The Neeley School of Business fountain in the morning sun

The people behind N.A.I.L.

300+ students, the faculty backing us, and the industry leaders steering Neeley AI Forward.

Executive Board

The students who run N.A.I.L. day to day.

Blake R. Steensland

Blake R. Steensland

Founder & President

Chase Merrell

Chase Merrell

Co-Founder & Vice President

Aaron Day

Aaron Day

Chief Operating Officer

Sophia Rosselli

Sophia Rosselli

Chief Marketing Officer

Max Krehbiel

Max Krehbiel

Chief Technology Officer

Charlie Gunther

Charlie Gunther

Finance Director

Digvijay Chaudhari

Digvijay Chaudhari

Governance & Risk Director

Evan Tuesley

Evan Tuesley

Membership Chair

Roan Ritzer

Roan Ritzer

Director of Relations

This seat's open

Future exec

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AI Specialists

The members hands-on with the tools — building what N.A.I.L. ships, including Navi.

Cameron Koch

Cameron Koch

AI Specialist

Max Krehbiel

Max Krehbiel

AI Specialist

Blake R. Steensland

Blake R. Steensland

AI Specialist

Aaron Day

Aaron Day

AI Specialist

Faculty & Staff

The Neeley AI Forward team behind us.

Will Drover

Will Drover

Director, Neeley AI Forward

Professor & Department Chair, Entrepreneurship & Innovation. Dean's Advisor on AI & Digital Innovation.

Eric Arseneau

Eric Arseneau

Associate Director, Neeley AI Forward

Associate Professor of Professional Practice. Assistant Chair, Entrepreneurship & Innovation.

Elijah Clark

Elijah Clark

Assistant Director, Neeley AI Forward

Instructor of Marketing. Director, Business Innovation Academy.

Zain Ali

Zain Ali

Faculty, AI Forward

Associate Professor of Professional Practice, Information Systems & Supply Chain Management.

Beata Jones

Beata Jones

Faculty, AI Forward

Professor of Professional Practice, BIS, Information Systems & Supply Chain Management.

Advisory Board

The industry leaders steering Neeley AI Forward — the initiative N.A.I.L. is the student arm of. Fall 2026.

Zain Ali

Zain Ali

Board Chair

Associate Professor of Professional Practice, TCU

Scarlett Jazesf

Scarlett Jazesf

Board Co-Chair

Vice President, HR Business Partner, Dell

Babar Bhatti

Babar Bhatti

Prism · Dallas AI

Chief AI Officer, Prism. Co-Founder & Executive VP, Dallas AI.

Robby Dally

Robby Dally

McKesson

Senior Director, Business Modernization

Lauren Edwards

Lauren Edwards

Point B

Head of Strategy

Parrish Gunnels

Parrish Gunnels

MVB Financial Corp.

Chief Information Security Officer

John Nichols

John Nichols

PwC

Responsible AI Leader

Jackie Njoroge

Jackie Njoroge

McKesson

Vice President, Digital Transformation & Operational Excellence

John Porter

John Porter

Albertsons

Corporate VP, Finance — Supply Chain Transformation

Deepak Seth

Deepak Seth

Gartner

Director Analyst — Data, Analytics & AI

AI Industry Fellows

Practitioners who bring what's actually happening in industry straight into Neeley. Fall 2026.

Madhurri Battu

Madhurri Battu

Accenture

Senior Manager (Director), Software Engineering

Jon Campisi

Jon Campisi

Google

Head of Strategy Operations, Google Data Centers

Zoya Fenn

Zoya Fenn

Alcon

Mergers & Acquisitions Technology Integration Lead

David Garcia

David Garcia

CBRE

Sr. Enterprise Architecture

Lorena Tomás

Lorena Tomás

Bitboundaire

CEO & Co-Founder

Erin Ostenson

Erin Ostenson

Altero Group

President & Founder

Akhtar Saeed

Qaabil Associates

Independent Consultant