Business Alliance of George Mason University
Board of Directors
OFFICERS
President
Kevin Antler*
Chief Operating Officer, KnowledgeBank, Inc.
VP /President Elect
Rodney Lusk*
Capital Attraction Manager, Fairfax County EDA
Secretary
Andy Tucker*
Partner, Andrews Kurth LLP
Treasurer
Pramod Raheja
Owner, Intelligent Office
Past-President
Jerry Pierce*
Partner - Federal Tax Services, KPMG, LLP
General Counsel
Dean Wayne Rutley*
Member, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC
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OTHER DIRECTORS
Steve Britt, Esq.*
Leach Travell Britt pc
John Calys
Jeff Cohen
Attorney, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC
Cheryl Dickison*
Business Development & Partnerships, Round 2 Integrated (R2i)
Paul Economon*
COO & General Counsel, PluraPage
Gerard Eldering*
Founder & President, InnovateTech Ventures
Luis Fiallo*
Managing Director, China Telecom USA
Laurie Freeman*
Partner and Managing Director, Opus8, Inc.
Mark Frantz
General Partner, RedShift Ventures
Cynthia Gilmer
President, Opus Plus, Inc.
Kim Guarino
EVOLVE
Cameron Hamilton*
Managing Director, The McLean Group, LLC
Stephen Johnson
Director of Communications, HireStrategy
Susan King*
Attorney, Koltun & King, P.C.
Kim Larkin*
COO, Larkin Communications (formerly D. Larkin & Associates)
Mike Norris*
Director, Scheer Partners, Inc.
Anne Rosenblum
Marketing Director, Fairfax County EDA
Andrew (Andy) Rudin
CEO, Outside Technologies, Inc.
Gene Schleppenbach*
Principal, Miles & Stockbridge P.C.
Joe Tedesco
Managing Director,
Navigant Consulting, Inc.
Jeff Tarae
Senior Associate, Grubb & Ellis
Richard Trimber
Director, Intersource
Bob Webb*
Partner, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP
Jim Wolfe*
President, J Street Consulting
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GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY DIRECTORS
Jack Censer
Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Lloyd Griffiths
Dean, The Volgeneau School of Information Technology & Engineering
Richard J. Klimoski
Dean, School of Management (SOM)
Matthew Kluger
Vice President of Research and Economic Development, Office of the Provost
Christine LaPaille*
Vice President, University Relations
Nance Lucas
Dean, New Century College
Janet Niblock
Director, Continuing and Professional Education
Jim Olds
Director, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Studies
William Reeder
Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts
Roger Stough
Assoc. Dean Academic Affairs, School of Public Policy/Director, Mason
Enterprise Center
Janice Sutera
Director, Career Services
Peter Stearns
Provost
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PAST PRESIDENTS
Erik Ayers*
Vice President, Marketing, Morgan Franklin
Tom Krappweis*
Senior Engineering Manager, Lockheed Martin, Manassas
Mark D. Moore
Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer, John Marshall Bank, a Division of Security One Bank
Nick Ruffin
Vice President/Branch Manager, Ferris Baker & Watts
Ernest Stern, Esq.*
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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STAFF
Judith Costello*
Executive Director, Business Alliance of George Mason University
Rachel Lubar
Members Services Coordinator, Business Alliance of George Mason University
*Member, Executive Committee


