Leadership & Advisory Network

Academics, practitioners, and industry leaders building the future of education together.

ZAI programs are shaped by a network of executives, scholars, and practitioners from the world’s leading organizations and universities — guiding curriculum, mentoring participants, and connecting learning to real-world impact.

“The greatest untapped resource in education is not technology — it is the connection between university leadership and industry leadership.”

ZAI Institute Founding Principle

Our Team

The people who shape our programs.

Every ZAI program is guided by executives, academics, and practitioners who bring real-world expertise from the organizations and institutions that define their industries.

Eric Greenberg

ZAI Institute

Founder & CEO, ZAI Institute

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Eric built ZAI Institute on a decade of experience at the intersection of universities and industry. As Managing Director at Rutgers Business School, he created Johnson & Johnson’s flagship Digital Marketing program — deployed globally and the origin proof-of-concept for the ZAI model. Author of 12 titles including Strategic AI and Strategic Digital Marketing (McGraw-Hill). Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, NYU School of Law.

Advisory Network

25+ executives and academics shaping every program.

Our advisory board includes senior leaders from the organizations that define their industries — guiding curriculum, evaluating capstone projects, mentoring students, and connecting graduates to opportunity. Every ZAI program carries their expertise.

Industries Represented

Technology & Cloud Computing, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Financial Services & Banking, Management Consulting, Consumer Products, Media & Entertainment, Supply Chain & Operations, Data Science & Analytics

Roles & Seniority

C-Suite Executives, SVPs & VPs of AI Strategy, Global Heads of Product & Platform, Chief Quality & Medical Officers, Directors of Research & Innovation, University Department Chairs & Tenured Faculty

Organizations

Microsoft, Google, Meta, Adobe, PwC, EY, Bloomberg, Johnson & Johnson, Kaiser Permanente, Mayo Clinic, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Verizon, ServiceNow, Coca-Cola, Estée Lauder, Experian, and more

Advisors serve as capstone evaluators, curriculum reviewers, executive mentors, and the bridge between academic programs and the employers who hire their graduates.

Interested in joining the advisory network?

We’re selectively expanding our advisory board with senior executives who want to shape AI education at the university level.

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Join a network of 50,000+ executives from organizations including

Accenture Aetna AIG AT&T Bank of America BlueCross BlueShield Cigna Comcast Deloitte Dow Jones Estée Lauder Forbes Intel Johnson & Johnson Marriott Mastercard Merck Microsoft Morgan Stanley Novartis Prudential Salesforce JPMorgan Chase Oracle IBM Adobe Accenture Aetna AIG AT&T Bank of America BlueCross BlueShield Cigna Comcast Deloitte Dow Jones Estée Lauder Forbes Intel Johnson & Johnson Marriott Mastercard Merck Microsoft Morgan Stanley Novartis Prudential Salesforce JPMorgan Chase Oracle IBM Adobe

UCLA University of Miami Seton Hall University University of Colorado Colorado Springs University of Minnesota Mankato University of Richmond Ohio State University University of San Francisco University of Colorado Boulder UCLA University of Miami Seton Hall University University of Colorado Colorado Springs University of Minnesota Mankato University of Richmond Ohio State University University of San Francisco University of Colorado Boulder

Advisory board members across 60+ university partner programs

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Academics, practitioners, and industry leaders building the future of education together.

The people who shape our programs.

25+ executives and academics shaping every program.

The institutions that move with intention now will define what comes next.