BOARD
Amy Achter, Managing Director, UW-Madison Office of Business Engagement
Eric C. Apfelbach, President & CEO, Pegex
Mark Bakken, Managing Partner, HealthX Ventures
Jay Bayne, Chief Executive Officer, Stratum 4
Vivek Bhatt, CTO-Hardware, GE Healthcare
Kevin Boggs, Director, Office of Technology Development, Medical College of Wisconsin
Maggie Brickerman, Managing Director, gBeta
David Brukardt, Associate Vice President, Office of Economic Development, University of Wisconsin System
Kaleem Caire, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, One City Schools
Sujeet Chand, SVP and Chief Technology Officer, Rockwell Automation
Renee Clair, Energy and Sustainability Program Manager, Johnson Controls Inc.
Ray Cross, President, University of Wisconsin System
Deron Curliss – BOARD TREASURER, Partner, BDO
Randy Dimond, Chief Technical Officer, Promega Corporation
Mark Ehrmann, Partner, Quarles & Brady, LLP
Gary Frings – BOARD SECRETARY, Chief Information Officer, Exact Sciences
Michael Flanagan, President, Flanagan Financial, Inc. and Functional Biosciences, Inc.
Jonathan Fritz, Executive Director, Innovation Center, CHIME
Mark Gehring, Co-Founder, HealthMyne
Mindi Giftos, Partner, Husch Blackwell
Charlie Goff, Partner, NEW Capital Management
Aaron Hagar, Vice President, Division of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation
Susan Healy, SVP FP&A, Strategy & Procurement, Ulta Beauty
Bill Hickey, Principal, Wolf Track Ventures
Bob Hougard, Science and Technology Group Lead and Senior Project Manager, Findorff
Steve Holzhauer, Architect & Principal, Eppstein Uhen Architects
Gretchen Jameson, Sr. Vice President, Strategy and University Affairs, Concordia University
Jim Jermain, Regional Vice President, AT&T
Rich Johnson, Account Executive, Health & Life Sciences, DXC Technology
Lorrie Keating Heinemann, President & CEO, Madison Development Corporation
Andy Kirkpatrick, Senior Vice President, Global Operations and R&D, Accuray
Brian Lindstrom, Chief Financial Officer, Connecture
Greg Lynch – BOARD CHAIRMAN, Senior Partner, Michael Best
Ryan Natzke, Chief External Affairs Officer, Marshfield Clinic Health System
John Neis, CFA, Managing Director, Venture Investors
Aaron Olver, Director, University Research Park
Ilke Panzer – BOARD VICE CHAIR, President and Chief Executive Officer, Assurance Laboratories
Alexander “Sandie” Pendleton, Owner, Pendleton Legal, S.C.
Chris Reader, Director of Health and Human Resources Policy, Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce
Fred Robertson, Partner, Baird Capital
Ian Robertson, Dean, UW-Madison, College of Engineering
Greg Robinson, Managing Director, 4490 Ventures
Jed Roher, Godfrey & Kahn
Arjun Sanga, President WiSys
Don Schlidt, CEO, Dedicated Computing
James Schmidt, Chancellor, UW-Eau Claire
Brad Schwartz, CEO, Morgridge Institute for Research
Jessica Silvaggi, Director of Technology Commercialization, UW-Milwaukee Research Foundation
Toni Sikes, Co-CEO, CODAworx
Spencer X. Smith, Founder, AmpliPhi Social Media Strategies
Tom Still, President, Wisconsin Technology Council
Michael Sussman, Director, UW-Madison Biotechnology Center
Tim Toepel, Treasurer and Director of Finance, Epic
Mark Tyler, President, OEM Fabricators, Inc.
Kurt Waldhuetter, Vice President of Research Innovation and Business, Aurora Research Institute
Rolf Wegenke, President, Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
James Zylstra, Executive Vice President, Wisconsin Technical College System
Emeritus: Bob Brennan, retired, UW-Madison Office of Corporate Relations