Industry Advisory Boards
Working in collaboration with faculty, advisory board members bring industry perspectives to the Information & Decision Sciences Department. Three different boards advise department leaders on strategy, programs, and various initiatives.
IDSC Department Advisory Board
- Pat Bajari, Amazon
- Teddy Bekele, Land O Lakes
- D. Steve Boland, Bank of America
- Douglas Bond, PwC
- Rajeev Duggirala, Ameriprise
- Prashant Gandhi, JP Morgan Chase
- Dan Johnson
- Justin Kershaw, Cargill
- Mike Martiny, Carlson School of Management
- Steven Penn, US Bank (board president)
- Janette Smrka, SoFi Stadium
MSBA Program Advisory Board
- Adnan Awow, Target
- Collin Cook, Slalom Consulting
- Bonnie Holub, Terradata
- Monika Khandelwal, T-Mobile
- Dylan Kuntz, Digital River
- Melissa Ludack, Target
- Jason Rowgowski, Polaris
- Prasoon Sharma, McKinsey Digital
- William Stentz, Carmichael Lynch
- Nick Stuber, UnitedHealth Group
- John Tong, Capital One
- Veronika Torarp, PwC
- Erik Tonsfeldt, BCG
- Jack Vishneski, Cargill
- Matt Wharton, Prairie Field Services
- Jim Willenbring, Medtronic (board president)
Executive Advisory Board on Curriculum
- Cynthia Bahr, US Bank
- Tim Boos, Medtronic
- Jessica Bottensek, Target
- Chris Bretoi, 3M
- Martin Caride, Best Buy
- Alex Carlon Deloitte
- Craig Espelien, 1201 Partners
- Mike Grosso, Gartner
- Pat Keran, UHG/Optum
- Todd Loncorich, General Mills (board chair)
- Mike McFarlane, Cargill
- Brent Murray, CoreMedia AG
- Mary Texer, EVS Consulting
- Renata Torola, Lurie LLP
- Tara Wyborny, Genesis 10