University of York in America

Anthony is a Managing Partner with Gartner, Inc., the world's leading information technology research and advisory company. He has wide experience advising government agencies and businesses in both the United Kingdom and United States, specializing in public-sector strategy and technologies. He completed a Masters degree in Public Administration at the University of Pennsylvania in 2005 and worked as consultant for Accenture in UK. From 1996-2003 he was a reserve soldier in the British Army, Royal Corps of Signals.

Dr Eynon was reassigned to work in the Harrogate area, and started his research under Professor Tim Tozer in the Department of Electronics at the University of York in 1992, completing a DPhil in 1997 with his thesis “Coarse Synchronization Techniques for the Rapid Acquisition of Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum Signals”. Also during this time, Dr Eynon played the viola in Leeds Symphony and West Riding Opera.

Since 1997, Dr Eynon has lived in Texas. He worked in the Digital Signal Processors division of Texas Instruments, in Houston, and then moved to Dallas to work for Raytheon E-Systems, primarily on the automatic detection and identification of radar signals. Since 2002, he has been with Innovative Signal Analysis, applying his academic expertise and broad experience to a variety of defence-related projects.

Dr Eynon and his wife live in a solar powered house of their own design, with their four herding dogs. In addition to the viola, Dr Eynon enjoys running, beekeeping, swing dancing, astronomy, and travel.

Alan has been a continuous and loyal supporter of the University of York for over ten years, and set up one of the first legacy gifts to the University, to support science and engineering students who wish to broaden their education by spending a year at a university in the USA.

She currently support the Advertising, Marketing & Public Relations Group lawyers at Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz in counselling clients on social media, sweepstakes, contests, coupons, gift cards, rebates, Web site terms of use, privacy policies, and other promotions and advertising-related issues. Kelly also assists for-profit companies implementing cause-related marketing programs to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

Prior to joining Frankfurt Kurnit, she was an advertising and entertainment paralegal with Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP and Loeb & Loeb LLP. Prior to starting the Masters Program at University of York, Kelly also worked for Random House, Time Warner Books and MTV Networks.

Kelly graduated from Michigan State University with BA in History and English in 1998. She acquired a Certificate of Completion from New York University’s Summer Publishing Institute in the summer of 1998. Kelly has also published a novella entitled Blood on the Moon in 2010.

Kelly is a committed donor to the University of York in America, US International Connections Fund.

David came to CZI from the Princeton University Investment Company where he worked on asset allocation and the marketable asset categories, including domestic equity, international equity and independent return.

Prior to Princeton, David worked at ABN AMRO in London. He earned a first-class honors degree in Economics and Econometrics from the University of York (UK), holds an M.S. with Distinction specializing in Quantitative Finance from the University of Reading (UK), and received an M.B.A from the Yale School of Management. He is a CFA Charterholder.

Elizabeth qualified as a registered nurse in London, England and received a BA (with honors) in Economic and Social History from the University of York, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Studies from The Metropolitan University, London. She graduated with her PhD from UCSF in June 2013. Her research interests are focused on end of life and nursing home care, and include palliative care access in nursing homes, understanding pain in people with dementia and the role of assistive personnel in nursing homes.

Her community activities include serving as a board member for the National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care, an organization that provides national education, advocacy and policy analysis for long-term care residents (2018-present); San Francisco Waldorf Schools (2012-19); and the UCSF Alpha Eta Chapter of the Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honors Society (2013-15). Since 2017 she has worked as a Long-Term Care Ombudsman, visiting with and advocating for nursing home residents.

She lives in San Francisco California and enjoys swimming year-round in the Bay.

Mary’s role is to lead the team and direct the development and implementation of York’s philanthropic fundraising strategy and engagement programmes in order to encourage and facilitate philanthropic support from charities, individual donors, alumni and businesses. Mary has an MSc in Charity Marketing and Fundraising from Cass Business School, and is a fully certified member of the Institute of Fundraising Management.