Carol is a trustee of the Dexter F. and Dorothy H. Baker Foundation, daughter of Dexter Baker, the visionary behind the Baker Institute, and an independent brand strategist. She works with consumer products and non-profits to align their vision to a brand platform and communication strategy. As a Baker Foundation trustee, her focus area has [...]

Scott A. Belair ’69 Since 1989, Scott A. Belair has been a Principal at The ZAC Group, performing corporate financial advisory services. Mr. Belair served as President of Balfour Maclaine Corporation, a commodities trading company. He was a Principal at Morgan Stanley and Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the international offices and subsidiaries [...]

Michael Bertuch ’82 Mr. Bertuch is the President and CEO of ViaTech Publishing Solutions. With corporate offices in New York, ViaTech is a global leader in building software and providing manufacturing support services that streamline the publishing process for thousands of enterprises such as Delta Airlines, Hilton Hotels, and Burger King. A proven entrepreneur and [...]

Dale F. Falcinelli ’70, G’72 (Chair) Retired from decades of service on the Lehigh MBA and undergraduate faculty, Dale is the creator of LehighSiliconValley, an experiential program that exposes Lehigh students to venture capital and tech startups on both East and West Coasts. He is an investment banker with Spouting Rock Capital Advisors (Radnor, PA), [...]

Ben Gucciardi ’05, G’06 Ben founded Soccer Without Borders while earning a Masters degree in Global Educational Leadership from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA in 2006. An undergraduate of Lehigh as well, Ben has also worked as a consultant for leading sports based youth-development organizations in the US, Europe, Zambia and South Africa, including Team-Up [...]

Bill Kirsch ’76 Mr. Kirsch is the Co-Founder/Managing Director of Costella Kirsch. Costella Kirsch is a high-profile Silicon Valley structured debt firm having provided $300MM to more than 200 emerging technology companies. Previously, Bill Kirsch managed the western region for the financing arm of telecom equipment provider, Rolm Corporation, where he was top volume producer. [...]

Geoff Schneider ’88 Geoff Schneider founded Connecticut-based Cava Capital, an early stage venture capital firm that invests in young companies that leverage information technology to benefit businesses and consumers. Geoff has more than 20 years of operational and leadership experience with consumer marketing and media firms that leverage the Internet to grow and succeed. He [...]

Joel Spira H’01 Mr. Spira is the Chairman and Director of Research for lighting control manufacturer Lutron Electronics. Spira’s career in the electronic systems industry spans more than five decades. He emerged as an early pioneer with his “dimming device” in 1959, for which he was issued a U.S. Patent in 1962. Spira’s invention revolutionized [...]

John Thalheimer ’55 After earning a BS in Metallurgy at Lehigh University, John Thalheimer joined the family scrap metal business Thalheimer Brothers, Inc. and grew it into an international company that trades and processes all grades of copper, brass, bronze, nickel alloys, and stainless steel and more recently aluminum. Because Thalheimer credits Lehigh for providing [...]

Deborah Zajac ’97 Ms. Zajac is a Vice President of Business Development at General Electric, having joined in 2003. She partners with, invests in, and creates new business ventures by leveraging GE’s intellectual property, intangible assets and capital to enter new industries and markets, focusing on technology commercialization and brand licensing. She has advised, invested [...]