Leadership

DEANS and ADMINISTRATION

Executive Dean

  • Haynie, Michael

    Barnes Professor of Entrepreneurship | Whitman School of Management Vice Chancellor | Strategic Initiatives & Innovation | Syracuse University Executive Director | Institute for Veterans and Military Families Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises
    Contact Me 315-443-0149

Interim Dean

Administration

Whitman Advisory Council

Chair

Tracy Barash '89: Owner and Principal, Cut-Thru Consulting

 

Members

Mark M. Andreae '68: Chairman and President, Clarke Power Services Inc.

Steven W. Ballentine '83: President and CEO, Ballentine Capital Management Inc.

Robert C. Bantle '86 (VPA): Founder & Owner, Flexor Swing Sport LL, President & Owner, Cat Rock Group

Steven W. Barnes '82: Managing Director and Chairman, Bain Capital Private Equity LP

Steven R. Becker '73: Executive Vice President and Treasurer, Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits LLC

Mark W. Begor '80: Chief Executive Officer, Equifax

Larry Benedict '84: Owner, The Opportunistic Trader LLC

Michael Blackshear ’91: Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance and Privacy Officer, Ryan Speciality

Steve Charney '81: Chairman, Peckar & Abramson PC

Doug Cramer '87: Managing Principal, Alternative Access Capital LLC

Daniel D'Aniello '68: Co-Founder and Chairman Emeritus, The Carlyle Group

Darlene T. DeRemer '77, '79 MBA: Managing Partner, Grail Partners LLC

Michael A. Dritz '59: Chairman, Dritz Enterprises LLC

Robert B. Fagenson '70: Chairman of the Board (retired), National Holdings Corp. Group Companies

Harold A. Fetner '83: President and Chief Executive Officer, Fetner Properties

Asher Flaum ’02 (FALK): President, Flaum Management Company

Elisabeth Fontenelli '86 (WHIT/NEW): Consultant, Coach, Advisor, Partner and Managing Director (retired) , Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

Nancy Girondo ’98 (A&S/MAX), '16 MBA, '18 M.S.: Senior Product Director, Fundamental Equities, Invesco US

Kenneth E. Goodman '70: President and COO (retired), Forest Laboratories Inc.

Richard L. Haydon '66 (A&S), CFA: Managing General Partner, TippHill Capital Management LLC

Thomas Herskovits '69, '94 MBA: Managing Partner, Feldman Advisors

Jonathan J. Holtz '78: Chairman, Winholt Equipment Group

Robert Hornung '87: President, EVO Systems LLC

Hugh F. Johnston '83: Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, Vice Chairman, PepsiCo Inc.

Steven A. Kass '78, CPA: Chief Executive Officer, Kass Advisory LLC

Scott Klein ’79: President, Specialized Services, Teleperformance SA; President and CEO, LanguageLine Solutions

James D. Kuhn '70, '72 MBA: President, Head of Investor Services, Newmark

Theodore A. Lachowicz '72: Owner, Higgins Investments LLC; President, Chairman of the Board, EBV Foundation

Robert J. Laughlin '87: Regional Market Manager, Metro New York

Deborah G. Leone '86, '87 MBA: Partner and Chief Operating Officer (retired), Investment Management Division, Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

Keith L. Lippert '78: Founding Partner, LHA

Patrick A. Mannion '80 MBA - Vice Chairman, Columbian Financial Group

Philip A. McNeill '81 - Managing Partner, Farragut Capital Partners LLC

Neeraj Mehta ’96 MBA: Chief Executive Officer, DigniFi Tech Inc.

Steven G. Merson '93: President, Command Companies

Robert H. Pearlman '64: Senior Portfolio Manager (retired), The Fraenkel Group, Neuberger Berman BD LLC

Edward J. Pettinella '76 MBA: Independent Director, Royal Oak Realty Trust

Kenneth A. Pontarelli ’92 (WHIT/A&S): Partner and Managing Director, Goldman Sachs Group

Douglas A. Present '86: Founder, Douglas Present Associates

Neal H. Rotenberg '79: Managing Partner and President, Rotenberg Meril Solomon Bertiger & Guttilla P.C. 

Joel A. Shapiro '59: President, Bartmon, Shapiro & Associates

Leonard H. Shapiro: President, Commander Enterprises LLC

Hon. Nancy Harvey Steorts '59 (FALK): President, Nancy Harvey Steorts International

Ian Thompson ’01: Director, Financial Planning and Analysis, Turnils North America Group Companies, Division of Hunter Douglas Window Fashions

Marcel Vernon Sr. ’94 MBA: Chief Financial Officer, University of New Hampshire

Roland L. Williams '97 (VPA): Founder and Chairman, Champion Academy

P.J. Wilmot '02: President, Wilmorite Inc.

Lee Zaretzky ’89: President , Ronsco Inc.

Jeffrey M. Zell '77: President and Chairman, JM Zell Partners Ltd.

 

Ex-Officio

Josh Fishman '12: Senior Brand Manager, Suave at Unilever

Alexander McKelvie, Interim Dean, Whitman School

Young Whitman Advisory Council (YWAC)

Chair

Chelsea Ransom-Cooper '15

 

Members

Kora-Lynah Abelard ’15

Cafui Awasu '20

Sarah Boulos ’21 

Katherine Caminero’15

Cole Charney '20

Yuhong (Ellee) Chen '18

Catherine Cummings ’18

Patrick Douglas '15

Jess Dunne '17

Bernard Essoka '15

Greg Fligor '18

Mitchell Gordon '22

Brian Gladstone ’17

Olivia Hager '18

Warren Johnson '20

Ashley Keyes ’14

Jamie Creighton Kassoff '18

Faiz Khan '19

Eric Klein '16

Amrita Mainthia ’12

Refjola Malushi '18

Logan Margolis '17

Chris Marino ’13

Lauren Mueller '21

Ryan Novak ’11

Samantha Oates '23

Jonathan Peatfield '17

Steven Pincus ’15

Frank Pingatore IV ’16

Olivia (Rotenberg) Holt ’14, ’15 M.S.

David Skoler '15

Danielle Skowronek '15

Scott Slutsky '18

Jennie (May) Snider '17

Jamie Vinick '20

Lisette Weinstein '17