USM Foundation

Paul S. Mandell

Founder and CEO, Consero Group

Paul Mandell is a founder and the CEO of Consero Group, which joined the Blackstone family of companies in 2021. Since 2005, he has launched a series of businesses, and he is a founding partner in several startup incubators.

Paul is a summa cum laude graduate of the University of Maryland College Park (“UMCP”), where he majored in government and served as President of the Student Government Association and Chair of the University System of Maryland Student Council. He also holds a J.D. from Yale University, where he was a Senior Editor of the Yale Law Journal and Editor-in-Chief of the Yale Law & Policy Review.

Paul is a past Chair of both the UMCP Foundation Board of Trustees and the Yale Law School Fund Board, and he serves as a member of the Suburban Hospital Foundation Board and the Liberia School of Law Board of Directors. He is a recipient of the Wilson H. Elkins Award, the Spirit of Maryland Award, and the UMCP College of Behavioral and Social Sciences (“BSOS”) Dean’s Award, and he is a member of the UMCP Foundation’s 1856 Society and the BSOS Dean’s Circle.

Paul S. Mandell