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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)