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MSPP Board of TrusteesJ. Michael SchellMike Schell joined Alcoa in May 2008. He is the Executive Vice President—Business Development with responsibility for all of Alcoa's merger and acquisitions, divestitures and corporate development activities. He is a member of the Alcoa Executive Council, the senior leadership group that provides strategic direction for the company. Mike came to Alcoa from the Citigroup where he was Vice Chairman of Global Banking and a member of the Global Banking Operating Committee and its Executive Committee. Mike's principal day-to-day responsibilities included senior client relationships and major M&A transactions. Mike was an M&A lawyer with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP from 1979 until 2005. He began his professional career with Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft in 1976, and was recruited to join the fast-growing M&A group at Skadden, Arps. He became a Skadden partner in 1984 and was a key contributor to the development of Skadden's M&A business through the 1980's and 90's. He joined the Skadden/Alcoa team in the mid-1980's and led that representation until joining Citigroup. He also led Citigroup's banking representation of Alcoa. He graduated from Columbia University in 1969 with a B.A. and received his law degree from Boston University in 1976. Mike is active in a variety of charitable, educational and civic activities. He is a trustee of Lake Forest Academy (Illinois), the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies and the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology. He is also a member of the Boston University School of Law Board of Visitors, Columbia's Board of Visitors, Georgetown University's Board of Visitors, the Board of Directors of the Gordon A. Rich Memorial Foundation and the German American Partnership Program. He is a former trustee of Boston University and the National Down Syndrome Society. Updated 6/16/10 |
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