Advisory Councils
The CALS Advisory Council serves as the primary external advisory group for the dean and academic leadership of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Advisory council members provide counsel and advice concerning strategic issues and programs in teaching, research, and extension in the college. CALS is also served by several other councils who given specific advice for units and departments within our college.
CALS Advisory Council
Aaron Allen ’01, Farmer, Allenwaite Farms, Inc.
Kristin Alongi MS ’10, VP, Business Strategy & Operational Excellence, Rich Products Corporation
Deborah Arrindell ’79, Vice President-Pharmacovigilance at Global Blood Therapeutics
Richard Ball, Commissioner, New York State Agriculture & Markets (Ex Officio)
Carol Berman ’94, Sr. News Director, Penn Medicine
James Bittner ’80, Partner, Bittner Singer Orchards (Ex Officio)
Kelly Brown ’88, ’92 MBA, Board Executive, A. Duda & Sons Board of Directors, Opal Foods LLC
Seth Brufsky ’88, Senior Partner, Ares Management
Peter Call ’79, President/Owner, My-T Acres, Inc. (Ex Officio)
Tomas Castellanos ’10, Partner, Holland & Knight
Mark Cisz ’91, Managing Director, JP Morgan
Nathan Connell ’01, Associate Physician, Brigham & Women’s Hospital Hematology Division
Mary Conrad '83, Visual Artist
Ariana Constant ’09, MPS ’14, Director, Clinton Foundation
Cristen Cottrell ’99
Diana Daniels ’71
Nick Dokoozlian, VP of Viticulture, Chemistry & Enology, E&J Gallo Winery
John Dyson ’65, Chairman, Millbrook Capital Management Inc. (Emeritus Member)
Lora Epstein ’01, Attorney
Ann Ferreira ’88, Partner, Lake Country Capital (Chair)
David Fisher ’84, President, New York Farm Bureau, Partner, Mapleview Dairy (Ex Officio)
Eliese Fisher ’88, Principal, Fisher Coaching & Consulting Services, LLC
Michelle Flowerman ’08, ’09 MBA, Managing Director, Velocity Growth Partners
Martha Furie ’74, Professor, Stony Brook University
Pete Gelber ’82, Barrington Dairy LLC
Jeffrey Geller ’94, Orthopedic Surgeon
Andrew Gellert ’89, President and Treasurer, Atalanta Corporation
Lily Hakim '07, VP, Chief of Staff to the General Counsel of Mastercard
Jonathan Krautmann ’01, Partner, Rubric Capital Management
Michael Kreher ’00, Partner, Kreher Family Farms (Ex Officio)
Jackie Lendrum, Director, Division of Fish and Wildlife (Ex Officio)
William Lipinski ’79, President/CEO, Farm Credit East (Ex Officio)
Rick Lowe ’90, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
Charlie Lynch ’90, MBA ’95, Senior Vice President, NetJets, Inc.
Kevin Malchoff '74, Director, Rich Products Corporation
Benjamin Mandel '01, Head of Research, Jubarte Capital
Alison McKiegan Gillott ’93, Events Manager, Yale University
Geraldine McManus ’78, Founder, Morangie Management LLC
Sarah Mehta ’01, President, PianoPiano
Denise Meridith ’73, CEO & President, World’s Best Connectors LLC
Kathleen Miller ’82, Retired Federal Executive
Calvin Moody '96, Managing Partner of Various Dairy Production Units
Wendy Nacht ’79 (Ex Officio)
Brian Nicholson ’94, President, Red Jacket Orchards
John Noble ’76, President, Noblehurst Farms (Emeritus Member)
Michael Nolan ’77, RBC Wealth Management
Penny Novick ’94, Managing Director at Morgan Stanley – Global Co-Head of Prime Brokerage
Henry O'Connor ’88, General Partner, Multiplier Capital
Elyse Richardson ’06, Woodlawn Cemetery & Conservancy Special Projects Lead (Ex Officio)
Nancy Roistacher ’72, Faculty, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Robert Rosenberg '88, Founder and Principal, Telluride Legal Strategies
Katie Schoenberg ’03, Ph.D.’10, Senior Director, Global Talent Acquisition, Elanco Animal Health
Paul Sellew ’80, Founder and CEO, Little Leaf Farms
Giles Shih ’89, Founder and Strategic Advisor, Big Ripple Innovations, LLC
Lorette Simon Gross ’89, MBA ’90
David Smith Ph.D. ’78, R&D Leadership Technical Consultant, David S Smith & Associates
Sudip Thakor '86, Managing Partner, Pumori Capital
Daniel Tomson ’87, Strategic Advisor, Morgan Stanley
John Toohey ’84, Founder and Lead Meteorologist, ClimaData
Kim Wagner ’85, Founder and Co-Owner, Tbgd Partners, LLC, Founder & Co-Owner, Stoutridge Distillery & Winery
Jarrid Whitney ’94, Assistant Vice President for Enrollment Management and Strategy, Dartmouth College
Chris Wilkerson ’95, Owner and Board of Advisors, EquipSystems
Craig Yunker ’72 (Emeritus Member)