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SOM Business Advisory Council

The Business Advisory Council’s purpose is to help the Simmons School of Management (SOM) achieve its mission by acting as a powerful and visible body of advice, influence and support. The Council members provide a critical link between the SOM and the individuals and organizations with the resources, knowledge, and contacts the SOM requires to fulfill its mission and achieve its objectives.

2009-2010 Member List

Chair of Business Advisory Council

Susan Paresky
Senior Vice President of Advancement
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Members of Business Advisory Council

Lyn Andrews
Senior Advisor
The HealthCentral Network

Zamawa Arenas
Principal
ARGUS

Paige Arnof-Fenn
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Mavens and Moguls

Judy Bornstein
Chief Financial Officer
American Infrastructure Funds
Note: New member joining in Fall 2009. 

Carol L. Cone
Chairman and Founder
Cone, Inc.

Gail Deegan
Director of the Board
EMC

Beverly Edgehill
President and Chief Executive Officer
The Partnership, Inc.

Janice Reals Ellig
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Chadick and Ellig

Susan Esper
Partner
Deloitte & Touche, LLP

April Evans
Partner and Chief Financial Officer
Monitor Clipper Partners 

Patricia Fili-Krushel
Executive Vice President of Administration
Time Warner
Note: New member joining in Spring 2010. 

Mary Finlay
Deputy Chief Information Officer
Partners HealthCare Systems, Inc.

Gretchen P. Fox
Founder and President
Fox RPM Corp. 

Jeffery Tobias Halter
Director of Diversity Business Development
The Coca-Cola Company
President
Fushian LLC

Jacqueline Hernández
Chief Operating Officer
The Telemundo Communications Group

Steve Jonas
Retired Executive Director
Fidelity Management and Research Company

Saj-nicole Joni
President and Chief Executive Officer
Cambridge International Group, Ltd.

Patricia Karter
President and Chief Executive Officer
Dancing Deer Baking Company, Inc.

Mary Mattson Kenworthy
Managing Director, Private Wealth Management
UBS Financial Services, Inc.

Roseanne M. Lopez
President
Lopez Consulting Group, LLP

Sheryl Marshall
Consultant

Madge M. Meyer
Executive Vice President of Global Infrastructure
State Street Corporation

Kimberley S. Ottaway
New Product Development/Trial Scape
Citeline, Inc.

Indira B. Patel
President and Chief Executive Officer
New England Office Supply, Inc.

Lucia Luce Quinn
Executive Vice President of Human Resources
Boston Scientific Corporation

Rudi Scheiber-Kurtz
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Next Stage Solutions, Inc.

Susan M. Schor, Ph.D.
Chief Culture Officer
EILEEN FISHER, Inc.

Liza Sichon
Vice President, TSG Americas Human Resources
Hewlett Packard Company

Gail Snowden
Interim Executive Director
Freedom House 

Alison Taunton-Rigby, Ph.D., O.B.E.
President and Chief Executive Officer
RiboNovix, Inc.

Amanda Thomas
Senior Manager, Program Planning & Management
Concert Pharmaceuticals

Joan Wood
Senior Vice President of Workforce Development
Genzyme

Ex-Officio Members of the Business Advisory Council

Cheryl Howard
Vice President of Marketing
Simmons College

Deborah Merrill-Sands
Dean
Simmons School of Management

Fiona Wilson
Special Assistant to the Dean, Business Advisory Council
Assistant Professor
Simmons School of Management

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