The Board of Visitors is an advisory body of alumni and business leaders for the Center for Business and Economics and a powerful asset for students and faculty alike. Each year the board convenes to engage with students in a variety of activities, beginning with a mini-conference designed to help students to use their college experience to achieve their career goals.
Structured networking sessions are scheduled throughout the day to provide board members opportunities to answer individual student questions about the job market as well as trending topics in business and economics.
When asked, What surprises you the most about today’s students? visiting board member Evelyn Pendleton ’87 commented, “The biggest surprise that I had was how much is now available to today’s students. My hope and wish is for the students to maximize their opportunity with Allegheny College. Attend a job seminar, visit an employer and/or practice a mock interview. Just take advantage of all that the Business and Economics program has to offer.”
The Board of Visitors annual event is supported by the Earl W. Adams, Jr. Endowment, established by Allegheny College Trustee William H. Brown, Jr., Allegheny Class of 1980, in honor of Professor Earl William Adams, Jr. – teacher, mentor and friend.
Active Members
| Don Belt ’93 President Hefren-Tillotson Wealth Management |
Barrie Christman ’74 Chairman, President & CEO (ret.) Principal Bank and Principal Trust Company |
| Jennifer Daurora ’99 Allegheny Trustee Director of Business Development McGinnis Sisters Special Food Stores |
Don Goldstein Professor Emeritus, Department of Economics Allegheny College |
| Mark Hanson ’83 Vice Chair, CBE Board of Visitors Senior Vice President Freddie Mac |
Terry Hartford ’81 Allegheny Trustee Vice President ATI Defense |
| Kathy Kohler ’79 Chair, CBE Board of Visitors Head of International Privacy Risk Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. |
Linda Krzykowski ’81 Assistant Vice Provost for Student Engagement University at Albany |
| H. Sean Mathis ’65 Founding Partner New Centurion Capital Partners LLC |
Paul Marcela ’78 President and Managing Director Governance Partners Group, LLC |
| Devone McLeod ’13 Certified Financial Planner® Reby Advisors |
Sam Moss President, Impact Advisory Services Senior Director of Finance East Lake Foundation/CF Foundation |
| Jerome Nelson ’83 Allegheny Trustee Founding Partner Carnegie Steel Partners |
Kyle O’Connor ’03 Senior Vice President Product & Business Development TriState Capital Bank |
| Evelyn Pendleton ’87 VP Market, Chief Financial Officer & Coach for the MidAtlantic territory Aetna Insurance |
James Spalding ’80 Sr. V.P., Asst. Sec. & Gen. Council (ret.) Vanguard Health Systems, Inc |
| Roger Tufts ’76 Senior Economic Advisor Office of the Comptroller of the Currency U. S. Treasury |
Lance Zingale ’77 Executive VP & General Manager Sykes Enterprises |
Emeritus members
William Demchak ’84
President and CEO
PNC Financial Services Group
Thomas St. Clair ’57
Chief Financial Officer (ret.)
Phelps-Dodge Corp.
Natalie Taaffe Hoffman ’68
Managing Partner
Linden Partners