Advisory Council
The Advisory Council for the Naveen Jindal School of Management RISE Center comprises of retail industry leaders who believe in empowering future entrepreneurs and innovators. The Advisory Council exists to bridge the gap between academia and business and to promote understanding, cooperation and mutual gain.
Ray Hemmig
Advisory Council Chairman
RRGC CEO
Jim Skinner
RISE Council Officer / Independent Board Member
CarLotz / Neiman Marcus Group
Kerry Tassopoulos
RISE Council Officer
Independent
Kyle Allison
CEO
The Doctor of Digital Strategy
Al Bhakta
Principle
CMG Companies
Joel Bines
Managing Partner
Spruce Advisory
Sheryl Adkins-Green
Former Executive Vice President
Mary Kay Inc.
Spencer Williams
Chief Financial Officer
Populus Financial
Marie Zablocki
SVP, Operations Chief of Staff
Cinemark
Chris Dahlander
Founder
Snappy Salads
Kathy Bennett
Independent
Stacee Johnson-Williams
President, Kay Jewelers (USA) and Peoples Jewellers (CAD)
Signet Jewelers
Randall Mills
CEO
Ant Farm Development Services
Nikunj Nirmal
Head of Engineering, International Expansions
Amazon
Jason Liu
Founder
Feiyin Media Technology
Trip Tripathy
Principal Emeritus
Kaufman Rossin
Sumit Anand
Chief Information Officer
Academy Sports
Ope Bakare
VP Enterprise Architecture
L’Oreal
Hannah Copeland
Executive Director, Business Ops
NCR Voyix
Marsha Getto-Aikens
VP of Business Development Firmwide
HKS Inc.
Chad Hooker
SVP, Global Channel
Fluentcommerce
Andrew Laudato
Chief Operating Officer
The Vitamin Shoppe
Anthony Presley
Founder & CEO
TimeForge
Justin Newcom
Regional CTO
Amazon Web Services
Timothy Reazor
Co-Founder
Fifth & Cherry
Andrea Rideout
President
White Rock Granola
Neelu Sethi
SVP & Global CIO
Brinks
Craig Shacklett
CEO
URComped