Board of Directors

The board of directors is the representative body of UCLA Anderson Alumni Network. The board represents the interests of all UCLA Anderson alumni to the school. The board's mission is to assist in the creation of the lifelong relationship between UCLA Anderson and its alumni worldwide.

The board of directors meets twice a year to discuss strategies and initiatives for the organization. The board identifies and implements programs and services that meet the needs of UCLA Anderson's diverse alumni base.

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Meet Our Board and Volunteers

Mission and Vision

To lead the UCLA Anderson alumni network, by fostering lifelong connections among the school, its students & alumni worldwide.

To achieve the most connected alumni base of any major business school — engaging alumni with the same passion and activity we enjoyed while in school.

To be proud of our peers and enable their individual success, counting it as our mutual success.

To enhance the reputation of the school and the resulting value of the UCLA Anderson education to both students and alumni.

Letter from the President

I’m incredibly excited to be serving as your UCLA Anderson Alumni Network President for the next two years. By nature, I am a connector… I LOVE connecting people to people, companies to people, potential partners to potential partners, and on and on. As a student at Anderson, I really enjoyed the many opportunities I had to connect with new opportunities, learning experiences, and future friends/colleagues.

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Kate Pletcher ('07)

President, UCLA Anderson Alumni Network Board of Directors

Meet Our Board and Volunteers

Kate Pletcher (’07) President	Zubin Davar (’15) President-Elect
Amy Bergrud (’04) Vice President	Jill Baldauf (’81) Chief Operating Officer
Robert Craig (’91) Chief Financial Officer	Kate Motonaga ('97) Chair – Affinity
Stephanie Sun ('05) Chair – Chapter Presidents Council	Kristin Ashcraft (’09) Chair – Class Presidents Council
Amanda Dyer (’19) Chair – Culture	Ruben Pranata (’06) Chair – Industries
Beth Johnson (’15) Chair – Marketing & Communications	Steve Yu ('03) LA Chapter President

Affinity

Kate Montonaga (’97) – Chair	Annette Blum Pearson (’10)
Liza Katsman (’20)	Blair Nichols (’17)
Shirin Nikaein (’19)	Calvin Portley (’14)

Career / Industry

Ruben Pranata (’20) – Chair	Aimee Hittinger (’20)
Lookmaan Ismail (’21)	Preethi Johnson (’15)
Alda Mostofi (’08)	Crystal Williams (’10)
Chen Zhao (’14)

Communications / Reunions

Kristin Ashcraft (’09) – Co-Chair	Beth Johnson (’15) – Co-Chair
Rosario Bradbury (’07)	Joanne Haase (’84)
Janet Kung (’15)	Jorge Santana (’19)
Garry Tyran (’82)	Mark Weinstock (’19)

Communications & Events

Ajey Kaushal (’20)

Culture

Amanda Dyer (’19) – Chair	Elena Kim (’11)
Perry Poussard Jr. (’21)	Jonathan Schreter (’00)
Yolanda Stanton (Chin) (’09)	Stella Yu (’20)

Events

Steve Yu (’03) – Co-Chair	Stephanie Sun (’05) – Co-Chair
Cameron Allen (’89)	Tarang Lal (’20)
Will Lee (’07)	Eddie Ma (’09)
Robert Puro (’09)	Garry Tyran (’82)

Governance / Finance

Amy Bergrud (’04) – Co-Chair	Robert Craig (’91) – Co-Chair
John Guillebeaux (’02)	Michael Nolan (’19)
Allan Von Halle (’79)	Chandra Williams (’21)
Lenore Zeuthen (’02)

Strategic Initiatives

Zubin Davar (’15) – Chair	Peter Belisle (’97)
Joyce Chang (’12)	Janet Kung (’15)
Kenny Liao (’13)	Reva Shakkottai (’02)
Rajeev Sharan (’12)

Class Year	Position	Term Ends	Name
Class of 1977	President	6/30/2022	Charlie Steinmetz ('77)
Class of 1978	President	6/30/2023	Roberta Kass ('79)
Class of 1979	President	6/30/2024	Allan Von Halle ('79)
Class of 1980	President	6/30/2025	Linda Spevacek ('80)
Class of 1982	Co-President	6/30/2022	Beth Logan ('82)
Class of 1982	Co-President	6/30/2022	Garry Tyran ('82)
Class of 1984	President	6/30/2024	Joanne Haase ('84)
Class of 1985	President	6/30/2025	Stephen Fioretti (’85)
Class of 1988	President	6/30/2023	Sue Schroeder ('88)
Class of 1989	President	6/30/2024	Cameron Allen ('89)
Class of 1992	President	6/30/2022	Russell Riopelle ('92)
Class of 1994	President	6/30/2024	Mike De Paola ('84)
Class of 1996	President	6/30/2026	Steve Smith ('96)
Class of 1998	President	6/30/2023	David Schwartz ('98)
Class of 1999	President	6/30/2024	S. Intesar Haider ('99)
Class of 1999 FEMBA	President	6/30/2024	Farhad Rostamian ('99)
Class of 2000	President	6/30/2025	Jonathan Schreter (’00)
Class of 2001 FEMBA	President	6/30/2026	Jeff Chiu ('01)
Class of 2002	President	6/30/2022	Reva Shakkottai ('02)
Class of 2003	President	6/30/2023	Nitya Kirat ('03)
Class of 2003 EMBA	President	6/30/2023	Giovanni Bohorquez ('03)
Class of 2004	President	6/30/2024	Rick Shuart ('04)
Class of 2004 EMBA	President	6/30/2024	Maggie Bohlman ('04)
Class of 2004 FEMBA	President	6/30/2024	Amy Bergrud ('04)
Class of 2005	President	6/30/2025	Cathy Beaupain ('05)
Class of 2005 EMBA	President	6/30/2025	Sophie Leguillette ('05)
Class of 2005 UCLA-NUS EMBA	President	6/30/2025	David Leonard ('05)
Class of 2006	President	6/30/2026	Danny Adrian ('06)
Class of 2006 FEMBA	President	6/30/2026	Peter Finkel ('06)
Class of 2006 UCLA-NUS EMBA	President	6/30/2026	Lucy Allard ('06)
Class of 2007	President	6/30/2022	Kate Pletcher ('07)
Class of 2007 UCLA-NUS EMBA	President	6/30/2022	Rosario Bradury ('07)
Class of 2008	President	6/30/2023	Billy Sarracino ('08)
Class of 2008 EMBA	President	6/30/2023	Paul Beliveau ('08)
Class of 2008 FEMBA	President	6/30/2023	Judd Lather ('08)
Class of 2008 UCLA-NUS EMBA	President	6/30/2023	James Kwon ('08)
Class of 2009	President	6/30/2024	Kristin Ashcraft ('09)
Class of 2009 FEMBA	President	6/30/2024	Gunit Bedi ('09)
Class of 2009 EMBA	President	6/30/2024	Shawn Evans ('09)
Class of 2009 UCLA-NUS EMBA	President	6/30/2024	Alex Gharagozlow ('09)
Class of 2010	President	6/30/2025	Jessica Kellett ('10)
Class of 2010 EMBA	President	6/30/2025	James Tortorelli ('10)
Class of 2010 UCLA-NUS EMBA	President	6/30/2025	Chris Robertson ('10)
Class of 2010 MFE	President	6/30/2025	Ellen Kilpatrick ('09/10)
Class of 2011	President	6/30/2026	Carolyn Steinmetz ('11)
Class of 2011 FEMBA	President	6/30/2026	Nick Avallone ('11)
Class of 2011 UCLA-NUS EMBA	President	6/30/2026	Derek Miller ('11)
Class of 2012	President	6/30/2022	Rebecca Krass ('12)
Class of 2012 EMBA	President	6/30/2022	Hooman Afzali ('12)
Class of 2012 FEMBA	President	6/30/2022	Sam Fatoohi ('12)
Class of 2012 UCLA-NUS EMBA	President	6/30/2022	Rumi Marincic ('12)
Class of 2012 MFE	President	6/30/2022	Rajeev Sharan (’12)
Class of 2013	President	6/30/2023	Kenny Liao ('13)
Class of 2013 EMBA	President	6/30/2023	Ken Klar ('13)
Class of 2013 FEMBA	President	6/30/2023	Grace Chang ('13)
Class of 2013 UCLA-NUS EMBA	President	6/30/2023	Julie Omran ('13)
Class of 2013 GEMBA Americas	President	6/30/2023	Roman Fry ('13)
Class of 2014	President	6/30/2024	Mike Benedesso ('14)
Class of 2014 EMBA	President	6/30/2024	Andreas Neuman ('14)
Class of 2014 FEMBA	President	6/30/2024	Doug Longo ('14)
Class of 2014 GEMBA Americas	President	6/30/2024	Jaideep Singh ('14)
Class of 2015	President	6/30/2025	Zubin Davar ('15)
Class of 2015 EMBA	Co-President	6/30/2025	Janet Na Kung ('15)
Class of 2015 EMBA	Co-President	6/30/2025	Jaime Kim ('15)
Class of 2015 FEMBA	President	6/30/2025	Kari Schumaker ('15)
Class of 2015 GEMBA Americas	President	6/30/2025	Steve Hicks ('15)
Class of 2015 UCLA-NUS EMBA	President	6/30/2025	Carolyn Contois ('15)
Class of 2015 MFE	President	6/30/2025	Udit Gupta ('15)
Class of 2016	President	6/30/2026	Britney Sussman ('16)
Class of 2016 EMBA	President	6/30/2026	Lidia Mootz (’16)
Class of 2016 FEMBA	President	6/30/2026	Katie Kroeger-Davis ('16)
Class of 2016 UCLA-NUS EMBA	President	6/30/2026	Ljupco Fidanovski ('16)
Class of 2017	President	6/30/2022	Sugam Arora ('17)
Class of 2017 EMBA	President	6/30/2022	John Bazzo ('17)
Class of 2017 FEMBA	President	6/30/2022	Julia Ritchie ('17)
Class of 2017 UCLA-NUS EMBA	President	6/30/2022	Stephanie Jorden Springer ('17)
Class of 2017 MFE	President	6/30/2022	Joy Che ('17)
Class of 2018	President	6/20/2023	Courtney Taira ('18)
Class of 2018 EMBA	President	6/20/2023	Holly Wilde ('18)
Class of 2018 FEMBA	President	6/20/2023	Leanne McGowan ('18)
Class of 2018 UCLA-NUS EMBA	President	6/20/2023	Maggie Meng ('18)
Class of 2019	President	6/30/2024	Connor Douglass ('19)
Class of 2019 EMBA	President	6/30/2024	Mark Weinstock ('19)
Class of 2019 FEMBA	President	6/30/2024	Ryan Smith ('19)
Class of 2019 UCLA-NUS EMBA	President	6/30/2024	Payal Lohia ('19)
Class of 2019 MFE	President	6/30/2024	Monika Tran ('19)
Class of 2020	President	6/30/2025	Amanda Sol Peralta ('20)
Class of 2020 EMBA	President	6/30/2025	Ivan Todorov ('20)
Class of 2020 FEMBA	President	6/30/2025	Tarang Lal ('20)
Class of 2020 UCLA-NUS EMBA	President	6/30/2025	Michael Briano ('20)
Class of 2020 MFE	President	6/30/2025	Abhesh Kumar ('20)
Class of 2021	President	6/30/2026	Lookmaan Ismail ('21)
Class of 2021 EMBA	President	6/30/2026	Rachel Kozy ('21)
Class of 2021 FEMBA	President	6/30/2026	Meghan Roberts ('21)
Class of 2021 MFE	President	6/30/2026	Robin Li (’21)

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