Meet Our New Trustees
Saturday, November, 2nd, 2024 Home Slider News
At the Annual Meeting of the Board of Trustees Kenneth Nova, Jennifer Selendy, Jeffrey Stibel, and Meena Thever were elected Charter Trustees for a term of five years commencing November 2, 2024, and ending in November 2029. The Alumni Association elected Trecia Pessoa as an Alumni Trustee in June 2024.
Kenneth Nova A86, A23P, A27P
Kenny Nova is a serial entrepreneur, investor and advisor. He is the founder of Stat Scientific, a company identifying, funding and commercializing life science and technology innovation. He has led early-stage technology businesses to successful exit as well as launched and scaled digital and media businesses with world-class enterprises (Time-Warner, Random House and Ziff-Davis Publishing). He is an inventor, having been awarded a U.S. patent for the education industry’s first, real-time, one-on-one mobile test preparation game.
Trecia Pessoa J96
Trecia is Vice President & Senior Managing Counsel, Digital Solutions, Blockchain & Digital Assets & ESG Products at Mastercard, a global payments technology company.
She oversees the team of attorneys responsible for global legal strategy and advice for Mastercard’s development of digital platforms to enable its consumer products, enablement
of blockchain and digital assets products and partnerships, and the commercialization of Mastercard's ESG strategy...
Jennifer Selendy J90
Jennifer Selendy is a founding partner of Selendy Gay.
Jennifer’s leadership has been recognized by Corporate Counsel, which named her 2020’s “Managing Partner of the Year,” and the New York Law Journal, which lists her among 2020’s “Distinguished Leaders.”
A seasoned trial and appellate litigator, Jennifer represents both plaintiffs and defendants in high-stakes disputes.
Jeffrey Stibel A95
Jeff Stibel is Chairman and CEO of LegalZoom (NASDAQ: LZ) and a founding partner of Bryant Stibel. He has served on the boards of a number of non-profit, private, and public companies and currently serves on the boards of MyFitnessPal and the Natural History Museum. Stibel was previously President & CEO of Web.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: WWWW) and The Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corporation, and later served as D&B’s (NYSE: DNB) Vice Chairman.
Meena Thever J00
Meena Thever is a Partner and Head of Capital Formation at ACON Investments, a $7bn middle market private equity firm focused on the Consumer, Industrials and Business Services sectors. She is responsible for leading all capital formation and strategic initiatives related to the ACON fund series as well as all direct investments.
Previously, Meena was a Partner at Bridge Investment Group, a $48bn real estate private equity firm.