Advisory board

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Steven Afshar

Co-Founder, Accel Management Group

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Sharon Fox

Sharon Fox

Growth Operating Partner and Founding Member, Stride Consumer Partners

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Kevin Gilligan

President – Food & Nutrition, Graham Packaging

Laura Glick

Laura Glick

Chief Investment Officer, Spencer Foundation.

Tiffany Hunt Wells

Managing Director, KPMG US

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Jonathan G. Isaacson

Executive Chair, Gemline

John J. Ling

CEO, MacKenzie-Childs

John Ling has been the CEO of MacKenzie-Childs (Eagle Tree Capital – Private Equity) since September 2015. John spent much of his career (15 years) at Crate and Barrel, a leading home furnishings retailer with a retail, catalog and e-commerce presence. During his time at Crate and Barrel, it grew from a regional tabletop housewares retailer to a global, multi-billion dollar, Omni-channel retailer – adding furniture, e-commerce and international retail along the way. John had various engineering and manufacturing leadership roles earlier in his career. John has an BS in Industrial and Operations Engineering with an emphasis in Computer Sciences from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and an MBA in Business Management with an emphasis in Finance from Southern Methodist University, Dallas.

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Kari Mellina

Executive Vice President & CFO, Super Radiator Coils

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Jim Molloy

EVP, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Ochsner Health

Harriet Nembhard

President, Harvey Mudd College

Jonathan Owen

Jonathan H. Owen

Director and Chief Scientist, General Motors

Justin Rogers

Justin Rogers

Business Analyst, Amazon

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Nick Sandhu

Senior UX Researcher,
Meta

Nick grew up in Ann Arbor before earning his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan. While at UM, he worked as a Research Assistant at the Center for Ergonomics, where he developed an interest in product usability and accessibility. Since then, he has worked as a User Experience Researcher at Transamerica, Comcast, and most recently, Meta, where he supports Facebook app research.

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Brooke Silverstein

Vice President Demand & Inventory Planning, Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation

Damon P. Williams

Associate Dean for Outreach and Engagement within the College of Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

Damon P. Williams, PhD is the inaugural Associate Dean for Outreach and Engagement within the College of Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. A native of Ellicott City, Maryland, Dr. Williams earned his Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering, summa cum laude, from Georgia Tech in 2002. He pursued his graduate studies at the University of Michigan, earning both his Master of Science and Ph.D. in Industrial and Operations Engineering. Read more about Damon P. Williams

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Kirk Wolfe

Partner, MK Capital