WFAA Board of Directors
The Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association is governed by the members of its Board of Directors. Each director holds office for a three-year term and may serve up to four consecutive terms. Ex-officio members include all former, living board chairs.
Paul Shain - Chair
President & CEO, Singlewire Software
Louis Holland - Vice Chair
President & CFO, Cumota, LLC
Linda Ahlers
Retired President, Marshall Field’s
Rajiv Batra
Co-Founder, Palo Alto Networks
Michelle Behnke
Attorney, Boardman Clark
President-Elect, American Bar Association 2024-2025
Susan Cellmer
Suzanne DeWolf
Co-Owner, Lil’ Drug Store Products
Co-Owner, ForeFold Ventures
Jeffrey Diermeier
Founder, Canna Investment Management, LLC
Sonnet Edmonds
General Counsel, Dimension Renewable Energy
Susan Engeleiter
President & CEO, Data Recognition Corp
Michael Ferdman
Co-Founder, Play
Colleen Goggins
Retired Worldwide Chairman, Johnson & Johnson
Elizabeth Quadracci Harned
Trustee, Quad Graphics, Inc.
Vice President, The Windhover Foundation
Elzie Higginbottom
President & CEO, East Lake Management
& Development Corporation
William Hsu
President, Hsu’s Ginseng Enterprises, Inc.
Cynthia Ihlenfeld
Artist and Mobilizer of Time, Talent, and Resources for Education and Arts Non-Profits
Peter Kies
Head of ECM & Tech & Services
Investment Banking, Robert W Baird & Co.
Valarie King-Bailey
CEO, OnShore Technology Group, Inc
Jun Lee
Retired President, SRI Design, Inc.
Roger Mansukhani
Partner at Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani
Alice Mortensen
President & Chair, Mortenson Family Foundation
Director of Community Relations
M.A. Mortenson Company
Lorna Nagler
Retired President, Bealls, Inc.
David Nicholas
Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager, Nicholas Funds
Susan Patterson
Former SVP, J. Walter Thompson NY (advertising)
Stephen Petersen
Managing Partner & Wealth Advisor, Prio Wealth
Todd Pulvino, Ph.D.
Principal and Co-Founder, CNH Partners
Christine Rotsch
President, Rotsch Family Foundation
Laureen Seeger
Executive Vice President & General Counsel, American Express Company
Michael Shannon
Former Chairman, Co-Founder, & CEO
KSL Capital Partners LLC
Sandy Sponem
Retired Senior Vice President & CFO
M. A. Mortenson Company
Thomas Stevens
Chair & CEO, Los Angeles Capital
Patrick Thiele
Retired CEO, PartnerRe Ltd.
Jim Thompson
Former President, Cargill Steel
Ex Officio Members
Paul Collins
Ex-Officio Member
Retired Vice Chair, Citigroup
Jere Fluno
Ex-Officio Member
Retired Vice Chairman & Director, WW Grainger, Inc.
Ted Kellner
Ex-Officio Member
Founder, Chairman & CEO, Fiduciary Management
John Oros
Ex-Officio Member
Operating Partner, Managing Director & Management Committee, JC Flowers & Co.
Fran Taylor
Ex-Officio Member
Retired Executive Vice President, Bank of America Corporation
Jeffrey Wiesner
Ex-Officio Member
Retired Partner, Accenture