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The Lang Center Advisory Board and the Lang Fund Board

Consisting of thought leaders with expertise spanning every industry and business stage, our Board members exemplify the diversity and entrepreneurial spirit of the Lang Center.  

The Lang Center Advisory Board members provide valuable input into the development of programming, curricula, and resources for our students and alumni, while also serving as brand ambassadors in their respective ecosystems.

The Lang Fund Board makes investment decisions for the Eugene M. Lang Entrepreneurial Initiative Fund, which makes early-stage investments in a small number of qualifying Columbia Business School student businesses each year.

Anne M. Busquet '78
Principal, AMB Advisors LLC
Board of Overseers, Columbia Business School
Lang Fund Board Member 

Russell L. Carson '67
Co-Founder and General Partner, Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
Board of Overseers, Columbia Business School
Lang Fund Board Member

Jerome A. Chazen '50
Founder and Chairman, Chazen Capital Partners, LLC
Founder and Chairman Emeritus, Liz Claiborne, Inc., New York
Chairman Emeritus, Board of Overseers, Columbia Business School
Lang Fund Board Member

Robert Chefitz '89
Managing Partner, Egis Capital Partners
Lang Fund Board Member

Kristina Perkin Davison '94
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, iEurope
Lang Center Advisory Board Member

Gunjan Doshi '09
Founder and CEO, InRhythm
Lang Center Advisory Board Member

Maria Gotsch
President and CEO, Partnership Fund for New York City
Lang Fund Board Member

Bernard Gray '74
President, Gray Ventures III, LLC, Georgia
Board of Overseers, Columbia Business School
Lang Fund Board Member

Habib Kairouz '90
Managing Partner, Rho Capital Partners, Inc.
Lang Center Advisory Board Member

Peter Knitzer '84
CEO, Regional Management Corporation
Lang Center Advisory Board Member

Elizabeth Leahy '96
CEO and Co-Founder, Section 101
Lang Center Advisory Board Member

Esther Ma '92
Founder, Prestique Limited
Lang Center Advisory Board Member

Peter Maulik '04
Managing Partner, Fahrenheit 212
Lang Center Advisory Board Member

Chitra Narasimhan '99
Lang Center Advisory Board Member

David Olk '11
Co-Founder, Voray
Lang Center Advisory Board Member

Stephanie Palmeri '11
Partner, Uncork Capital (formerly SoftTech VC)
Lang Fund Board Member and Lang Center Advisory Board Member

Vincent Ponzo '03
Manager, Amazon Web Services; Former Managing Director, Lang Center
Lang Center Advisory Board Member

Carol Rattray '81
Co-founder, Zoomdojo LLC.
Lang Center Advisory Board Member

Luis Sanz '10
Founder, Olapic
Lang Center Advisory Board Member

Clifford J. Schorer
Former Director, Lang Center
Lang Fund Board Member

Ian Sigalow '06
Co-Founder and Partner, Greycroft Partners
Lang Fund Board Member and Lang Center Advisory Board Member

Karen Reynolds Sharkey
Managing Director, U.S. Trust
Lang Center Advisory Board Member on behalf of U.S. Trust

Sabin C. Streeter '67
Board of Overseers, Columbia Business School
Lang Fund Board Member

Judson Traphagen '94
Partner, Plough Penny Partners
Lang Center Advisory Board Member

Sanjay Varma '94
Co-Founder and Chairman, JMATEK International
Co-Founder, Kalido
Lang Center Advisory Board Member

Gary Wojtaszek '97
President and CEO, CyrusOne
Lang Center Advisory Board Member