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

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

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

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

Board Members

Image Armen A.A. Avanessians MS’83, P: CC’12 CC’17 SIPA’17; Chief Investment Officer, Goldman Sachs Asset Management (Retired)	Image Jamey Barbas BS’83; Project Director, NY State Thruway Authority	Image Hyun Bae BS’90, P: EN’27; Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cedars Sinai Medical Center; Director of The Center of Spinal Restoration
Image Bob Bakish BS’85 P: EN’22, Media and Entertainment Executive	Image Michal Braverman-Blumenstyk MS’87; Microsoft Corporate Vice President, CTO Microsoft Security, and Microsoft Israel R&D Center Managing Director	Image Ursula Burns MS’82; Senior Advisor of Teneo Ltd; Chairman and CEO of Veon Ltd (Retired); Chairman and CEO of Xerox Corporation (Retired)
Image Dean Dakolias BS‘89, P: CC’23; Co-Chief Investment Officer, Fortress Investment Group	Image Ziad Dalloul MS’88, P: EN’22; CEO and Chairman, Africell	Image Shahram Ebadollahi MS’99 MPhil’02 PhD’05; Operating Partner, Private Equity
Image George Ellis BS’79; Global Director, Procurement Operational Excellence, Corteva Agriscience	Image John Frangos P: CC’19 EN’21 LW’23; Owner, First Lines Company	Image Ben Fried CC’88, P: CC’24 CC’26; Venture Partner, Rally Ventures
Image Anne Gates MS‘82; President of MGA Entertainment (Retired)	Image Gerald Horkan BS’87, P: EN’25 CC’28; Investor; Technology and Media Executive	Image Ralph Izzo BS’78 MS’79 PhD’81; Chairman of the Board, President, and CEO, Public Service…
Image Harsh Jain BU’14; CEO and Co-Founder, Dream Sports	Image Bahram Jalali MS'86 MPhil'87 PhD'89 P: EN’24, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, UCLA Samuel School of Engineering	Image Steven Jean BS’98; Managing Director, UBS Group AG
Image Judy Joo BS’97; Entrepreneur, Celebrity Chef, Restaurateur, TV Personality, and Author	Image Monica Karo P: EN’18; CEO, OMD USA	Image Kittu Kolluri P: EN’17 EN’22; Founder and Managing Director, Neotribe Ventures
Image Stella Li P: CC’27 EN’27; Executive Vice President, BYD; CEO, BYD Americas	Image Angela Liu BS’02 MS’02; China CEO, Barclays Bank PLC	Image Janet Lustgarten BS’85; President, Shakti Software
Image Ming Maa P: EN27; Group President, Grab	Image Asheet Mehta BS’87, P: EN’22 CC’22; Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company	Image Jay Mehta BS’83, P: CC’23 SP’25 CC’26; Group Director, Mehta Group
Image Horace Meng MS’95, P: EN’20; Investor; Previous Co-Founder and CEO, Axon Image	Image Azmi Mikati BS’94, P: CC’25; CEO, M1 Group	Image Jon Oringer MS’99; Chairman, Shutterstock
Image Vikram Pandit BS’76 MS’77 BU’80 BU’86, P: CC’17 PH’19; CEO and Chairman, Orogen Group	Image Chatchai Piyasombatkul BS’82, P: EN’11 EN’12 EN’13 EN’14 EN’25; President, Metro Ply Group	Image Ana Rodriguez BS’86 MS’88; Co-Founder and CEO, Bia Energy
Image James R. Scapa BS’78; Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Altair	Image Teri Sgammato BS’84, P: EN’16 EN’17 EN’18 EN’21; Chairman and CEO, ES3	Image Imran Shah BS'84 MS'86 PhD'94 P: EN'14 Managing Director, Accenture (Retired)
Image Nina Tandon MPhil‘08 PhD‘09 BU’12; Co-Founder and CEO, Epibone	Image Peter Thoren Executive Vice President, Access Industries	Image Jessica Tsoong BS’08; Executive-in-Residence, Relay Ventures
Image Fermi Wang MS’89, MPhil’91 PhD’91, P: EN’23 EN’25; CEO, Ambarella	Image Marie Wieck MS’83; Technology Executive and Board Director	Image Yuanqing Yang P: EN’25; CEO and Chairman, Lenovo
Image Jennifer Yu Cheng BS’03; Deputy Vice Chairwoman and Group President, CTF Education Group

Chair Emeriti

Image Eric Poirier BS’04; Chair Emeritus; CEO, Addepar	Image Shawn Edwards BS’90 MS’95, P: EN17; Chair Emeritus; Chief Technology Officer, Bloomberg L.P.	Image Allan M. Cytryn BS’72 GSAPP’75 MS’79; Chair Emeritus; Principal, Risk Masters, INC
Image Raymond P. Daddazio BS’75 MS’76 EngScD’82, P: EN’20; Chair Emeritus; Senior Consultant and President Emeritus, Thornton Tomasetti, Inc.	Image Adnan A. Durrani BS’81 P: EN’15 LW’21; Chair Emeritus; CEO, American Halal/Saffron Foods; President, Condor Ventures, Inc.	Image Andrew Gaspar BS’69 P: BU’05; Chair Emeritus; Principal, Gaspar Global Ventures
Image James Li BS’68 MS’70 ENG'76 , P: EN’06; Chair Emeritus; Managing Director and COO of Global Bank Group, Goldman Sachs & Company	Image Alessandro Piol BS’79 MS’82 BU’85, P: CC’13; Chair Emeritus; Managing Director, Alphaprime	Image Alan M. Silberstein BS’69; Chair Emeritus; President, Allston Associates
Image Lauren L. Wong BS’76, P: CC’15; Chair Emeritus; Managing Director, Tandem Capital Management, Inc.

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