David Stern, a financier named in newly released Department of Justice documents referencing contacts with Jeffrey Epstein, resigned from the University of Cambridge Judge Business School’s advisory board after media inquiries. Poets&Quants reporting details that Stern—who had been on the board since 2018—was removed from the school’s website shortly after questions surfaced. The advisory board provides strategic advice and fundraising support to Cambridge Judge; Stern had been the only adviser without a public profile on the site. Cambridge has not clarified whether it knew about Stern’s prior ties before his appointment. University governance observers say the episode highlights reputational risk from external advisers’ private networks and is likely to prompt more rigorous vetting of advisory‑board candidates at research universities.