Brandeis School of Business and Economics

School of Business and Economics Board of Advisors and Chairs

Board Co-Chairs

Amy R. Kessler '89, MA'90
Amy R. Kessler ’89, MA’90

Senior Strategic Advisor | Global Reinsurance
EY Bermuda, Ltd.

Mitchell Caplan, Esq. ’79
Mitchell Caplan, Esq. ’79

President
Tarsadia

Board Members

The Board of Advisors is responsible for providing counsel and oversight to the Brandeis University School of Business and Economics in various aspects of the school’s operations, including strategy, planning, and fundraising. Board members play a critical role in developing new concepts for the school’s innovative and globally focused business degree programs.

Joanne Aron, MA’94
International Corporate Finance Professional

B. Reuben Auspitz ’69
Managing Member and Co-Founder
ip.com

Wilfred Chilangwa ’91, MA’92
Group Leader/Portfolio Manager
International, Fidelity Investments

Barbara Clarke, MA’91
Founding Principal
The Impact Seat/Technology Investor

Joram Cukierman ’98, MA’99
Portfolio Lead
Citadel Energy Marketing

David R. Hodes ’77
Founder and Managing Partner
Hodes Weill & Associates

Gary N. Jacobs, Esq. ’66
Chairman
Accuity Delivery Systems LLC

Lauren Jarvis ’05
Angel Investor
Former Chief Business Officer
Literati

Professor Robert S. Kaplan
Owner, Kaplan Consulting
Professor Emeritus, Harvard Business School

Daniel S. Kern ’83
Chief Investment Officer
Nixon Peabody

Peter Lichtenthal ’78
Retired Global Brand President
The Estée Lauder Companies, Inc.

Robert I. Mallet
Former President and CEO
Mallet & Company

Udi Mokady, P’22
Founder and Executive Chairman
CyberArk Software, Inc.

Sam Pambah, MBA ’06
Partner, Chicago Office, KPMG, U.S.

Steven Schiffman ’80
Chief Financial Officer of Private Equity (Retired)
Fidelity

Eric Weinstein ’76
Managing Director
Eastmore Group

Lan Xue ’90, MA’91
Founder Partner
Trivest Advisors

Emeritus
Ronald M. Ansin
Roger Berkowitz, P’07
Dr. Orna Berry
Steven Bunson ’82
Paul Fruitt, P’79
Roselyn Garber Toledano, MA’74
Martin J. Gross, Esq. ’72
Barry A. Kaplan ’77
Earle W. Kazis, ’55
Barbara Perlmutter
Malcolm L. Sherman
Adam Usdan
John Usdan