
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.
Board Members
Michael S. Shannon - Chair
KSL Capital Partners

Paul S. Shain - Vice Chair
President and CEO, Singlewire Software

Linda L. Ahlers
Retired President, Marshall Field’s

Rajiv Batra

Michelle A. Behnke
Principal, Michelle Behnke & Associates
Susan J. Cellmer

Suzanne DeWolf
Co-Owner, Lil’ Drug Store Products
Co-Owner, ForeFold Ventures
Jeffrey J. Diermeier
Chair, Financial Accounting Foundation

Sonnet Edmonds
General Counsel, Dimension Renewable Energy
Susan S. Engeleiter
Data Recognition Corporation

Curtis J. Fuszard
Executive Director, REACH-A-Child

Colleen A. Goggins

Jon D. Hammes
Chair and CEO, Hammes Company, LLC

Elizabeth Quadracci Harned

Elzie L. Higginbottom

Louis A. Holland
President, Cumota, LLC

John P. Holton

William P. Hsu
Vice President of Operations and Farmer, Hsu’s Ginseng Enterprises, Inc. and Hsu Ginseng Farms, LLP

Cynthia Ihlenfeld
Past Organizations include 3M, Ecolab
Peter S. Kies
Head of Equity Capital Markets, Head of Technology & Services Banking,
Robert W. Baird & Co.

Peter A. Leidel
Partner, Yorktown Partners, LLC

Thomas P. Madsen

Jane R. Mandula
Owner and Investor, Far Far Away, LLC

Karen A. Monfre
Partner, Wipfli LLP and Managing Director Wipfli Corporate Finance

Lorna Nagler
John S. Nelson
Managing Director and adjunct Professor, Global Infrastructure Asset Management, UW-Madison Civil Engineering

Susan S. Patterson
Senior Vice President/Art Director, J. Walter Thompson

Stephen R. Petersen
Managing Director, Seaward Management

Linda L. Procci
Retired Vice President of Operations, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Todd C. Pulvino, Ph.D.
Principal and Co-Founder, CNH Partners
Frederick A. Robertson
Venture Partner, Baird Capital, RW Baird

Laureen E. Seeger
Executive Vice President and General Counsel, American Express Company

Thomas Stevens
Chair and CEO, Los Angeles Capital Management
Patrick Thiele

James Thompson
Former President, Cargill Steel

Jeffrey D. Wiesner
Retired Partner, Accenture

Ex Officio Members
Paul J. Collins
Ex-Officio Member
Retired Vice Chair, Citigroup

Jere D. Fluno
Ex-Officio Member
Retired Vice Chair, WW Grainger, Inc.

Ted D. Kellner
Ex-Officio Member

John J. Oros
Ex-Officio Member
Managing Director, JC Flowers & Co.

Frances S. Taylor
Ex-Officio Member
Retired, Bank of America
