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Smeal Board of Visitors

Business leaders from across industries bring external perspectives and experience to help shape the future of the Penn State Smeal College of Business.

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The Smeal College of Business Board of Visitors advises college leadership on strategic priorities and new initiatives. Board members also serve as ambassadors for Penn State Smeal and support the college through mentorship, philanthropy, and recruitment.

Members of the Board

  • , Risk & Controls Executive

  • . Chief Executive Officer, Board Member, Ocean Azul Partners

  • Former Group President and Chief Executive Officer, Maybank

  • Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Retired), Marriott International, Inc. 

  • Managing Director, Property Management & Due Diligence, EQT Real Estate

  • Managing Director, Wealth Advisor, William Blair & Company

  • , Global Head of Marketing &Consumer Communication, Nestlé S.A. (Retired), CMO Emission Free Generators, Inc.

  • Director of Research, Solus Alternative Asset, Executive Chairman, Midwave Wireless

  • Partner, Audit & Assurance, Deloitte & Touche LLP

  • Timmy Garde, Chief Growth Officer, Ardelis Health

  • Former President & CEO at Marriott Vacations Worldwide

  • Chief Revenue Officer, Fanatics Advertising

  • Executive Vice Chairman (Retired), Board Member, Lands' End, Inc.

  • , Chief Executive Officer, Guttman Energy, Inc.

  • , Johnson & Johnson Executive (Retired)

  • Co-Founder and CEO, Chainparency

  • President and CEO, Etnyre International

  • CEO, DuPont

  • Founder, Marino, and Co-founder, Tuft & Needle

  • Chief Financial Officer (Retired), Accenture LLP

  • Biopharmaceutical Industry Executive (Retired), Active Professional Board Director

  • Managing Director, Goldman Sachs

  • CEO and President, Virgin Unite

  • President, US Confection, Hershey

  • Group Chief Executive Officer, Places for People

  • Partner and COO, Apollo Global Management

  • , Vice Chairman, Caldwell 

  • President and CEO, Hickory Ridge Solutions, Inc.

  • Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer, Director, Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

  • Senior Principal Team Leader, Chick-fil-A Inc.

  • Financial Expert, Bestselling Author, Speaker and Host, Farnoosh, Inc.

  • President, Hampton UniversityLieutenant General, United States Army (Retired)

  • Senior Vice President and Chief Actuary, Prudential

The following are honorary members of the Penn State Smeal College of Business Board of Visitors:

John M. Arnold
Chief Executive Officer, PPC Lubricants

Robert Banks
Chief Executive Officer, Banks & Associates LLC

Richard H. Bard
President & CEO, Bard Capital Group, LLC

Anthony Buzzelli
Vice Chairman and National Managing Partner (Retired), U.S. Regions, Deloitte & Touche USA, LLP

Alvin H. Clemens
Advisor, Health Care
Trustee Emeritus, Penn State Board of Trustees

Peter Cocoziello
Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer, Advance Property Investors

Mitchell Cohen
Vice-Chairman (Retired), PricewaterhouseCoopers

Troy H. Cromwell
Chief Executive Officer, Cromtec Cyber Solutions

Julie Daum
Practice Leader, North American Board Service, Spencer Stuart

Lawrence E. Daurelle
President and Chief Executive Officer, Reliance Standard Life Insurance Co.

Ronald Davenport
Chairman, Sheridan Broadcasting Corp.

Robert A. Davidow
Private Investor

Michael Delaney
Managing Partner, Court Square Capital Partners

Bryon Deysher
Executive Director of the Board (Retired), Methods Machine Tools, Inc.

Bill Donan
Corporate President & Vice President (Retired), Allegiance Healthcare Corporation

Alex Goldberg
President (Retired), Ford Motor Land Development Corporation

Lou Grabowsky
Partner, Juniper Capital Management

Jon Grosso
Senior Retail Executive

Edward R. Hintz
President, Hintz Capital Management

A. Richard Janiak
Managing Director (Retired), Citigroup, Inc.

Martha Jordan
Partner (Retired), Latham & Watkins LLP

Richard Kelly
LtGen, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired); Senior Fellow/Professional Director, Logistics Management Institute

Paul R. Lewis
Management Consultant, Misys Healthcare Systems

Jim Majeski
President, CYDCOR

Ronald G. Morgan
Founder, Managing Director and Executive Advisor, MorganFranklin Consulting

David Polansky
Founder and President, D3 Partners, LLC

Robert Poole
President & CEO, S & A Homes, Inc.

Karen Hughes Quintos
EVP & Chief Customer Officer (Retired), Dell Technologies Inc.

J. David Rogers
Chief Executive Officer, RPO, LLC

Matt Schuyler
Executive VP & Chief Human Resources Officer, Hilton Worldwide

Stephen Sheetz
Chairman of the Board, Sheetz, Inc.

Richard K. Struthers
President, Ashford Point Enterprises

John P. Surma, Jr.
Chairman of the Board & CEO, United States Steel Corporation

Lloyd "Buzz" Waterhouse
President and Chief Executive Officer (Retired), McGraw-Hill Education

Patricia Woertz
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Archer Daniels Midland Company

Linda Wolf
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Leo Burnett Worldwide (Retired)

Liz Zlatkus
EVP CFO and CRO, The Hartford (Retired)

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