Kilts Center 

Steering Committee

The Kilts Center Steering Committee is made up of senior executives and leaders who provide ongoing guidance and support to the center. Each member of the steering committee supports a student marketing fellow with tuition assistance and mentorship.

• Sunil Kumar
  Dean and George Pratt Shultz Professor of Operations Management
  The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
• Stacey Kole
  Clinical Professor of Economics and Deputy Dean for the Full-Time MBA Program 
  The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
• Richard Leftwich
  Fuji Bank and Heller Professor of Accounting and Finance and Deputy Dean for Faculty
  The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

• James M. Kilts, '74
  Cochairman
  Founding Partner
  Centerview Capital
• Lee S. Hillman, '79
  Cochairman
  President
  Liberation Investment Advisory Group
• Gilbert Baldomero de Cardenas, '04 (XP-73)
  CEO
  Cacique, Inc.
• L. Dick Buell, '78
  Former Chairman and CEO
  Catalina Marketing Corporation
• Pradeep K. Chintagunta
  Joseph T. and Bernice S. Lewis Distinguished Service Professor of Marketing
  The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
• Thomas Doctoroff, '89
  Area Director, North Asia/CEO Greater China
  JWT-Bridge Advertising Co., LTD.
• Michael D. Hsu, '93
  Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer
  Kraft Foods, Inc.

• M. Carl Johnson III, '72
  Executive Vice President, Brands
  Del Monte Foods
• Karen Katen, AB '70, MBA '74
  Senior Advisor
  Essex Woodlands Health Ventures
• James W. Lewis, '70
  Chairman and Cofounder
  Vietnam Partners, LLC
• William McComb, '87
  CEO
  Fifth & Pacific Cos. (formerly Liz Claiborne, Inc.)
• Brian R. Niccol, '03
  Chief Marketing & Inovation Officer
  Taco Bell
• Henry Rak, '70
  Founder/Chairman & CEO
  Henry Rak Consulting Partners LLC
• James Tyree
  Retired Executive Vice President
  Abbott Labs