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 a Vice President of the Class of 1974 and recently 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 serves on the church council as chair of the Finance, Endowment and Administration Ministry. Sue volunteers at the local public library and recently completed her term as President of the Board of Trustees of the Sedona Symphony, where she now serves on the Advisory Board.

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).

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.

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.

Christian is currently the Co-CEO / Co-Founder of ListenFirst, the leading social media analytics SaaS solution for the world’s largest companies. Christian is a multi-time entrepreneur who has been at the forefront of technology and digital media for over two decades. He co-founded Insound.com and Special Ops Media, and served as CEO of LBi North America. Christian earned his AB in classics from Brown University. He is an active Advisor and Board member, currently serving on the Board of Directors for Venture For America and Civics Unplugged, and as an Advisor with Brown University’s President’s Advisory Council on Entrepreneurship and The Advisory Council on the College. He is a longtime member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) Metro New York Chapter.

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 alum, she is 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Mr. Dhanda is a Partner and Global Head of Wealth Management within Ares Wealth Management Solutions, which oversees product development, distribution, marketing, and client management activities across Ares’ investment offerings in the global wealth management channel. Prior to joining  Ares in 2021, he was the Chief Executive Officer at Black Creek Group, which he joined in 2016 as President before being named Chief Executive Officer in April 2018. Mr. Dhanda also serves on the Board of Directors for Black Creek Diversified Property Fund Inc. and as Co-President of both Black Creek Diversified Property Fund Inc. and Black Creek Industrial REIT IV Inc. While at Black Creek, Mr. Dhanda led the evolution to a one firm brand as Black Creek Group, and oversaw significant capital raise, acquisitions and developments.

Previously, Mr. Dhanda spent 26 years at Morgan Stanley, where he held a variety of leadership roles, including leading key divisions of their institutional and wealth management platforms, Head of Investment Products and Services for their wealth management division, and serving on the Executive and Operating Committees for their wealth management division. Throughout his career at Morgan Stanley, Mr. Dhanda helped develop strategies for changing regulations and technology to advance the company’s wealth management channels.

Mr. Dhanda serves on the Brown University Real Estate Group Advisory Board. He holds a B.A. from Brown University in Economics and Organizational Behavior Management.

Resa E. Lewiss, MD is a Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of  Alabama at Birmingham, TEDMED speaker, founding member of TimesUp  Healthcare, and an award-winning point-of-care ultrasound innovator, educator,  mentor, and healthcare designer.

She hosts the Academic Emergency Medicine Education & Training podcast, and her own The Visible Voices Podcast, amplifying content in the healthcare, equity, and current trends spaces. Her writing is widely published in medicine and science journals and the popular press. She has written for CNBC, Fast Company, Harvard Business Review, Nature, the Philadelphia Inquirer, MedPage Today, Doximity, and Slate. Her podcast has been featured in the Guardian, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and the Brown Alumni Monthly. She is co-author of the award-winning business self-help book MicroSkills: Small Actions, Big Impact, (HarperCollins 2024).

Dr. Lewiss earned her MD from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, served as a NIH Howard Hughes Research Scholar, and completed her residency at BWH/MGH Harvard Emergency Medicine serving as chief resident in her final year.

A native of Westerly, RI, and a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the Class of 1992, she concentrated in Sociology Ethno-racial studies, Dr. Lewiss is a Brown Women's Launch Pad mentor, and 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.

 

Hythem El-Nazer is Co-Managing Partner of TA Associates (TA), a leading global private equity firm, where he guides investment strategy and oversees all aspects of firm management. He also serves as Chair of TA’s Management Committee, is a member of the Executive, Core Investment and Portfolio Committees, and is Co-Head of the firm’s North America Technology Group.

Hythem has over 22 years of experience working with and investing in some of the world’s leading technology companies. Since joining TA in 2004, Hythem has sponsored 31 investments across North America, Europe, India and the Middle East, and enabled more than 300 strategic add-on acquisitions for TA portfolio companies. He currently serves on the Boards of Advantive, Appfire, Aptean, Certinia, CSI, Gamma Technologies, Idera, insightsoftware, Kinective, KX, Lumivero, Momentive Software, MRI Software, PDI, Revalize and Sovos.

Before joining TA, Hythem worked in the U.S. and the Middle East offices of McKinsey & Company and in the Investment Banking Department of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette in New York. He earned an MBA from Columbia Business School, an AB degree in economics from Brown University and a General Course degree from the London School of Economics. He is currently a member of Columbia University Business School’s Private Equity Advisory Board, Brown University’s President’s Leadership Council, the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Board of Overseers, and the Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO) Board, and previously served as the Vice Chairman of the Egyptian-American Enterprise Fund.

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.

Kenneth co-founded Gaw Capital Partners in 2005, and has been its President and Managing Principal. Gaw Capital is a uniquely positioned private equity real estate fund management company focusing on selected markets globally. The firm has raised seven commingled funds targeting the Asia Pacific region since its inception and manages opportunistic funds in the US along with a Pan-Asia hospitality fund, a European hospitality fund and a Growth Equity Fund. In addition, the firm also provides services for credit investments and separate account direct investments globally. It has raised equity in excess of US$23 billion so far and commanded assets of US$36 billion under management as of Q1 2023.

Kenneth joined Pioneer Global Group (224: Hong Kong Exchange) in 1994 and remains to be Managing Director. Notable transactions under his direction include acquisition and repositioning of Pullman Hotel G Pattaya and Pullman Hotel G Bangkok, Thailand; AIA Tower in Macau; and Global Gateway, 68 Yee Woo Street building, Club Lusitano building, Kowloon City Plaza, and the Regent Hotel (previously InterContinental Hotel) in Hong Kong.

Additionally, Kenneth holds directorship at the Hong Kong Thailand Business Council. He graduated with a B.Sc. degree (Magna Cum Laude) from Brown University in 1992 and began his career at Goldman Sachs.

Patricia (“Patty”) Tung Gaw is a Partner at FERA International, an active apparel company that manufactures and distributes snow and leisure brands Fera and Meister and active lifestyle brand GA1NSCLUB. Residing in Hong Kong, she specializes in product development, with a focus on visual appeal and functional fabrics. Patty honed her consumer-oriented creative skills as a New Media Director for ELLE Greater China and General Manager of Hong Kong ticketing company CityLine. She began her career in corporate finance at Goldman Sachs in New York and Hong Kong.

Aside from active fashion, Patty is passionate about integrative health and wellness and holds certifications in Nutrition and Health Coaching. She is active in non-profit organizations Splash and InspiringHK Sports Foundation, both of which provide sports training to under resourced communities. 

Patty earned a Dual AB in International Relations and History from Brown. She is a member of the Board of Councilors at the USC School of Architecture

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.

Rakim Brooks is a public interest appellate attorney and president of Alliance for Justice (AFJ), a judicial advocacy group and policy coalition. He joined AFJ in 2021  from the ACLU where he was a senior campaign manager in the ACLU’s National Political Advocacy Department. Before joining the ACLU, Mr. Brooks was an associate with the litigation-focused law firm of Susman Godfrey. There, he sued opioid manufacturers, worked to free citizens incarcerated in Dallas prisons at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and filed a Supreme Court amicus brief defending the right of consumers to have an independent Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.  

From 2018-2019, he served as a Cochran Fellow at Neufield, Scheck & Brustin.  He served as a member of the Biden-Harris transition team after previously serving as a policy advisor for the Treasury Department during the Obama administration. He began his career as a C. Edwin Baker Fellow at the progressive think tank Demos.  He also clerked for Justice Edwin Cameron on the Constitutional Court of South Africa and at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the D.C. Circuit.

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 Kaufmann Fellowship, and as a Kauffman fellow, she worked at Domain Ventures in Princeton, New Jersey. Holly began her career at Morgan Stanley and Patricoff 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.

Yvette (Ma) Ho is a private investor and major shareholder in real estate company Fortune Sun (China) Holdings Ltd and is co-owner of Galerie Huit, a contemporary art gallery in Hong Kong. She was previously a non-executive director on the board of Joyce Boutique Holdings Ltd., the holding company for the Hong Kong-based fashion and accessory retailer, Sincere Co., which was founded by her family.

Ho is honorary deputy chair and mainland program committee chair for the Changing Young Lives Foundation, a non-profit institution which serves 23,000 underprivileged young people in Hong Kong and China through educational and developmental programs. She is also a School Council Member of Diocesan Girls’ School, a council member of the Hong Kong Breast Cancer Foundation, and a member of the governing committee for Tuen Mun Hospital. She was conferred an Honorary Fellowship by St. Hugh’s College, University of Oxford.

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.

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 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 leads the firm’s fintech practice. Lauren led the 2016 Series A round in Chime. Other investments include Bilt, Clara, Divvy (acquired by Bill.com), Finix, Gusto, Invisible Technologies, Klar and Plaid among others.

Previously, Lauren was a partner at Aspect Ventures. She also worked in product marketing at Google leading a number of launches for Google Workspace, including Google Drive. Lauren began her career building tech partnerships for the Clinton Foundation in India. While there, she witnessed some of the earliest entrepreneurial activity around mobile money, and developed a strong belief in the opportunity for fintech.

Lauren was featured on the 2025, 2024 and 2023 Forbes Midas Lists as one of the world’s top 100 VCs. Lauren is a Trustee Emerita at Brown University, where she served as the Brown Corporation’s  youngest board member.

Adam Korn serves as the Chief Information Officer at Sixth Street, a leading global     investment firm with over $75bn in assets under management. He leads an elite engineering team that builds tools, analytics, and applications to enhance the firm’s investing and operational capabilities.

Adam joined Sixth Street in September 2020 after a distinguished career at Goldman Sachs, where he was previously the global co-head of Global Markets Engineering. Throughout his time at Goldman, Adam was instrumental in building and championing several transformational initiatives during a time of tremendous change for the firm and the industry at large. He contributed to the development of systematic trading across the business and led the effort to externalize the firm’s trading capabilities to clients through a platform called Marquee. Adam was a member of the Partnership Committee and Firmwide Technology Risk Committee. He was named managing director in 2008 and partner in 2010.

Before joining Goldman, Adam was the co-founder and Chief Financial Officer of a startup software company. He began his career at Credit Suisse First Boston in Investment Banking. He serves on the Carney Institute Advisory Council, Brown University President’s Leadership Council, ClearyX Advisory Board, and the Bobby Jones Chiari Syringomyelia Foundation Board of Trustees. Adam earned an ScB in Applied Mathematics-Economics from Brown University in 1997.

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.

Shoukang Lin is chairman and founding partner of Octo Rivers Asset Management, a Hong Kong-based hedge fund he founded in 2019. Until 2018, Lin was chief operating officer and a member of the management committee at China International Capital Corp. (CICC), one of China's leading investment banking firms, which went public in 2015. Lin had previously served as acting chief executive officer, acting chairman of the management committee, head of the capital markets department, and executive director of the asset management department at CICC.

Lin earned a BA in mathematics from Xiamen University, and an AM and PhD in economics from Brown. He is the former chairman of the investment committee at York University.

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.
 

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.

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.

Alina Moran, FACHE, is a results-oriented healthcare executive with a proven history of achieving transformational outcomes in complex healthcare settings. She currently works as a Strategic Advisor at Samaritan, where she oversees digital health initiatives for vulnerable populations experiencing homelessness.

As Chief Executive at California Hospital Medical Center (CHMC), Alina displayed exceptional crisis leadership during COVID-19, effectively managing care for over 4,000 positive cases while keeping all services fully operational. Her strategic leadership earned national safety recognition and led to the successful completion of a $215 million campus expansion project, which directly increased healthcare access in underserved communities.

During her progressive leadership at NYC Health + Hospitals, Alina consistently enhanced financial and operational performance in various senior roles: Assistant Vice President for Managed Care, Chief Financial Officer at Elmhurst Hospital, Chief Executive Officer of Metropolitan Hospital, and Chief Patient Growth Officer. Her leadership continually improved financial results, adopted value-based care models that boosted patient outcomes, and established high-reliability operational frameworks.

Alina's leadership on boards includes serving as the National Board Chair of the Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement (HACE) and holding positions with the Central City Association and CORO Southern California. As the daughter of Puerto Rican immigrants, Alina advocates for health equity through both executive leadership and community involvement. Her dedication to professional growth and advocacy is demonstrated by founding the Rhode Island Political Action Committee and establishing the Brown University Latino Alumni Council.

Her academic credentials include an MPA from Baruch College and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Brown University. The National Association of Healthcare Executives recognized her outstanding performance with the "2019 Healthcare Executive of the Year"

award, and her strategic leadership has been featured in leading industry publications for achieving measurable healthcare outcomes.

James Slavet is an entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He is a former Co-Managing Partner of Greylock, a leading VC firm. James currently serves on the Boards of GoFundMe, Lyra Health and Redfin, as well as Fast Forward, which is an accelerator for tech nonprofits. James is the Chairman/Founder of The Solid Foundation, a philanthropic organization that supports nonprofits, startups and VC firms that help people reach their potential. Solid backs entrepreneurs who apply technology to foster kids’ well-being and to unlock economic mobility for people facing barriers to employment. James graduated from Brown University and Harvard Business School. He and his family live in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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.

Neil Parikh is co-founder of Casper, the world's leading sleep brand, which he helped guide from founding through its IPO. Neil is also an angel investor in over 150 disruptive technology companies. Neil graduated from Brown University in 2011 with a BA in Commerce, Organizations, and Entrepreneurship.

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.

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.

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.

Malika Saada Saar is a human rights attorney who serves as Google’s Senior Counsel on Civil and Human Rights. She has dedicated her professional and personal life to advocating for and protecting victims of sex trafficking, domestic abuse, and gender-based violence.

As executive director of The Rebecca Project, which she co-founded, Saada Saar led a successful effort to shut down Craigslist sex ads that served as the leading site for the trafficking of children for sex, ended the federal practice of shackling pregnant mothers behind bars in U.S. prisons, and successfully advocated for millions in federal funding for treatment services for at-risk families. She is founder and former executive director of the Human Rights Project for Girls (Rights4Girls), a human rights organization focused on gender-based violence against young women and girls. She also served as special counsel on human rights at The Raben Group and in 2010 had the honor of being selected by the Obama Administration to serve on the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS. Saada Saar earned an AB from Brown University, an MA in education from Stanford University, and a JD from Georgetown University Law Center.

Andres Santo Domingo is the founder of Kemado Media Group that includes Mexican Summer Records, Anthology Editions and Anthology Recordings. Responsible for the release of a wide variety of of recordings and books by artists ranging from Best Coast and Lou Reed to Ariel Pink and Jonas Mekas. Andres sits on the board of various companies in his native Colombia including the national broadcasters Caracol Televison, national daily El Espectador, and CineColombia. Andres received an AB in Comparative Literature at Brown. He is involved in various philanthropic activities and sits on the board of Conservation International, The New York Public Library, The Shed, and the Valentin Fuster Mt Sinai Foundation for Science Health and Empowerment. He lives with his wife and two children in New York City.

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.

Daryl Twitchell is Managing Partner and Founder of Silver Ridge Advisors (SRA), a global management consulting firm specializing in business transformation 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 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.

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.