Jay Conger
Henry R. Kravis Research Chair in Leadership Studies

Jay Conger is the Henry R. Kravis Professor of Leadership Studies at Claremont McKenna College, where he focuses on leadership development, executive effectiveness, and organizational change. His work spans research, teaching, and advising leaders across a range of industries, with a practical emphasis on how leadership translates into real organizational impact.

Andy Kaiser P’13
Retired Partner, Goldman Sachs

Andy had a 37-year career at Goldman Sachs. Among his many roles, he founded Goldman Sachs Private Bank in 2005 and, as its global head, grew it to more than $100 billion in client loans and deposits before retiring in 2023.

Doug Peterson ’80
Former President & CEO, S&P Global; Board Director, Morgan Stanley; Executive Chairman, OneChronos

Mr. Peterson served as president and chief executive Officer of S&P Global from 2013 to 2024 and served as a member of the board of directors from 2013 to 2025. He is currently a member of Morgan Stanley’s board of directors and is executive chairman of OneChronos, a technology company leveraging advances in auction theory and computer science to optimize financial markets. He leads a working group of six multilateral development banks (MDBs) through the World Bank to develop an emerging markets fixed-income asset class. He also serves on the Temasek Americas Advisory Panel and as a mentor for CMI - Chair Mentors International.

Tom Linebarger ’86
Senior Advisor, Director, and Former CEO, Cummins, Inc.

Tom Linebarger served as the chairman and CEO of Cummins, retiring in 2023. Since then, he has served as a senior advisor at McKinsey and Company, Blackstone, and General Catalyst including a stint as an entrepreneur-in-residence. He has served on a number of public, private and nonprofit boards of directors, including Republic Services, Mainspring Energy, Capture6, Rise Up Together (all current), as well as Harley Davidson, Cummins, Pactiv, The Business Roundtable, the Hydrogen Council, and the U.S.-China Business Council.

Jen Uner ’86
Director of Communications & Insights, The HOW Institute for Society

After a long career in fashion and high tech, Jen now leads communications for the HOW Institute for Society, a nonprofit leadership institute offering executive education, summits, and original research on moral leadership. She lives in Chicago with her husband, film composer Kubilay Uner.

Gordon C. Bjork
Lovelace Professor of Economics Emeritus, Claremont McKenna College

Gordon C. Bjork is the Lovelace Professor of Economics Emeritus at Claremont McKenna College, with a career spanning academia, policy, and global economic consulting. His work across international trade, financial systems, and global institutions offers a long-view perspective on how globalization has evolved and continues to shape economic and political outcomes worldwide.

James Floyd P’27
Vice President and Chief Investment Officer for Claremont McKenna College; President and Chief Executive Officer for Claremont Investment Management Company

James Floyd is the president and CEO of Claremont Investment Management Company, a 501(c)(3) supporting organization formed in 2017 to jointly manage the $2.4 billion endowment and operating investment portfolios of Claremont McKenna College, Harvey Mudd College, and The Claremont Colleges, Inc. James joined the Claremont McKenna investment team in March 2007 and was appointed vice president and chief investment officer in March 2011, positions he continues to hold concurrently with his responsibilities at Claremont Investment Management Company. He graduated from California Baptist University, is a California certified public accountant (inactive), a CFA charterholder, and serves on board of the University of Washington Investment Management Company.

Kristen Edgreen Kaufman ’98
Senior Vice President, Global Impact Initiatives, United States Council for International Business

Kristen Edgreen Kaufman serves as senior vice president for global impact initiatives at the United States Council for International Business (USCIB). In this role, she leads USCIB’s work on corporate responsibility and labor affairs, environment, health, and international product policy, advancing U.S. business interests across the multilateral system. USCIB represents American business in leading global forums, including the United Nations, OECD, IOE, and the International Chamber of Commerce, advocating for policies that include private sector perspectives worldwide.

Steve May ’93
Chief Veteran Advocate, Proven Valor; Director, SweetLeaf Stevia

Upon graduating from Claremont McKenna College, Steve became a nuclear, biological, and chemical defense officer in the U.S. Army; created and marketed the world’s original all-natural, no-calorie sweetener brand, SweetLeaf Stevia; served in the Arizona House of Representatives; and now helps veterans secure the benefits they’ve earned as the co-founder and chief veteran advocate at Proven Valor.

Cameron Shelton
McMahon Family Professor of Political Economy, Claremont McKenna College

Professor Shelton is the chair of the Robert Day School and the director of the Lowe Institute of Political Economy. His work sits at the intersection of economics and public policy, with a focus on bringing data-driven analysis to real-world institutional and policy challenges. He has extensive experience leading student –faculty research initiatives that engage directly with contemporary economic issues.

Tina Daniels ’93
President & COO, Aquila

Tina currently serves as President and COO of Aquila, a cross-media measurement company, where she leads revenue, strategy, and product development, working with the U.S.'s leading advertisers. Stakeholders include Google, Meta, TikTok, Amazon, Kantar Media, and Accenture.

Nishant Dass
Charles M. Stone Professor of Finance and Director of the Financial Economics Institute, Claremont McKenna College

Nishant Dass is the Charles M. Stone Professor of Finance and Director of the Financial Economics Institute at CMC. Nishant Dass is the Charles M. Stone Professor of Finance. Professor Dass joined CMC in 2020 after serving 13 years on the faculty at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he was recognized as part of the institution’s inaugural cohort of Emerging Faculty Leaders and founded the Blockchain Roundtable. Under Professor Dass’s leadership, FEI is focused on cultivating forward-thinking thought leaders who are well-versed in innovative financial practices.

Ashwin Navin ’99
Co-Founder, CEO, & Chairman, SAMBA TV

Christian Oestlien ’99
Vice President, Product Management, YouTube

Christian Oestlien has spent the last decade at YouTube, where he is currently Head of Subscriptions, overseeing YouTube Premium, YouTubeTV, NFL Sunday Ticket, Primetime Channels, and Commerce. He is also responsible for several content areas including Music, Podcasts, Media, TV and Sports. Previously, Christian also led the teams responsible for YouTube’s efforts around Connected TV, Infrastructure, Privacy and Identity.

RJ Romero ’89
President & CEO, Oremor Management & Investment Co.

RJ Romero is chief executive officer of OREMOR Management & Investment Company, which owns and operates a real estate company and a variety of automotive businesses, including: a wholesale auto auction, a digital transportation company, an advertising company, a vehicle paint protection company, a financial services company, and the OREMOR Automotive Group, which operates 20 dealerships representing 22 different franchises. In addition to serving as a CMC trustee, Mr. Romero is also on the Board of Governors of the College’s Rose Institute of State & Local Government.

Mitzi Reaugh ’99
Vice President and General Manager, Global Experiences at Netflix

Mitzi Reaugh is the vice president and general manager of global experiences at Netflix and a member of the Claremont McKenna College Board of Trustees. With more than 20 years of leadership experience across the digital media and technology sectors, she has played a key role in over $7 billion in transactions, including the launch of Hulu and the $4 billion sale of Entertainment One. A dedicated advocate for leadership development, Mitzi is the co-founder of FEME and a former advisory board member of the Kravis Leadership Institute.

Jeff Klein ’75 P’08 P’11 P’14
Retired Media CEO. First Amendment Lawyer, CMC Trustee

Jeffrey Klein is the retired executive chairman of the board of 1105 Media Inc. He spent 15 years with the Los Angeles Times and The Times Mirror Company, where he held a variety of senior management positions, including senior vice president and general manager, news; senior vice president, consumer marketing; and president of the Times’ Valley Edition. He later served for several years as president and chief executive officer of the California Community News Corporation, which published community newspapers in Southern California. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees at CMC.

Steve Bullock ’88 P’24
Former Governor of Montana

Born in Missoula and raised in Helena, blocks from the State Capitol, Steve Bullock is a product of public schools, graduating from Helena High. He received his B.A. from Claremont McKenna College in government and philosophy, politics, and economics, and his law degree from Columbia Law School. He was elected Montana’s 24th governor, serving from 2013 to 2021. As governor, Bullock worked with a Republican-majority legislature to improve access to health care, reduce the influence of dark money in state elections, make record investments in education, protect access to public lands, invest in infrastructure, and strengthen Montana’s economy. Since leaving public office, he has served as an Institute of Politics Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School and currently serves as the court-appointed Independent Monitor over Purdue Pharma and as one of three arbitrators overseeing approximately $50 billion in opioid settlements involving drug manufacturers, distributors, and pharmacy chains.

Lily Geismer
Professor of History

Stephanie Muravchik P’27
Senior Lecturer of American Politics; Associate Faculty Director of the Kravis Lab for Civic Leadership

Cameron Joseph ’08
Political Editor, POLITICO

Cameron Joseph is POLITICO's politics editor, where he runs the team covering the midterms and 2028 presidential election. He is also a senior author of the Almanac of American Politics. He's covered campaigns, Congress and the White House for publications including VICE News, the New York Daily News and The Hill. His work has also appeared in The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Guardian, the Columbia Journalism Review, and Rolling Stone.

George Thomas
Wohlford Professor of American Political Institutions

George Thomas is the Wohlford Professor of American Political Institutions and director of the Salvatori Center at Claremont McKenna College. He is the author of the (Un)Written Constitution (Oxford University Press, 2021), The Founders and the Idea of a National University: Constituting the American Mind (Cambridge University Press, 2015), and The Madisonian Constitution (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008). In addition to numerous scholarly articles, his work has also appeared in The Atlantic, The Bulwark, and Washington Monthly.

Jessica (O’Hare) Witt ’00
COO, County of Orange

Jessica Witt is the chief operating officer for the County of Orange. She has worked for the county for more than two decades in roles including deputy chief operating officer, director of government and community relations, and manager of strategic planning and legislation for OC Public Works. She earned a bachelors degree from Claremont McKenna College in 2000 and an MPA from USC in 2010. She is vice chair of the Rose Institute Board of Governors and a past president of the CMCAA.

Henry Albrecht ’91
Board Director, Advisor, Mentor

Henry Albrecht is founder and CEO of Limeade, a “Best Company business with $60 million in revenue. After its IPO and subsequent sale, he shifted to roles as a board director, advisor and mentor, supporting disruptive innovators in health—and some green—technology. He is still working to transform work into a source of positivity, energy, humanity and purpose.

Tanya Altmann ’94
MD, FAAP

As a board-certified pediatrician with more than 25 years of experience, Tanya bridges clinical medicine, consumer health, and media to transform how families access trusted health guidance. She is the founder of Calabasas Pediatrics Wellness Center and a national spokesperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics, translating complex pediatric science into practical, evidence-based insights for clinicians and parents. In addition, Tanya consults for child health and consumer product companies—from early-stage startups to leading global brands—helping to build trusted, science-backed products and messaging that resonate with today’s families.

Jennie Kung ’04
Vice Chair, Mayo Clinic Innovation Exchange

Jennie Kung is a perpetual problem-solver and believer in the power of creativity and human-centered design to drive innovation in healthcare.

Faye Sahai ’90
Managing Director, Vinaj Ventures

Faye Sahai is a managing director at Vinaj Ventures and a partner at Exbourne Group. She also serves as an advisor, board member and investor to a range of companies and startups. Prior to her current roles, she had more than 25 years of experience as an executive in healthcare, financial institutions, and technology innovation, including positions at Kaiser Permanente, Schwab, AIG, Blue Shield and Deloitte Consulting. She has also founded three of her own startups and venture capital firm.

Akshata Murty ’02
Co-founder, the Office of Akshata Murty & Rishi Sunak

Akshata Murty is a member of Claremont McKenna College’s Board of Trustees and has been an active supporter of the College through initiatives including the Berger Institute for Work, Family and Children, Res Publica Salons, and international student and curricular programs. A passionate advocate for education, she launched Lessons at 10 during her time at 10 Downing Street and, in 2025, co-founded The Richmond Project with her husband, Rishi Sunak, a UK-wide charity focused on improving numeracy. She previously led Catamaran Ventures UK from 2013 to 2023 and currently serves as a trustee of the V&A and the Murty Trust; she holds a B.A. from Claremont McKenna College and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Ramón Torres ’09
Head of Creative, Business Development & Strategy, Emblematic Pictures

Ramón is the co-founder of Emblematic Pictures, an LA-based micro-studio developing culturally specific stories across film and media. With a background spanning investment banking, engineering, and senior executive roles at Warner Bros. Discovery, he brings a unique perspective to the intersection of creativity, technology, and business. He is passionate about empowering storytellers from underrepresented communities and serves on the board of Outfest.

Amy Kind
Russell K. Pitzer Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Gould Center

Amy Kind has been a member of the Claremont McKenna College faculty since 1997. Her research has long focused on issues relating to imagination and creativity, and she is the author of a monograph in the Cambridge Elements series on *Imagination and Creative Thinking*.

Shelley Blanton-Stroud ’83
 Historical Novelist and Writing Consultant

Shelley Blanton-Stroud writes historical fiction exploring women, power, and overlooked California history, including the standalone novel An Unlikely Prospect and the Jane Benjamin trilogy. She serves on the advisory board of Claremont McKenna College's Gould Center for Humanistic Studies and is a former president of 916 Ink, a Sacramento nonprofit supporting youth writing. After three decades teaching writing in the California State University system, she now consults with professional writers in the U.S. energy industry.

Diane Wagner ’87
Executive Producer, “Migrant Child Farmworkers to High-Profile Professionals”

Diane Wagner is executive producer of the documentary short film, Migrant Child Farmworkers to High-Profile Professionals^©. She is an alumna of Claremont McKenna College and credits CMC for providing the foundation for her career in market research and her successfully pivot to film storytelling.

Elyssa Elbaz ’94
Manager, Elbaz Family Foundation

Elyssa Elbaz manages the Elbaz Family Foundation, which focuses on education, the environment, and addressing issues facing Los Angeles. A member of the Claremont McKenna Class of 1994, she has previously worked as a journalist and a federal prosecutor. In addition to serving on the CMC Board of Trustees, she is an advisory board member to the Plastic Pollution Coalition, and a member of the California Community Foundation board.

Michael Green ’94
CEO and Co-Founder, Virtú Investments

Mike Green is the co-founder and CEO of Virtú Investments, a vertically integrated real estate firm founded in 1997, with over 135 acquisitions and $4.4 billion in assets, consistently delivering top-tier investor returns. His commitment to responsible investing is reflected in Virtú's Evergreen Fund, which drives measurable reductions in energy use and carbon emissions while maintaining ENERGY STAR scores that outperform 98% of peers and earning Elite 1% resident experience rankings. He also chairs the boards of the California Nature Conservancy and the Roberts Environmental Center at Claremont McKenna College.

Raj Paul Gupta ’83
Retired Professional Engineer

Raji owned and operated a consulting engineering firm that designs high-performance buildings, including hyperscale data centers, health care facilities, and commercial office buildings.

John Shrewsberry ’87 P’24
CFO/Investor, GoodLeap

John is a former banker and the former CFO of Wells Fargo. After a brief retirement, he joined GoodLeap as CFO. GoodLeap is a growth-stage technology company in the renewable energy sector.

Jeff Simonetti ’05
Founder, Aqua Exchange

Jeff Simonetti graduated from Claremont McKenna College in 2005 and is the founder of the Aqua Exchange, an advisory firm that helps water users in the western United States secure water resources. His firm assists municipalities, groundwater sustainability agencies, agricultural operators, and real estate development firms in securing the water resources they need for continued operations. Jeff was a dual philosophy, politics, and economics (PPE) and government major at CMC.

Hillary Appel
Podlich Family Professor of Government and George R. Roberts Fellow; Director, Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies

Hilary Appel is the Podlich Family Professor of Government and George R. Roberts Fellow at Claremont McKenna College, where she also serves as the director of the Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies. Her research examines the politics of post-Communist economic reforms, the role of the EU and NATO in Eastern Europe, and Russian foreign policy.

Steve Eggert ’82 P’15
Executive Committee Member, the Hoover Institution

Steven L. Eggert is a multifamily real estate developer. He serves on the Executive Committee of the Hoover Institution and on the Board of Trustees of Claremont McKenna College. Mr. Eggert earned his bachelor’s degree in international relations from CMC and his law degree from UC Berkeley. He is an Airborne Ranger and served as a U.S. Army officer in Germany along the Iron Curtain.

Richard Johnson ’01
Visiting Lecturer of Government; Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Countering WMD Policy

Mr. Peterson served as president and chief executive Officer of S&P Global from 2013 to 2024 and served as a member of the board of directors from 2013 to 2025. He is currently a member of Morgan Stanley’s board of directors and is executive chairman of OneChronos, a technology company leveraging advances in auction theory and computer science to optimize financial markets. He leads a working group of six multilateral development banks (MDBs) through the World Bank to develop an emerging markets fixed-income asset class. He also serves on the Temasek Americas Advisory Panel and as a mentor for CMI - Chair Mentors International.

Jennifer Miller ’97
Deputy County Executive, Fairfax County; Former Director of Staff, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force

Jennifer is the deputy county executive, serving as the senior executive responsible for all infrastructure and economic development in the largest county in Virginia, leading seven divisions and 1,800 personnel (since March 2025). At the Department of the Air Force (2005–2025), she served as acting under secretary of the Air Force and director of staff, the No. 2 position and senior career official for a 650,000-person department including the Air Force and Space Force. She also served in the U.S. Army Reserve Judge Advocate General’s Corps from 1997 to 2021, retiring after holding 11 positions, including assignments in the Indo-Pacific, European Command, and Afghanistan.

Hicham Bou Nassif
Weinberg Associate Professor of International Relations and the Middle East

Mari Adam ’80
Founder, Mari Talks Money

Mari Adam is the founder and CEO of Mari Talks Money and a respected Certified Financial Planner with over thirty years of experience helping clients—especially women—achieve financial security and independence. She graduated from Claremont McKenna College as part of its first four-year coed class, later earning an MBA from George Washington University. After beginning her career in the U.S. diplomatic service, she transitioned to finance in her thirties. Mari is currently chairing CMC’s celebration of 50 Years of Co-Education—a special opportunity to honor the leadership and contributions of CMC’s female students, faculty, staff, and alumnae.

Heather Antecol P’29
Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty, James G. Boswell Professor of Economics

Heather Antecol is Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty, as well as the James G. Boswell Professor of Economics at Claremont McKenna College. She earned her Ph.D. in Economics from McMaster University in 1999 and has held academic and research positions across several institutions across the U.S. and Canada. Her research focuses on labor economics, including topics such as discrimination, education, immigration, and the effects of family leave policies on labor market outcomes.

Nyree Gray
Vice President of Human Relations and Chief Civil Rights Officer

Nyree Gray serves as Vice President for Human Relations and Chief Diversity Officer at Claremont McKenna College, where she leads the College’s diversity and inclusion efforts. She also oversees civil rights–related policies, education and training programs, and the investigation and resolution of discrimination and harassment complaints, including gender-based violence. In addition, she provides counsel on compliance with NCAA guidelines and Title IX.

Stella Ho ’97
CFO, Foresite Capital

Stella Ho has more than 25 years of experience in the financial services industry.  She is currently the CFO of Foresite Capital, a biotech venture capital firm. Prior to joining Foresite Capital, Stella was a partner at LightBay Capital, a middle-market private equity firm, and served as CFO, CCO, and head of business operations, with responsibilities including accounting and finance, compliance, information technology, and human resources. Stella graduated cum laude from Claremont McKenna College, where she earned a bachelors degree in economics-accounting. She also holds an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management.

Alyson Messenger ’89
Managing Staff Attorney, Jenesse Center, Inc.

Alyson is the Managing Staff Attorney at Jenesse Center, Inc., a leading nonprofit domestic violence intervention agency based in South Los Angeles. A proud mother of two daughters, Ariel and Ashlynn, she enjoys reading, baking, and binge-watching true crime documentaries.

Michelle Oden ’94
EY, Principal, People Advisory Services

Oden is a Partner-Principal in People Advisory Services at EY. She brings more than two decades of experience helping organizations develop and execute global transformation strategies across IT, finance, and HR operating and service delivery models. Her work focuses on the delivery of new technologies, customer solutions, and digital experiences. Oden has particular expertise in the Media & Entertainment sector, having held key roles at Warner Bros. Entertainment, where she led a range of organizational transformation initiatives across corporate and operations functions. She earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology and economics from Claremont McKenna College.

Sherylle Tan
Director of Internship and KLI Research; Visiting Professor of Psychological Sciences

Sherylle J. Tan, Ph.D., is an award-winning author and scholar, as well as a leadership educator and coach with over 20 years of experience in higher education, research, and nonprofit consulting. Her research and publications on leadership focus on women, gender, and inclusion. She received the 2022 Award for Outstanding Scholarship from the International Leadership Association, and her book, Women and Leadership: Journey Toward Equity (with Lisa DeFrank-Cole, 2022), was awarded 2022 Most Promising New Textbook by the Textbook and Academic Authors Association.

Darren Filson
Director of the Randall Lewis Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, James G. Boswell Professor of Economics and George R. Roberts Fellow, Claremont McKenna College 

Darren Filson is the director of the Randall Lewis Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and an economics professor at Claremont McKenna College. His work focuses on the intersections of industrial organization, strategy, and finance. He earned his Ph.D. in 1996 from the University of Rochester and has been teaching at the Claremont Colleges since 1997.

Antoine Grant ’07
Investor, Los Angeles, Inc.

Antoine Grant is an investor in early-stage technology companies, turnaround opportunities, and real estate, based in Los Angeles. Previously, Grant led bathroom and kitchen renovation businesses for Wayfair. He has also been an associate partner at McKinsey & Company and a management consultant at Bain & Company. Grant earned his B.A. in philosophy, politics, and economics (PPE), with a sequence in leadership, from CMC, and his MBA from The Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania. He has been a CMCAA committee member and board member since 2021.

Michael Huynh HMC ’28
CEO, Pheratech Systems

Michael Huynh is the founder and CEO of Pheratech Systems, where he builds advanced coordination software that enables robots to execute complex, multi-step missions across enterprise and government environments. He is an advisory board member for the Randall Lewis Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Claremont McKenna College and incoming faculty at the University of Redlands, focusing on AI, human-centered design, poverty, and entrepreneurship. He is also a Z Fellow and M.Eng. candidate at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Sue Matteson King ’85 P’18
Private Investor

Sue Matteson King is a board director, private investor, and senior executive with extensive experience in global asset management and financial services. She serves on multiple boards, including as an independent director of Touchstone Investments mutual funds and ETFs and as a director of Davion Healthcare, and is a managing director at Golden Seeds, one of the nation’s largest angel investing networks. Over the course of her career, she has held senior leadership roles at firms including UBS Asset Management, Allianz Global Investors, Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Legg Mason, and AllianceBernstein, and began her career as an investment banker at UBS; she holds a B.A. in economics from Claremont McKenna College.

Scott Kosch ’93 P’26 P’28
CEO, NextAccess

A veteran investor and entrepreneur, Scott is advises leading private equity and venture capital firms through NextAccess. In parallel, through Kosch Capital, he provides funding, mentorship, and liquidity solutions to startups, early-stage ventures, and growth-oriented, lower middle-market companies.

Mark Schwartz ’78
Chair, Randall Lewis Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Chair, Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles

Board director and senior executive. Former CEO, CFO, and investment banker with more than 30 years of experience across public, private-equity-backed, venture-backed, and family-owned enterprises.

Lea Crusey ’03
Co-Founder, President, WOOF USA

Lea Crusey is a cross-sector social entrepreneur with more than 20 years of experience spanning education, public policy, and social innovation. She is the co-founder and president of WOOF USA, a Copenhagen-based startup that helps educators strengthen group dynamics and student well-being. She previously served in the U.S. Department of Education during the Obama administration advising on pre-K–12 policy, teacher preparation, and charter schools. Based in Washington, DC, she is a member of the DC Public Charter School Board and holds degrees from Claremont McKenna College and the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy.

Grant Hosford ’92
Co-Founder & CEO, Powersift

Grant Hosford is the co-founder of Powersift, an AI-native company automating legal diligence for high-stakes transactions. Previously, he was the CEO and co-founder of codeSpark, the venture-backed edtech company that has introduced more than 50 million children ages 4 to 10 to coding. Grant is an advisor for several K-12 and higher education companies in the U.S. and Europe.

Jason Keller
Kravis Professor of Integrated Sciences, Ecology, Claremont McKenna College

Professor Jason Keller joined the Kravis Department of Integrated Sciences at Claremont McKenna College as a founding faculty member in 2023. He has enjoyed recruiting amazing faculty, welcoming the first cohorts of KDIS students, and teaching the Codes of Life and Codes of Climate courses. His research (based in the stunning Robert Day Sciences Center) explores wetland ecology, with a particular focus on the mechanistic controls of carbon cycling in northern bogs and fens.

Takako Mino ’11
Co-Founder, Musizi University

Takako Mino is the co-founder of Musizi University, the first liberal arts college in Uganda. By grounding liberal arts education in an African context, Musizi is helping cultivate a new generation of responsible leaders equipped to drive peace, prosperity, and sustainable development across one of the world’s fastest-growing regions. She received her BA in international relations from Claremont McKenna College and her Ph.D. in education from Claremont Graduate University.

Harriet Nembhard ’91
President, Harvey Mudd College

Scott Gilbertson ’91
Partner, TPG

Scott Gilbertson is a partner at TPG, based in San Francisco, where he leads operations and business building efforts for TPG Growth, the firm’s middle-market and growth equity platform. Across a 25-year career in private equity, Scott has held roles as CEO of J.Crew, president of Bally of Switzerland, CEO of Fender Musical Instruments, CEO of CLEAResult, CEO of IPSY, CEO of Waste Harmonics Keter, and chief merchant at Under Armour. At TPG, he focuses on talent development and driving growth and shareholder value creation.

DT Graves ’98
Vice President for Student Affairs, Claremont McKenna College

DT has been a part of the Claremont McKenna College community in a variety of roles for more than 30 years and currently oversees the College’s Student Affairs division. She seeks to lead from a position of hard work, trust, and collaboration, with an approach grounded in evidence-based strategies in which relationships with students are central. She holds a bachelors degree in biology and a Ph.D. in education.

Shamil Hargovan ’10
Managing Partner, STS Capital Partners

Shamil Hargovan is a transformational global CEO who supports purpose-driven founders, business owners, brands, and charities through his work in business, international mergers and acquisitions, and the nonprofit sector. He is a Forbes 30 Under 30 All-Star honoree.

Paul Hurley
Sexton Professor of Philosophy, Claremont McKenna College

Paul Hurley is the Sexton Professor of Philosophy at Claremont McKenna College, where he has received the Huntoon and Senior Huntoon Teaching Awards, as well as the Crocker and Presidential Awards for Merit. Paul has published articles in ethics, the history of ethics, and meta-ethics. His earlier book-length contribution to these debates, Beyond Consequentialism, was published by Oxford University Press. His most recent book, Against the Tyranny of Outcomes, was published by Oxford in 2024.

Steve Smith
Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, Claremont McKenna College

Steve Smith, professor of philosophy emeritus, taught at CMC for four years and retired in 2008.  He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University. His primary teaching focus was applied ethics, and he created and taught the popular course, Theories of the Good Life.

Rachel Supnick ’26
Public Policy, Economics & Data Science, Claremont McKenna College

Jennifer Taw
Associate Professor, Government & International Relations, Claremont McKenna College

Next year will be Jennifer’s 20th and final year at Claremont McKenna College, where she had the privilege of working with brilliant colleagues and students.

Shaw Wagener ’81
Partner, Capital Group; Chair of Capital Group Private Markets

Shaw Wagener is Chair of Capital Group Private Markets and former Chair of Capital Group International, Inc. (CGII), bringing more than 30 years of experience as a portfolio manager across emerging markets equity, debt, and private equity. He joined Capital Group in 1981 and has served on numerous leadership committees, including the Asian Management Committee, the CGII Management Committee, and the Capital Group Management Committee. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and earned a B.A. in International Relations, cum laude, from Claremont McKenna College, where he also served as co-chair of The Campaign for CMC: Responsible Leadership.

Todd Achilles ’90 P’25
Former Idaho State Representative; Independent Candidate for U.S. Senate in Idaho

Todd Achilles is an independent candidate for the U.S. Senate in Idaho. He grew up on a family farm, served as an Army tank commander, spent over 20 years as technology industry executive running global operations at T-Mobile and Hewlett-Packard. Todd served as an Idaho State Representative and currently teaches public policy at Boise State University, College of Idaho and UC Berkeley.

Jerry Bien-Willner ’97
Hon.
Principal, Sterling International, Inc.

Jerry Bien-Willner is a businessperson, attorney, and former three-term mayor of Paradise Valley, Arizona. As a high-stakes litigator, he helped recover more than $1 billion for clients. He now focuses on real estate and business investment while continuing his public service through various roles in Maricopa County, Arizona.

Ron Berenstain ’73
Counsel, Perkins Coie

Ronald L. Berenstain is counsel at Perkins Coie with more than 30 years of experience serving as lead counsel and partner in high-stakes securities and corporate governance cases. He has represented public companies, boards, and senior executives in complex litigation, including shareholder class actions, merger disputes, SEC enforcement matters, and internal investigations. A trusted advisor on disclosure, compliance, and governance, he counsels organizations on navigating risk at the intersection of law, regulation, and corporate leadership.

Jack Pitney
Roy P. Crocker Professor of Politics, Claremont McKenna College

Jack Pitney is the Roy P. Crocker Professor of Politics at CMC, where he has taught politics since 1986. He is the author or coauthor of a number of books, including Read My Lips: George H. W. Bush and the 1990 Budget Agreement, which will be available this fall.

Shibu Yooseph
Kravis Professor of Integrated Sciences, Computational Biology, Claremont McKenna College

Professor Shibu Yooseph's research focuses on designing and developing efficient algorithms for large-scale biological data analysis. His interdisciplinary research program spans the fields of computing, genomics, microbiology, and the environmental and biomedical sciences.

Diana Williams
Kravis Professor of Integrated Sciences, Neuroscience, Claremont McKenna College

Professor Williams received her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Washington before spending 16 years as a faculty member in psychology and neuroscience at Florida State University. In 2024, she joined Claremont McKenna College as a member of the Kravis Department of Integrated Sciences. Her laboratory studies the neurobiology of eating behavior, focusing on how the gut and brain communicate during meals and how the brain integrates internal and environmental signals with reward to regulate ingestive behavior.

Lars Schmitz
Kravis Professor of Integrated Sciences, Biology, Claremont McKenna College

al Schmitz is a paleobiologist focused on advancing the understanding of the evolution of morphological, functional, and phylogenetic diversity in the context of changing environments. His research integrates data from fossils and living organisms to characterize macroevolutionary patterns over deep geologic time.

Katie Hodge ’27
Philosophy, Politics and Economics, and Data Science

Katie Hodge, of Libertyville, Illinois, is currently a junior studying PPE and data science. On campus, she’s an Ath Fellow, a TA for Codes of Life, chief ethics and procedural officer of for ASCMC, and a first-year-guide.

Alejandro Bedoya Norena ’28
Integrated Sciences (Data Science Sequence)

Alejandro Bedoya Norena is a first-year integrated sciences student at Claremont McKenna College, pursuing a sequence in data science with a focus on neuroscience and computation. He serves as Executive Director of CMSci, conducts research with Professors Diana Williams and Zeynep Enkavi, and is a teaching assistant for SCI50: Computing for Discovery. Alejandro is passionate about applying his computational skills and interdisciplinary science background to address challenges in brain science and human health.

Elizabeth Casey Burgess ’85 P’20
Executive Vice President & Deputy General Counsel of Fox Corp. & General Counsel of Fox Sports

Erica Jasper
William B. Arce Director of Athletics, Physical Education, and Recreation and George R. Roberts Fellow

Erica Perkins Jasper is the Director of Athletics, Physical Education, and Recreation for Claremont-Mudd-Scripps athletics, where she leads a nationally competitive NCAA Division III program supporting more than 20 varsity teams. A former Division I head women’s tennis coach and leader within the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, she brings extensive experience in coaching, administration, and student-athlete development. Jasper is committed to advancing the scholar-leader-athlete model, emphasizing academic excellence, competitive success, and leadership development across the student-athlete experience.

Joshua Keough ’04
Strategic Transformation Leader, Genentech | Founder & Program Lead, We Lead the Way (CMS)

Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Joshua Keough is a strategic leader at Genentech, where he is focused on organizational transformation and high-performance learning. A CMC ’04 alumnus and former student-athlete, Josh is also the founder and lead architect of the WLTW Leadership Accelerator at CMS, a program designed to bridge the gap between collegiate athletic excellence and professional executive readiness.

Mike Lang ’87
President, Lang Media Group

Hector Fernandez ’01
Chief Executive Officer for IGT Gaming and Everi; Former Chief Executive Officer of Aristocrat Gaming