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.

Read President's Letter

Meet Our Board and Volunteers

Interested in Volunteering for the Alumni Board?
 

UCLA Anderson Alumni Network Board of Directors is currently accepting applications for Board positions. Submit your application to indicate your interest in becoming an active alumni volunteer.

Applications are due by May 15, 2024.

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

 
Zubin Davar
The culture of Anderson’s 43,000+ alumni network across 75+ countries stands alone. Not only do our alumni reach the highest professional apexes, but also they naturally reach back and bring others along. It’s core to the spirit that makes Anderson exceptional. That is why it is with deep humility and excitement that I begin my service as your UCLA Anderson Alumni Network President for the next two years.

Zubin Davar (’15)

President, UCLA Anderson Alumni Network Board of Directors

Meet Our Board and Volunteers
 
Zubin Davar (’15)
President
Steve Yu ('03)
President-Elect

Amy Bergrud (’04)
Vice President

Jill Baldauf (’81)
Chief Operating Officer
Aimee Hittinger ('20)
Chief Financial Officer
Blair Nichols ('17)
Chair – Alumni Resource Groups
Garry Tyran ('82)
Chair – Chapter Presidents Council
Kristin Ashcraft (’09)
Chair – Class Presidents Council
Elena Kim ('11)
Chair – Culture
Alda Mostofi ('08)
Chair â€“ Industries
Kate Pletcher (’07)
Past President

Robert Puro (’09)
LA Chapter President


Alumni Resource Group

Blair Nichols (’17) â€“ Chair Liza Katsman (’20) – Co-Chair
Annette Blum Pearson (’10)

Rosario Bradbury (’07)
Shirin Nikaein (’19)



Career / Industry

Alda Mostofi (’08) – Chair Chris Wright ('09)

Lookmaan Ismail (’21) 

Preethi Johnson (’15)
Alda Mostofi (’08) 

Alisha Song (’07)
Chen Zhao (’14)



Communications / Reunions

Kristin Ashcraft (’09) – Chair


Joanne Haase (’84)

Ajey Kaushal  (’20)
Janet Kung (’15) Garry Tyran (’82)
Jorge Santana (’19)

Mark Weinstock (’19)




Culture

Elena Kim (’11) â€“ Chair Ed Spitzberg (’98)
Perry Poussard Jr. (’21) 

Jonathan Schreter (’00)
Yolanda Stanton (Chin) (’09) Stella Yu (’20)


 

Events

Garry Tyran (’82) â€“ Co-Chair Robert Puro (’09) â€“ Co-Chair
Cameron Allen (’89) Parth Chauhan (’21)

Eddie Ma (’09)  Ross Felix (’20)


 

Governance / Finance

Amy Bergrud (’04) â€“ Co-Chair Aimee Hittinger (’20) â€“ Co-Chair
John Guillebeaux (’02) Michael Nolan (’19)
Allan Von Halle (’79)

Chandra Williams (’21)
Jason LeGate (’07)



Strategic Initiatives

Steve Yu (’03) – Co-Chair Kenny Liao (’13) – Co-Chair
Joyce Chang (’12) Peter Belisle (’97)
 

Rajeev Sharan (’12)

Reva Shakkottai (’02)

Class Year

Position

Term Ends

Name

Class of 1978 FTMBA

President

6/30/2023

Roberta Kass (’79)

Class of 1979 FTMBA

President

6/30/2024

Allan Von Halle (’79)

Class of 1980 FTMBA

President

6/30/2025

Linda Spevacek (’80)

Class of 1982 FTMBA

Co-President

6/30/2027

Beth Logan (’82)

Class of 1982 FTMBA

Co-President

6/30/2027

Garry Tyran (’82)

Class of 1984 FTMBA

President

6/30/2024

Joanne Haase (’84)

Class of 1985 FTMBA

President

6/30/2025

Stephen Fioretti (’85)

Class of 1988 FTMBA

President

6/30/2023

Sue Schroeder (’88)

Class of 1989 FTMBA

President

6/30/2024

Cameron Allen (’89)

Class of 1992 FTMBA

President

6/30/2027

Russell Riopelle (’92)

Class of 1994 FTMBA

President

6/30/2024

Mike De Paola (’84)

Class of 1996 FTMBA

President

6/30/2026

Steve Smith (’96)

Class of 1998 FTMBA

President

6/30/2023

David Schwartz (’98)

Class of 1999 FTMBA

President

6/30/2024

S. Intesar Haider (’99)

Class of 1999 FEMBA

President

6/30/2024

Farhad Rostamian (’99)

Class of 2000 FTMBA

President

6/30/2025

Jonathan Schreter (’00)

Class of 2001 FEMBA

President

6/30/2026

Jeff Chiu (’01)

Class of 2002 FTMBA

President

6/30/2027

Carrie Wagner ('02)

Class of 2003 FTMBA

President

6/30/2023

Nitya Kirat (’03)

Class of 2003 EMBA

President

6/30/2023

Giovanni Bohorquez (’03)

Class of 2004 FTMBA

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 FTMBA

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 FTMBA

President

6/30/2026

Danny Adrian (’06)

Class of 2006 FEMBA

President

6/30/2026

Peter Finkel (’06)

Class of 2006 EMBA

President 6/30/2026

Martial Besse ('06)

Class of 2006 UCLA-NUS EMBA

President

6/30/2026

Lucy Allard (’06)

Class of 2007 FTMBA

President

6/30/2027

Kate Pletcher (’07)

Class of 2007 UCLA-NUS EMBA

President

6/30/2027

Rosario Bradury (’07)

Class of 2008 FTMBA

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 FTMBA

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 FTMBA

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 FTMBA

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 FTMBA

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

6/30/2027

Thomas Malayil ('12)

Class of 2012 MFE

President

6/30/2022

Rajeev Sharan ('12)

Class of 2013 FTMBA

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 FTMBA

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 FTMBA

President

6/30/2025

Neal Mhaskar ('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 FTMBA

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 FTMBA

President

6/30/2022

Sugam Arora (’17)

Class of 2017 EMBA

President

6/30/2022

Shana Berg ('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 FTMBA

President

6/30/2023

Courtney Taira (’18)

Class of 2018 EMBA

President

6/30/2023

Holly Wilde (’18)

Class of 2018 FEMBA

President

6/30/2023

Leanne McGowan (’18)

Class of 2018 UCLA-NUS EMBA

President

6/30/2023

Maggie Meng (’18)

Class of 2018  MFE

President 6/30/2023

Arnabh Kumar ('18) 

Class of 2018 MSBA

President 6/30/2023

Travis Huang ('18)

Class of 2019 FTMBA

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 FTMBA

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 2020 MSBA

President 6/30/2025

Renee Wang ('20)

Class of 2021 FTMBA

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)

Class of 2021 MSBA

President

6/30/26

Chloe Xu ('21) 

Class of 2022 FTMBA

President

6/30/26

Isabelle Jones ('22)

Class of 2022 EMBA 

President

6/30/26

Heidi Wu ('22)

Class of 2022 FEMBA 

President

6/30/26

Sarah Anderson ('22)

Class of 2022 UCLA-NUS EMBA

President

6/30/26

Christie Dang ('22)

Class of 2022 MFE

President

6/30/26

Audrey Zhou ('22)

Class of 2022 MFE

President

6/30/26

Kevin Decorso ('22)

Class of 2022 MSBA

President

6/30/26

Minzhe Gu ('22) 

Class of 2023 FTMBA

President

6/30/28

Frederick Brindopke ('23)

Class of 2023 FEMBA

President

6/30/28

Kyle Brauer ('23)

Class of 2023 EMBA

President

6/30/28

Deidra Willis ('23)

Class of 2023 MFE

President

6/30/28

Nezar Bakhsh ('23)

Class of 2023 MFE

President

6/30/28

Natanya Grace Fidelia ('23)

Class of 2023 UCLA-NUS EMBA

President

6/30/28

Connie Brooks ('23)

Please visit the Chapters & Groups page to view information about Chapter & Group leaders.