Deborah Bennett
Former Senior Program Officer,
Polk Bros. Foundation
Previous Leadership & Society Initiative Fellows
Meet the 2024-2025 LSI Fellows:
LSI welcomed its second cohort of Fellows for the 2024-2025 academic year. Selected from a global pool of over 350 candidates, these 23 Fellows are exceptional individuals who are committed to discerning and activating meaningful next chapters for society.
Marc Berkson
Allan H. and Suzanne L. Selig Rabbinic Chair,
Rabbi Emeritus, Congregation Emanu-El B’ne Jeshurun
Former Faculty, Sacred Heart School of Theology
Matthew Brooks
LSI Fellow ’25; Former CEO, Lodging Access Systems;
Former Colonel, U.S. Air Force
Jon Butcher
Board Director, Mintel Group
Rita Carroll
COO, Metropolitan Capital
Kurt Roger Cherry
CEO, Fertile Ground
Alice Davison
LSI Fellow ’25. Former Senior Vice President, Capital Group
Duane DesParte
EY Global Independent Non-Executive; Former Acting Chairperson and Member, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
Constance Filling
Chief Learning Officer,
Association of American Medical Colleges
Janet Foutty
Former Chair, Deloitte US;
Former CEO, Deloitte Consulting
Jim Franczek
President, Franczek P.C.
Katrin Klingenberg
Co-Founder & Executive Director, Phius
Tim Lanai
Multi-Franchise Founder & Entrepreneur
Anthony U. Martinez
Vice President & Chief ESG Officer, Berkeley Strategic Consulting; Former Faculty, San Francisco State University; Former Lieutenant Colonel, US Army, Medical Service Corp
Catherine McCarthy
Former CEO, Medical Aid Films;
Former Commissioning Executive, BBC.
Pamela Narins
Former Executive Vice President of Strategy and Planning,
Bader Rutter
M. von Nkosi
Founding President and CEO, Institute for Local Innovations;
Founding President, Liquid Studios
Terry Ransford
Former Partner, Global Head Investment Operations,
Aon Investment Consulting
Larry Rodgers
Former Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Professor of English,
Oregon State University
Raymond Stainback
Former Chief of Non-Invasive Cardiology, Texas Heart Institute;
Past President, American Society of Echocardiography
Liz Tinkham
LSI Fellow ’25. Former Senior Managing Director, Accenture;
Adjunct Professor, University of Washington
Michael Walsh
Former Managing Partner,
Kilkenny Capital Management
Meet the 2023-2024 LSI Fellows:
LSI welcomed its first cohort of Fellows during the 2023-2024 academic year. Selected from a global pool of more than 140 candidates, our 20 inaugural Fellows are exceptional individuals who seek to discern and activate meaningful next chapters for society.
Stephen Blewitt
Former Chief Investment Officer and Head of Private Markets, Manulife Investment Management
Julian Cohen
Former Chief Innovation Officer, Canopy Growth
Kathleen Cox
Former CEO, Corporation for Public Broadcasting & Former Executive Director, Washington National Cathedral
Geoffrey Curtis
LSI Fellow ’24. Former Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Chief Communications Officer, Horizon Therapeutics
Justin Daab
Former President, Magnani
Wendy DuBoe
Board Chair, Institute for Nonviolence Chicago & Former CEO, United Way of Metro Chicago
Laura Dunne
Group Head, Corporate Finance and Treasurer, Envestnet, Inc.
Mohan Gundeti
Professor of Surgery and Director of Pediatric Urology, University of Chicago
Susan Hairston
Councilperson, Summit, New Jersey, and Experienced Philanthropy Executive
John Hass
LSI Fellow ’24. Former Chairman, President & CEO, Rosetta Stone
Elizabeth Heller Allen
Experienced Marketing Executive
Tricia Hern
Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs & Physician Development, Community Health Network, and Indianapolis Chair, Indiana Graduate Medical Education Board
Barbara Kreisman
Professor Emerita, Affiliated Faculty, Knoebel Institute for Healthy Aging, Ritchie School of Engineering, University of Denver
Robert McGonigle
Chairman and Former CEO, Martin-Brower Company, L.L.C.
J. Scott McLagan
Emeritus Professor of the Practice of Management, Daniels College of Business, University of Denver
John Mark McWatters
Former Chair, National Credit Union Administration (NCUA)
Amaechi Ndili
Executive Chairman, CarePay Nigeria
Christopher Noon
Principal and Founder, Quadrangle Development Company
Laura Peracchio
Emeritus Professor of Marketing, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
Laura Thrall
Experienced Non-Profit President & CEO