CIBER Advisory Council

Council Members

Vandana Agrawal

Senior Lecturer, Marketing and Logistics, The Ohio State University

Vinita Bahri-Mehra    

Director + Leader, Global Business & Global Education, Kegler Brown Hill + Ritter

Carmen Daniels     

Dean, Business and Engineering, Columbus State Community College

Bill D'Onofrio    

Vice President - Corporate Development & Investor Relations, Greif, Inc.

Dr. Terry Esper    

Professor Marketing & Logistics, Fisher College of Business

Doug Farren    

Managing Director, OSU National Center for the Middle Market

Alina Harastasanu

Director, European Business Development - JobsOhio and alternate for J.P. Nauseef

David Harrison    

President, Columbus State Community College

Dr. Ayanna Howard    

Dean, College of Engineering, The Ohio State University

Vickie Hunter    

Executive Assistant to the President

Julie Kirk    

Chief of Staff, Ohio Department of Development

Rita Koryan

Director of International External Engagement, The Ohio State University

Jim Laipply    

Deputy Chief- Office of Small Business and Global Trade/SBDC State Director 

Brad Lakhia    

Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, CBIZ

Dr. Mitch Lerner    

Director, East Asian Studies Center, The Ohio State University

Dr. Anil Makhija     

Dean's Distinguished Professor of Finance, The Ohio State University 

Lydia Mihalik    

Director of the Ohio Department of Development

Gurupdesh Pandher    

Dean, College of Business, Central State University

Abbe Partee    

Head of Culture and Inclusion, DHL Supply Chain

Dr. Kaya Şahin

Vice Provost for Global Strategies and International Affairs, The Ohio State University

Deborah Scherer   

Sr. Vice President, Global Trade & Investment, One Columbus

Darren Srebnick    

International Trade Compliance Manager at Sensience

Jayme Staley   

Executive Director, Greater Columbus Sister Cities International

Joyce Steffan    

Former Senior Director, Office of Global Business at Fisher College of Business and Center for International Business Education and Research

Patrick Terrien    

President and CEO, Columbus Council on World Affairs

Melissa Torres   

President & CEO, The Forum on Education Abroad

Cheryl Turnbull    

Senior Director, OSU Keenan Center for Entrepreneurship, The Ohio State University

Dr. Cynthia Turner    

Associate Dean of Access, Engagement and Outreach, EY Faculty Fellow, Fisher College of Business