Allison H. Abraham
The Darden School '88
iVillage, Inc.

Allison Abraham has been chief operating officer of iVillage since June 1998. She is responsible for developing and implementing the strategic direction of the company, an innovative online network providing solutions to problems and issues facing women. Prior to joining iVillage, Abraham was president and chief operating officer of OnCart, an online grocery service. More.

John T. Casteen III
College of Arts and Sciences '65, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences '66, '70
University of Virginia

John T. Casteen has been president of the University of Virginia since August 1990. After teaching English at the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Virginia, Casteen became Virginia's secretary of education in 1982. From 1985 to 1990, he was president of the University of Connecticut. Casteen holds three degrees in English from the University of Virginia. More.

U. Bertram Ellis, Jr.
College of Art and Sciences '75, The Darden School '79
iXL Holdings, Inc.

U. Bertram (Bert) Ellis Jr. is the chairman and chief executive officer of iXL Enterprises, the parent company of iXL, Inc., and Comsumer Financial Network. He founded iXL Enterprises, a global company that helps businesses embrace and take advantage of new technology, in April 1996. More.

Lawton W. Fitt
The Darden School '79
Goldman Sachs

The first 10 years of Lawton Fitt's career were spent in the corporate finance department of Goldman, Sachs & Co.'s New York and London offices. She worked with a wide range of clients on financings, mergers and other transactions. In 1989, she joined the Equity Capital Markets group where she became responsible for the execution of IPOs and other equity financings, concentrating on high technology companies. More.

Timothy A. Koogle
School of Engineering and Applied Science '73
Yahoo! Inc.

Timothy Koogle, one of the Internet's most successful entrepreneurs, heads Yahoo!, which started in 1994 as a handmade directory of Web sites and now is visited by some 80 million people each month. When he joined Yahoo!, Koogle developed the model that every major search engine has followed: make the site free to users and support it with advertising. More.

Halsey M. Minor
College of Arts and Sciences '87
CNET, Inc.

Halsey Minor founded CNET Inc. in 1992 after first working in investment banking. His goal was large: CNET is an integrated media company created to be the leading source of information and services relating to computers and technology. More.

Jeffrey D. Nuechterlein
College of Arts and Sciences '79, School of Law '86
National Gypsum Company

Jeffrey D. Nuechterlein is Managing Director at National Gypsum Company, where he manages public and private equity investments. He is an active venture capital investor in early stage Internet companies. Dr. Nuechterlein received his B.A. and J.D. from the University of Virginia and his M.A. and D. Phil. from Oxford University. More.

Mark B. Templeton
The Darden School '78
Citrix Systems, Inc.

Mark B. Templeton became president and chief executive officer of Citrix Systems Inc. in January 1999, after serving as the company's president for one year and vice president of worldwide marketing for the previous two and a half years. It was Templeton's energy and vision that have helped propel the company into the technology and business spotlight. More.

Jeffrey C. Walker
McIntire School of Commerce '77
Chase Capital Partners

Jeffrey C. Walker is the managing partner of Chase Capital Partners, Chase's $7.5 billion global private equity fund, and a senior managing director and member of the executive committee and the policy council of The Chase Manhattan Bank. Before co-founding Chase Capital Partners in 1984, Walker worked in the investment banking and finance divisions of Chemical Bank and the audit and consulting divisions of Arthur Young & Co. More.

John Eischeid
College of Arts and Sciences
University of Virginia