Data Science Institute Advisory Council

Members of the Data Science Institute Advisory Council support Columbia's commitment to expanding data science to every corner of the University.

Data Science Institute Advisory Council

Armen Avanessians

  • Trustee, Council Co-Chair, EN’83, P: CC’12, CC’17, IA’17
  • Chief Investment Officer (Retired), Goldman Sachs Asset Management

Michael Donovan

  • P: EN’13
  • Vice Chairman, Board of Directors of MediaOcean

Shahram Ebadollahi

  • EN’99, EN’02, EN’05, BU’16
  • Operating Partner, Private Equity

Shawn Edwards

  • EN’90, EN’95, P: EN’17
  • Chief Technology Officer, Bloomberg

Ben Fried

  • Council Co-Chair, CC’88
  • Venture Partner, Rally Ventures

Claire Le Gal

  • BU’99
  • Senior Vice President, Fraud Intelligence, Strategy & Cyber Products, Mastercard

Mahmoud Naghshineh

  • EN'94
  • Vice President of AI Impact and Partnerships, IBM Research

Georgia Papathomas

  • EN’73, EN’74, EN’78
  • Advisor, Investor, Board Member

Jim Pastoriza

  • EN’84
  • Managing Partner, TDF Ventures

Arihant Patni

  • GF'03
  • Managing Director, Patni Financial Advisors

Alfred Z. Spector

  • Visiting Scholar, MIT

Richard E. Witten

  • CC’75, P: CC’10, BUS’15, LAW’15
  • Senior Managing Director, Orienta Group
  • Managing Member, RSW Capital Management

HongJiang Zhang

  • Venture Partner, SourceCode Capital
  • Senior Advisor, Carlyle Group
  • Chairman, Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence