UBS Americas Advisory Council members

Duane is a global financial services executive with over two decades of experience across firms such as Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan, Orrick, and now UBS. A trusted advisor, he brings a unique multidisciplinary background in strategy, finance, and risk management to help organizations drive profitable growth. Duane is expert in cross-border securities and M&A transactions. He has worked internationally and brings a broad perspective and exceptional cross-cultural competence. He finds himself on the leading edge of talent initiatives throughout his career, where he helps leaders and companies transform their client relationships and workplace cultures. An experienced not-for-profit director and advisor to early-stage startups, Duane stands ready to make an impact on a private or public company board.

Duane serves on the Board of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation. He also serves as Board Secretary of the Thirty West Forty-Fourth Street Foundations (the Penn Club) and Board Member of the Lauder Institute Advisory Council of the Wharton Graduate School of Business.

Duane is the recipient of numerous awards for his leadership in talent management in corporate environments. His TEDx Talk, "Check Your Preference and Improve Your Results," exemplifies his creative ability to illustrate effective principles in this space.

Duane began his career at Wall Street law firms Shearman & Sterling and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. He holds JD, MBA, and MA degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and a BA degree summa cum laude from Howard University.

On August 1, 2015, Dr. Mary Schmidt Campbell began her tenure as the 10th president of Spelman College. A leading liberal arts college for women of African descent located in Atlanta, Georgia, Spelman has long enjoyed a reputation as the nation’s leading producer of Black women scientists.

Prior to arriving in Atlanta, Dr. Campbell was a major force in the cultural life of New York City. Her career in New York, which included various challenging roles, began at the Studio Museum in Harlem where she served as executive director for 10 years. Her role there began at a time when the city was on the verge of bankruptcy and Harlem was in steep decline. However, under her leadership, the museum was transformed from a rented loft to the country’s first accredited Black Fine Arts Museum.

When she left the Studio Museum of Harlem in 1987, the organization was recognized as a linchpin in the economic revitalization of the 125th street corridor and a major center for the study of the visual arts of the Black Atlantic.

New York’s late Mayor Edward I. Koch invited Dr. Campbell to serve as the city’s cultural affairs commissioner in 1987. In this role, she led the Department of Cultural Affairs which oversees the operations and capital development of the city’s major cultural institutions. As commissioner, she gained a reputation as an indefatigable advocate for large and small arts organizations throughout all five boroughs.

Dr. Campbell returned to the private sector to become dean of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts in the fall of 1991. In her more than two decades as dean, the Tisch School gained a reputation for producing artistic trailblazers in theater, film and interactive media. During her tenure, she incubated several new arts and technology divisions within the school and the university including the NYU Game Center, The Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, The Moving Image Archiving and Preservation Program, and a joint MBA/MFA Graduate Film and Business program.

Jonathan W. Greenert is a retired four-star admiral and the former Chief of Naval Operations, the senior military position within the Department of the Navy. In this role, which he held from 2011–2015, Admiral Greenert was responsible for the command, utilization of resources and operating efficiency of the Navy. He also served as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and as the principal naval advisor to the President and Secretary of the Navy.

As Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Greenert centered his efforts on improving the deployment and capabilities of U.S. operations technology around the world, as well as sharpening the Navy’s ability to operate in an increasingly contested maritime environment. He is a renowned expert on budgetary and financial management issues, cybersecurity and the Asia-Pacific region.

Over the course of his distinguished 41-year career in the Navy, Admiral Greenert held a variety of senior roles around the world, including Commander, U.S. Forces Micronesia; Deputy Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet; Deputy Comptroller, Dept. of the Navy; Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Navy; Commander, U.S. Seventh Fleet (Asia-Pacific); Commander, U.S. Atlantic Fleet; and Vice Chief of Naval Operations. He is a recipient of many awards including the Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal and Legion of Merit.

Admiral Greenert is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, where he majored in Ocean Engineering, and was graduated and commissioned an Ensign in the U.S. Navy in June 1975. He completed studies in nuclear engineering and entered the nuclear submarine force, and was subsequently certified to operate, manage and supervise naval nuclear reactor systems. His service in submarines culminated in command of the submarine USS Honolulu (SSN 718) in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Admiral Greenert retired from military service in October 2015 and currently serves as a consultant, adviser and member of corporate boards. He joined UBS Americas Advisory Council in April 2016.

Admiral Greenert and his wife Darleen have been married for over 41 years, and are blessed with three grown children, Jonathan, Brian and Sarah; a grandson, Leland; and a Golden Retriever, Maggie. He is a native of Butler, Pennsylvania.

John is a veteran of Washington of 43 years. He began his career with U.S. Congressman Mike Oxley of Ohio, the former chairman of the House Financial Services Committee. John then embarked on a 17-year career with Texas Senator Phil Gramm, the former chairman of the Senate Banking Committee. John also served as chief of staff for Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison in 1993. In his long Senate career, John focused on a broad range of legislative and policy issues.

John left the Senate in 1999 for a career in the private sector. He was tapped to be the vice president for federal affairs for the American Insurance Association (AIA) in 1999 and served in that capacity until 2003. While at the AIA, John spearheaded the insurance industry’s efforts in passing the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002. He also led the industry’s efforts to open new markets for U.S. property and casualty insurance products abroad, specifically in China and India.

In 2003, he was selected by UBS to become the firm’s first full-time, senior lobbyist to direct the firm’s advocacy activities in Washington. John’s lobbying targets have included all major banking and securities issues, regulatory reform in financial services and tax legislation, among others. John also directed the firm’s political action committee and managed the firm’s political relationships in Washington.

John was born in Endicott, New York and is a graduate of Frostburg State University (Maryland). He has spent most of his life in the Washington, D.C. suburbs where he currently lives with his wife Mary K. John and Mary K. have two grown daughters and a grown son.

In 21 seasons as Villanova’s William B. Finneran Endowed Head Coach, Jay Wright guided the Wildcats to new heights, including NCAA national championships in 2016 and 2018 and four appearances in the NCAA Final Four. The Bucknell University graduate (1983) was enshrined on Sept. 11, 2021, in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and announced his retirement as head coach on April 20, 2022, to transition into a new role as Special Assistant to Villanova President Peter M. Donohue, O.S.A. 

“Over the past 21 seasons, I have had the opportunity to live out a professional dream as the head coach at Villanova,” stated Wright. “Patty and I have been blessed to work with incredible, gifted young men who allowed us to coach them and brought us unmatched joy. We cannot overstate our gratitude to the players, coaches, and administrators who have been with us on this path. It has been an honor and a privilege to work at Villanova, especially under Father Peter and (Vice-President and Director of Athletics) Mark Jackson.” 

“Now, though, it’s time for us to enter a new era of Villanova Basketball. After 35 years in coaching, I am proud and excited to hand over the reins to a member of our basketball family, Kyle Neptune. I am excited to remain a part of Villanova and look forward to working with Father Peter, Mark, and the rest of the leadership team. Once a Wildcat, always a Wildcat.” 

Villanova posted a 30-win season for the sixth time in Wright’s tenure as head coach in 2021-22, advancing to the NCAA Final Four with a 50-44 victory over Houston in the South Regional Final. The Wildcats own 20 NCAA Tournament victories since 2016, the most in the nation in that span (20-4). Along the way Villanova captured the 2022 BIG EAST Tournament title, extending to nine consecutive seasons its run of winning a BIG EAST regular season or tournament crown. Since the BIG EAST realigned in 2013, the Wildcats have won 263 games, an average of 29.2 per season. 

In January 2020, Wright was named the Associated Press men's college basketball Coach of the Decade. 

In 2017-18, the Wildcats amassed a school record 36 victories and secured Villanova’s third NCAA national championship with a 79-62 victory over Michigan on April 2, 2018. Jalen Brunson became Villanova’s first consensus National Player of the Year in the modern era, joining Paul Arizin as the only VU players to earn that distinction. In 2016, Villanova defeated North Carolina 77-74 when Kris Jenkins drained a 3-pointer at the buzzer to cap a 35-5 campaign with an NCAA national title. 

Over the course of his coaching career, Wright worked extensively with USA Basketball, serving as an assistant to head coach Gregg Popovich from 2019-21 as the USA prepared for and then claimed the gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics (held in 2021). Wright also served as the head coach for Team USA at the 2005 World University Games and 2007 Pan American Games. 

Villanova products have made their mark in the NBA in the past two decades, including six-time NBA All-Star Kyle Lowry, now with the Miami Heat. Saddiq Bey (2020) and Jeremiah Robinson-Earl (2021) are the most recent Wildcats to move on to the NBA and find success. On the coaching side, former Wildcats staff members Joe Jones (Boston University), Baker Dunleavy (Quinnipiac), Patrick Chambers (Florida Gulf Coast), Kyle Neptune (Villanova) and Keith Urgo (Fordham) are now Division I head coaches. 

The product of Council Rock High School owned a record of 520-197 (.725) in his 21 seasons at the helm of the Wildcats and leaves the program as its all-time leader in victories. With 271 BIG EAST wins, he ranks third all-time among league coaches and was 34-14 (.708) in NCAA Tournament play at Nova. His overall record as head coach – including a successful seven-year stint at Hofstra University from 1994-2001 – is 642-282 (.695). Wright also served an earlier stint at Villanova as an assistant to the late Rollie Massimino from 1987-92. 

The Wildcats succeeded on the academic side too under Wright’s tutelage. Since 2012, the Wildcats have received Academic All-BIG EAST recognition on 82 occasions and all 13 members of the roster earned that distinction in 2020-21. Brunson was named a second team CoSIDA Academic All-American in 2018 and teammate Matt Kennedy received the NCAA Elite 90 Award at the Final Four. Collin Gillespie was named the BIG EAST Scholar Athlete of the Year in 2022. Every Villanova player who has spent four years in the program since 1975 has earned his degree. 

In 2018 Wright received the John R. Wooden Legends of Coaching Award in Los Angeles. He is a two-time winner of the Naismith National Coach of the Year award (2006 and 2016) and in 2018-19 became the first man in BIG EAST history to be selected as the league’s Coach of the Year six times. 

Wright is married to the former Patricia Reilly. The couple has two sons, Taylor (29) and Colin (28) and a daughter Reilly (23). Patty and Jay Wright were honored with the inaugural Saint Augustine Medal in April 2017. Wright’s book “Attitude”, published in 2017, was a New York Times bestseller.