Advisory Boards
External Advisory Board
The WSB External Advisory Board is a diverse set of alumni and business leaders who have attained leadership and prominence in their field. Board members serve as advisors, advocates, and ambassadors to WSB leadership, working to enhance the reach and reputation of WSB.
Nízida Arriaga
Manager of Fixed Income
Wespath
Carrianne Basler
Managing Director
AlixPartners
Rick Bechtel
President
Compass
Julie Beck
CFO
Terex Corporation
Brad Butwin
Chair
O’Melveny & Myers LLP
Brian Christensen
Exec VP
Protiviti
Cynthia Chu
CFO & Chief Growth Officer
Audible, Inc
Mike Culhane
Chief Financial Officer
HBC
Brian Eisendrath
Executive Managing Director
Institutional Property Advisors
Jerry Fink
Managing Partner
Bascom Group
Michelle Gile
Head of Health Plan Strategy & Sales
Cleo
Lynn Girotto
Chief Marketing Officer
Vimeo
Doug Gordon
Founder
Shellback Capital
Joel Grade
Exec VP Corporate Development
Sysco
Erin Henry
Leadership Advisory Consultant
Spencer Stuart
Sean Jacobsohn
Partner
Norwest Venture Partners
Tom Kalinske
Venture Partner
Alsop Louie VC
Dan Kelly
Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer
American Family Insurance
Kurt Kober
Global Vice President
The Honest Company
Jay Laabs
Founder & CEO
Spaulding Ridge
Dorri McWhorter
President and CEO
YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago
Dale Nitschke
Chief Executive Officer
Ovative Group
John Peirson
Chief Executive Officer
Deloitte Risk and Financial Advisory
Robert Schmitz
Managing Director
Fulcrum Advisory Asia Pte Ltd
Cheryl Stallworth
Co-Founder
Shedlight.org
Adam Taetle
Senior Managing Director
Evercore Group LLC
Colin S.A. Welch
Partner and Managing Director
TSG Consumer Partners
Thomas Westrick
President & Chief Executive Officer of Life Care Solutions
GE Healthcare
Jim Wuthrich
President, Content Distribution
WarnerMedia
Wisconsin Naming Partners
The Wisconsin Naming Partnership will provide strategic advice to the Wisconsin School of Business, including future naming opportunities. Learn more about our Naming Gift.
Paul Collins
Citigroup
Wade Fetzer III
Goldman Sachs
Pete Frechette
Patterson Companies
Jon D. Hammes
Founder & Managing Partner
Hammes Company
Ted D. Kellner
Fiduciary Management, Inc.
Mike Knetter
University of Wisconsin Foundation
Paul Leff
Warbasse67
Sheldon B. Lubar
Lubar & Co., Inc.
John Morgridge
Cisco
Albert "Ab" Nicholas
Nicholas Company
John J. Oros
Operating Partner
JC Flowers & Co LLC
H. Signe Ostby
Software Publishing Corporation
Fred Petri
Petrone, Petri & Co
Michael S. Shannon
KSL Capital Partners, LLC
Wisconsin Business Alumni Board
The Wisconsin Business Alumni (WBA) Board is instrumental in connecting alumni and friends to the Wisconsin School of Business and with each other. The board supports priorities and initiatives for the School’s advancement programs and is made up of members from our alumni network representing a diverse mix of industries, degrees, regions, and backgrounds.
Tim Bratland
President
Crystal Farms Dairy Company
Kelsey Breslau
Senior Director
SAP America, Inc.
Thomas Chadwick
Principal
Pritzker Private Capital
Amy Fensch
Senior Manager, Americas Partner Digital Business Development
HP Inc.
Meredith Frese
Senior Managing Director
CBRE
Jake Gotta
Senior Analyst
Spyglass Capital Management
Angela Hamilton
Senior Partner, Global Client Lead
Korn Ferry
Jasmine Kennedy
Chief of Staff
Spoke
Alexandra Kirk
Vice President, Real Estate Development
Jamestown LP
Nick Kubsch
Advisory Manager
WilliamsMarston LLC
Catherine Kurtz
Associate, Investments
CA Ventures
Jenni Le
Associate
Venture Investors
Joe Long
Chief of Staff and Vice President, Strategy
UnitedHealthcare Medicare and Retirement
Katie Lorenz
Founder
Campo Alpaca
Management Consultant
Accenture
Adam Moskowitz
Senior Vice President, Head of Enterprise Strategic Planning, Corporate Strategy
Wells Fargo
Lisa Paradowski
Managing Director
Deloitte
Amy Jo Pedone
Owner, Master Chocolatier
Valenza Chocolatier, Inc.
Jason Popp
Associate
Moss
Jeffrey Powers
Senior Vice President, Client Strategy and Media Investment
Evergreen Trading
Taura Prosek
Director, Business Development & Executive Coach
Stewart Leadership
Andrew Quinn
Co-Founder and CFO/COO
PathWell
Nathan Radue
Account Manager
Wixon, Inc.
Eric Ruedinger
General Manager, Anesthesia & Respiratory Care
GE Healthcare
Luke Rundel
Head of Strategic Planning
NVIDIA
Emil Ray Sanchez
President
Raynor Door Authorities LP
Singari Seshadri
Head of Portfolio
Nike Valiant Labs
Jamie Shah
Managing Director
Chem-Impex International, Inc.
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship
The University of Chicago
Fay Shong
Partner
McKinsey & Company
Rodrigo Stabio
Product Manager
Microsoft
Matt Teichner
Managing Director
Golub Capital
Anna Zhang
Assistant Vice President, Private Equity
GIC