Wharton Club Of DC

Directors

• Ramesh K Gupta, WG'89, and Secretary & Vice President, Operations
• Katherine Koo, C'73, WG'75
• Jean-François Orsini, WG'72, WD'84, Chairman
• Alan N. Schlaifer, Esq., W'65, and President
• John Steigerwald, WG'95, and Treasurer & Vice President, Finance 

Officers

• Vice President for Alumni Club Relations:
• Vice President for Career Opportunities: Kathy Koo, C'73, WG'75
• Vice President for International Affairs:
• Vice President for Leads Council and Chief Technology Officer: Heinan Landa, WG'91
• Vice President for Membership: Edwin Gommers, WG'14
• Vice President for Programs: Ali Qureshi, EMTM'06

Forums

• Business of Government: Jonathan Lang, WG'77
• Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum: Ali Qureshi, EMTM'06, Tatiana Langseth
• Green Business: Carolyn Johnson
• Healthcare & Biotech Forum:
• Homeland Security & National Defense:
• Investment Forum:
• Nonprofit Forum:
• Women's Leadership Forum: Lisa Benjamin, WG'85

Committees

• International Affairs: Rossana Delucchi, Esq.
• Membership: Edwin Gommers,WG'14, Sara Haq, W'06

Board of Advisors

Joseph Wharton Award Recipients
1970 C. Canby Balderston • 1971 Graham W. Watt • 1972 Charls E. Walker • 1973 C. Jackson Grayson • 1974 Andrew F. Brimmer • 1975 Robert R. Nathan • 1976 Robert C. Holland • 1977 B. Franklin Kahn • 1978 S. Greenhoot Fischer • 1979 William I. Coleman, Jr. • 1980 Morton H. Wilner • 1981 Helen Ver Standig • 1982 John M. Bixler • 1983 Donald C. Carroll • 1984 William J. Brennan, Jr. • 1985 Rev. John E. Steinbruck • 1986 Julia M. Walsh • 1987 John E Lehman, Jr. • 1988 Theodore Pedas • 1989 John D. Ver Standig & William Zucker • 1990 Russell E. Palmer • 1991 Larry D. Bailey & Armand B. Weiss • 1992 Ronald A. Rosenfeld • 1993 Edwin J. Feulner, Jr. • 1994 Melvyn J. Estrin & Virginia H. Knauer • 1995 Benjamin A. Gilman & Theodore R. Rosenberg • 1996 Martin K. Alloy & Ann Dore McLaughlin Korologos • 1997 Martin Cohen & W. Frank Fountain • 1998 Lawrence Nussdorf & Bernardo Vega • 1999 Dr. Thomas P. Gerrity & Marvin Petry • 2000 James S. Riepe & Alfred R. Berkeley, III • 2001 David Rutstein & Andrea Mitchell • 2002 Malcolm Bund • 2003 Joseph Semo & N. Anthony Calhoun • 2004 Andrew Heller & Joan Walsh Cassedy • 2005 Jack Evans & Alan N. Schlaifer • 2006 Marshall Chawla, Geoffrey Corbett & Elizabeth Duggal Taghipour • 2007 Steve Lerman, Esq., Leslie Morgan Steiner & Perry W. Steiner • 2008 Bill Novelli, Eddie Snyder & Pat Harker • 2009 Susan Small Savitsky, David Vise & Pradeep Wahi • 2011 José L. Cuisia, Jr., D. Wayne Silby, Joyce M. Hunter & Alison Malmon • 2012 Steven B. Alloy, Ramesh K. Gupta, Wonya Lucas & Susan F. Wegner • 2013 Mark D. Ein, Heinan Landa, Suzanne Janes Peck & Sherman L. Ragland, II • 2014 H.E. Ron Dermer, S.A. Ibrahim, Jennifer Simpson, Donald J. Trump

Steven Oser Wharton Club of DC Service Award Recipient
2014 Jean-François Orsini

2015 Ali Qureshi, EMTM'06

Benjamin Franklin Innovation Award
2015 Christopher Surdak