Business Alliance of George Mason University
Board of Directors
OFFICERS
President
Ernest Stern, Esq.*
Managing Partner, Schiff Hardin LLP
VP /President Elect
Jerry Pierce*
Partner - Federal Tax Services, KPMG, LLP
Secretary
Rodney Lusk*
Capital Attraction Manager, Fairfax County EDA
Treasurer
Cameron Hamilton*
Associate Director, The McLean Group, LLC
Past-President
Erik Ayers*
Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers
General Counsel
Dean Wayne Rutley*
Member, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC
OTHER DIRECTORS
Kevin Antler*
Senior Vice President, KnowledgeBank, Inc.
kantler@knowledgebank.cc
Jeff Cohen
Attorney, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC
Paul Economon*
Of Counsel, Koltun & King PC
Ethan Gill*
President, HR Advantage
Cynthia Gilmer
President, Opus Plus, Inc.
Kim Guarino*
Partner, Hinge, Inc.
Gui Larangeria
Associate, Telecommunications Development Fund
Anne Rosenblum
Marketing Director, Fairfax County EDA
Gene Schleppenbach*
Principal, Miles & Stockbridge P.C.
Julia B. Strickland
Partner, Reed Smith LLP
Robert B. Sussan
President and CEO, AutoSmart Card
Joe Tedesco*
CEO, Architech Corporation
Andy Tucker*
Partner, Andrews Kurth LLP
Joe Walsh
Vice President of Operations, SquareLoop
Bob Webb*
Partner, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY DIRECTORS (04-05)
Lloyd Griffiths
Dean, School of Information Technology & Engineering
Sandra Hubler
Vice President, University Life
Richard J. Klimoski
Dean, School of Management (SOM)
Mathew Kluger
Vice President of Research, Provost Office
Christine LaPaille*
Vice President, University Relations
Sid Moore
Associate Dean, Law School
Janet Niblock
Director, Continuing and Professional Education
William Reeder
Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts
Roger Stough
Assoc. Dean Academic Affairs, School of Public Policy/Director, Mason
Enterprise Center
Peter Stearns
Provost, Provost Office
PAST PRESIDENTS
James W. (Jim) Browne
Director, Operations, Facilities and ESH for Undersea Systems, Lockheed Martin, Manassas
Tom Krappweis*
Senior Systems Engineering Manager, BAE Systems
Ed Lewis*
Site Education Manager, Lockheed Martin, Manassas
Mark D. Moore*
Partner, Longstreet Partners, LLC
Nick Ruffin*
Vice President/Branch Manager, Ferris Baker & Watts
STAFF
Judith Costello*
Executive Director, Business Alliance of George Mason University
Rachel Lubar
Members Services Coordinator, Business Alliance of George Mason University
Sarah Gallagher
Members Services Representative,, Business Alliance of George Mason University
*Member, Executive Committee
