Board of Visitors
The Penn State Smeal College of Business Board of Visitors serves as a corporate board of advisors, focusing especially on providing counsel and stimulating advances in areas of strategic importance to Smeal and to Penn State.
The Smeal College Board of Visitors was formed in 1989 with 10 founding members. Now the board features nearly 40 members, covering an array of businesses and industries. The board meets once every semester to provide recommendations on new initiatives and offer feedback on matters related to the college. In addition to acting as ambassadors of Smeal, members engage with the college community through mentorship, philanthropy, and recruitment.
Members of the Board
Julie McHugh, Chair, Smeal College Board of Visitors
Biopharmaceutical Industry Executive (Retired)
Richard H. Bard, Vice Chair, Smeal College Board of Visitors
President and Chief Executive Officer, Bard Capital Group, LLC
Abdul Farid Alias
Group President and Chief Executive Officer, Maybank
John M. Arnold
Chief Executive Officer, PPC Lubricants
Carl Berquist
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Retired), Marriott International, Inc.
Jim Brandau
Principal, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.
Tom Buday
Senior Vice President (Retired), Head of Marketing and Consumer Communication, Nestlé S.A.
Alvin H. Clemens
Advisor, Homestead Smart Health Plans
Trustee Emeritus, Penn State Board of Trustees
Peter Cocoziello
Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer, Advance Realty
Mitch Cohen
Vice Chairman (Retired), PricewaterhouseCoopers
Troy H. Cromwell
President, Centennial Technologies Inc.
Bryon Deysher
Executive Director of the Board, Chief Executive Officer (Retired), Methods Machine Tools Inc.
Jeff Ellis
Partner, Audit & Assurance, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Alex Goldberg
President (Retired), Ford Motor Land Development Corp.
Lou Grabowsky
Partner, Juniper Capital Management, L.L.C.
Jerome Griffith
Chief Executive Officer, Lands' End, Inc.
Jon Grosso
Executive Vice President, Director of Stores, Kohl's
Alan R. Guttman
Chief Executive Officer, Guttman Energy, Inc.
Edward R. Hintz
President, Hintz Capital Management
Wanda Bryant Hope
Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Johnson & Johnson Worldwide
A. Richard Janiak
Managing Director, Citigroup, Inc.
Martha Barnhart Jordan
Partner (retired), Corporate Department, Latham & Watkins LLP
KC McClure
Chief Financial Officer, Accenture LLP
Ron Morgan
Chairman and Co-founder, MorganFranklin Consulting
Jean Oelwang
CEO and President, Virgin Unite
David Polansky
Founder and President, D3 Partners, LLC
Robert Poole
President and Chief Executive Officer, S & A Homes, Inc.
Karen Quintos
Executive Vice President & Chief Customer Officer (Retired), Dell
Stephen Reeves
Financial Executive
J. David Rogers
Chief Executive Officer, J.D. Capital Management LLC
Stuart Rothstein
Partner and COO, Apollo Global Management
Salomon "Salo" Sredni
Chief Executive Officer, Board Member, and Partner and Managing Director, Ocean Azul Partners
John Strackhouse
Partner, Caldwell Partners
George Strickler
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Retired), Stoneridge, Inc.
Richard K. Struthers
President, Ashford Point Enterprises
Scott Tarriff
Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer, Director, Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Farnoosh Torabi
Financial Expert, Bestselling Author, Speaker and Host, Farnoosh, Inc.
Lara Warner
Group Chief Risk Officer, Credit Suisse Group
Candace Woods
Senior Vice President and Chief Actuary, Prudential Financial, Inc.
Lizabeth H. Zlatkus
Board Director, Boston Private, AXIS Capital, and SE2