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 November 2023

Catherine Mathis*# | Board Chair

Former Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer

McGraw Hill

Whit Alexander*

Consultant

McKinsey & Company

Heather Anfang

Senior Vice President - U.S. Dairy Foods

Land O'Lakes Inc.

Mary Pat Blake*#

Founder & President

Blake Strategic Consulting

Angela Busch+

Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy & Business Development

Ecolab

Smriti Canakapalli

Head of Strategy and Transformation

Cargill Animal Nutrition & Health

Heidi Capozzi

Executive Vice President and Global Chief People Officer

McDonalds

Tod E. Carpenter*

Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer

Donaldson Company, Inc

Andrew Cecere*

Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer

U.S. Bancorp

Robert L. Duffy*#

Partner Emeritus

A. T. Kearney, Inc.

Siddharth "Sid" Gandhi*

Senior Vice President, Employee Benefits Solutions

Securian Financial Group

Nicole Graves*

Global People Leader, Office of the CFO

Apple

Jason Grosz*

Ex-Officio Alumni Board President; Vice President, Global Talent Acquisition

Ecolab

Mike Happe*

President & CEO

Winnebago Industries

Ben Irby*

President, Snacks

North American Retail | World Headquarters

Eric Jing*

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

ANT 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*

CFO and Senior Managing Director

Evercore

Beth Kieffer Leonard*

CPA, Partner in Charge – Minnesota

EisnerAmper Advisory Group LLC

Celeste Mastin

President and Chief Executive Officer

H.B. Fuller

Kathryn Marinello

President & CEO

PODS

Charles (Charlie) Montreuil

SVP, Human Resources - Rewards

Best Buy Company, Inc.

Taylor Moore

Partner

Carlson Capitol

Bennett Morgan*

Former President & Chief Operating Officer

Polaris Industries Inc.

Wendy Nelson

Chair

Carlson Family Foundation

Laura M. Newinski*

Deputy Chair and Chief Operating Officer

KPMG in the U.S.

Judd Nystrom*

Chief Financial Officer

Caliber Collision

Rick Olson*

Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer

The Toro Company

Linh Peters*

Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer

Walgreens

Trevor Putrah*

President

KGPCo

Nii Quaye*#

Principal

Vermilion Group

Peter Rainey*

Senior Vice President and Controller

UnitedHealth Group

Michael Ramlet*

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Morning Consult

Peter Rottier*

Managing Director

Summit Partners

Mark Schindele*

Executive Vice President & Chief Stores Officer

Target

Craig Schmidt*

Head of Global Regulatory Reporting

Citigroup

Christy Sovereign*

Senior Managing Director

Accenture

Jim Weber*

Chairman CEO

Brooks Running Company

Mike Zechmeister*#

Chief Financial Officer

C.H. Robinson