Advisory Board

The School of Data Science and Analytics (SDSA) advisory board is a group of industry leaders who offer their time and expertise to help us ensure that we are focused on graduating students who match the needs of the marketplace. This is especially important as we go through a period of rapid growth with the chartering of School of Data Science and Analytics and the brand-new Bachelor of Science in Data Science and Analytics. Board members provide strategic counsel, help support our programs and events, promote hiring of our graduates, and assist in fundraising activities.

David Arasmith

Head of Model Risk
Regions Bank

Tim Berryman

Vice President of Decision Analytics
Georgia Pacific

Colin Coleman

Chief Data & Analytics Officer
Inspire Brands

Nathan Ghadirifard

Director, Strategic Market Analytics
WellStar Health System

Jimmy Hendricks

Senior Director, Data Science
Best Buy

Tim Jarrell

Vice President of Power Supply, Rates and DER Strategy
Cobb EMC

Omar Kitosi

Manager, Data Analytics & Reporting
Southern Company

Barbara Liesenfelt

Head of Data and Analytics
InterContinental Hotels Group

Girish Modgil

Senior VP, Data Science, Automation, and Artificial Intelligence
Travelers

Mustafa Nisar

Director, Exploratory Data Science and Analytics
The Home Depot

Divyes Patel

Director, Innovation, Research & Development
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee

David Sommers

Senior Vice President of Analytics 
Epsilon

Mike Stefanick

Managing Director - Leader AI & ML Platforms - Generative AI Prototypes for Risk/Legal/Banking
EY

Bob Vanderheyden

Principal Data Scientist - Manager
Microsoft

Alex Vayner

Managing Director, Data Science & AI
KPMG

Ying Wang

Senior Director, Data Science
Cox Automotive

Gail Wetzel

Vice President, Data & Analytics
Equifax