James C. Katzman '88

Mr. Katzman retired from Goldman Sachs in 2015 after 17 years with the firm.  He was the Head of M&A for the West Region, based in San Francisco.  He was based in New York from 1998 until 2006, when he relocated to San Francisco, and was named partner in 2004.  He advised on numerous merger transactions across a variety of industries, including several raid defense assignments against hostile suitors and activist investors.  Mr. Katzman is a trustee of the San Francisco Ballet and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Phoenix, and he serves on the President's Leadership Council of Dartmouth College.

Mr. Katzman received an MBA in Finance and Accounting from Columbia Business School, where he was a Merit Fellow, and an AB in Economics from Dartmouth College.