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.
Council Members
- 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