Co-Chair Biographies

Sanjay Gupta

Gupta is dean emeritus and the Eli Broad Endowed Professor of Accounting and Information Systems at the Eli Broad College of Business. Among the major accomplishments of Gupta’s deanship are reimagining the core undergraduate curriculum around digital transformation, global mindset and ethical leadership; launching new graduate degree programs in health care management, data science and analytics, financial planning and wealth management, and customer experience management; and enhancing the Broad student experience in all programs.

Gupta is an award-winning teacher and scholar, recognized by the Broad College’s Executive MBA graduates with the Faculty Excellence Award and by the Arizona Society of CPAs with the Accounting Education Innovation and the Outstanding Educator awards for significant contributions to curricular and cocurricular innovation and development. He has consulted for the Big Four public accounting firms, the U.S. government and Fortune 500 companies, and has served and currently serves on for-profit and nonprofit boards of directors. Additional biographical information is available via the MSU Broad College of Business website.

Matt Elliot

Elliott most recently served in a dual role as sustainability executive and Michigan market president of Bank of America. As president, Elliott was Bank of America’s enterprise leader in Michigan, working with company leaders to deliver enterprise services to clients and communities throughout the state. As sustainability executive for Business Banking and Global Commercial Banking, he partnered closely with the enterprise’s sustainable finances teams to drive strategy and enable the bank’s salesforce to support client needs on Net Zero and other sustainability topics. 

A frequent speaker and moderator, Elliott is now an advisor to boards of directors, leadership teams and investors, focusing on corporate growth and sustainability. He chaired the 2023 Mackinac Policy Conference and is the immediate past chair of the Detroit Regional Chamber Board of Directors. Elliott is currently the chair of the Michigan Israel Business Accelerator and is a board member of the Detroit Economic Club. Please visit the Detroit Regional Chamber website for additional biographical information.