Penn State Smeal Tarriff Center adds two members to advisory board

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Penn State Smeal College of Business Tarriff Center for Business Ethics and Social Responsibility has announced the addition of two new members to its advisory board.

Eric Goldstein, chief risk officer of Antares Capital, and Suzanne Clement Libby, senior director of ethics at Capital One, have accepted invitations to join the board.

“Business ethics and social responsibility are relevant across industries and functional areas within businesses, and it is critical that individuals bring a diversity of business perspectives into the guidance that will help Penn State's Smeal College of Business be a leader in this space,” Michelle Darnell, director of the Tarriff Center, said.

“It is exciting to witness the passion for responsible business that these leaders, and the others on our advisory board, have," added Darnell.

The Tarriff Center was established in 2019 to engage Penn State Smeal community members, business leaders, alumni and other partners to advance ethical business practices and promote social responsibility.

Goldstein and Libby will join the initial five members of the advisory board to assist the Tarriff Center in three key areas — strategic planning, building content and delivering on value proposition and collaboration across Smeal.

Goldstein started his career at Ernst & Young and worked in both the Transaction Advisory Services and Audit Services divisions. He then spent 18 years at Goldman Sachs, where he was a managing director in the Merchant Banking Division, responsible for finance and administration functions of the merchant banking division’s private equity and credit investment funds. At Antares, Goldstein has operated in several executive level roles across risk, operations, technology and administration and is a member of the firm’s executive committee.

Goldstein graduated with a degree in accounting from Penn State in 1996.

Early in her career, Libby handled white-collar criminal defense matters as a senior associate at Howrey LLP after clerking in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. She then spent nearly 10 years at the U.S. Department of Justice as a trial attorney in the Criminal Fraud Section and assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia before transitioning to associate general counsel and head of corporate investigations at Booz Allen Hamilton. Libby now leads Capital One’s Ethics Office where her portfolio includes ethics programming, awareness and training, code of conduct and whistleblower hotline administration and evaluating conflicts of interest disclosures across the company.

Libby earned a degree in advertising from Penn State in 1997. She also holds a juris doctor degree from George Washington University.

“Suzanne Libby will provide tremendous value in helping us to understand contemporary opportunities and challenges in the areas of corporate ethics and compliance. Eric Goldstein brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in finance and risk management that we can leverage in our efforts to always stay informed on relevant topics,” Darnell said.

“I am incredibly grateful for the support and guidance that the board provides to the Tarriff Center, and I look forward to seeing how we, together, can continuously develop new opportunities for our stakeholders.”