Steering Committee

The Kilts Center is pleased to have a steering committee made up of senior marketing executives and leaders. Each member of the steering committee has agreed to mentor his or her fellowship recipient. Our goal is to matriculate a larger number of the best students worldwide in marketing at Chicago GSB.

Mr. Lee S. Hillman, '79, Co-Chairman
President
Power Plate International Limited

Mr. James Kilts, '74, Co-Chairman
Founding Partner
Centerview Partners

Ms. Beth Bronner, '74
Managing Director
Mistral Capital Management, LLC

Mr. Pradeep K. Chintagunta
Robert Law Professor of Marketing
University of Chicago Graduate School of Business

Mr. Philip A. Clement, '70
Managing Partner
The Clement Group

Mr. Tom Doctoroff, '89
CEO Greater China, Area Director, Northeast Asia
JWT / Bridge Advertising Co. Ltd.

Mr. M. Carl Johnson III, '72
SVP/Chief Strategy Officer
Campbell Soup Company

Ms. Karen Katen, '74
Senior Advisor
Essex Woodlands Health Ventures LLC

Mr. Jerry W. Levin, '68
Chairman
Sharper Image Corp.

Mr. James W. Lewis, '70
Chairman
The Geometry Group, Inc.

Mr. William McComb, '87
Chief Executive Office and Director
Liz Claiborne, Inc.

Mr. John Mutch, '97
Managing Director
MV Partners, LLC

Ms. Robin Neifield, '84
CEO
NetPlus Marketing, Inc.

Mr. Henry Rak, '70
Founder/Chairman & CEO
Henry Rak Consulting Partners LLC

Ms. Karen Seitz, '86
Partner and Managing Director
Goldman Sachs

Mr. Gary I. Singer, '78
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Redline Results, LLC

Mr. Rishad Tobaccowala, '82
Chief Executive Officer
Denuo

Mr. James Tyree
Executive VP, Pharmaceutical Products
Abbott

Mr. David Whalen, '81
President/CEO
A.T. Cross Company

Mr. Mark Zmijewski
Leon Carroll Marshall Professor of Accounting and Deputy Dean
University of Chicago Graduate School of Business

Mr. Sergio Zyman
Chairman/Founder
Zyman Group LLC

Ex-Officio Members

Ms. Stacey Kole
Clinical Professor of Economics; Deputy Dean for the Full-Time MBA Program
University of Chicago GSB

Mr. Richard Leftwich
Fuji Bank and Heller Professor of Accounting and Finance; Deputy Dean for Faculty, University of Chicago GSB

Mr. Edward A. Snyder
Dean and George Pratt Shultz Professor of Economics
University of Chicago GSB