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 April 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.
Smriti Canakapalli
Enterprise Strategy and Transformation Leader
Cargill Animal Nutrition & Health
Heidi Capozzi*
Executive Vice President and Global Chief People Officer
McDonald's
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