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Alumni Advisory Board

The Yale School of Management Alumni Advisory Board represents the over 12,000 Yale SOM alumni within the Yale SOM Alumni Network. The Board’s mission is to advance the values and mission of SOM, to collaborate with and counsel SOM leadership, and to engage with alumni, students, and greater Yale. 

We work throughout the year on issues of importance to Yale SOM’s alumni and have operated in various forms since the School first conferred degrees on students in 1978. Today, we work closely with the Dean and SOM leadership to articulate the diverse perspectives of alumni, and advocate for alumni needs. Through the efforts of our standing committees (Admissions, Career, Communications, Global Chapters, and Nominating), we promote both the School and the interests of our alumni. These committees collaborate with SOM staff and departments on shared priorities and foster communications among alumni, students, and the broader SOM community. The Board and its committees also promote SOM to potential applicants, employers, and key stakeholders.

If you’d like to reach us directly, please email ysomaab@gmail.com.

We’re always happy to engage with alumni who, like us, have a passion for the School and its Mission. If you’d like to learn more about the Alumni Advisory Board, or are interested in serving, please click here

Yale  SOM Alumni Advisory Board 

The Alumni Advisory Board is comprised of alumni who advise the dean and the school’s senior leadership on how to advance the values and mission of the school throughout the broader Yale alumni community.

Chair

Jill Govan Bauman '87
CEO Emeritus and Co-Founder, Social Benefit 
Imagine L.A.

Vice Chair

Victor Padilla-Taylor ’15
Director of Mentor, Advisor, and Partner Networks
Tsai CITY
Yale University

Secretary

Vivian Li ’13 MAM
Founding Partner of Beijing DRGs Tech Co., Ltd.
Director of Yale Healthcare Club of China

Directors at large                                                                                                  

Bukky Akomolafe ’14
Country Manager
Travelstart

Joseph Brandifino ’18
Director, Production Security & Intelligence
Netflix

Matthew J. Broder ’81 B.A., ’87
Vice President, Public Affairs
Financial Accounting Foundation

Fay Chen ’08
Executive Director
Morgan Stanley

Richard Dietrich ’97
President
Dietrich American Foundation 

Claudia S. Gourdon ’78
Senior Vice President
M&T Bank

Todd Jorgenson ’20
Founder and Owner
East Valley Implant & Periodontal Center

Jonathan Kim ’00 
Senior Vice President
Zanbato Securities, LLC

Dorothy Liu ’92 
Founder & Principal
Resonant Strategies, LLC

Tony Lynn ’14
Global Program Lead
Meta

Paige MacLean '98
Independent Philanthropic Advisor; Lecturer in the Practice of Management and Fellow, Program on Social Enterprise, Innovation, and Impact
Yale School of Management

Gilbert Santa Maria ’91
Partner
LSM Ventures, LLC

Chetan Parekh ’06
Vice President & General Manager
Procter & Gamble

Lee Race ’93
Director
Berns Communications Group

Meelendra Singh '20 MAM 
Senior Product Manager, Consumables
Amazon 

Preeti Sinha '97 MPPM
Executive Secretary
United Nations Capital Development Fund

Jessica Strauss ‘09
Manager
Government of Canada 

Pascal Su ’22
Principal
Medtronic

Stuart Tarmy ’87
Global Director
Financial Services Industry Solutions for Aerospike

Student Representatives

1st year – Cinthya Garibay ’24

Ex Officio Members

Kerwin K. Charles
Indra K. Nooyi Dean & Frederick W. Beinecke Professor of Economics, Policy, and Management
Yale School of Management

Joel A. Getz
Deputy Dean for Alumni, Development, and Special Initiatives
Yale School of Management

Courtney Lightfoot
Managing Director, Alumni Relations
Yale School of Management