The department's new Master of Science in Quantitative Economics (MQE) program, which is currently in its second year, hosted a meeting of its Advisory Board in Fall 2021. The MQE Advisory Board is a team of industry leaders dedicated to helping the University of Pittsburgh graduate students excel in the fields of economics and data science. The Advisory Board members provide resources for student growth with a focus on networking, professional development, career chats, and the capstone project. The Board currently consists of 23 members from across local industry and academia:
- Pamela Bonifay Peele, Ph.D. | Chief Analytics Officer, UPMC Insurance Services & UPMC Enterprises
- Bruce Childers, Ph.D. | Senior Associate Dean in the School of Computing and Information and Special Assistant to Provost for Data Science, University of Pittsburgh
- Kathryn Collins, Ph.D. | Chief Analytics Officer, Allegheny County Department of Human Services
- Anthony DeLuca | Director, Consulting Services at CGI
- Andrea DeVries, Ph.D. | Staff Vice President, Translational Research for Affordability and Quality, HealthCore, Inc.
- David Duffus | Partner, HKA
- Steve Economou | Managing Director, M&A, G-Squared Partners, LLC
- Ilya Goldin, Ph.D. | Principle Data Scientist, Phenom People
- Andy Hannah | President and Co-Founder - Othot LLC, A Liaison Company; Adjunct Professor of Analytics, University of Pittsburgh
- Scott Kinross | Senior Vice President, Head of Advanced Analytics, Optimization and Automation, PNC
- Will Lewis | Chief Data Officer, Sheetz
- Linda Loubert, Ph.D. | Visiting Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins University
- Manoj Mishra | Vice President, Financial Services at CGI
- Rich Nill | Head of C&IB Technology Innovation at PNC Financial Services
- Heidi Norman | Acting Director & CIO at City of Pittsburgh, Innovation & Performance
- Bhavini Patel CEO & Founder, Beam Data
- Jerry Paytas, Ph.D. | Vice President of Analytics, Fourth Economy
- Claude Setodji, Ph.D. | Senior Statistician, Rand Corporation
- Christina Stacy, Ph.D. | Economist, Urban Institute
- Naomi Stein | Principal at EBP
- Sam Ventura, Ph.D. | Vice President, Hockey Strategy and Research, Buffalo Sabres
- Marvin Ward, Ph.D. | Research Scientist/Engineer, New Analytic Approaches, UBS
- Ben Wilson | Founder & CEO, Rivers Agile
If you or your organization would like to participate in the Advisory Board, please email Randall Walsh, the MQE Director and Professor of Economics at walshr@pitt.edu.