Skandalaris Center National Council

The Skandalaris Center National Council includes entrepreneurs from St. Louis and across the nation.

Council members convene twice annually to advise the Skandalaris Center on the implementation of its mission. During these meetings, Council members critique plans and add their creative ideas to further develop the program and enhance and expand our impact.

Chairman

Mr. Robert J. Skandalaris
Chairman and CEO of Quantum Ventures

Members

Ms. Deborah Barta (BU/AS ’99)
President & CEO, Innovative Edge, LLC

Mr. Alan Bender (BA ’75)
Partner and Co-Founder, Trilogy Equity Partners

Ms. Maxine Clark (Hon LLD ’23)
CEO, The Clark-Fox Family Foundation
Founder, Build-A-Bear Workshop

Mr. Charles K. Cohn (BU ’08)
Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Nerdy, LLC

Mrs. Lori Coulter (GB ’99)
Co-Founder & CEO, Summersalt

Mr. Suren G. Dutia (BS ’63, AB ’67, MS ’67)
President, DynaMatrix, LLC
Formerly Senior Fellow, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

Dr. F. Nicholas Franano (ME ’94)
Founder, President, and CEO, Artio Medical, Inc.

Mr. Jeremy N. Friedman (LA ’09)
Co-Founder and CEO, Schoology

Mr. Andrew Glantz (BSBA ’17)
Founder, CEO at GiftAMeal

Mr. Sanjay Gosalia (BS ’99, MEM ’02)
Chief Business Officer, NayaOne
Founder & Managing Partner, TechCatalyst LLC

Mr. Clifford K. Holekamp (GM ’01)
Co-Founder and Managing Director, Cultivation Capital

Mr. Thomas J. Hillman (LA ’78)
General Partner, Lewis & Clark

Mr. Kishore Kanakamedaka
COO, Neeva

Mr. David F. Fareed Karandish (BU ’05)
Founder and CEO, Capacity

Mr. Michael R. Loynd (LW ’99)
Owner, The Loynd Group
Executive Director, Interco Charitable Trust

Mr. James V. O’Donnell (GB ’74)
CEO, Exegy, Inc.

Col. Steven C. Roberts (LLM `77, JD `77)
Chief of Staff, Department of the Sheriff, City of St. Louis
Principal, The Roberts Companies

Mr. Andrew Rubin (BU ’98)
CEO & Co-Founder, Illumio

Mr. Scott Rudolph
CEO, Piping Rock Health Products, LLC

Mr. Jerome J. Schlichter
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Arch Grants

Mr. Robert Brookings Smith III (GB ’94)
Vice President, Strategic Business Development, Ascension Health

Mr. Thomas Smith (BA ’74)
Co-Owner, Special Solutions, LLC

Dr. Jacque J. Sokolov
Chairman and CEO, SSB Solutions, SSB Investment Funds, and SSB Financial Services

Mr. Howard D. Steinberg (LA ’83, GB ’83)
Vice President, Budget Car and Truck Rental of Atlanta

Mr. Chris Swenson (AB `93, BSBA `93)
Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, Nerdy
Vice President and General Counsel, Varsity Tudors

Ms. J.J. Stupp (GB ’83)
Retired CFO and Founder, Exegy, Inc.

Mr. Brian D. Wolfe (LW ’07)
Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Mr. Laurence B. Yavner (LA ’87)
Founder and Managing Partner, LBY Partners, LLC

Mr. Andrew Young (AB `99)
Founder & CEO, SAFStor Inc.