GW Leadership Advisory Council

Founded in April 2019, the GW Leadership Advisory Council is a select advisory group of distinguished GW alumni. These members, appointed by presidential invitation, advise President Mark S. Wrighton and university leadership on strategic initiatives that further GW's efforts to achieve preeminence.

• Dwayne Allen
  GWSB MBA '96
  Global Digital Advisor/Strategist,
  Microsoft Corporation
• W. Scott Amey
  SEAS MS '76
  Chairman, Board of Trustees
  Amyx, Inc.
• Amanda Antico
  CCAS BA '96, GSEHD EdD '10
  Founder, EvolvED
• Richard W. Blackburn, Esq.
  LAW JD '67
  Retired General Counsel, 
  EVP & Chief Administrative Officer,
  Duke Energy Corporation
• Gilbert R. Cisneros Jr.
  CCAS BA '94
  President,
  BG Strategies
• Henry G. Cisneros
  GWSB DPA '76, 
  Hon. LLD ‘84
  Principal, Siebert, Williams, Shank & Co.
• Joseph Corbett
  GWSB BBA '82
  EVP and Chief Financial Officer,
  U.S. Postal Service
• Henry 'Ric' Duquès
  GWSB BBA '65, MBA '69
  Senior Advisor, RRE Ventures LLC
• Jack Edlow
  GWSB BBA '71
  President, Edlow International Company
• John Fletcher
  GWSB BBA '68
  Founder & CEO, Fletcher Spaght, Inc
• Charles Frank
  CCAS BA '74
  Treasurer, Zollie and Elaine Frank Fund
  President, Z. Frank, Inc. 
  Managing Partner, 666 Partners, LLC
• Chris Fussner
  CCAS BA ’79
  President, TransTechnology Pte Ltd. 
• John Gaffney, Esq
  CCAS BA ’82
  Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP  
• Anwar M. Gargash, PhD
  CCAS BA ’81, MA ’84
  Minister of State for Foreign Affairs,
  United Arab Emirates
• Ira C. Gubernick, Esq.
  GWSB BAccy '86
  Co-Chair, Corporate Practice Group, Cozen O'Connor
• Mark V. Hughes, III
  CCAS BA '69, SEAS MS '77
  Group President (Retired),
  Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC)
• Jonathan Kahan, Esq.
  CCAS BA '70, LAW JD '73
  Partner, Hogan Lovells
• Candace Gordon Kaplan
  CCAS BA '70
  Chair, NCAS 
  CEO & President, Kaplan Benefits Group LLC 
• Lianne Lazetera, Esq.
  LAW JD '88
  Managing Partner,
  Schlesinger Lazetera & Auchincloss LLP 
• Randy Levine
  CCAS BA ‘77
  President, New York Yankees
• Jennifer Maher
  CCAS BA '04
  CEO, 1776
• Justin Mahoney
  GWSB BBA '02
  Founder, Shelter Growth Capital Partners LLC
• Paul Mamalian, Esq.
  ESIA BA ’91, LAW JD ‘94
  EVP & General Counsel,
  HMSHost  
• Lisa Martin
  GWSB MBA ’94 
  President & CEO,
  LeapFrog Solutions
• Brock Milstein
  CCAS BA '98
  Chairman & CEO,
  Milstein Entertainment
• Shonodeep Modak
  GWSB MBA '07
  Chief Marketing Officer,
  North America, Schneider Electric
• Nate Morris
  CCAS BA '03
  Founder & Chairman,
  Rubicon
• Greg Nelson
  CCAS BA '78
  Partner, Paul Hastings LLP;
  Chair, Board of Directors, 
  Houston Methodist Hospital
• Rhonda Nesmith-Crichlow
  CCAS BA '87
  Senior Vice President & Chief Diversity Officer,
  Charter Communications 
• Jeffrey Palker
  CCAS BA ‘95
  Managing Partner & General Counsel,
  Lupa Systems LLC
• Cynthia M. Patton, Esq.
  LAW JD '86
  General Counsel,
  Verily Life Sciences LLC 
• Jason Rabbino
  CCAS BA '90
  EVP & Chief Commercial Officer,
  Town Parke
• W. Russell Ramsey
  GWSB BBA '81
  Co-Founder/Chair,
  Greater Washington Partnership
• Maria J. Rodriguez
  GWSB BBA '82
  Co-Founder, President & CEO,
  Vanguard Communications
• Steve Ross
  GWSB BBA ’81
  Senior Vice President-Financial Consultant,
  RBC Wealth Management
• Howard Rubin
  GWSB BBA '81
  COO, 
  Burrage Capital Management
• Mark R. Shenkman
  GWSB MBA '67
  Founder, President & Co-Chief Investment Officer,
  Shenkman Capital 
• Dan Simons
  GWSB BBA '92
  Co-Founder and Owner,
  Farmers Restaurant Group
• Bernard Swain
  GSEHD BS '69, MA '72
  Founder & Chairman,
  Washington Speakers Bureau
• Robert Tanenbaum
  LAW JD '82
  Principal,
  Lerner Enterprises
• Robert Tucker
  CCAS BA '92
  Chairman & CEO,
  T&M Protection Resources 
• Daniel Weiss
  CCAS BA '79
  President & CEO,
  Metropolitan Museum of Art 
• Richard Weitz
  CCAS BA '91
  TV Scripted Partner,
  WME
• Seth Wong
  ESIA BA '02
  President, Industrial Laboratories
• Doug Zarkin
  GWSB BBA ‘92
  Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer, 
  Pearle Vision, Luxottica
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