The School’s advisory council is a group of distinguished and accomplished individuals appointed by the Princeton University Board of Trustees to advise the School on its programs and activities.

Vivien Li MPA-URP '83
Co-Chair
President
Boston Harbor Association

Lynn Thoman ‘77
Co-Chair
Co-President
Lowenstein Foundation

Runa Alam '81
Chief Executive Officer
Development Partners International

Hady Amr MPA '94
Deputy Assistant Administrator
USAID

Andrea Bernstein ‘80
Former Sr. Vice President
Oxygen Media
 

Tom Byrne, Jr. '76
Pres., Byrne Asset Management

Julius E. Coles MPA '66
President Emeritus, Africare
Africare House
 

Katherine A. Courpas '88
Silverpoint Capital, LLC
 

Noah Gottdiener '78
Chief Executive Officer & President
Duff & Phelps
 

Tracy Higgins '86
Professor
School of Law
Fordham University
 

Leon Kalvaria ‘79
Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.
 

Susan Marquis MPA '87 PhD '95
Dean
Pardee RAND Graduate School
 

The Hon. Thomas M. Nelson MPA '04
County Executive
Outagamie County Wisconsin
 

Lawrence Neubauer ‘88
Partner
Quilvest USA, Inc.
 

Robert H. Niehaus ‘77
Chairman
Greenhill Capital Partners LLC
 

Lisette Nieves MPA '01
Visiting Professor in Public Policy,
CUNY/Social Entrepreneur in
Residence, Blue Ridge Foundation
 

David Rubenstein
Co-Founder, Managing Director
The Carlyle Group
 

Cynthia King Vance ‘80
President
Advanced Strategies LLC
 

James D. Zirin ‘61
Senior Counsel
Sidley Austin LLP