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The MIT Corporation — the Institute’s governing board — has appointed 10 full-term members, who will serve either three or five years, along with three life members. Corporation Chair Mark P. Gorenberg ’76 disclosed the election outcomes today.

The full-term appointees are: Wes Bush, Ruby R. Chandy, Hala Fadel, Jacques Frederic Kerrest, Michelle K. Lee, Bianca Lepe, Natalie M. Lorenz Anderson, Sebastian S. Man, Hyun-A C. Park, and Thomas Tull. The three life members include: Orit Gadiesh, Jeff Halis, and Alan Leventhal. Gorenberg was also re-elected as the chair of the Corporation.

Stephen P. DeFalco ’83, SM ’88, the president of the Association of Alumni and Alumnae of MIT for 2025-2026, will also join the Corporation as an ex officio member. He replaces Natalie Lorenz-Anderson ’84.

Starting July 1, the Corporation will comprise 80 esteemed leaders in academia, science, engineering, and industry. Among these, 24 are life members and eight are ex officio. An extra 31 individuals hold the status of life member emeritus.

The 10 newly appointed term members are:

Wes Bush, former chair and chief executive officer, Northrop Grumman Corporation

Bush has been involved in the aerospace and defense sector since beginning his journey at COMSAT Labs through MIT’s co-op program. After graduating, he initially worked at The Aerospace Corporation and subsequently became a systems engineer at TRW’s Space Park facility in 1987. Before Northrop Grumman acquired TRW in 2002, he led various space program initiatives, held the title of vice president of TRW Ventures, and was the president and CEO of TRW’s Aeronautical Systems division in the UK. At Northrop Grumman, Bush rose to president of the company’s space technology division, later serving as chief financial officer. He took on the role of company president in 2006, was CEO from 2010 until 2018, and became chairman in 2011.

Ruby R. Chandy ’82, SM ’89, CEO, Luminas Advisory Services

With two decades of experience on public company boards, Chandy currently sits on the boards of Dupont, Thermo Fisher Scientific, and Flowserve. She is also part of the advisory board for Pritzker Private Capital and contributes to the boards of its portfolio companies. Previously, she served as the president of the industrial division and was a corporate officer at Pall Corporation, which was later acquired by Danaher Corporation. Before Pall, she held the role of chief marketing officer at Dow Chemical, Rohm and Haas, and Thermo Fisher Scientific. She possesses substantial general management experience with Dow Chemical, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Boston Scientific, and Millipore. Chandy is also a member of the Board of the NACD Philadelphia Chapter, the Board of Trustees for Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School, and the MIT Sloan Executive Board.

Hala Fadel MBA ’01, managing partner, Eurazeo

Fadel is a part of the management committee at Eurazeo and leads the investment committee for the growth equity team. Before joining Eurazeo in 2022, she established Comgest’s first private growth equity program. She devoted nearly 15 years at Comgest as a portfolio manager within the European growth equities team, focusing on investments in technology, healthcare, and consumer products. From 2014 to 2022, she co-founded and managed Leap Ventures, an early-stage tech venture capital firm investing in Europe and the Middle East. During her time there, Fadel directed several early-stage tech investments in France, Sweden, and the UK. She began her career as an investment banker specializing in mergers and acquisitions at Merrill Lynch in London.

Jacques Frederic Kerrest MBA ’09, vice chair and co-founder, Okta; managing partner and founder, Windproof Partners; senior advisor to Blackstone

As Okta’s chief operating officer from 2009 to 2023, Kerrest managed Okta’s daily operations, advanced corporate priorities, and fostered innovation, while closely collaborating with customers, partners, and stakeholders, and acting as a primary liaison with the investor community. He oversaw aspects of corporate strategy, development, strategic alliances, and Okta’s social impact initiative, Okta for Good. Prior to this, he worked in sales and business development at Salesforce.com and in venture capital at Hummer Winblad Venture Partners. Kerrest also co-founded and chaired Herophilus, a neurotherapeutics drug development firm acquired by Genentech Roche. He authored “Zero to IPO,” a guide to startup development.

Michelle K. Lee ’88, SM ’89, CEO and founder, Obsidian Strategies, Inc.

Before establishing Obsidian Strategies, Lee served as vice president of the Machine Learning Solutions Lab at Amazon Web Services. From 2015 to 2017, she held the distinguished position of U.S. under secretary of commerce for intellectual property and director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, making history as the first woman to occupy this role in the United States. Prior to her public service, she spent eight years as an executive at Google. Lee also had the honor of being the Herman Phleger Visiting Professor of Law at Stanford University from 2017 to 2018. She commenced her career as a computer scientist at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and Hewlett-Packard Research Laboratories.

Bianca Lepe PhD ’24, data scientist, City of Boston

Lepe’s doctoral research centered around computationally-driven vaccine design for tuberculosis and the creation of a surface functionalization platform for M. tuberculosis to explore host-pathogen interactions. As a member of the Graduate Student Union and a REFS conflict coach, she aided fellow researchers, helped mediate conflicts, and represented student issues. She also served as a student leader on the Graduate Student Council and the Corporation Joint Advisory Committee, facilitating discussions on significant matters and advocating for people-focused solutions. Lepe possesses professional experience in technology policy consulting, venture capital, and biotechnology strategy. Recently, she became part of the City of Boston’s analytics team as a data scientist, contributing to projects aimed at enhancing the city’s decision-making and operational efficiency.

Natalie M. Lorenz Anderson ’84, chief operations officer and board director, 247Solar, Inc.

Before her tenure at 247Solar, an MIT startup specializing in commercializing a modular, scalable thermal energy solution, Lorenz Anderson was a partner at Booz Allen Hamilton, where she served as a senior vice president and expert in cybersecurity, privacy, risk management, IT, and innovative technologies across defense, national security, and civilian agencies. She has participated on several advisory and corporate boards linked to MIT, including Gigavation, Embr Labs, and Lutron, and is an advisory board member and a former board member for Ocean Power Technologies. Lorenz Anderson has also been a limited partner of Safar Partners LLC and previously served as a board director and vice president of the Girl Scouts Nations Capital Board.

Sebastian S. Man ’79, SM ’80, chair and chief executive officer, Chung Mei International Holdings Limited

Since 1990, Sebastian S. Man has led Chung Mei International Holdings Limited, co-founded by his family in 1963, which is a prominent manufacturer of domestic kitchen electrics and air treatment products for major global brands. He is associated with various trade organizations, including serving as honorary vice president of the Hong Kong Electrical Appliance Manufacturers Association and as a board director of the Pacific Basin Economic Council. Additionally, he is a council member of the Better Hong Kong Foundation and a member of the Vision 2047 Foundation. Man has been an executive committee member of the International Chamber of Commerce and the Hong Kong China Business Council. He is also part of the executive committee.
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member of the Young Presidents’ Organization Gold HK and the North Asia Chair of the Chief Executive Organization.

Hyun-A C. Park ’83, MCP ’85, president, Spy Pond Partners, LLC

Park commenced her career under MIT professor Tunney Lee at the Massachusetts Division of Capital Planning and Operations, subsequently contributing to the Central Artery (“Big Dig”) project. Following this, she joined Cambridge Systematics, where she managed a business line concentrating on transportation asset management. Recently, Park chairs the Technical Activities Council of the Transportation Research Board, directing a group of chairs supervising over 200 committees and 6,000 volunteers engaged in research activities across all transportation modes and numerous related topics. She also acted as co-chair for the Women’s Transportation Seminar’s Public Art Project, leading to the creation of a new public art installation at Boston’s South Station.

Thomas Tull, co-chair, TWG Global

In conjunction with his responsibilities at TWG Global, Tull founded and presides over the United States Innovative Technology Fund, and is the creator, chair, and CEO of the private holding entity Tulco, LLC. He previously established and held the position of CEO at the media enterprise Legendary Entertainment, recognized for producing films such as “The Dark Knight” trilogy, “Inception,” and “Jurassic World.” Tull is involved in the ownership groups of the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New York Yankees, and he is passionately dedicated to philanthropy and fostering innovative approaches to global issues through the Tull Family Foundation. He serves as an advisor to the chief innovation and strategy officer at MIT, sits on the MIT School of Engineering Dean’s Advisory Council, and has recently held the position of Visiting Innovation Scholar at MIT.

The three new life members are:

Orit Gadiesh, partner and chair emeritus, Bain and Company Inc.

Gadiesh became a member of Bain and Company in 1977 and held the chairman position from 1993 to 2025. She is presently located at the group’s London headquarters and continues to engage in client and advisory roles across North America, Europe, and Asia. She has advised senior management on structuring and managing portfolios, crafting and executing global strategies, establishing both cost-cutting and growth initiatives, integrating technologies within organizations, and additional matters. Gadiesh is currently a member of the World Economic Forum board of trustees, the International Business Leaders Advisory Council for the Mayor of Shanghai, and the board of governors at Tel Aviv University, as well as on the advisory boards of the James Martin 21st Century School at Oxford University and the Peres Institute for Peace and Innovation.

Jeff Halis ’76, SM ’76, president and CEO, Tyndall Management, LLC

Halis established Tyndall Management, an investment firm focusing on publicly traded securities, in 1991. Before this, he occupied roles within the finance and investment sector, working at Citibank, Merrill Lynch, and Sabre Associates. He has previously been a director at multiple publicly traded companies, including Enstar USA, Inc., KinderCare Learning Centers, and PriceSmart. His civic engagements comprise membership on New York’s financial control board, the investment committee of the New York State Common Retirement Fund, and the Citizen’s Budget Commission. Additionally, he has served on the boards of WNET, CaringKind, and Bridge Over Troubled Waters.

Alan Leventhal, former U.S. ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark

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