmental challenges. She also serves on the board of the Khalid Shoman Foundation, which supports health and education initiatives in Jordan and encompasses Darat al Funun, an Arab arts organization.

Ms. Shoman received an AB in international relations and old-world archeology and art from Brown University in 2004 and a master’s degree in social enterprise and community development from the University of Cambridge in 2010.

James Slavet is an entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He’s a former Co-Managing Partner of Greylock, a leading VC firm that invested early in Facebook, LinkedIn, Airbnb and Workday. James currently serves on the Boards of GoFundMe and Lyra Health, as well as Fast Forward, an accelerator for tech nonprofits. He is the Chairman/Founder of The Solid Foundation, which funds nonprofits, startups and VC firms applying technology to help drive economic mobility in the U.S. through education, workforce development and benefits access. James has been named several times to the Forbes Midas List of top VC investors. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Magna Cum Laude from Brown University, and from Harvard Business School. He and his family live in the San Francisco Bay Area. 

Daryl Twitchell is Managing Partner and Founder of Silver Ridge Advisors (SRA), a global management consulting firm specializing in business transformation, AI solution design, and accelerated growth. He has over 30 years of experience in strategy consulting, business operations, and private equity, with prior roles at Lehman Brothers, Citigroup, and growth equity firms Accellerus Capital and FrontLine Capital. Earlier in his career, he was Director of Corporate Strategy at American Express and Consultant at Oliver Wyman (formerly Corporate Decisions, Inc.). Daryl earned his MBA from Yale School of Management and graduated Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude from Brown with an AB in International Relations and History.

Over three decades, Daryl has served Brown in numerous leadership roles. He currently sits on the President’s Leadership Council (PLC) and the Advisory Committee on University Resources Management (ACURM), and serves as President of the Brown Club of Fairfield County and Co-President of the Class of 1993. His past service includes positions on the BAA Board of Governors, Class Reunion and Gift Committees, Association of Class Leaders (ACL) Board, and as area co-chair for the Alumni Interviewing Program. A multiple-time Commencement Marshal and Chief of Staff in 2024, Daryl has been recognized with three BAA Gem Awards, along with the Leadership and Alumni Service Awards. He lives in New Canaan, Connecticut with his wife, Peggy Bell Twitchell ’93, and their children Emily ’26 and Brian ’29.
 

Charlotte Zanders Waxman grew up in the Netherlands and moved to the United States to attend Brown University, where she earned a ScB in Applied Mathematics-Economics in 2005. She began her career as a securitized products trader for Morgan Stanley’s Fixed Income division before turning her focus to community engagement and philanthropy.

Charlotte currently serves on the boards of several organizations dedicated to closing the opportunity gap for local children, including the Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula and the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband, Alan, and their four children.

Liping received a Master’s degree in Applied Mathematics from Brown University and a Ph.D. degree in Medical Information Sciences from Stanford University. She was a Professor and Director at the Center for Bioinformatics at Peking University, Beijing, China for 15 years and is an Adjunct Professor in Biostatistics at Vanderbilt University. She has won many awards including the China Young Woman Scientist Fellowship, National Distinguished Young Investigator Award, Chinese Science and Technology Award of Young Investigators, and Weiming Distinguished Teaching Award. She served on the Board of Directors of the International Society of Computational Biology, the International Advisor Group of Public Library of Science (PLoS), and the Autism Scientific Advisory Committee of the Chinese Association of Persons and Families Affected by Psychiatric Disorders.

Woody was formerly the President and a Board Member of Solidigm, a flash  memory semiconductor company purchased by SK hynix from Intel in 2021.  Previous to that role, he served as a Partner and Chairman of Mergers and  Acquisitions at Perella Weinberg Partners LLC. He has over 30 years of M&A and investment banking experience.

Prior to joining Perella Weinberg in 2016, Woody was Co-Head of the Global Telecommunications, Media, and Technology group, Vice Chairman of U.S. Investment Banking, and a Managing Director at Lazard. He was previously Global Head of Telecommunications, Media, and Technology at Merrill Lynch.  Prior to joining Merrill Lynch in 2008, Woody spent 14 years at Lehman Brothers, where he served as a Managing Director and Head of the Global Communications group.  He also served for several years on the Executive Committee of the Investment Banking Division, the firm’s Strategy Committee, and as Chairman of the firm’s Senior Client Council. He began his career on Wall Street as a member of the Mergers and Acquisitions Department at the First Boston Corporation.

Woody was selected as a White House Fellow and served as a special assistant to the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, where he concentrated on international affairs from 1991 to 1992. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and served on its Term Membership Committee for more than a decade. He serves on the board of Frontier Communications, a publicly traded telecommunications company.

He received a Bachelor of Arts from Brown University, a Master’s in International Relations from Cambridge University, and a Master’s in Public and Private Management from the Yale School of Management.