BOARD
Tom Aaby, Board Member, OEM Fabricators
Amit Acharya, President, Advocate Aurora Research Institute
Mark Bakken, Managing Partner, HealthX Ventures
Cordero Barkley, Partner, TitletownTech
Kevin Boggs, Director, Office of Technology Development, Medical College of Wisconsin
Jeanine Burmania, Senior Director of IP and Licensing, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
Kaleem Caire, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, One City Schools
John Chapman, Madison Studio Director and Vice President, EUA
Kyle Crum, Founder, Loosestrife Acquisitions
Randy Dimond, Chief Technical Officer, Promega Corporation
Dave Eckmann, President & Chief Executive Officer, Greater Wausau Chamber of Commerce
Mark Ehrmann, BOARD VICE CHAIR, Partner, Quarles & Brady, LLP
Gary Frings, BOARD CHAIRMAN, Advisor, Exact Sciences
Michael Flanagan, President, Flanagan Financial, Inc. and Functional Biosciences, Inc.
Jonathan Fritz, Noveltas Ventures
Eric Fulcomer, President, Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
John Garnetti, Managing Director, UW-Madison Office of Business Engagement
Mark Gehring, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, ImageMoverMD
Paul Hammer, Executive Vice President, Wisconsin Technical College System
Bob Hougard, Vice President of Science and Technology, Findorff
Idella Kangas, Director of Economic and Employer Engagement, Universities of Wisconsin
Lorrie Keating Heinemann, President & CEO, Madison Development Corporation
Derek Matzke, BOARD TREASURER, Assurance Partner, BDO
Nick Myers, Director of AI Innovation, Recovery.com
Ryan Natzke, Chief External Affairs Officer, Marshfield Clinic Health System
John Neis, CFA, Managing Director, Venture Investors
Kyle O’Brien, President & Chief Executive Officer, Wisconsin Hospital Association
Aaron Olver, Director, University Research Park
Chris Prestigiacomo, Portfolio Manager, State of Wisconsin Investment Board
Devesh Ranjan, Dean, UW-Madison, College of Engineering
Brent Ridge, President & Chief Executive Officer, Dairyland Power Cooperative
Sam Rikkers, Deputy Secretary, Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation
Fred Robertson, Partner, Baird Capital
Sverre Roang, Managing Director, Husch Blackwell
Arjun Sanga, President, WiSys
Jennifer Savino, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Owner, KW2
Brad Schwartz, CEO, Morgridge Institute for Research
Jessica Silvaggi, BOARD SECRETARY, President, UW-Milwaukee Research Foundation
Toni Sikes, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, CODAworx
Spencer X. Smith, Founder, AmpliPhi Social Media Strategies
Tom Still, President, Wisconsin Technology Council
Tim Toepel, Treasurer and Director of Finance, Epic
Melissa Turczyn, Senior Partner, Michael Best
Kalpa Vithalani, Executive Director of Technology Transfer, Marquette University
Kurt Waldhuetter, Project Consultant, Huron Consulting Group
John Walz, President, Milwaukee School of Engineering
Emeritus: Bob Brennan, retired, UW-Madison Office of Corporate Relations