Advisory Council

Chris Allison
Former chairman and CEO - Tollgrade Communications, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA

Robert Ammerman (Tepper MBA, 1977)
Capital Resource Partners
Boston, MA

Pete Ball
XRoads Solutions Group
New York, NY

Doug Camplejohn
Mi5 Networks/Symantec
Sunnyvale, CA

Eric Close (Tepper MBA, 1997)
RedZone Robotics, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA

Eric Cooper
Carnegie Mellon Distinguished Service Professor - Computer Science
Former co-founder, chairman and CEO - FORE Systems, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA

Chris Cynkar (Tepper MBA, 1998)
Swisshelm Park Investors LLC
Pittsburgh, PA

Douglas Danforth
Former chairman and CEO - Westinghouse Electric Corporation

F.J. Daugherty (Tepper MBA, 1979)
Eleos, Inc.
Omaha, NE

Geof Entress (Tepper MBA, 1988)
Voyager Capital
Seattle, WA

George Fechter
Fechter Investments
Pittsburgh, PA

Bill Hinchey (Tepper MBA, 1986)
StartSMART Foundation
Bethlehem, PA

Michael Howard
Michael T. Howard & Associates
Pittsburgh, PA

Donald H. Jones
Draper Triangle Ventures
Pittsburgh, PA

Sarosh Kumana (Tepper MBA, 1977)
Pacific Capital Management
San Francisco, CA

Gerald McGinnis
Former founder, president and CEO - Respironics, Inc.
Export, PA

Michael Metzger (Tepper MBA, 1988)
PayScale
Seattle, WA

Ronald O'Kelley
Atlantic Coast Venture Investments, Inc.
Naples, FL

Mike Partsch (Tepper MBA, 1998)
AcceleMed Management, Inc.
Newport Beach, CA

Scott Russell
eCarnegie
Silicon Valley, CA

Steve Robinson
Robinson Venture Partners, Pittsburgh Equity Partners LP
Pittsburgh, PA

Bill Seibel
Gumball
Boston, MA

Tim Slevin (Tepper MBA, 1983)
Janney Montgomery Scott LLC - Parker/Hunter

John Tippins
Tippins Foundation/Stonewood Capital
Pittsburgh, PA

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Ex Officio Members: Carnegie Mellon University Board of Trustees
Tepper School of Business Board of Advisors
 

Joel Adams (Tepper MBA, 1986)
Adams Capital Management, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA

T. Jerome Holleran (Carnegie Mellon CIT, 1957 and Tepper MBA, 1969)
Precision Medical Products, Inc.
Denver, PA 

Jim Levy (Tepper MBA, 1966)
Park Lane Ventures
Silicon Valley, CA

Cindy Padnos (Tepper MBA, 1980)
Illuminate Ventures
San Francisco, CA

Luke Skurman (Carnegie Mellon B.S., 2002 and Heinz School M.S., 2004)
College Prowler, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA

James R. Swartz (Tepper MBA, 1966)
Accel Partners
Silicon Valley, CA

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