CGS Employer Roundtable Members
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Roundtable Members
Suzanne Ortega
President, Council of Graduate Schools (CGS)
Earl Lewis
Employer Roundtable Chair
Founding Director, Center for Social Solutions, University of Michigan
President Emeritus, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Charles R. Craig
Sr. Vice President - Science & Technology Director - Administration & Operations, Corning Incorporated
Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
President and CEO, TIAA
Betty Fleurimond
Managing Director, Higher Education, Deloitte Services LP & Chair, Deloitte Center for Higher Education Excellence
Phil Komarny
Vice President, Innovation, Salesforce
Richard Kurin
Distinguished Scholar and Ambassador-at-Large, Smithsonian Institution
Stanley S. Litow
Professor and Innovator in Residence, Duke University
President Emeritus, IBM International Foundation
Walt MacDonald
President and CEO, Educational Testing Service (ETS)
Marian Roberge
Senior Vice President, Global Human Resources, ProQuest
Lesli Rotenberg
Chief Programming Executive & General Manager, Children’s Media and Education, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
Ron Townsend
Executive Vice President, Global Laboratory Operations, Battelle Memorial Institute
Christopher Valentino
Vice President of Global Cyber Solutions, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Ex-Officio
Christopher Sindt
CGS Board Chair & Provost and Dean of the Graduate School, Lewis University
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