University of Michigan School of Information
External Advisory Board

A distinguished group of nationally recognized information-related experts from business and education compose the dean's External Advisory Board. The board meets each spring in Ann Arbor and each fall via teleconference to offer counsel about matters related to a wide range of topics, including research initiatives and curriculum development.
Anthony Abernathy
Term: 2020-2022
Sr. Brand Marketing Director
Nike
Nick Benson
Term: 2020-2022
Strategy and Analytics
The Trade Desk
Jason Blessing
Term: 2019-2021
CEO
Model N
Francis Blouin
Term: 2018-2020
Retired, Professor of Information
School of Information, University of Michigan
John J. Cameron
Term: 2018-2020
Managing Partner
Brigante, Cameron, Watters & Strong, LLP
Yvonne Chandler
Term: 2019-2021
Associate Professor
Department of Information Science, University of North Texas
Matt Cheesebro
Term: 2020-2022
President
Wilshire Construction LP
Irene Cheung
Term: 2020-2022
Vice President
BMSC Consulting - Global Marketing, Marriott International
David Choi
Term: 2019-2021
Head of User Research
Quora
Ashiss Kumar Dash
Term: 2020-2022
Global Head of Services, Utilities, Resources, and Energy Industries
Infosys
Carin Levine Ehrenberg
Term: 2020-2022
Clinical Psychologist
Private Practice
John Evans
Term: Indefinite
Retired, Co-founder
C-SPAN
Lynn Feeney
Term: 2020-2022
Retired
Hewlett-Packard
Marla Gómez
Term: 2020-2022
Director and UX Architect
Intel IT
Kelly Hill
Term: 2019-2021
Executive Director, Global Business Operations & Strategy
MMS Holdings
Kevin Hoffman
Term: 2019-2021
Founder & President
Timbertrail Holdings
Steve Horowitz
Term: 2020-2022
Partner
Alpha Edison
Kenneth Jones
Term: 2018-2020
Retired, Vice President
Northrop Grumman Corp.
Andrew Kunkel
Term: 2020-2022
Partner
Bain & Co.
Kelvin Lam
Term: 2018-2020
Executive Director
J.P. Morgan
Fred Lawson
Term: 2019-2021
Semi-retired, Attorney
Mayer Brown
Daniel Moon
Term: 2020-2022
Founder & Chief Investment Officer
Apertura Capital
Nathan Oostendorp
Term: 2019-2021
Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer
Sight Machine
Latif Peracha
Term: 2020-2022
General Partner
M13
Kenlee Ray
Term: 2019-2021
Retired, Senior Information Officer
World Bank
Gleniece Robinson
Term: 2019-2021
Retired, Director
Fort Worth Public Library System
Ian Rosen
Term: 2020-2022
Former CEO
Stocktwits
Deborah Schwarz
Term: 2020-2022
Founder & Strategic Advisor
LAC Group
Amit Singh
Term: 2020-2022
President
Palo Alto Networks
Paul E. Viera
Term: 2018-2020
Founder & CEO
EARNEST Partners
Jamie Voris
Term: 2018-2020
Chief Technology Officer
The Walt Disney Studios
Dr. Jun Zhang
Term: 2018-2020
Chief Data Scientist & Head of Applied Data Science
Alibaba