UMSI Advisory Board

The UMSI Advisory Board is a volunteer board that serves at the request of the dean of the School of Information. The purpose of the board is to advance the mission of the school by providing expertise to UMSI leadership, engaging with UMSI graduates and students and providing philanthropic support for the school.

UMSI Advisory Board Members (as of July 1, 2025)

Anthony Abernathy

VP of Team Communications and Brand Strategy, Cleveland Cavaliers

Anne Beaubien

Retired, Librarian, University of Michigan

Emily Bowman

Global Director, Experience Design, General Motors

John Cameron

Tax Partner, Armanino LLP

Irene Cheung

Vice President, Marketing Operations, Major League Baseball

Dave Cole

Co-founder and CEO, Open Raven

Kyle Cozad

Identity and Access Management Business Systems Analyst Senior, University of Michigan, ITS

Valeda Dent

Vice Provost for Libraries & Museum, Emory University

Rodger Devine

Chief of Staff & Advancement Operations, Pomona College

Lou Devine Sanders

Retired Professor and Librarian Emeritus, Jackson State University

Kate Donovan

Director of The Bancroft Library & Associate University Librarian for Special Collections, UC Berkeley Library

Darren Dworkin

President and COO, Press Ganey

John Evans

Retired, Co-founder, C-SPAN

Marla Gomez

Director and Principal Engineer, Intel Global IT

Mark Gurman

Chief Correspondent, Bloomberg News

Kevin Hoffman

Founder and President, Timbertrail Holdings

Steve Horowitz

Partner, Alpha Edison

RJ Jain

Founder, CEO and CTO, Price.com

Cory Knobel

CEO and Principal, RAW Consulting

Yunyao Li

Director of Machine Learning, Adobe Experience Platform

Daniel Moon

Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Apertura Capital

Latif Peracha

General Partner, M13

Sue Quackenbush

Retired, Medical Librarian

Matt Raw

Deputy Head of Product Design, The New York Times

Kenlee Ray

Information Management Consultant, Self-Employed

Marta Rey Babarro

Vice President of Research & Insights, Zillow

Nikki Roda

Founder and Interaction Designer, Deduce Designs

Ian Rosen

CEO, Connective Technologies / Connective Wealth Partners

Atul Rustgi

Partner, Accolade Partners

Nikhil Sharma

UX Director & Head of Research for Payments, Google

Ben Sun

Co-Founder and General Partner, Primary Venture Partners

John Thompson

Global Head, AI at EY

Steve Tuohy

Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Trinity Health

Kelli Turner

Operational and Financial Executive, Board Member and Start-Up Investor

Jamie Voris

Chief Technology Officer, The Walt Disney Studios

Veronica Wilkerson Johnson

Integrated English Professor, Lansing Community College

Thomas Wilson

Retired Associate Dean, University of Alabama

Paul Woods

Designer, Author, and Co-founder of Design and Technology Consultancy, Alice

Lan Xuezhao

Founder and Managing Partner, Basis Set