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Meet the Board
Board Member Profiles
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Dennis N Aust
Director at Large
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Dennis Aust has been a leader of the Chicago Booth alumni community since 1999, when he revitalized the then-dormant Consulting Roundtable. He joined the board of the Chicago Booth Alumni Club in 2005, where he has previously served as VP – Communications and VP - Continuing Education. As President, his personal vision is that the Chicago Booth Alumni Club should grow into its full potential as a vital and recognized presence in the community, accomplishing this by providing a variety of creative and well-executed program/services enabling members and other alums to connect, learn, engage, and serve.
In his professional life, Dennis has nearly 30 years of experience developing and implementing value creation strategies, frameworks, and tools for Fortune 500 and mid-cap firms in a variety of industries. He currently serves as Senior Partner and Managing Director of CharterMast Partners LLC, a consulting firm which provides public and privately held companies guidance, support, and insights for developing and implementing best-in-class strategies for value creation.
When he isn’t busy with work, family or with club activities, Dennis is an avid classical music fan and a regular hiker in the dunes near his home in Northwest Indiana. His three favorite cultural institutions are the Chicago Symphony, WFMT, and The Economist “newspaper.”
dennis.aust@chartermast.com
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David C Burrus
Assistant Treasurer
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David has been a part of the Chicago Booth Alumni Club since 1995, during which time he also contributed to the school's Task Force on Alumni Engagement. He served as Club President from 2006 to 2009, and serves currently as the Club's Secretary.
His professional background spans a variety of functions, including corporate international finance, acquisitions, distribution and planning, industrial product development and market management. David has worked for nearly the past thirty years in both start-ups and established organizations, spanning industries from pharmaceuticals to aircraft parts to manufacturing. Prior to that, he worked in the kitchen of a Pizza Hut, where customers clamored to learn what days he was off. He travels internationally throughout Europe and Asia and recently applied to patent a new product.
dburrus@chicagobooth.edu
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William Roule
Treasurer
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Bill Roule is currently between opportunities.
Prior to this situation, Bill has worked as a Federal Tax Specialist for Rio Tinto Alcan, a Tax Manager for Rand McNally, a self-employed tax consultant, a Senior Tax Manager for Navigant Consulting, a Tax Manager for Deloitte & Touche, and he spent many years in the tax department of Inland Steel Industries.
Bill earned a BA in Economics from the University of Chicago. At Chicago, he was president of Henderson House Council. He received a MBA with a concentration in Finance and Accounting at the Chicago Booth Graduate School of Business. In addition, he earned a Master of Science in Taxation (MST) from DePaul University. He is also a CPA.
Bill is currently the Treasurer of the Chicago Booth Alumni Club. For two years, he was the president of the Metro Chapter of the Illinois CPA Society.
Bill lives in Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood. He enjoys going to the theater and the movies
wroule@chicagobooth.edu
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Michael Guerrieri
Vice President,
Public Relations
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Edward A. Rowe is the managing principal of ARK Real Estate Advisors. With forty years experience and total transactions exceeding $6.5 Billion, he offers clients a diverse professional background, including acquisition, disposition, development, and debt & equity financing. He possesses in-depth knowledge of investment strategies and financial structuring utilized by both institutional and private investors. Mr. Rowe’s broad network of industry contacts – including institutional & individual investors, developers, builders, contractors, investment and leasing brokers, investment bankers, mortgage bankers, and lawyers – is critical in addressing clients’ needs.
Prior to joining ARK, Mr. Rowe oversaw acquisitions and dispositions for Centro Properties Group, the fifth largest shopping center owner in the nation. Centro entered the U.S. market in 2003 and subsequently acquired three publicly traded U.S. REITs, including New Plan Excel. Mr. Rowe was instrumental in the New Plan Excel acquisition and in the sale of many assets.
Prior to his tenure at Centro, Mr. Rowe served as Executive Vice President of Acquisitions & Dispositions for ORIX Real Estate Capital (OREC), a subsidiary of a $50B international financial services company. OREC owned and managed a national portfolio of distressed commercial real estate assets acquired in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Mr. Rowe was instrumental in forming this portfolio of office, retail and industrial properties totaling $1.75B. He initiated this program, which included many ground-up developments located in primary, secondary and tertiary markets throughout the U.S. and Canada. Under Mr. Rowe’s leadership, ORIX oversaw the land acquisition, entitlement and zoning, architectural and engineering, financing, construction management, asset management, and disposition of each of these properties. During his 17 year ORIX tenure, Mr. Rowe also orchestrated a recapitalization of a $175M, multi-asset joint venture with a nationally recognized institutional partner.
Mr. Rowe holds a B.S. from the Northwestern University Undergraduate School of Business, an M.B.A from the University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business and is a licensed broker in the State of Illinois. His professional affiliations include National Association of Real Estate Investment Managers, Real Estate Investment Advisory Council, Urban Land Institute, International Council of Shopping Centers, and the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors, and is a Board Member of the Chicago Booth Alumni Club.
Mr. Rowe enjoys spending time with his wife and two daughters. He is a licensed amateur radio operator and has a passion for antique automobiles.
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Ajoy Batra
Vice-President,
Communications
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Ajoy joined Board of Directors of the Chicago Booth Alumni club in2013 as VP of Communication.
His professional background spans a variety of functions, including management consulting, business analytics, process improvement, cost management, and Technology in Financial services industry.
In addition to being the Board of Directors of the Chicago BoothAlumni Club, Ajoy is also member of Board of Director for Palatine Township Senior Citizens Council.
Ajoy has a Bachelor's & Masters degrees in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
ajoybatra@yahoo.com
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Ernest P. Chiodo
Vice President
Continuing Education
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Ernest P. Chiodo, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., M.S., M.B.A., C.I.H.is a physician, attorney, industrial hygienist, industrial toxicologist and biomedical engineer licensed to practice medicine in New York, Michigan, and Illinois as well as law in Michigan and Illinois.
Dr. Chiodo received his Medical Degree (M.D.) from Wayne State University School of Medicine, his Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Wayne State University Law School, his Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) from Harvard University School of Public Health, his Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering (M.S.)from Wayne State University, his Master of Science in Threat Response Management(biological, chemical, and radiological defense) from the University of Chicago, his Master of Science in Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences with Specialization in Industrial Toxicology from Wayne State University, and his Master of Business Administration with a concentration in economics from the University of Chicago.
He is board certified in the medical specialties of Internal Medicine, Occupational Medicine, and Public Health and General Preventive Medicine. Public Health and General Preventive Medicine is the medical specialty focused on epidemiology. He is also certified in the engineering and public health discipline of industrial hygiene by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene as a Certified Industrial Hygienist (C.I.H.) in the comprehensive practice of industrial hygiene. He has served as the President of the Michigan Industrial Hygiene Society.
Dr. Chiodo is an assistant clinical professor of family medicine and public health at Wayne State University School of Medicine and has clinical privileges in the Henry Ford Health System. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Industrial Hygiene and Industrial Toxicology at Wayne State University. He has served as the Medical Director of the City of Detroit and of the Detroit Health Department and was the chief physician responsible for measures designed to protect the public health of over one million persons living or working in the City of Detroit. He has also served as the Medical Director of the pension boards of the City of Lansing, Michigan which is the capital city of the State of Michigan. In addition, he has served as the medical advisor to the final appeals committee of Jefferson Pilot Financial disability insurance carrier.
Dr. Chiodo serves as the Chairman of the Environmental Litigation and Administrative Practice Committee of the Environmental Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan. He also serves as an Adjunct Professor of Law at John Marshall Law School and Loyola University Law School in Chicago.
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Jon C Peterson
President
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Jon is President and a long-standing member of the Chicago Booth Alumni Club’s Board of Directors.
Jon previously served the Club as Vice President of Community Service where he organized various volunteer service opportunities for the Club and its members. These opportunities included painting and renovating Chicago inner-city schools, sorting and packing food for the Greater Chicago Food Depository, fund-raising for local public television station WTTW and co-sponsoring with the University of Chicago's Women's Business Group the bi-annual Linking Professionals with Non-Profit Boards which enables Booth alumni to find a beginning niche in community service that could provide career growth and readiness for service on larger on-profit boards.
As Student Organization Liaison, he worked to better coordinate the activities and relationships between Club members, the Booth Alumni Office and various Booth student organizations. The goal of this liaison position is to enrich the Booth experience for both current students and Chicago area alums through increased contact and social networking activities.
Jon is also a member of the Chicago CEO Roundtable and serves on the Board of Directors for the Chicago Booth Entrepreneurial Roundtable, two independent alumni-run organizations focusing on business ownership and entrepreneurial business opportunities for Chicago Booth alumni and other business leaders in the Chicago area..
Professionally, Jon has over 30 years of experience in the health care industry, where he specializes in corporate finance, strategy, valuation and litigation services for hospitals, health systems, physician services and other related businesses. He is Founder and President of Jon Peterson &Associates, a healthcare litigation and consulting services firm located in LaGrange, Illinois and a partner in Government Fixed Asset Services, an infrastructure consulting firm serving state & local governments.
In his spare time he enjoys coaching cycling, skiing, hiking, camping, travel and collecting vintage high-end audio equipment. He is also the Executive Producer of "World War II Veterans Stories'" a series of interviews capturing the memories and recollections of World War II veterans who served in overseas combat. This series has been televised on local cable television community access channels and has won accolades and support from various local VFW and American Legion posts.
jcpeterson@chicagobooth.edu
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Elizabeth A Bleakley
Past President
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ebleakley@ksblegal.com
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Elias Yanaki
Director at Large
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Elias Yanaki has served on the University of Chicago Booth Alumni Club Board of Directors since 2009, assisting a variety of committees. Professionally, Elias is the Director of Equity and Debt Investments at a Chicago-based private equity firm.
Elias has prior experience investing in domestic and international real estate, including industrial, office, retail, hotel, and residential assets, along with mixed-use development projects. He has worked with private equity firms to source opportunities, build extensive financial models, assist in the closing process, and execute on management projections for both asset and platform level investments. Elias has previously worked at GE Capital in their Financial Management Program as well as at ACNielsen in their Financial Planning and Analysis group.
He is a member of numerous real estate organizations and is a licensed real estate broker in the state of Illinois. He also serves on the Executive Board of Directors of St. John the Baptist, Melkite Greek Catholic Church in Northlake, IL. Elias holds a Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems from the College of Business at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
eyanaki@chicagobooth.edu
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Scott A McGarvey
Vice-President,
Programs
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Scott McGarvey has 18 years’ experience in consulting and industry management. His focus includes new and re-positioned product lines, integrated marketing through multiple channels, acquisition search and due diligence, post-merger integration, and start-up ventures.
Scott works with clients to plan and execute fact-based strategic marketing:
- Building knowledge base – market assessment, customer needs analysis, business environment, competitive vulnerabilities, industry benchmarking
- Interviewing company management, owners, employees, customers and partners
- Building powerful channels of distribution under integrated branding
- Reaching high-potential customers with compelling themes and messages
- Accelerating sales to maximize performance of producers, streamline sales pipeline and build enduring customer relationships
Scott’s recent clients include finance and healthcare sector companies – Healthsource Consultants, Liberty Mutual, GMAC, Royal & Sun Alliance, Experian, and GE Capital. He has also served middle market enterprises in professional liability insurance, wireless broadband, third-party fulfillment, and tax abatement consulting.
Before establishing his consulting firm, Scott was industrial marketing manager with Landis & Gyr Powers, a major manufacturer/installer of building control systems. Earlier, Scott held positions with Price Waterhouse and Chase Econometrics.
Scott earned his MBA degree from the University of Chicago. In addition to serving on the Board of the Chicago Booth Alumni Club, he holds leadership positions in the Lakeshore Ski and Sports Club, and Chicago Booth Marketing Roundtable.
smcg@chicagobooth.edu
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Roger Moore
Vice-President,
Research
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Roger Moore is a Principal at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), a leading international management consulting firm specialized in formulating corporate strategy and creating competitive advantage for its clients. Roger is a core member of BCG’s Operations Practice Area and a member of the Information Technology Practice Area. His experience spans industries, geographies and a broad range of operations technology products and services.
Prior to joining BCG, Roger was President and CEO of Decision Models & Systems (DMS), a firm that he founded. DMS specialized in developing Decision Support Systems for Fortune 500 firms. He also was the Director of Technical Services at Sawtooth Software, a developer of market research and statistical software.
Roger holds a BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Wisconsin. At the University of Wisconsin he was the President of the Badger Amateur Radio Society and the President and a darkroom instructor at the Badger Photographic Society. He also received an MBA with focus in Finance and Statistics from the University of Chicago’s Graduate School of Business. At the GSB, he was a member of the Advanced Technology and Management Consulting Clubs. He also was a finalist in the Consulting Challenge.
Roger is President of the Board at Eclipse Theatre Company whose mission is “One Playwright, One Season.” Roger is also the VP of Communications for the Chicago GSB Alumni Club, a member of the Museum of Science and Industry’s Visibility Steering Committee. He also advises the Chicago Children’s Museum on IT strategy. In 2007, Roger completed the Arts and Business Council’s OnBoard program–designed to prepare professionals to serve as board members for arts related organizations.
Roger has traveled extensively for business and pleasure. He lives in Chicago’s Old Town neighborhood with his wife and two children. He spends as much of his free time as he can with his family. He is involved in martial arts, ice skating and playing percussion instruments. He has completed Second City’s entry level “Letters” classes and attended acting classes at Act One Studios. He attends performances at many theatres and enjoys ethnic restaurants.
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Amy Paris
Co-Vice President
Membership
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In 2010, Amy started LICKS® for Dogs a canine health supplement and holistic remedy products company. Prior to LICKS® Amy worked in a myriad of roles in the Private Equity, Venture Capital and Hedge Funds arenas, investing over $10 billion in the 2000s. Prior to earning her MBA and Masters in Public Policy at the University of Chicago, Amy headed business development for the venture-backed software development firm, uTOK Inc and traded bonds at JP Morgan. Amy loves her dog Dora and recently returned to her home town -- Chicago.
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Borislava Karageorgieva
Director-at-Large
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Borislava Karageorgieva was nominated Board Member of the Chicago Booth Alumni Club in October2010. Borislava’s involvement is on the Career Management Committee, which develops career- related webinars and events on current topics of interest to both experienced alumni and new graduates of Chicago Booth.
In her career, Borislava is an experienced Corporation Finance professional. Her background includes roles within the private and public sectors in the USA and Europe,
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Caryl Barclay
Director-at-Large
Membership
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Caryl has been a member of the Chicago Booth (GSB) Alumni Club Board since 1995 and is a past president of the group. Prior to joining the Board, Cary was active on their Career Management Committee.
Professionally, Caryl currently works for SAP in their Business Transformation Group, in the Organizational Change Management Practice. Caryl is a seasoned manager and consultant with a proven track record of successfully leading business transformations by integrating strategy, organizational change management, process redesign, and technology. She is skilled at building and motivating highly diverse cross-industry, cross-function, multi-organization, global teams. Her industry experience includes manufacturing, distribution, pharmaceuticals, managed care, banking, finance, chemicals, and utilities. Prior to joining SAP, Caryl worked for a number of consulting firms, including her own firm, and was also a Director of International IT for a large manufacturing firm.
In her spare time, Caryl loves to travel, hike, enjoy wildflowers, cook, listen to music, and most of all spend time with her children and grandchildren.
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Bruce Fischer
Director-at-Large
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Bruce Fischer is a professor of management at Elmhurst College. He received his Ph.D.in Industrial Engineering from Northwestern University.
His research interest is innovation.
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James Liu
Vice President
Human Resources
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James Liu has been involved with the Chicago Booth Alumni Club since 2011 and joined the Board of Directors in 2013 as VP of Human Resources.
Professionally, James conducts macroeconomic and quantitative research at Copia Capital, a hedge fund in Chicago. Prior to Copia, James spent time at both Wellington Management in Boston and HSBC in Chicago and the Bay Area.
James earned his MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business in 2009, holds a BA from the University of California, Berkeley, and is a CFA® charter holder.
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Cheryl Stein
Vice President
Community Service
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Cheryl Stein, Inc. was founded in 2000 to serve Fortune 100 and entrepreneurial clients with more personalized strategic planning and office brokerage services. Ms. Stein’s commercial real estate career spans three decades and the successful closing of hundreds of transactions valued at nearly $2 billion.
Her effective strategies focus on business development, sales and client relationship management. Ms. Stein has leveraged her negotiating strengths, analytic skills and her extensive construction knowledge to realize millions of dollars in savings for Fortune 100 and entrepreneurial clients, including: ADP, Inc.; CIGNA; Mercedes-Benz Credit Corporation; Northern Trust Bank; AIAChicago; APA; and Walsh Construction.
Cheryl Stein began her career as the youngest commission broker at a Chicago real estate development company. She was the sole woman in office brokerage and successfully handled many of the firm’s largest office leasing, sales, and build-to-suit transactions. She earned her M.B.A. at night school, while working full time.
Ms. Stein's real estate brokerage practice grew in office tenant representation services while affiliated with several major broker-age firms with global service networks. She has developed a broad range of corporate contacts in the finance, technology, healthcare, medical, construction, architectural and legal fields.
After years of recognition as a leading Chicago office broker, Ms. Stein moved to South Florida as Executive Vice President of a private development firm. She marketed two new office projects valued at $100 million and achieved record rental rates that al-lowed refinancing at 140% value over the construction costs.
Cheryl Stein, Inc. is dedicated to advocating business owners’ interests by maximizing resources to secure the optimum value for their real estate.
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Lester Bern
Director-at-Large
Programs
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lbern@chicagobooth.edu |
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Bradley P Summers
Director-at-Large
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brad_summers@ml.com |
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Vivek Prabhu
Director-at-Large
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Vivek's background is in enterprise software and is currently a Principal at Chi5 Inc., a technology firm based out of Chicago. Previously, Vivek was a part of Oracle Corporation's consulting services division and focused on implementing enterprise software, focusing on e-commerce, at small & medium sized businesses.
In addition to being on the Board of Directors of the Chicago Booth Alumni Club, Vivek is also a member steering committee for the Chicago Booth Marketing Roundtable.
Vivek has a Bachelor's & Masters degrees in Electrical Engineering and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
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Danielle Young
Co-Vice President
Membership
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Danielle joined the University of Chicago Booth alumni club in 2013. Danielle currently is a manager of Strategy for Cars.com where she irresponsible for developing the long term strategic plan for the company. Prior to Cars.com Danielle held roles in Strategy Consulting, Investment Banking and New Product Development.
Danielle is originally from the UK and moved to Chicago from London in 2005 for her MBA at Chicago Booth (Class of 2007). Danielle holds an MSc in Surveying from University College London and BSc in Geography from King's College London.
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Jay Beadle
Secretary
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For nearly 31 years, Jay has served as a problem solver in corporate real estate transactions and represented organizations such as Encyclopedia Britannica, US Bank, University of Chicago Medical Center, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, World Kitchen, Credit Agricole, AXA Insurance, NY Life, PPM America, Northwestern University, Commonwealth Edison, The Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Cook County.
His strategic approach to leases, purchases, contract negotiations, research and finance helps create value for his clients during the various phases of a real estate project.
Charitable Involvement: Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund and Evanston YWCA
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