Board of Advisors
The Board of Advisors works closely with the Carlson School’s leadership to ensure a highly engaged relationship with local and national businesses and provides valued assistance in seeking both monetary and non-monetary support from individuals and the corporate community.
* Indicates Carlson School Alumni
+Other U of M degree
# Executive Committee Member
Current as of January 2021

Catherine Mathis*# | Board Chair
SVP & COO
McGraw-Hill Education

Brent Blackey*# | Board Vice Chair
Former President & Chief Operating Officer
Holiday Companies

Robert J. Kueppers*# | Board Vice Chair
Vice Chairman (Retired)
Deloitte LLP

Whit Alexander*
Executive Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer
Best Buy Co., Inc.

Patrick Andersen
President Commercial & RoomIt
CWT

Mary Pat Blake*#
Founder & President
Blake Strategic Consulting

Thia Breen*
Former Group President, North America
Estee Lauder Companies

Angela Busch+
Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Business Development
Ecolab

Jon R. Campbell*
Former Executive Vice President, Director of Government & Community Relations
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

Tod E. Carpenter*
Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer
Donaldson Company, Inc

Andrew Cecere*
Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer
U.S. Bancorp

David Clark*
Senior Vice President
SVP, General Mills | CEO, Cereal Partners Worldwide

Robert L. Duffy*#
Partner Emeritus
A. T. Kearney, Inc.

Siddharth "Sid" Gandhi*
Chief Strategy & Enterprise Technology Officer
Securian Financial Group

Chip Glaser*
President
K. Charles Development Corporation

Sarah Grauze*
Treasurer and Vice President, Finance
3M

Nicole Graves*
Human Resources Director for Global Sales and Marketing, Finance and Business Operations for Boeing Commercial Airplanes
The Boeing Company

Mike Happe*
President & CEO
Winnebago Industries

David Holtze*
Former Global Vice Chair, Finance & Chief Financial Officer
EY

Peter Janzen
Former Chief Administrative Officer & General Counsel
Land O’Lakes, Inc.

Eric Jing*
Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer
Ant Financial Services Group

Michael Johnson+
CEO and Co-Owner
Johnson Brothers

Chris Koch*
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Carlisle Companies Inc.

Suresh Krishna
Chief Executive Officer and President
Northern Tool + Equipment Company

Tim LaLonde*
COO and Senior Managing Director
Evercore

Beth Kieffer Leonard*
CPA, Managing Partner
Lurie, LLP

Kathryn Marinello
President & CEO
PODS

Laura M. Moret+
Chief Counsel – Asset Management, Managing Director
Piper Sandler

Bennett Morgan*
Former President & Chief Operating Officer
Polaris Industries Inc.

Wendy Nelson
Chair
Carlson Family Foundation

Laura Newinski*
Deputy Chair and Chief Operating Officer
KPMG LLP

Judd Nystrom*
Chief Financial Officer
Caliber Collision

Rick Olson*
Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer
The Toro Company

Jim Owens
President & Chief Executive Officer
H.B. Fuller

Marcia Page*
Founder & Executive Chair
Värde Partners, Inc.

Trevor Putrah*
President
KGPCo

Nii Quaye*
Former SVP, Corporate Development
Pentair

Peter Rainey*
Senior Vice President and Controller
UnitedHealth Group

Peter Rottier*
Managing Director
Summit Partners

Mark Schindele*
Executive Vice President & Chief Stores Officer
Target

Craig Schmidt*
Ex-Officio Member Alumni Board President CPA, Head of Regulatory and Basel Reporting Controllers Group
Wells Fargo

Cathy Smith
CFO
Bright Health

Christy Sovereign*
Senior Managing Director
Accenture

Thomas O. Staggs*
Former Chief Operating Officer
The Walt Disney Company

Mike Zechmeister*#
Chief Financial Officer
C.H. Robinson