Leadership

The co-director of Columbia Law School’s Ira M. Millstein Center for Global Markets and Corporate Ownership, Jeffrey N.

David M. Schizer served as a dean of the Law School from 2004 to 2014 and is one of the nation’s leading tax scholars. His research also focuses on nonprofits, energy law, and corporate governance.

Paola Valenti is a Professor of Professional Practice in the Faculty of Business, Economics Division at Columbia Business School. She is an economist with expertise in applied microeconomics, applied econometrics, and economics of antitrust and intellectual property. She has expertise in industries such as electronics, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, industrial chemicals, consumer products, food, and computer hardware and software. Valenti previously served as a consultant at NERA Economic Consulting, developing economic research and quantitative analysis.

Pierre Yared is the MUTB Professor of International Business, currently on leave to serve as Vice Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers in the Executive Office of the President of the United States. He previously served as the Senior Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs and Vice Dean for Executive Education at Columbia Business School. His research, which has been published in leading academic journals, studies the political economy of macroeconomic policy.

Stephen P. Zeldes is the Frank R. Lautenberg Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business. He serves as co-director of the Richard Paul Richman Center for Business, Law, and Public Policy at Columbia University.  He served as chair of the school’s Finance and Economics division from 2014-17.