SBS Dean's Advisory Board
The College of Social and Behavioral Sciences' Dean’s Advisory Board provides the opportunity for supportive alumni and friends to utilize their influence and resources to promote the future success of the College. Each of our members welcomes the opportunity to advocate for the College and assist the Dean in securing the funds necessary to enhance undergraduate and graduate programs, faculty and administrative support, and forward-looking research within the departments. The Advisory Board's priority is to advance the College as a whole.
| Name | Title | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Karen Dalheim '85 | Senior Attorney U.S. Department of Defense | Washington, D.C. |
| Laura Dames '92 | Marketing and Communications Consultant | Atlanta, GA Cape Cod, MA |
| Craig Dillon* | Experience Lead WW MTC & Datacenter | Burlington, MA |
| Claudia Dziobek MA 81', PhD '84 | President and Instructor, The Chesapeake Forum | Washington, D.C. |
| Daniel Feder '84 | Managing Director, Investments University of Michigan | St. Louis, MO Ann Arbor, MI |
| Jan Feuerstadt '96 | Partner Mercury, LLC | New York, NY |
| Natalie Dury Green '88 | Director of Operations, Master in Law Program University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School | Philadelphia, PA |
| Alfonso Hidalgo '19 | Account Supervisor Edelman | Washington, DC |
| Paul Hohenberger '87 | Director of Individual Giving Seeding Labs | Boston, MA |
| Ben Johnson '13 | Founder and General Manager Lumulus Technologies, Inc. | Santee, CA |
| Akshay Kapoor '14, '20 | Senior Resident Yale University School of Medicine | New Haven, CT |
| Edward F. Lange, Jr., '81 | Co-Founder Intellego Capital Partners, LLC | Norwalk, CT |
| Robert Letteney '96 | Managing Director, Government Affairs Delta Airlines | Washington, DC |
| Sorelle Mbakop '15 | Program Manager, Human Rights, Education, and Empowerment Winrock International | Arlington, VA |
| Vinayak Rao '15 | Investor Fundamental Labs | San Francisco, CA |
| Adam Rodell '90 | Managing Director, Business Global Success Microsoft Corp. | New York, NY |
| Naomi Seligman '95 | Co-Founder, Tower26, and Chief Strategy Officer, Whistleblower Aid | Santa Monica, CA |
| Michael Sullivan '81 | Founder Austin & Eddy | Boston, MA |
| Tenzin Thargay '18 | Foreign Service Officer U.S. Department of State | Washington, DC |
| Kabir Prabhu Thatte '16 | Director, Policy and Coalitions DIGDEEP Water | Denver, CO |
| Tejasi Thatte '09 | Executive Director of Federal Government Affairs NBC Universal | Rockville, MD |
| Sharon R. Wilder '88 | Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer Montgomery College, Office of the President | Bethesda, MD |
Emeritus
| Name | Title | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Henry Barr '68 | Senior Partner Barr and Cole, Attorneys at Law | Newton, MA |
| Scott Burke '84 | Managing Partner Morrison Mahoney LLP | Boston, MA |
| Michelle Cardinal '89 | CEO & Co-Founder Rain the Growth Agency | Portland, OR |
| Sean Dandley '85 | President TPx Communications | York, ME |
| David Der Hagopian '72 | Principal Quanah Capital Corporation | Winter Park, FL |
| Kent Elwell '83 | VP of Sales InvestX Capital | Morrisville, PA |
| Benjamin Happ '98 | Head of Marketing and Investor Relations Myriad Asset Management | Hong Kong, China Concord, MA |
| Denise Gaudet '77 | Financial Services | Watertown, MA |
| Christopher Greer '88 | Principal Greer Anderson Capital | Greenwich, CT |
| George K. Hertz '69 | Chief of Staff Massachusetts Port Authority (Retired) | Westwood, MA |
| Lew Hoff '62 | President, EventXray and Executive Chairman, Addressograph Bartizan | New York, NY |
| Danielle Hughes '91 | CEO and Founder Divine Capital Markets | New York, NY |
| Bernie Jaworski '79 | Professor Claremont Graduate University | Claremont, CA |
| Kristen Keel '88 | Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, MA (Retired) | Media, PA |
| Alan LeBovidge '64 | Executive Director Massachusetts Turnpike Authority (Retired) | Boston, MA |
| Lisa Noble '76 | CEO Farmhouse Foods, Inc. | Orinda, CA |
| The Honorable Christine Roach '76 | Associate Justice Massachusetts Superior Court | Boston, MA |
| Elizabeth Segers '81 | Partner Empirical Research Partners, LLC | New York, NY |
| Christine G. Savage '92 | Partner Choate Hall & Stewart LLP | Boston, MA |
| Julia Sears '99 | Executive Development Manager, Client Facing Systems TIAA-CREF | New York, NY |
| Jean L. Vogel '82 | Premier Services Solutions Sales Professional Microsoft Corp. (Retired) | Boston, MA |
*Associate Member: Associate membership is available to parents, students, corporate or foundation representatives, and other non-alumni friends of UMass Amherst.