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
Jeffrey D. Wiesner - Chair
Chair of the Board and Retired Partner, Accenture
Michael S. Shannon - Vice Chair
KSL Capital Partners
Linda L. Ahlers
Retired President, Marshall Field’s
Rajiv Batra
John D. Baumann
President and CEO, Colony Brands, Inc.
Susan J. Cellmer
Jerome A. Chazen
Chazen Capital Partners, LLC
Jeffrey J. Diermeier
Chair, Financial Accounting Foundation
Susan S. Engeleiter
Data Recognition Corporation
David F. Florin
President, Hiebing
Curtis J. Fuszard
Executive Director, REACH-A-Child
Colleen A. Goggins
Jon D. Hammes
Chair and CEO, Hammes Company, LLC
Elizabeth M. Quadracci Harned
Jill S. Hatton
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
Peter S. Kies
Head of Equity Capital Markets, Head of Technology & Services Banking,
Robert W. Baird & Co.
Paul A. Leff
Perry Capital
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
Melinda J. Mount
John S. Nelson
Managing Director and adjunct Professor, Global Infrastructure Asset Management, UW-Madison Civil Engineering
Cory L. Nettles
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
Frederick A. Robertson
Venture Partner, Baird Capital, RW Baird
Ricky C. Sandler
Founder and CEO, Eminence Capital
Laureen E. Seeger
Executive Vice President and General Counsel, American Express Company
Paul S. Shain
President and CEO, Singlewire Software
Michael R. Splinter
Stephanie L. Swartz
Administrative Director for Emergency Medical Services, Gundersen Health System
Patrick Thiele
Doris F. Weisberg
Ex Officio Members
Paul J. Collins
Ex-Officio Member
Retired Vice Chair, Citigroup
Wade Fetzer III
Ex-Officio Member
Retired Partner, Goldman Sachs
Jere D. Fluno
Ex-Officio Member
Ted D. Kellner
Ex-Officio Member
Michael M. Knetter
Ex-Officio Member
President and CEO, Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association
John J. Oros
Ex-Officio Member
Managing Director, JC Flowers & Co.
Frances S. Taylor
Ex-Officio Member
Retired, Bank of America
