Board of Visitors

The Board of Visitors of The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science was created on March 7, 1955 to advise and assist the Faculty of Engineering and the Dean in the development of the School. The Board of Visitors is composed of approximately 50 active and emeriti members.

Meet the Board


Board of Visitors

The leadership of The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science is charged with stewarding an institution with a long history and promising future of impact that extends well beyond current students and faculty. In order to maintain an appropriately broad vision and provide an intentional channel for input from the wider community, the University Trustees created the Board of Visitors in 1955 to advise and assist in the development of the School. 

Today, the Board of Visitors is composed of alumni leaders, parents, and friends.The members serve to advance the School’s vision – Engineering for Humanity – through the education and research enterprise of Columbia Engineering. To achieve this, they not only lend their institutional knowledge of the School and their respective industries, but they also prioritize serving as ambassadors. 

Officers  Board Members  Chair Emeriti

Officers

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Jim Albaugh

Jim Albaugh
MS’74; Chair; Executive Vice President and CEO, Boeing Commercial Airplanes (Retired)

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Georgia Papathomas

Georgia Papathomas
BS’73 MS’74 PhD’78; Vice Chair; Investor, Advisor; Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Johnson and Johnson (Retired)

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Yiannis Monovoukas

Yiannis Monovoukas
BS’84, P: CC’22 CC’26; Secretary; Independent Biomedical Venture Investor

Board Members

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Armen A. A. Avanessians

Armen A.A. Avanessians
MS’83, P: CC’12 CC’17 SIPA’17; Chief Investment Officer, Goldman Sachs Asset Management (Retired)

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Jamey Barbas

Jamey Barbas
BS’83; Project Director, NY State Thruway Authority

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Hyun Bae

Hyun Bae
BS’90, P: EN’27; Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cedars Sinai Medical Center; Director of The Center of Spinal Restoration

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Bob Bakish Headshot

Bob Bakish
BS’85 P: EN’22, Media and Entertainment Executive

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Michal Braverman-Blumenstyk

Michal Braverman-Blumenstyk
MS’87; Microsoft Corporate Vice President, CTO Microsoft Security, and Microsoft Israel R&D Center Managing Director

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Ursula Burns

Ursula Burns
MS’82; Senior Advisor of Teneo Ltd; Chairman and CEO of Veon Ltd (Retired); Chairman and CEO of Xerox Corporation (Retired)

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Dean Dakotas

Dean Dakolias
BS‘89, P: CC’23; Co-Chief Investment Officer, Fortress Investment Group

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Ziad Dalloul

Ziad Dalloul
MS’88, P: EN’22; CEO and Chairman, Africell

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Shahram Ebadollahi

Shahram Ebadollahi
MS’99 MPhil’02 PhD’05; Operating Partner, Private Equity

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George Ellis

George Ellis
BS’79; Global Director, Procurement Operational Excellence, Corteva Agriscience

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John Frangos

John Frangos
P: CC’19 EN’21 LW’23; Owner, First Lines Company

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Ben Fried

Ben Fried
CC’88, P: CC’24 CC’26; Venture Partner, Rally Ventures

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Anne Gates

Anne Gates
MS‘82; President of MGA Entertainment (Retired)

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Gerald Horkan
BS’87, P: EN’25 CC’28; Investor; Technology and Media Executive

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Ralph Izzo

Ralph Izzo
BS’78 MS’79 PhD’81; Chairman of the Board, President, and CEO, Public Service…

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Harsh Jain

Harsh Jain
BU’14; CEO and Co-Founder, Dream Sports

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Bahram Jalali

Bahram Jalali
MS'86 MPhil'87 PhD'89 P: EN’24, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, UCLA Samuel School of Engineering

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Steven Jean

Steven Jean
BS’98; Managing Director, UBS Group AG

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Judy Joo

Judy Joo
BS’97; Entrepreneur, Celebrity Chef, Restaurateur, TV Personality, and Author

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Monica Karo

Monica Karo
P: EN’18; CEO, OMD USA

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Kittu Kolluri

Kittu Kolluri
P: EN’17 EN’22; Founder and Managing Director, Neotribe Ventures

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Stella Li

Stella Li
P: CC’27 EN’27; Executive Vice President, BYD; CEO, BYD Americas

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Angela Liu

Angela Liu
BS’02 MS’02; China CEO, Barclays Bank PLC

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Janet Lustgarten

Janet Lustgarten
BS’85; President, Shakti Software

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Ming Maa

Ming Maa
P: EN27; Group President, Grab

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Asheet Mehta

Asheet Mehta
BS’87, P: EN’22 CC’22; Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company

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Jay Mehta

Jay Mehta
BS’83, P: CC’23 SP’25 CC’26; Group Director, Mehta Group

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Horace Meng

Horace Meng
MS’95, P: EN’20; Investor; Previous Co-Founder and CEO, Axon Image

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Azmi Mikati

Azmi Mikati
BS’94, P: CC’25; CEO, M1 Group

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Jon Oringer

Jon Oringer
MS’99; Chairman, Shutterstock

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Vikram Pandit

Vikram Pandit
BS’76 MS’77 BU’80 BU’86, P: CC’17 PH’19; CEO and Chairman, Orogen Group

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Chatchai Piyasombatkul

Chatchai Piyasombatkul
BS’82, P: EN’11 EN’12 EN’13 EN’14 EN’25; President, Metro Ply Group

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Ana Rodriguez

Ana Rodriguez
BS’86 MS’88; Co-Founder and CEO, Bia Energy

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James R. Scapa

James R. Scapa
BS’78; Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Altair

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Teri Sgammato

Teri Sgammato
BS’84, P: EN’16 EN’17 EN’18 EN’21; Chairman and CEO, ES3

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Imran Shah

Imran Shah
BS'84 MS'86 PhD'94 P: EN'14 Managing Director, Accenture (Retired)

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Nina Tandon

Nina Tandon
MPhil‘08 PhD‘09 BU’12; Co-Founder and CEO, Epibone

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Peter Thoren

Peter Thoren
Executive Vice President, Access Industries

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Jessica Tsoong

Jessica Tsoong
BS’08; Executive-in-Residence, Relay Ventures

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Fermi Wang

Fermi Wang
MS’89, MPhil’91 PhD’91, P: EN’23 EN’25; CEO, Ambarella

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Marie Wieck

Marie Wieck
MS’83; Technology Executive and Board Director

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Yuanqing Yang

Yuanqing Yang
P: EN’25; CEO and Chairman, Lenovo

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Jennifer Yu Cheng

Jennifer Yu Cheng
BS’03; Deputy Vice Chairwoman and Group President, CTF Education Group

  

Chair Emeriti 

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Eric Poirier

Eric Poirier
BS’04; Chair Emeritus; CEO, Addepar

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Shawn Edwards

Shawn Edwards
BS’90 MS’95, P: EN17; Chair Emeritus; Chief Technology Officer, Bloomberg L.P.

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Allan M. Cytryn

Allan M. Cytryn
BS’72 GSAPP’75 MS’79; Chair Emeritus; Principal, Risk Masters, INC

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Raymond P. Daddazio

Raymond P. Daddazio
BS’75 MS’76 EngScD’82, P: EN’20; Chair Emeritus; Senior Consultant and President Emeritus, Thornton Tomasetti, Inc.

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Adnan A. Durrani

Adnan A. Durrani
BS’81 P: EN’15 LW’21; Chair Emeritus; CEO, American Halal/Saffron Foods; President, Condor Ventures, Inc.

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Andrew Gaspar

Andrew Gaspar
BS’69 P: BU’05; Chair Emeritus; Principal, Gaspar Global Ventures

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James Li

James Li
BS’68 MS’70, P: EN’06; Chair Emeritus; Managing Director and COO of Global Bank Group, Goldman Sachs & Company

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Alessandro Piol

Alessandro Piol
BS’79 MS’82 BU’85, P: CC’13; Chair Emeritus; Managing Director, Alphaprime

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Alan M. Silberstein

Alan M. Silberstein
BS’69; Chair Emeritus; President, Allston Associates

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Lauren Wong

Lauren L. Wong
BS’76, P: CC’15; Chair Emeritus; Managing Director, Tandem Capital Management, Inc.