Nominations for the 2026-2029 term are now open. We welcome all alumni to self-nominate or nominate others by Friday January 16, 2026.
The Yale School of Management Alumni Advisory Board represents the over 13,000 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.
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 reach us directly, please email ysomaab@gmail.com.
Yale SOM Alumni Advisory Board
Chair
Jill Govan Bauman ’87
Founding President & CEO
Amplifi
Vice Chair
Victor Padilla-Taylor ’15
Director of Mentor, Advisor, and Partner Networks
Tsai CITY
Yale University
Secretary
Meelendra Singh ’20
Senior Product Manager, Consumables
Amazon
Directors at large
Bukky Akomolafe ’14
Country Manager
Travelstart
Joseph Brandifino ’18
Lead, Policy Strategy
Scale AI
Jeremy Deutsch ’20 M.B.A
Shareholder
Cozen O’Connor
Richard Dietrich ’97
President
Dietrich American Foundation
Todd Jorgenson ’20
Director at Large; Arizona Implant & Periodontal Center
Co-Founder and Chairman; National Security Index
Jonathan Kim ’00
Senior Vice President; Law Firm Principal
Zanbato Securities, LLC; Jonathan B. Kim, P.A.
Vivian Li ’13
Founding Partner of Beijing DRGs Tech Co., Ltd.
Director of Yale Healthcare Club of China
Dorothy Liu ’92
Founder & Principal
Resonant Strategies, LLC
Robert Lucas ’23
Financial Officer
World Bank
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
Christine Opoku ’22
Vice President, Strategic Initiatives
Genpact
Chetan Parekh ’06
Vice President & General Manager
Procter & Gamble
Lee Race ’93
Advisor
Gilbert Santa Maria ’91
Partner
LSM Ventures, LLC
Preeti Sinha ’97
Chief Strategist
Jessica Strauss ’09
Deputy Director
Government of Canada
Pascal Su ’22
Vice President
Pathway Capital Management
Stuart Tarmy ’87
Global Director
Financial Services Industry Solutions for Aerospike
Julia Ying Zhu ’98
Advisor
SwitchOn Technology Co. Ltd.
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