The Entrepreneurship@Cornell Advisory Council consists of a diverse group of Cornell alumni and friends who are entrepreneurs and business leaders. The Council provides active leadership to the Program by helping to establish goals and provide guidance, support, and financial resources. Members also participate in courses, business plan judging, sponsoring student interns, and drawing other alumni back to Cornell.
Name Degree/Year Company Location
Chair
Kevin McGovern Class of '70 McGovern Capital, LLC New York, NY
Vice Chair
Steve Benjamin Class of '80, MBA '82 Stromiga Saratoga, CA
Immediate Past Co-Chairs
John Alexander
Class of '74, MBA '76 The CBORD Group, Inc. Ithaca, NY
Jeff Parker Class of '65, M Eng '66, MBA '70   Boston, MA
Members
John Balen Class of '82, MBA '86 Canaan Partners Menlo Park, CA
Scott Belsky Class of '02 Behance New York, NY
Robert Berstein Class of '97 BMO Capital Markets New York, NY
Patrick Burke Class of '83 Burke Group, Inc. Honeyone Falls, NY
Anthony Cashen Class of '57, MBA '58   Ghent, NY
Nancy Clark Class of '62, M.Ed '64 Old Chatham Sheepherding Co. Old Chatham, NY
J. Thomas Clark Class of '63, MBA '64 Dubin, Clark, and Company Greenwich, CT
MacLaren Cummings Class of '01 Terakeet Corporation Syracuse, NY
Sharon Dauk MBA '89 Dauk/Wagner Investments, LLC Ridgefield, CT
Felix Ejeckam MEN '94, PhD '97 Group4 Labs, LLC Menlo Park, CA
Robert Erlichman Class of '88 Sunlight Electric, LLC San Francisco, CA
James Farrell Class of '78, MEN '80 F'Real! Foods, LLC Orinda, CA
Robert Felton Chair '98-'00, Class of '61 TenFold Berkeley, CA
Burt Flickinger, III Class of '80 Strategic Resources Group New York, NY
William Frey Class of ' 79 Greenwich Financial Services, LLC Greenwich, CT
Steven Gal Class of '88 ProQuo La Jolla, CA
Alison Gerlach Class of '93 Allie's Edibles Encinitas, CA
Jason Gerlach Class of '93 Allie's Edibles Encinitas, CA
Stephen Gilfus Class of '98 Event Innovation Chantilly, VA
Allison Gulbrandsen Class of '84 Gulbrandsen Mfg. Co. Clinton, NJ
Don Gulbrandsen Class of '84 Gulbrandsen Mfg. Co. Clinton, NJ
James Hauslein Class of '81, MBA '84 Hauslein and Company New York, NY
Gary Hellinger Class of '62 Gary Plastic Packaging Corp. Bronx, NY
Lara Jackle MBA '94 Lightfull Foods San Francisco, CA
Carl Johnston, Jr. Class of '64 Candlewood of Nevada, Ltd. Incline Village, NV
Michael Karangelen Class of '90 TowerBrook Capital Partners New York, NY
Harvey Kinzelberg Class of '67 Sequel Capital, LLC Chicago, IL
Jon Y. Klein Class of '87 Topline Strategy Newton, MA
Ejnar Knudsen Class of '91 Kruse Investment Co., and Craton Capital Exeter, CA
Michael Kubin Class of '71 Ionic Marketing Group, Inc. Sherman Oaks, CA
Charles Lynch Class of '90, MBA '95 Executive Jet Aviation Woodbridge, NJ
Brian Magierski Class of '93 BSG Alliance Corporation Austin, Texas
Rich Marin Class of '75, MBA '76   New York, NY
Robert Maroney Class of '72 Connecticut Investments, LLC New York, NY
Angela Mwanza MBA '00 Lehman Brothers New York, NY
James McNair MBA '83 Corinthian Capital Group, LLC Chicago, IL
Frank O'Connell Class of '65, MBA '66 The Parthenon Group Boston, MA
Dan Ramsden Class of '86 Near Earth, LLC New York, NY
David Rickerby Class of '91 Choate Hall & Stewart Boston, MA
Michael Rolband Class of '80, MEng '81, MBA '82 Wetland Studies and Solutions, Inc. Gainesville, VA
Matthew Russo Class of '90 The Russo Financial Group: Northwestern Mutual New York, NY
Rob Ryan Class of '69 Entrepreneur America Hamilton, MT
Terry Ryan Class of '69 Entrepreneur America Hamilton, MT
Samuel Seltzer Class of '48 Allison Corporation Livingston, NJ
Danny Stein Class of '92 JDS Capital New York, NY
William Trenchard Class of '97 LiveOps, Inc. Palo Alto, CA
William Weidlein Class of '77 Trans National Group Boston, MA
Chris Wilkerson Class of '95 High Bar Capital New York, NY
Eric Young Class of '78 Canaan Partners Menlo Park, CA
David Zalaznick Class of '76 Jordan / Zalaznick Capital Company New York, NY


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