Business School Council Adds Four New Members

Shaun Budnik, Manny Fernandez, Cheryl Hollander Goldstein (BSM ’84) and Dave Wilson, four business and civic leaders with long, distinguished careers, are the latest additions to the Business School Council, the advisory board of the A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University.

Budnik is a partner with Deloitte LLP and president of the Deloitte Foundation, a philanthropic organization funded by Deloitte and its retired partners that works to promote excellence in teaching, research and curriculum innovation. Budnik also leads Deloitte’s University Relations, which leverages the firm’s best services and resources with colleges and universities across the country. Prior to her current roles, Budnik worked with Deloitte’s Partner Services and Talent Services teams driving succession planning for Deloitte partners. She also served as partner-in-charge of Deloitte’s Assurance practice in Stamford, Conn., serving multinational SEC clients.

Fernandez is the managing partner of KPMG’s Dallas office, where he works with 100 partners and more than 1,000 professionals on client care, the development and retention of key resources, and representing the firm in the marketplace and business community. An audit partner with 28 years of experience, Fernandez was previously partner in charge of KPMG’s Audit & Risk Advisory practice for Colorado and national managing partner for university relations and recruiting. He also worked for three years in KPMG’s Mexico City office, serving many of the firm’s multinational clients as well as Mexican companies filing in the U.S.

Goldstein started her career as a CPA with Deloitte Haskins & Sells after earning her bachelor of science in management degree from the Freeman School. After three years of auditing large Fortune 500 companies in Pittsburgh, Goldstein joined the internal audit team at Westinghouse. In 1989, she relocated to Miami to join the accounting department of Admiral Cruises, which later merged with Royal Caribbean International. Goldstein served as director of numerous departments for the company, including ship newbuilding, air/sea, documentation and cabin inventory control, before retiring from the company in 1998. Today, she is active with many civic and philanthropic causes, including the Junior League of Miami, United Way, Teach for America and the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis.

Wilson is president and CEO of the Graduate Management Admission Council, the $100 million enterprise best recognized as the owner of the Graduate Management Admission Test, presently used by approximately 5,100 business school programs around the world. Prior to becoming president and CEO in 1995, Wilson served as managing partner and national director for professional development at Ernst & Young. From 1968 to 1978, he held faculty positions at the University of Texas at Austin, where he was awarded tenure, and at Harvard Business School. He has published dozens of books, articles, texts, cases and monographs, and he is a chartered accountant in Canada and a CPA in the United States.

With more than 50 members spanning the United States and China, the Business School Council serves as the primary external advisory board of the A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University. In addition to leading fundraising activities and promoting the Freeman School externally, the Business School Council advises and assists the dean in the areas of strategy, curriculum and program development, marketing, admissions and placement.