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. They guide curriculum, mentor participants, and connect learning to real-world impact.

We exist to turn intelligence into measurable progress.

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

ZAI Institute Founding Principle

6,000+

Advisors across university programs, past year

60+

Universities served, past decade

500+

Companies Represented

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 six titles, including Strategic AI and Strategic Digital Marketing, the latter published by McGraw-Hill. Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, NYU School of Law.

Advisory Network

The executives and academics who advise the institute.

A board of named senior operators and academics advises the institute itself. They sit above the advisory boards that run across our university partner programs, guiding research direction, curriculum standards, capstone evaluation, and the connection between academic work and the employers who hire graduates.

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.

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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 community of senior executives. More than 6,000 served on advisory boards across our university partner programs in the past year, at 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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