Guided by a dedicated faculty core — director Harry Mamaysky and initiative directors Simona Abis, Charles Calomiris, Paul Glasserman, Larry Glosten, Geoffrey Heal, Anton Lines and Harry Mamaysky — the Program for Financial Studies also benefits from broader faculty participation on the Academic Advisory Board and a committed Executive Advisory Board drawn from engaged leaders in the financial community. Together, these partners ensure that the program delivers seminal research, the most relevant curriculum, and engaging events.

Academic Board Members

Simona Abis, Director of New Technologies in Finance Initiative
Mark N. Broadie, Academic Board Member
Charles Calomiris, Director of Initiative on Future of Banking and Insurance
Kent Daniel, Assistant Director of Initiative on Climate Change and Finance
Paul Glasserman, Director of Initiative on Risk Management, Assistant Director of Initiative on News and Finance
Lawrence Glosten, Director of Initiative on Financial Markets Regulation
Trevor Harris, Assistant Director of Initiative on Future of Banking and Insurance
Geoffrey Heal, Director of Initiative on Climate Change and Finance
Laurie Simon Hodrick, Founding Director of the Program for Financial Studies (emeritus)
Robert Hodrick, Academic Board Member
Charles Jones, Academic Board Member
Urooj Khan, Assistant Director of Initiative on Future of Banking and Insurance
Anton Lines, Director of New Technologies in Finance Initiative
Harry Mamaysky, Faculty Director of the Program for Financial Studies; Director of Initiative on News and Finance
Joshua Mitts, Academic Board Member
M. Suresh Sundaresan, Academic Board Member
Paul Tetlock, Assistant Director of Initiative on News and Finance

Executive Board Members

Juliana Baiardi '01, CEO, Logistics/Ports, Odebrecht TransPort, Odebrecht Group
Ciara Burnham ’93, Partner, QED Investors
Mark Collins ’83, Partner, Brown Advisory
Antonio Gagliardi, Vice President of Strategy, M&A and Alliances, American Express
Fabrizio Gallo, Global Head of Equities, Bank of America
Nicholas Galluccio ’78, President and CEO, Teton Advisors, Inc.
Takis P. Georgakopoulos GSAS ’99, Head of Treasury, J.P. Morgan
Douglas R. Jamieson ’82, President and Chief Operating Officer, GAMCO Investors, Inc.
Jeffrey L. Kaplan, Chief Operating Officer, Appaloosa Management LP
James C. Katzman ’92, Head of West Coast M&A, Goldman Sachs (Retired)
Lisa Marchese ’97, Senior Vice President of Corporate Development, American Express
Christian Mariager ’88, Partner, L Catterton Partners
John J. Moon, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Private Equity, and Adjunct Professor of Finance, Columbia Business School
Prem Parameswaran ’95, Group Chief Financial Officer and President,  North America, Eros International USA Inc.
Evan Picoult ’85, Adjunct Professor of Decision, Risk and Operations, Columbia Business School
Charles Rusbasan ’91, Founding Partner and CEO, Balbec Capital LP
Dr. Vladimir Stolyarenko ’08, Former Partner, Lawrence Graham
Thomas Vandever ’98, Head of M&A (Americas), Barclays

Executive Board Bios

Staff

Melina Denebeim ’12, Director of the Program for Financial Studies

Staff Bios