Visiting Scholars and Executives

Martindale Student Associates Program

  • Yvonne Lee, Ph.D., Director of Graduate Writing
  • Carla Sands, 2017 United States as Ambassador to Denmark, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands.
  • Zakaria Hsain '17, Researcher at the University of Pennsylvania.
  • Olga M. Stewart '05 '06, Senior Environmental Engineer at Geosyntic Consultants Alaska.
  • Mariana De Maio Ph. D., assistant professor in the Department of Journalism and Communication at Lehigh University
  • Luis Brunstein, Ph.D., Lehigh University Liaison for Multicultural Communities
  • Jeff Laborsky '99, Principal, Manasota Capital
  • Melissa Laborsky '99 MD, Integrative Medicine Physician, Founder, Indy Healing Center
  • Tham Whye Long, Consul, Malaysian Consulate, New York
  • Zakaria Muhd Shahrulmiza, Malaysian Consul for Trade, Malaysian External Trade Development Corporation
  • Nandu Nayar, Ph.D., Professor of Finance, Lehigh University
  • Chitra Nayar, Ph.D., Professor of Management, Lehigh University
  • Khurram Hussain, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Religion Studies, Lehigh University
  • Bob Thornton, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, Editor, Perspectives on Business and Economics, Lehigh University
  • Greg Skutches, Ph.D., Director, Writing across the Curriculum, Lehigh University
  • Mark C. Scott, Manager and Business Data Librarian, Business and Economics Support Team, Lehigh University
  • Alberto Hart, Consul General, Consulate of Peru in New York City
  • Aneesh Varma '06, Founder & CEO, Aire (UK) - Martindale cohort 2005-'06/Hungary
  • Susan Bahner '89, Director of Finance and Accounting, Merck
  • Dinissa Duvanova, Ph.D.,Associate Professor of International Relations, Lehigh University
  • Janet M. Laible, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Political Science, Lehigh University
  • Judith N. Lasker, Ph.D., N.E.H. Distinguished Professor, Sociology, Lehigh University
  • Andrew Ward, Ph.D., Professor and Charlot and Dennis E. Singleton '66 Chair of Management, Lehigh University
  • Elizabeth Riley Bell, “Keeper of the Quaich,” Author and consultant/authority on single malt Scotch Whisky
  • Ross Allen, British Deputy Consul General, Head of the UK Trade Commission, British Consulate in New York
  • His Excellency Vitaliano Gallardo Valencia, Consul General of Peru in New York
  • Andrew John '06, Senior Manager, Due Diligence Analyst and Partner, Veritable, LP
  • Soo Hooi Oh '06 Principal Engineer, LTK Engineering Services
  • Maria Barbara Zepeda Cortes, Ph.D., Professor of History
  • Hannah Stewart Gambino, Ph.D., Professor of Government & Law and International Affairs
  • Matt Bush, Associate Professor of Spanish and Hispanic Studies, Director, Latin American and Latino Studies Program
  • Sr. Conrado Falco, Economic Division, Peruvian Consulate General, NYC
  • Mr. David Bernstein, DB Galleries, Pre-Colombian Art
  • Daniel A. Zarrilli '97, PE, Sr. Director, Climate Policy & Programs and Chief Resilience Officer, New York City Mayor’s Office
  • Tamara Nisic '08, Pricing Analyst, Merck & Co., Inc.
  • Stanislav Benes, Head of Economic Section, Czech Consulate, NYC
  • Arthur King, Ph.D., Professor of Health, Medicine and Society
  • James R. Tanenbaum '70, Partner, Morrison and Foerster (law firm), Former Chairman, Lehigh University Board of Trustees
  • His Excellency Dr. Bojo Cerar, Ambassador of Slovenia to the United States

Microfinance and Microenterprise Program

  • Jennifer Isern, Ph.D., CFA, Catalyze Global Impact
  • Enjiang Cheng, Ph.D., Program Officer, Ford Foundation, China
  • Alok Misra, Ph.D., CEO & Director, Microfinance Institutions Network, India
  • Iwan Nazirwan, Ph.D., Chairman, KRAF, Advisory Board, Nusa Makmur Capital, Indonesia
  • Hang Thi Thu Nguyen, Sr. Financial Sector Specialist, International Finance Corp (IFC), Australia
  • Avishek Gupta, Managing Director & CEO, Caspian Debt, India
  • Bunmi Ajani Lawson, CEO, Edfin Microfinance Bank, Nigeria
  • Alex Paxton, CFA, Director, Social Enterprise Finance Team, Office of Development Credit, US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), Washington, DC
  • Lucia Spaggiari, Innovation Director, MFR (Microfinanza Rating), Italy
  • Kimanthi Mutua, Chair, Board of Directors, ECLOF International, and founding Managing Director, K-Rep Bank (now Sidian), Kenya
  • Anne-Marie Chidzero, CIO, FSD Africa Investments, Zimbabwe
  • Pierrette Kouakou, CEO, Fin'Elle, Cote d'Ivoire
  • Alex Silva, Founding Partner, Omtrix, Executive Director, Calmeadow, Costa Rica
  • Edgardo Perez, CEO, Fundacion Genesis Empresarial, Guatemala
  • Ralph Guerra, CEO, Compartamos Financiera, Peru
  • Gerhard Coetzee, Ph.D., Lead, Customer Value, CGAP (Consultative Group to Assist the Poor), Washington, DC.
  • Mayada El-Zoghbi, Managing Director, Center for Financial Inclusion, Washington, DC.
  • Scott Graham, VP Research and Data Science, FINCA International, Washington, DC.
  • Mercedes Canalda de Beras-Goico, Banco ADOPEM
  • Renée Chao-Beroff, PAMIGA Association
  • Michael Chu, Ph.D., Harvard Business School
  • Paul DiLeo, Managing Director, Grassroots Capital Management,
  • Roland Dominicé, Symbiotics
  • Deborah Drake, Vice President, Center for Financial Inclusion, Accion International
  • Claudio Gonzalez-Vega, BBVA Microfinance Foundation, and Ohio State University
  • Steve Hollingworth, Grameen Foundation
  • Martin Holtmann, International Finance Corporation
  • Ira Lieberman '64, Ph.D., CEO Lipam International Inc.
  • Shannon Mudd, Haverford College Ami Dalal, FINCA
  • Timothy Ogden, Financial Access Initiative, NYU
  • Amie Patel, Elevar Equity
  • Jose Ruisanchez, Consultant
  • Alejandro (Alex) Silva, Managing Director, Calmeadow, and Managing Partner, OMTRIX Management, Inc.
  • Sanjay Sinha, M-CRIL
  • Candace Smith, MicroVest
  • Rangan Varadan, Founder and CEO, Billionloans
  • Chris Hudock, Director, Rising Tide Community Loan Fund
  • Henri J. Barkey, Ph.D., Former Director of the Middle East Program, and public policy scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
  • Frank R. Gunter, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute
  • Amit Bhowmik, Product Development Engineer, Niagara Bottling

Family Business Program

  • Ira Lieberman '64, Ph.D, CEO Lipami
  • Matt Bieber, Software Entrepreneur and Investor
  • John L. Hilley, Former Chairman and CEO, NASDAQ International, Inc., Interim Dean, Chair and Professor of Finance, Temple University
  • Ron Anderson, Ph.D.
  • Morten Bennedsen, INSEAD
  • Jie Cai, Drexel University
  • Stuart Gillan, University of Georgia
  • Jongsub Lee, Michigan State University
  • Vikas Mehrota, INSEAD
  • Lalitha Naveen, Temple University
  • Hojong Shin, Michigan State University
  • Ferd Thun '56, Former Engineer, SKF Industries, Former Director of Planned Giving, Lehigh University
  • Margarita Tsoutsoura, Columbia University
  • Yupana Wiwattanakantang, INSEAD
  • Daniel Wolfenzon, Columbia University
  • Hayong Yun, Michigan State University
  • Bill Hindle, CEO, Hindle Power
  • Ira Lieberman '64, Ph.D., CEO Lipam International Inc.

Research Scholars/Visiting Professors

  • Roland J. Kushner Ph.D., Professor of Business and Business Program Director at Muhlenberg College.
  • Dante DeAntoneo, Ph.D., Economist, Moody’s Analytics, Visiting Professor of Economics, Lehigh University
  • Mihai Dragomir, Ph.D., Department of Design Engineering and Robotics, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, and visiting Fulbright-RAF Scholar, University of Rochester
  • Olena Ogrokhina, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Economics, Lafayette College
  • Thomas J. Dean, Ph.D., Professor of Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Enterprise, Colorado State University
  • Richard E. Schuler, Ph.D., Professor of Economics and of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University

Energy Economics Club/Lehigh Student Chapter USAEE

  • Guy F. Caruso, Senior Adviser in the Energy and National Security Program, Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)
  • Ayaka Jones, International Technical Advisor, Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Fossil Energy
  • Andrew Kleit, Professor of Energy and Environmental Economics, and founding chair of the Energy and Business Finance Program, The Pennsylvania State University
  • David Knapp, Chief Energy Economist and Senior Editor for Global Oil Market Analysis, Energy Intelligence Group
  • Lynne Taschner '74G, Energy Advisor, ExxonMobil Corporate Strategic Planning Department
  • Da Zhang, Research Scientist, Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, MIT
  • Zhen Zhu, Professor and Dr. Michael Metzger Endowed Chair, Economics, University of Central Oklahoma

Lehigh University FinTech Club

  • Kevin Worth '91, CEO, CoinDesk
  • Sapan Shah '11, Subway Franchisee