MBA Advisory Board
The workforce is changing fast, and AI is changing it faster. Students come to this MBA with a fair question about whether what they learn will still matter by the time they finish. The advisory board is a large part of the answer.
The board brings together leaders who are putting AI to work in their organizations right now. They are not commenting from a distance. They help shape the curriculum, they come into the courses to talk through what is actually happening in their fields, and they tell students what is working, where companies are stuck, and what makes a person valuable in this moment.
That connection is the whole point. A degree built only on theory ages quickly. This one gets checked, course by course, against the people making real decisions every day, so graduates leave with both the AI fluency employers now expect and the strategy and judgment that AI cannot replace. Students do not have to guess what the workforce needs. They hear it from the people leading the change.
Sabrina Bailey
As President of Foundation Source, Sabrina Bailey oversees performance and execution across the firm’s major business lines, ensuring the coordination, accountability, and crossfunctional integration necessary to deliver exceptional outcomes for clients, partners, and employees.
Ms. Bailey is an accomplished financial services executive with more than 25 years of experience spanning wealth management, investment solutions, and organizational leadership. Before joining Foundation Source, she served as CEO of Fiducient Advisors, where she oversaw the firm’s strategic direction and growth. Previously, she held senior global roles at the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), including Global Head of Investment & Wealth Solutions. Her earlier leadership experience includes serving as CEO of Emotomy and as Global Head of Retirement Solutions at Northern Trust Asset Management.
Ms. Bailey has received numerous industry honors, including Pensions & Investments’ Influential Women in Institutional Investing (2024), Money Management Executive’s Top Women in Asset Management (2020), Women Investment Professionals’ Distinguished Woman Investment Professional of the Year (2017), and Crain’s Chicago Business “40 Under 40” (2016). She is deeply committed to service and education. Ms. Bailey serves on the boards of the Museum of American Finance and Associated Colleges of Illinois and advises George Fox University’s Presidential and School of Business advisory boards. She is also the cofounder of Grow for Hope, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering women in Sierra Leone through education and employment.
An outdoor enthusiast, Ms. Bailey enjoys running, hiking, biking, rock climbing, and adventuring with her family. She holds an MBA in Organizational Leadership and a BS in Business Administration and Management from George Fox University.
Carl J. Cox
Carl J. Cox is the CEO and founder of 40 Strategy™ and 40 Accounting™ dedicated to helping organizations reach their destinations faster through purpose, alignment, and execution. A CPA, seasoned executive, and board member, Carl has led 10 different organizations through significant growth phases ranging from 2x to 7x across four continents. He is the author of the #1 Amazon bestseller Lost at CEO: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Strategy and the host of the Measure Success Podcast, which ranks in the top 2% of global podcasts. His professional journey began at PricewaterhouseCoopers, and today he leverages his expertise as a certified Gallup Coach for CliftonStrengths to empower leaders to think differently about strategy and accounting.
Beyond his corporate achievements, Carl is driven by a ten-year vision to positively impact over one million people and donate at least $1 million to charity, with 40 Strategy already contributing 10% of client net revenues to charitable causes. He is a sought-after keynote speaker who addresses critical business topics, including his proven seven-step "CAPTAIN" process for scaling organizations and methods for measuring success in both business and life. Residing in North Plains, Oregon, Carl has been married for over 25 years and is the father of four children. When he is not coaching winning youth sports seasons or traveling, he enjoys reading and playing golf.
Ryan D’Souza
Ryan D’Souza is an AI entrepreneur, applied AI researcher, educator, and the Founder of Acumentica, a Precision AI-powered Capital Decision Control Infrastructure company. His work centers on a practical question every leader faces: how do you make better decisions when the stakes are high and the answer is uncertain? For more than twenty years, he has designed and built AI-enabled decision systems that connect data, predictive analytics, optimization, and executive judgment to real business action.
Ryan began his career at IBM, where he worked across enterprise systems, program leadership, and large-scale technology delivery, earning multiple awards for technical and leadership excellence. He later served
as an Adjunct Professor at Corban University, teaching IT Management and helping students bridge theory with execution. His work sits at the intersection of AI governance, decision-making, business model innovation, and growth. He is one of the early architects of governed, closed-loop AI decision-control systems for institutional environments.
He advises leadership teams and boards across high-tech, private equity, manufacturing, construction, and nonprofit organizations. His advisory work helps organizations shape AI strategy, support responsible AI deployment, strengthen operations, improve go-to-market execution, and turn ideas into measurable outcomes. He has also spoken at entrepreneurial and industry forums and on radio programs on topics spanning business, innovation, and technology. Ryan lives in Oregon, with his wife, Theresa, and has three children.
Mohan Nair
Nair is one of the most distinctive voices at the intersection of artificial intelligence, human cognition, and organizational transformation. A four-time author, TEDx presenter, and keynote speaker with three successful exits, he has spent more than three decades helping executives navigate technology-driven disruption without losing their human edge. His experience spans executive roles in healthcare, technology, and higher education, including a decade as Chief Innovation Officer for a $10 billion healthcare company, where he launched five internal startups, taught at five academic institutions, and published more than 25 refereed journal articles.
His most recent book, UNREACHABLE: How Not to Lose Your Mind in an AI-Obsessed Era (Fast Company Press, 2026), offers a bold framework for leaders who want to thrive in the age of generative AI without surrendering the cognitive capabilities that make them irreplaceable. He argues that the real risk of AI is not replacement but cognitive atrophy, and that the antidote is cultivating insight-powered, AI-enabled leadership. He recently spoke at the University of Portland's Education and Artificial Intelligence Conference and has taken this message to audiences across the globe. The book is available on Amazon and wherever books are sold.
As CEO of Emerge Inc., an innovation advisory firm, Nair consults with executives and speaks internationally on AI sovereignty, human agency, and organizational transformation. He is a longtime member of George Fox University's President's Advisory Board and brings to the College of Business a rare combination of technical depth, entrepreneurial experience, and a deep commitment to developing leaders who command AI rather than be commanded by it.
Neerav Shah
Neerav Shah is a senior technology and product executive with deep experience leading AI, digital transformation, and platform modernization initiatives across global enterprises including Nike, Amazon Web Services, Intel, and Presidio.
Over his career, he has helped organizations across sports, media, retail, financial services, and supply chain industries operationalize AI and data-driven strategies to improve customer engagement, business intelligence, and operational efficiency.
His work has included building AI-powered platforms, leading cloud and hybrid-cloud transformation programs, modernizing live sports and broadcast workflows, and developing enterprise product strategies that bridge technology, leadership, and organizational change.
Neerav earned his MBA from Yale School of Management and holds an engineering degree from Northwestern University. He has also completed executive education programs at Stanford University and Dartmouth College.
He brings a practical, cross-industry perspective on how AI is reshaping business operations, decision-making, and the future of leadership.
He is currently based in Europe, where he is working with leading organizations on AI adoption, cloud transformation, and next-generation business and engineering practices. Outside of work, Neerav enjoys traveling across Europe with his wife and their dog while exploring the intersection of culture, technology, and global business transformation.