Lauder Leadership and Governance

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Jules H. van Binsbergen

Anthony L. Davis Director of The Lauder Institute
Lauder Chair Professor and Nippon Life Professor of Finance

Jules H. van Binsbergen is the Lauder Chair Professor and Anthony L. Davis Director of the Joseph H. Lauder Institute for Management and International Studies. He is the Nippon Life Professor in Finance at the Wharton School, where he has taught since 2014. Professor van Binsbergen is a global expert in corporate finance whose pathbreaking theoretical and empirical research focuses on issues related to investments, institutional investors, and asset pricing. A research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a research fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research, Professor van Binsbergen co-hosts the award-winning podcast All Else Equal: Making Better Decisions. He previously taught at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University and the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He received a PhD in Finance from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University and an MA in Financial Econometrics from Tilburg University, following undergraduate studies in jazz piano at the Royal Conservatory in the Hague.

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Julia Gray

Lauder Co-Director
Professor of Political Science

As the Lauder Co-Director, Julia Gray serves as the liaison between the Lauder Institute and the School of Arts & Sciences on matters related to SAS coursework and faculty. Julia Gray is an Associate Professor of Political Science, with a secondary appointment in Wharton’s Business Ethics and Legal Studies department. She specializes in international organizations and international political economy. Her research centers on international economic relations and economic organizations in emerging markets. Her book, The Company States Keep: International Economic Organizations and Investor Perceptions in Emerging Markets, received the 2013 Lepgold Book Prize for the best book published in international relations. She received her PhD in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles, an MSc with distinction in International Political Economy from the London School of Economics, and a BA summa cum laude from Amherst College.

The Family

Board of Governors

Tom Bendheim

Tom Bendheim G90, WG90

Founder and CEO, b7 Properties

Janifer Burns

Janifer M. Burns G86, WG86

Co-Chair, Lauder Advisory Council
Founder and Principal, HWB Daughter, Inc.

Ángel Corcóstegui

Ángel Corcóstegui, Ph.D.

Founder and General Partner, Magnum Industrial Partners

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Alberto Duran

Founder and CEO, Mundivox Communications

Steven J. Gilbert, Esq.

Steven J. Gilbert, Esq.

Chairman, Gilbert Global Equity Partners, LP

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Danton Goei G97, WG97

Portfolio Manager, Davis Funds

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Marina Kunis Jacobson G93, WG93

Managing Director, Amicle Management LLC

Nancy Kail

Nancy Kail G89, WG89

Nonprofit Leadership, Management and Governance

Rene Kern

Rene Kern G90, WG90

Vice Chairman, Lauder Board of Governors
Managing Director, General Atlantic

Shiv Vikram Khemka

Shiv Vikram Khemka G90, WG90

Vice Chairman, SUN Group

Robert Koenigsberger

Robert Koenigsberger G93, WG93

Managing Partner, Chief Investment Officer, Gramercy Funds Management

Leonard A. Lauder

Leonard A. Lauder

Chairman Emeritus, Estée Lauder Companies

The Honorable Ronald S. Lauder

The Honorable Ronald S. Lauder

Chairman, Lauder Board of Governors
Chairman, Clinique Laboratories

William Lauder

William Lauder

Executive Chairman, Estée Lauder Companies

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Hemal Mirani G97, WG97

Managing Director, HarbourVest

Pavel Oliva

Pavel Oliva G00, WG00

Founder & Managing Partner, RockHill Global, LLC

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Rosanna Ramos-Velita G92, WG92

Chairman of the Board, Caja Rural Los Andes

Norm Savoie

Norm Savoie, CFA, CFP, G91, WG91

Vice President and Wealth Management Advisor, Merrill Lynch Wealth Management

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Chang Sun G89, WG89

Managing Partner, TPG China

David Trachtenberg

David Trachtenberg G88, WG88

Chief Marketing Officer, Workforce Logiq

Jerry Wind

Jerry Wind, Ph.D.

Founding Director of the Lauder Institute

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Jack Zinterhofer

Presidential Associate, Estée Lauder Companies

LAUDER ADVISORY COUNCIL

Co-chaired by two long serving members of the Lauder Institute Board of Governors, the Lauder Advisory Council (LAC) supplements the work of the Board with the insight of members of the Lauder alumni community. It is comprised exclusively of Lauder alumni who have transformed their unique business education into successful international careers.

Janifer Burns

Janifer M. Burns G86, WG86

Co-Chair, Lauder Advisory Council
Founder and Principal, HWB Daughter, Inc.
Norm Savoie

Norm Savoie, CFA, GFP, G91, WG91

Co-Chair, Lauder Advisory Council Vice President
Wealth Management Advisor, Merrill Lynch Wealth Management
Matthew Axelrod

Matthew Axelrod G11, WG11

VP, Strategic Growth, Phosphorus
Kathryn Harrison

Kathryn Harrison G12, WG12

Founder & Executive Director, Deep Trust Alliance
Duane Hughes

Duane Hughes G88, WG88, L91

Managing Director and Chair, Americas Advisory Council at UBS
Allan Kwan

Allan Kwan G87, WG87

Venture Partner, Oak Investment Partners and Eight Roads
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Jill Le Grand G96, WG96 (Ex-officio)

Founder & CEO, JBLG Consulting
Annie Wang

Annie Wang C05, G13, WG13

President, Senvol

LAUDER INSTITUTE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION (LIAA)

One way that Lauder Institute alumni can become more active members of the Lauder community and strengthen their ties to the Institute is through LIAA, an alumni-run, global alumni association.