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